Thank you! That pressure canner in the running, for sure! I think Ellendra got one recently? Can’t remember...
I got an All-American canner several years ago. It’s a good, solid canner. But, I had trouble keeping the pressure steady. I think that had a lot to do with my stove rather than the canner. Jackie Clay recommends the All-American, and she cans enough every year she could supply her own grocery store if she wanted to!
More recently I bought a Presto digital pressure canner. That thing has been a Godsend! No more constant fiddling to keep the pressure steady, it monitors itself. Just plug it in and follow the directions on the screen. I did more canning with that thing in the first few months than I did the 10 years prior.
The only downside to the digital canner is that it requires a reliable source of electricity. The All-American just requires a heat source. If you’re in a situation where wood or propane are more available than electricity, you’ll probably do better with the All-American.
If you have the funds available, hedge your bets and get both, so you can use the digital for normal times and the non-digital during outages. But if you can only get one or the other, choose based on your own situation.