02153 Precise 23-Quart Digital Pressure Canner

I have had my canner a week. Have pressure canned and water bath canned and love it. Such an easy machine to use. Super simple. Absolutely in love so far. The only negetive I have so far is it only comes with one rack so you can’t stack your pressure canner. But there very inexpensive to buy.

My 23qt pressure cooker came today and i immediately had to use it. So I can’t speak for how it holds up over time. This thing is awesome. I did a small batch of canned salmon and it worked perfectly. This machine does take longer than a normal stove top pressure cooker but if you are only doing one batch at a time this is totally worth it. I got it going and just went to do other things till it said it was done and that was so easy. So much less exhausting than sitting there monitoring a pressure gage for an hour. Now if you are a multiple batch at a time kind of person I don’t think I would recommend this cooker. The warm up and cool down take a significantly larger amount of time so you wouldn’t be cranking through batches the same. My stove top cooker takes 20 minutes to release the pressure and this takes 1.5 hrs to finish releasing pressure and cooling down. It was easy to use, and the directions were easy to understand. This cooker is very light and easy to move when empty. So far I have no complaints on the design. It would have been cool if they had thrown in a couple racks with this larger model for layers. I will update my review as I see how this pressure cooker holds up!

I bought this pressure canner so I could easily do smaller batches more frequently, rather than trying to fill my giant All American pressure canner. The directions are very clear and I especially like the laminated instruction card which gives instructions, acting as a reminder every time I pull this unit out. I appreciate that this canner handles all aspects of canning, including heating jars in advance. This really helps reduce the number of pans I usually had to use to pressure can, in order to pre-heat jars. Cooking speed seems less using this canner than a stove top model. It's very durable, being made out of heavy duty aluminum and it's easy to clean. The canner is attractive and while it's a bit heavy, it's no where near the weight of my huge All American. I find now that because it's so simple to use and my batches are smaller, I really enjoy canning a lot more and it's a much simpler task than using a giant canner - also because it's all automatic. I (probably like every other canner) feel that I should FILL any canner I use because I'm going through the effort to can something. This canner accommodates 16 wide mouth pints in layers and 7 quarts. A couple of times I've had 8 or 9 quarts or more than 16 pints, but it inspires me to prepare some more food and do a second load. All in all, a very nice canner and I'm very happy I bought it. While the price was a bit high, I appreciate the Presto name and I expect this canner to last me a long time.

Best thing ever!

Purchased for the wife so she can continue to can in the winter. Win win win!