33 Quart Canner- No handles

[barefootfarmer]

Aside from water bath canning all the normal things, I make yogurt in quart jars. I use a water bath canner to get the milk up to temp. I just "discovered" that there are water bath canners out there that will hold 9 of the quart jars at a time. This is huge for me. But then I saw that there aren't any handles on the pot.

Do any of you have experience with the 33 quart canner without any handles? I don't want to waste the money on getting a bigger one if the lack of handles makes it a pain to work with.

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Don't think I've ever seen that. What brand is it? Do you have a link?

Nick blessed me with a HUGE rectangular canner a few years ago. It has handles on either end, and holds <counting on fingers> um... A LOT of jars. 15 quarts, 24 pints, 28 half pints.

[willowgirl]

Does that cover 2 burners, Pony? It looks too large to fit over just one!

[barefootfarmer]

@pony here is a link www.amazon.com/Columbian-Home-33-Quart-Canner-Rack/dp/B000BQSY6U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432659446&sr=8-1&keywords=33+quart+water+bath+canner

I'm interested in your rectangular one as well! I've never seen one like that before. I have a hard enough time trying to can on my electric stove and I actually use a two burner propane camp burner right now.

I'm off to google search that gadget of yours!

[barefootfarmer]

Oh! I found a link

www.lehmans.com/p-145-amish-made-stovetop-water-bath-canner.aspx?show=all

How have I never seen that before?? And that site is out of stock right now. Probably for the best since it's a little spendy at the moment. But I think I love it...

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It's cheaper at other sites. Lehmans is always on the 'spensive side, we've found. For instance, they want $195 for that canner, and it's at this site

www.wisementrading.com/canning/canners.htm

for $139.

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May 26, 2015 16:51:16 GMT willowgirl said:

Does that cover 2 burners, Pony? It looks too large to fit over just one!

Yes, it does. Muller's Lane Farm turned us on to it years ago. Man, does it save time!

[Ozarks Tom]

We use a 33 quart water bath canner.  The only drawback is having to dip water out until it's light enough to carry and dump.  We use it on a single burner on our stove.

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My "canning" is largely limited to helping out some friends when they can. They have two of those Columbian Home canners (or siimilar canner with no handles). It isn't as bad as you might think. Once set up, there is one canner on the front left burner of the stove, and one on the right rear. Water gets added as needed, and the jars cycle through it. Get a spare jar rack, it will really make things go faster. When you are done, let it cool in place then dip it out enough that you can pick it up and dump it.

Without the handles though, they make lousy stockpots. Since my canning kettle gets far more use as a stockpot, I haunted garage sales til I found one with handles.

[barefootfarmer]

That's true- I didn't think about just rotating jars through with extra racks and then letting it cool. It's more budget friendly for me at the moment so I think I'll go that route for now.