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Canning on Glass Stovetops Using a Flattened Cookie RackIf you have a glass or ceramic stovetop, you may have heard that you should use a flat-bottomed canner, but you have been unable to find one! Or, you may have heard that you are not supposed to can on a glass or ceramic stove top. Here's a tip from a visitor: she puts a wire rack (like a cookie rack) on the stove and sets her canner on that. That prevent glass stovetop form heating up too much that it shuts itself off. Obviously, you would have to be careful not to move the full canner while it is on the stove, or you would scratch the stovetop. Of course, if you used something made of heat-proof silicone under the edges of the compressed cookie rack... that would help protect the stovetop's surface. I don't think my cookie cooling racks would support the weight of my canner, but it's an idea, if you want to try it. I haven't confirmed with the manufacturers that there isn't some other problem with this approach, so use caution if you decide to try it, and you certainly want to be careful not to scratch the stovetop!. If you try this approach, please let me know how well it works!
Recommendations:Here's a summary of what definitely works, in my order of preference:
What to do?Now, having said all this, not ALL glass and ceramic stoves are identical in every respect, so it is always possible that yours is designed differently or behaves differently from the description above. But there are enough stories of cracked stovetops to suggest that regardless, an alternative might be prudent, unless you're sure it is compatible with your stove! So, what can you do? Here is a simple solution: buy a simple and inexpensive propane campstove, an electric burner (shown below) or use an outdoor propane burner and you can use ANY canner with it. Plus, the propane burners may come in handy when you have a lot of cooking to do, during a power outage or when you need and extra burner! One big advantage to using a gas stove outside, is: there's no mess to clean up! Standalone electric cannerBall now sells an electric canner that does not require a stove. Ball FreshTech Electric Water Bath Canner, Silver Electric burnersHow to choose an electric burner? I look for a robust design and the highest wattage I can find. A single 1000 watt burner doesn't do it. A canner holds around 16 quarts of water, so it takes a lot of heat to get that boiling. I've found that one 1300 watt burner will get the average canner boiling, but it takes a while. So... to speed it up, I got a second burner, put it on the counter, right next to the first and put the canner on top, straddling both burns - and THAT worked like a charm! Gas stovesGas grills, turkey fryers, large camping stoves all make excellent outdoor alternatives. Of course there are two keys: make sure it has enough oomph (measured in BTU's) and that it is stable and won't tip over. I've found any turkey fryer, most gas grills and the camping stoves below work fine. Of course, most of those must be use outside. On rainy days I use the camping stove indoors (after taking precautions to open some windows, locate it on a flameproof surface (granite counter top, away from anything flammable, where children can't reach it, never leave it unattended, etc.) Camp Stoves, like the Camp Chef Explorer 2 (see photo at right and box below) is nearly perfect! It produces plenty of heat, is waist high, has two burners so you can run two canners or 1 Water Bath Canner and cook on the other! I have one and use it for all my canning. It leaves my stove in the kitchen free for cooking, so I can do twice as much canning in half the time with two canners going. It produces SO much heat, that it can easily keep two canners at a full boil in any weather. And here's how you sell it to your hubby: The legs are removable, so you can easily put it in the trunk of your car and use it for camping and tailgate parties before the football game, or use it as a tabletop stove! And it is perfect for cooking when there is a power outage! I've seen the 3 burner version is being sold in April - June in Costco. See below for some camping stoves I've tried and used for canning. Recommendations:Here's a summary of what definitely works, in my order of preference:
And you can find a wide variety of water bath canners and other canning supplies on this page Comments from a visitor on July 16, 2011: "My solution to canning on a ceramic stove top: I have a clad cuisinart stock pot that heats well on the stove. I purchased a sheet of metal with a design in it (so there are holes), cut it with tin snips to fit the pot, lined the bottom of the stock put with canning rings (to give elevation) and then placed the metal on the rings. This made a nice canning rack to use in a pot I knew would boil on the range top. The only problem is I can only can 1/2 pints because the pot isn't not tall enough. I know you have to cover jars with 1" of water, but to do you have to keep the lid on the "canner" while processing Canning stove alternativesTo find out more about a stove (with no obligation to buy), just click on any of the links in the sellers picture boxes below:
And you can find a wide variety of water bath canners and other canning supplies on this page Comments from a visitor on July 16, 2011: "My solution to canning on a ceramic stove top: I have a clad cuisinart stock pot that heats well on the stove. I purchased a sheet of metal with a design in it (so there are holes), cut it with tin snips to fit the pot, lined the bottom of the stock put with canning rings (to give elevation) and then placed the metal on the rings. This made a nice canning rack to use in a pot I knew would boil on the range top. The only problem is I can only can 1/2 pints because the pot isn't not tall enough. I know you have to cover jars with 1" of water, but to do you have to keep the lid on the "canner" while processing Looking for canning equipment and supplies?Water bath canner with a jar rack Pressure canners for gas, electric and induction stoves: Presto 23Qt or T-fal 22Qt Canning scoop (this one is PERFECT) Ball Blue book (most recent version) Jars: 8oz canning jars for jams
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