Presto 23-Quart Aluminum Pressure Canner 4.8 5 191 254
The absolute standard - nothing better My mom has had her Presto canner for over 40 years. It is basically the same design as this new one, which I purchased. I orginally purchased a different expensive canner from another manufacturer, and my mom's Presto kicked its...can. (no pun intended). We could cycle twice for each single cycle of the expensive brand. Mom deemed it not worthy of her kitchen, I was embarrased, I took it back and got a Presto. I can not begin to calculate how many 100's of pounds of food my mother has processed in hers. I did 150lbs. of pumpkin and 100lbs of kraut and mine looks like the day I pulled it out of the box. It comes up to pressure quick and cools quick, and is very durably built. It is worth every cent, and this will probably be the last canner you own. 09/09/2008
Presto Canner Veryfunctional - easy to use canner - I have used this particular productfor years. My Mom and Grandmother both had the same canner - would notuse anything else. I bought this one for my daughter-in-law - so the tradition continues... 10/16/2007
The BEST canner/pressure cooker- GREAT PRICE!! I bought this pressure cooker/canner as a 33rd birthday gift for my sister and she loved it so much I bought myself one the very next week. We use it EVERY night... ribs, soups, pot roast, chile verde tonight!! I looked at so many different pressure cooker/canners and this was BY FAR the best priced and it can hold so much food- last night we made 5 lbs. of ribs and it barely covered the bottom! My sister said it was the best gift she has ever gotten, and my family loves it so much (my husband loves using it- even after a long day at work he is excited to cook in it!!)- the best part is it cooks SO FAST- ribs in 10 minutes, huge roasts in 45 minutes- I would HIGHLY recommend this product to anyone who wants a good home-cooked meal fast, and not to mention the canning you can do!! The reason I am writing all of this is because I was so confused when I wanted to purchase one- I didnt know there was a difference between pressure cookers and pressure canners but there is, and this one does it all (I read it is not safe to can things in a normal pressure cooker-you need the pressure cooker/canner like this) It is super easy to use and by far the cheapest yet best quality of all (I looked at 20 different ones and almost paid $399 for the SAME thing!!) Have fun!! 12/03/2009
Classic Excellence There was a time in America when products were designed to "last". This is one of those products.I spent a lot of time shopping for a Pressure/Canner both new and used. There are a lot of options in many different price ranges.The Presto 23 Qt. has been around since "Grandma's" time and I read some reviews where people returned more expensive devices in favor of this one because it heats up faster and cools down faster than any others.Reading about people inheriting this product made me think. Walmart had the best price and I had it delivered to my local store. It was effortless.I've used the unit now a few times - works perfectly, its simple, well crafted and I suspect will be in my family for generations. I can use this for pressure cooking, canning, sterilizing (autoclaving), or those times when you want to make a BIG batch of something for an event - largest soup pot I own (laugh).I love it.Best regards to all.I am very happy with this purchase. 01/06/2010