Six generations of Americans have been using Granite Ware canners to preserve fruits and vegetables. This mini canner is perfect for preserving jams, jellies and salsa. Holds seven pint jars. Comes with rack for easy lifting jars from canner. Granite Ware's high efficiency, quick boiling performance combined with its modest cost make it ideal for canning. The dark porcelain surface and steel core absorbs energy and evenly distributes heat to the contents. Porcelain enamel is the result of fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius. The powder melts and flows and hardens to a durable vitreous coating on a carbon steel core. It creates a smooth, hard finish that won't burn and resists staining. It's also non -porous so it won't trap odors or food particles and provides a low coefficient of friction - meaning that it cleans up easily and, it is corrosion and chemically resistant so it will last a long time. When fired, the vessel is placed on pins so the bottom and sides are hardened during the firing process into one smooth laminated glass surface. You may notice slight pin indentations where the glass has flowed around the pin that supports the base during firing. The pin marks do not compromise the finish or performance of the vessel in any way but you should take additional care in handling if using on glass top stove. 11 1/2qt capacity.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Granite Ware 11-1/2 Quart Covered Preserving Canner with Rack:
I received mine with a dent and two nice sized chips on the inside. Trying to contact customer service to file a complaint is practically a 7 step process and worse yet,... just try finding a phone number to contact customer service. Ridiculous! Save yourself the grief & go to Walmart. For now on, the only items I will order from Amazon are simply CD's and DVD's. :-(
Poor rack for jelly jars...too open... jars fall through.:
I now need to buy 2 racks for the two canners that i purchased, that will prevent the jars from falling between the one support on the rack. At least two supports are required to support the jars...three supports would be the ultimate. Don't buy this one for one pint or half pint jars. it is very frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
gets the job done:
I make jellies. The rack inside really needs revamped somehow to keep the jelly jars from constantly falling over and rolling around. I think I do better just using my own small round broiler pan in the bottom of the cooker like I have always used. I suppose I didn't need to buy this item at all... Although I do like the size of the granite ware cooker.
11-1/2 Quart water bath canner:
There are just the my husband and I so we don't need things canned in quarts and trying to can pints and half-pints in a large water bath canner just doesn't work well. I looked everywhere for a small canner and couldn't find one until I look on Amazon. I make alot of jam in the summer as gifts and for us, and this is just the right size.
