This Presto® 16-quart pressure cooker is designed for easy, confident home pressure canning. The only safe method recommended by the USDA for canning vegetables, meats, poultry, and seafood. Doubles as a boiling water canner for preserving fruits, jams, jellies, pickles, and salsa in half-pint and pint jars. The pressure dial gauge registers a complete range of processing pressures for precise canning. Works on gas, electric, and smooth-top ranges.
FEATURES:
- Designed for easy, confident home pressure canning.
- The only safe method recommended by the USDA for canning vegetables, meats, poultry, and seafood.
- Doubles as a boiling water canner for fruits, jams, jellies, pickles, and salsa in half-pint and pint jars.
- Works on gas, electric, and smooth-top ranges.
- Deluxe pressure dial gauge registers precise processing pressures, which is especially important in high-altitude areas.
- Air vent/cover lock allows pressure to build only when the cover is closed properly and prevents the cover from being opened until pressure is safely reduced.
- Handy as a large capacity pressure cooker for meats, poultry, soups, and desserts.
- Durable heavy-gauge aluminum for long life and fast, even heating.
- Cooking/canning rack.
- Easy-to-follow 80-page instruction/recipe book for canning and pressure cooking.
- Regular Mason Jar Capacity: 12 half-pints, 10 pints, or 7 quarts (Half-pints and pints only for boiling water processing).
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS:
- Brand: Presto
- Assembled Product Dimensions (L x W x H): 14.81 x 14.81 x 11.94 Inches
- Size: 16-Quart
- Weight: 10.5 lbs
- Color: Silver
- Material: Aluminum
