I bought ball’s most recent book last year for hubby, so that he would quit borrowing and losing mine. LOL I actually don’t like the way it’s organized and it takes up way too much space on the book shelf. I do like additional recipes.
I’ve been thinking about getting a gas BBQ grill to use, but your comment made me stop and think about those portable electric burners that I’ve seen advertised - we have several outdoor electric outlets that I could use to do that. So thanks for helping me think that through.
I tried to heat my water bath on one of those double eye hotplates from Walmart but no dice. Just didn’t have the mojo to do that.
I’ve been trying to think of ways to get cooking outdoors while it’s 96F here.
We have a glass stove top. I have done hot water bath canning, but it takes a long time for the water to heat up which is very annoying, plus I’m afraid of cracking the top with the weight of the canner.
Doing some research, I saw an article on using indoor butane burners - they were safe for indoor use and worked really well. I was trying to find that article, but couldn’t find the exact one. Here is another article and I excerpted what it says about the butane burners below - this statement looks like it came from the original article I can’t find at the moment. Anyway, another option to consider!
Indoor butane burner for cannning
Some people recommend for indoor use a butane burner on Amazon called “Iwatani ZA-3HP Portable Butane Stove Burner” (affiliate link.) It is relatively inexpensive, and certified safe by the manufacturer for indoor use. A full, brand new cartridge will handle the time required (including getting up to pressure) for a 90 minute pressure canning processing session.
“A Master Food Preserver writes to Healthy Canning, “Recommend butane burners to those with glass top stoves or insufficient clearance to fit an All American. One can of butane will handle one whole processing, although I don’t think it will do two, so we save used cans for jams and pickles with short processing times. We regularly use these butane burners in classes, with pressure canners as big as All Americans and they perform beautifully.”6
Link: https://www.healthycanning.com/canning-on-hot-plates-or-portable-burners/