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If I had not read the review by Sara on the Amazon website, I would not have known how to use this canner/cooker at all because the Instruction Manual is almost worthless. After using the information that Sara wrote, I have used the canner/cooker successfully as a canner. SIMPLIFIED INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESSURE CANNING: Put one rack and 3" of water in the bottom of the cooker. Load the cooker with the filled jars ready to process as indicated in the canning recipe used . If two rows of pint or half-pint jars are needed, put the other rack over the first row of jars in the canner before adding the second row of jars. Turn on the stove under the canner and close the lid WITHOUT the pressure weight on the top. When steam begins to come out of pressure weight vent in the center of the cooker, put the size pressure weight on the canner that is called for in the canning recipe used (example, 10 #). Continue heating. Steam will leak out around one handle. Heat until the red button over this handle pops up. At this point, set a timer for the number of minutes called for in the recipe used and continue cooking until the timer goes off. Cool the canner until the red button on the handle goes down. Remove the canner lid and the jars. The canner/cooker works great now that I know how to use it. Thanks, Sara.