Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased this canner for a big canning job - 300 lbs. of pumpkin. While it is impressively crafted and heavy (it is built like a nuclear containment vessel), my Mom's 30 year old Presto Deluxe canner kicked this thing's can (no pun intended). The metal on this canner is unbelievably thick and it is quite heavy. Because of this it takes forever to come up to pressure, (with all that heavy metal it acts like a big radiator) and it takes longer to cool down - hours, literally. This also means it is much less efficient (more gas/electricity required to can). I could cycle almost four times in the old canner to two cycles of this one. The gasketless metal-to-metal seal was fussy, very easy to seat incorrectly, and despite greasing the seat with vaseline every cycle it managed to stick every time making it difficult to open. This canner is probably adequate if you don't can much and you don't care about time or energy (gas/electric). While my Mom ooh'ed and aw'ed initially, in the end she deemed it unworthy of her kitchen. Mom has great instincts; I sent it back.