Presto Electric Pressure Canner - Is It Safe?

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One can read through the online instruction manual to see how the canner operates and the features built into the appliance.

Presto Digital Pressure Canner

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[terizelickman]

The packing doesn’t say it’s “approved” by the USDA... it’s says it meets USDA requirements for pressure canning. Big difference...

[tam]

I have the Presto Electric Pressure Canner and no complaints so far. Quiet & easy to use, easy to follow instructions. I like being able to do small batches off the stove.

[maryannebelmonte]

Watch Rose Red's latest scientifically based review.

[virginiahorvath]

I purchased one several months ago and I love it. Before purchasing it I both called and emailed Presto with many questions regarding how it was tested etc. it was through them that I learned that the USDA doesn’t test ANY canner (traditional or electric) they simply put out guidelines for the manufacture to meet. After they answered all my questions I was a lot more confident in the product. Among other things, Presto explained that there is an internal temperature monitor that if at anytime the temp dips below the safe point of 250 degrees an error is displayed. I was excited to find one about 150 miles away and went for a drive to get it. I tried it first with waterbath method and stood by the canner the entire time, I could hear the water boiling inside the device the entire processing time just like I could using a standard waterbath canner. The process/instructions between this device and a traditional one is the exact same for waterbath canning. After doing this for several loads, I decided to try the pressure canning with water only. Again the process is the same, heat/sterilization of jars, fill jars, heat to boiling point, venting, put on regulator (weight), bring up to pressure, process time, bring down slowly (very slowly), the finally done. I set timers to ensure that the on board timers were accurate and watched it like a hawk. I then tried beets and then eventually pork. I now love it and feel confident in it. I actually can more now then I did before because I can do small batches instead of waiting to have enough of any one product to load up a canner. (My glasstop stove doesn’t keep my traditional canner at the right pressure even though it is approved to can on by the manufacturer. This Presto gives me the confidence to can again for my family without having to spend a fortune on a new stove, and gas line because that is the way I would go.

Do I believe that this canner should be tested by an extension or private lab and those findings published ABSOLUTELY. But unless we as a canning community come out and demand funding by our representatives that isn’t going to happen.

Lesson for the day...get involved and contact your local, state and national representatives and ask that they fund the testing.

[nicoleshrout]

I love, love, love my Nesco electric canner! It came with a 10lb and a 15lb weight. I have a glass top stove so I couldn't can if I didn't have it. I waterbath in it as well.

[geminilove]

Thanks for sharing this info. I have the Nesco Pressure Canner and I trust it. It comes with two regulators, one for 10 psi and one for 15. It is not “ set it and forget it”, you have to manually close the vent after it gets through venting for 10 minutes and it goes through the same cycles as a stovetop. Coming up to temp, venting, and regulating pressure. It beeps notifying you of each step in the process. It lets off steam constantly keeping the pressure needed just like when you adjust the temp by lowering your stove heating element.

Many pressure “cookers” have made claims about being able to pressure can without taking into consideration all the steps involved in the process. That Presto, who know better, makes false claims, is agregious.

The real question is: Even if it has no approval yet, DOES IT WORK? A product designed to specifically pressure can should do just that. I think the Nesco/ Carey is a true “canner”. Nesco has designed it to carry out all the functions inherent in the canning process just like its stovetop counterpart. It’s size limits the amount you can do at one time, but for me that’s ok because of the size of my family. Small batches work fine for me.

Edited to say that Nesco has been making food appliances for generations and I have no affiliation with them. I just stand by their products. I have my grandmas Nesco roaster which I use every thanksgiving. Also, pressure canning is a science. A science i think Nesco has taken into consideration. I have had it some months now, and the food I made months ago I have eaten and no problems. I do label my jars as Nesco PC to separate them from stuff I canned on my stovetop just in case I notice a problem later on, like years from now.

[peter]

This electric canner has been out long enough that if there were issues I would expect videos popping up all over the place, yet crickets, I believe it is safe as far as durability that remains to be seen.

[nestpeeper]

The box does NOT say USDA approved it says it is the first digital canner to meet USDA guidelines. It also does not have the USDA logo or seal on it. It's just a generic badge to bring eye to the statement. Do I trust it? I want to, but until the trusted NCFHP says it meets the guidelines I'll stick with what I know is safe.

[kandimccann]

Wow.... Thank you for your diligence on this matter

[ChrisOldhamDI]

So my question is this: how do you know that your STOVETOP canner is meeting the kill zone requirements? Where is the data on that, and what/who is the source of this data?

Your letter specifically said they DON'T do product testing. That would include ALL canning devices, true?

[chuckdillonsr]

The FDA or USDA does not Approve or Certify home pressure canning equipment. As for testing you might want to watch RoseRed Homestead since she seems to have gone to a great deal of testing using a device she puts inside a jar of food she is pressure canning that records the time and temperature. So far her testing has been positive for the Presto Electric Canner. I do agree the use of the symbol that looks Official is misleading.

[lindaearl]

I've loved mine. I worked it to death this summer.

[mac]

The box that the Presto electric canner comes in says "meets USDA canning guidelines." To my knowledge it doesn't say "approved by USDA." And no I don't have one, although it is intriguing since it's a Presto!

[merri-suehannem]

From the testing done by the gal at RoseRed from all accounts it is a good product to use and she will continue to use it herself but she did make two major points: 1 the canner is auto set to 15 for pressure no matter at what altitude you live at and can't be changed for lower altitude. 2 this results in the food being processed for a longer period of time at the kill zone which may affect the quality of the product is overcooked. She also stated that each person must decide for themselves if this would be a concern for them. Leisa provided her opinion on the Presto electric canner...she is entitled to that opinion....just because you may not agree with the opinion does not give you the right to call her names or disparage her...as she stated in the video "you do you" and she will continue to do her own thing. Just agree to disagree and behave as adults should.

[IslandRainmaker]

I don't fully trust anything electronic. Need I mention auto correct?

[nwpioneer]

NO PROBLEM WITH ELEVATION. IT ONLY HAS TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE UNTIL THE CORRECT TEMPERATURE IS REACHED. IT'S THE TEMPERATURE YOU WANT HOWEVER MUCH PRESSURE IT TAKES TO GET THERE.

[richellepeace]

Check out Rosered Homestead, she tested these and agreed with this post.

[HobbsHomestead]

Gosh! Reading that manual, it really makes me want to be a believer! I feel like if they really stand behind their promises and product they would consider funding the USDA research! Fingers crossed!

[savannahv]

I’m with you, too many unknowns and the fact they are using a symbol like the USDA (of their own making) to perhaps mislead buyers!

[HobbsHomestead]

I wish Presto would find research on this new Electric Pressure Canner! I so want there to be an amazing safe electric pressure canner! It would make life SOOO much easier!