Building a Canning Kitchen - Page 2

newatthiskat · August 30, 2013

I bought a whirlpool gold series stove with a 12 inch burner and have a Presto canner and the combo is awesome! I never canned as much at my other house as I do in this rental with a smaller kitchen.
I told the owner that the stove was aweful and I paid for this one myself. I figure it can go with me if I ever move.

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Originally Posted by Rockporter

Thanks for the info, I didn't know about this problem so I will do some research. We are all electric though and it isn't worth changing over out here since the fees are very high. What can you not do with yours? Is it the weight on the glass which is the problem?

Edit, a quick search for canning on glass flat tops brought up the very site I posted earlier. Here it gives some information on it.
http://www.pickyourown.org/cannings4glasstop.htm

newatthiskat · August 30, 2013

As an aside I did discolor my other stove and put a small crack in the the surface because I think the burner was too small for the pan. Stove was still usable with no problems just mostly cosmetic. That is why I demanded (yes ask my husband) a 12 inch burner if I was going to get a new stove. The canner when pressure canning does not stay on high. I almost reduce it to low towards the end and it is still in the safe canning zone. I also got the biggest oven and it even has convection. A big step up for me. I do not have my advantium oven I had in the other house which I miss very much! Thing is get a canner that is recommended on flat tops like the presto and get a large burner like the 12 inch and you will have no problem. Do like me on the old stove and use a 9 inch burner but expect some discoloration over time. Most stoves now have the 12 inch burner though. The trade off is other burners are smaller. Mine has 5 burners one witht eh 9/12 inch one next to it in front with 9/6 inch and 3 back burners with 6 inch. I do not use those much.

brokenbar · August 30, 2013

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Originally Posted by Rockporter

BrokenBar, your canning kitchen sounds wonderful. I have been looking at 40" stoves for replacement of my 30" when we redo the kitchen here. I was just explaining to my husband how an extra 10" on the stove and a flat top one at that would make the canning process go much easier.

the flat top stoves can't handle the weight very well of a full canner. Also, the canner extends beyond the cooking service, at least on the front burners. My friend had one and she complained all the time and eventually, she cracker her stove top...

brokenbar · August 30, 2013

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Originally Posted by Barbee

Some photos would be nice! Just saying

I have always dreamed of a summer kitchen. Especially when we lived in the old house with no air conditioning. Now that we have a new house with central air, I had kind of put that thought on the back burner (haha)

Don't own a camera...never take pics. have a cell phone, have no idea how the camera works. I don't have any photos of my kid or us...I just see no point!

Raiquee · August 30, 2013

I was gonna say, pictures or it didn't happen!

No camera? You need to get one of them. You could teach people a lot of things. And there is point in that!

brokenbar · August 30, 2013

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Originally Posted by Raiquee

I was gonna say, pictures or it didn't happen!

No camera? You need to get one of them. You could teach people a lot of things. And there is point in that!

N EVER owned one and don't want one. I took no pictures of my kid growing up or of anybody else. I take no pictures when we travel. Really...I never saw the point. I know what my kid looked like and I know what I have seen so why bother? Someone bought me a 500.00 digital camera and I made them take it back...We hired a photographer to take pictures of the cattle and horses for sales catalogs as I refused to do it.

When we are traveling, I find people constantly trying to photograph stuff highly annoying as they are always in the way. My Mom had photo albums and I threw them away (she just flipped over in her grave 100 times as I typed that...) I have, apparently, one of the following:

Scopophobia, Scoptophobia or Ophthalmophobia Not really, I just don't want to do it.

Refuse to ever go to faceb ok or twitter or ancestry.com or classmates.com or any of those sites. Honestly, I have never even looked at them and won't ever look at them.

This is the only forum I belong to...

Rockporter · August 30, 2013

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Originally Posted by newatthiskat

I bought a whirlpool gold series stove with a 12 inch burner and have a Presto canner and the combo is awesome! I never canned as much at my other house as I do in this rental with a smaller kitchen.
I told the owner that the stove was aweful and I paid for this one myself. I figure it can go with me if I ever move.

Is this the one you have?

http://www.whirlpool.com/-[G7CE3055XB]-1001297/G7CE3055XB/

Rockporter · August 30, 2013

I just fixed my dilemma, I will purchase one of these for use in canning. The Cadco PCR 1S Professional Cast Iron Range has a lot of great reviews regarding canning.

Reviews link
http://www.amazon.com/How-large-diam...sin=B00028X2Y6

Product link
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00028X2Y6/...?tag=dradis-20

newatthiskat · August 30, 2013

http://www.whirlpool.com/-%5BWFE710H...90/WFE710H0AE/
I think this is the one I got. Found it on sale locally. it has the 12 inch burner. I have the 23 quart Presto and it fits perfectly on it.

newatthiskat · August 30, 2013

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Originally Posted by Rockporter

I just fixed my dilemma, I will purchase one of these for use in canning. The Cadco PCR 1S Professional Cast Iron Range has a lot of great reviews regarding canning.

Reviews link
http://www.amazon.com/How-large-diam...sin=B00028X2Y6

Product link
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00028X2Y6/...?tag=dradis-20

Looking at the product it says it will handle 12 quarts. most pressure canners are 16/23 quarts. I got the 23 quart so I could water bath quart jars in it as well as pressure can a double stack of pints

Rockporter · August 30, 2013

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Originally Posted by newatthiskat

http://www.whirlpool.com/-%5BWFE710H...90/WFE710H0AE/
I think this is the one I got. Found it on sale locally. it has the 12 inch burner. I have the 23 quart Presto and it fits perfectly on it.

Thanks, here it is in the electric version if anyone is interested.
http://www.whirlpool.com/-%5BWFE714H...91/WFE714HLAS/

newatthiskat · August 30, 2013

Husband liked the black better than the stainless steal and I could care less as long as it had the burner size and oven size I wanted. Made us both happy LOL. The black one is the electric as well. the pick it does not show that as well because it is black.

Rockporter · August 30, 2013

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Originally Posted by newatthiskat

Husband liked the black better than the stainless steal and I could care less as long as it had the burner size and oven size I wanted. Made us both happy LOL. The black one is the electric as well. the pick it does not show that as well because it is black.

LOL, yes I would rather have black or white and not stainless but my husband wants the stainless. We will see who wins this battle, he doesn't keep all the appliances clean so perhaps I will win. I can only hope

August 30, 2013	#23
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	I just fixed my dilemma, I will purchase one of these for use in canning. The Cadco PCR 1S Professional Cast Iron Range has a lot of great reviews regarding canning. Reviews link http://www.amazon.com/How-large-diam...sin=B00028X2Y6 Product link http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00028X2Y6/...?tag=dradis-20 __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~ Last edited by Rockporter; August 30, 2013 at 06:35 PM.

August 30, 2013	#17
newatthiskat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: texas Posts: 1,451	As an aside I did discolor my other stove and put a small crack in the the surface because I think the burner was too small for the pan. Stove was still usable with no problems just mostly cosmetic. That is why I demanded (yes ask my husband) a 12 inch burner if I was going to get a new stove. The canner when pressure canning does not stay on high. I almost reduce it to low towards the end and it is still in the safe canning zone. I also got the biggest oven and it even has convection. A big step up for me. I do not have my advantium oven I had in the other house which I miss very much! Thing is get a canner that is recommended on flat tops like the presto and get a large burner like the 12 inch and you will have no problem. Do like me on the old stove and use a 9 inch burner but expect some discoloration over time. Most stoves now have the 12 inch burner though. The trade off is other burners are smaller. Mine has 5 burners one witht eh 9/12 inch one next to it in front with 9/6 inch and 3 back burners with 6 inch. I do not use those much.

August 30, 2013	#20
Raiquee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 307	I was gonna say, pictures or it didn't happen! No camera? You need to get one of them. You could teach people a lot of things. And there is point in that!