LOL...yes...the water bath canners hold a LOT of water!
Mine has the gauge.....which, you’re supposed to get inspected by the county extention office, every year.
Well, ours was closed, when I was ready to can....so I rolled the dice, went ahead with my canning, and....thankfully, all was well.
Now, I’m praying that the freezers hang in there, or, I’ll be rolling it out, again, fast.
May do some more meat canning, regardless, in a few weeks. Luckily, I have plenty of jars/seals. Those things are nearly impossible to find, now.
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We started using the reusable ones Glenn Beck used to advertise. They work well.
I bought a case of the rings and lids on sale at the end of the summer 2018. So far I’ve only opened 2 of those. I also have a nice stash of the lids. I just have one freezer left to go through and will can a lot of that stuff to make way for another load of meat and veggies later on.
We ordered a new dehydrator, so we’ll be using those quite a bit too. I didn’t want to take a chance on the old dehydrator going out. It didn’t have a temperature adjustment, timer, fruit leather trays and the new one does.
When we bought our pressure canner, we ordered extra seal rings and stuff right away, so we’d have those when needed.