FREE CANNING JARS
https://www.classico.com/products
Most Classico brand tomato pasta sauces are packed in Atlas style mason jars with standard screw tops.
I say most because we have seen some with lug style tops that are not reusable for canning
Most of the jars we have collected are 24 ounce but we do have some 28 ounce that came from a warehouse store like Costco or Sam’s Club.
I know the experts and manufacturers warn against reusing jars but in our experience Classico jars work just as well as store bought jars.
We have used these jars for canning for many years and never had a problem with breakage or sealing.
The style with screw on lids take a standard canning jar lid and band.
Of course they need to be inspected as you would any jar to make sure there are no hairline cracks, chips or irregularities on the rim that would affect the seal
And we always try to be careful with all jars by not filling cold jars with boiling hot contents or putting cold jars (empty or full) directly in boiling water.
If you don’t buy jar sauces yourself you can ask relatives of friends or neighbors who may use Classico to save the jars for you.
Or you can post a message on Craigslist, community bulletin boards or neighborhood flyers looking for people to save the jars for you.
In our experience people we found who do use Classico sauces were happy to save the jars for us.
Our local supermarket frequently has Classico on a BOGO sale.
We have also called the company at 1-888-337-2420 and they sent us discount coupons.
The last coupons we got were $ .50 each and we used them to save even more at the BOGO sale.
When my Mom was going through a quart of honey per week, we’d get a local brand that used normal canning jars, just with their label pasted over the “Kerr”. I considered those free jars.
I would bet there are other small brands that do the same, you just have to feel the label to check the jar underneath.
Here’s a twist on that: Does anybody know of a brand that uses plastic jar that would fit a regular-mouth canning lid? Not for canning with, but my blender has a blade assembly that fits a mason jar, and I’d like a few quart-sized plastic jars to make my smoothies in.
That’s great to know! I had some friends that kept giving me the pasta sauce jars, I have a nice little collection and they are pretty but I have been cautious about using them for canning.
It’s hard to get anything free these days, so that’s a great suggestion.
You had mentioned the price of the All-American, hope you don’t mind me putting this here on the forum. I’m just too lazy to go into mail. lol
I really wish I had bought the All-American back when I bought the presto! The Presto has only gone up about 20%. I think the all Americans gone up at least 50%. Oh well I got it anyway. I don’t know how much the good grain mills were back then, but I’m sure I’m losing a similar amount of money for not having gotten a good one.
I love the classico jars once I realized that I could use them for canning...I like the size...I like the look of them....but I don’t buy much tomato sauce since I can a lot of tomatoes but when they are on sale, I think its worth having some of it around....
here’s a question....on many videos from Russia or other easter Europeon countries, they can their stuff using just a one piece lid and then use a contraption to tighten it.....anyone know what that is called or where one could get one?
Thanks for information on Classico! 👍