Granite Ware Enamel on Steel 12-Quart Water Bath Canner with Lid Black

I make rhubarb jam and mint jelly every year at the beginning of June. I was using a large pot to boil my 8oz jars. I had to line the bottom of the pot with a dish towel. This was annoying but most canning pots were too large and too heavy for 7 or 8 8oz jars. Then I searched Amazon and read all the reviews. This canning pot is ideal for my use. If you use larger jars, quart size etc. you will need a larger one. Water gets displaced if the jars are bigger and will boil over. This one is just right for my purposes. I bought the jars from Amazon also…cheapest around.

Worked out pretty well for the price

This is a perfect size for me. It fits on my 2 burner stovetop. I can can items I grow in pots on my patio. And I can use it for a ton of other activities where I need a larger pot. I love the look of the enameled metal and all the extra canning items fit neatly inside it for storage.

Great pot! Light weight and perfect for water bath canning or big pots of soup. Just dont try to can quart jars even tho the descriptor says you can. There is not enough head room above the jars to get your 1-2 inches of water without completely spilling over when it boils covering your stove and anything near by. It is really great for pints or smaller but for the quart jars, you need the larger size. Update It isn’t great for 6 pints either as the water level gets too high and again splashes all over. If i had to buy again, would go for the 21 quart pot which is taller.

I made my first batch of organic, low-sugar blueberry jam in half-pint jars, and this canner worked perfectly. The jam is fabulous. I made six little jars. I'd never made jam before and it was great fun and really easy. You can make wonderful, low-sugar jam with Pomona's Universal Pectin ([...]). I learned about this online and found the pectin at our local PCC market; you might find it at your local co-op. I only used one cup of organic cane sugar and the jam has a really balanced sweetness. I would not use this steam canner for canning low-acidified vegetables, however. From book sources and posts I've read, a pressure canner is safer for processing low-acidified vegetables to ensure that harmful bacteria is destroyed.

This canner, just like it's larger sister the Granite Ware 16-quart canner, processes beautifully. BUT, according to the blurb on the website, and according to the paperwork included with the canner, the manufacturer seems to think it's possible to water-bath four 1-quart jars in it! That might be true if you only want to have a watery stove-top! Put water 1-2 inches above the top of even one 1-quart jar, bring it to a boil, and the only place that will get a water bath is your kitchen! I rate the 12-quart canner 5 stars because it's a great product, but DON'T plan on canning anything other than 4 ounce, 1/2 pint, and 1 pint jars.

Between my family we own several of these canning pots. We use them to can pickles & stuff from the garden every year. I also have the bigger size pot which I use more often. They don't last forever but they should last a good 10 years. Mine got a hole in the bottom, rust I guess or maybe it just cracked but its cheap light weight metal so it's not going to last forever. It works great for canning though and the smaller size like this is good to have around too.

This item is a typical enamel on steel product and the quality is what one would expect for the price. I bought this item based on the specs, which are also on the label that came with the product. The specs indicate that the canner will accept 4 quart jars and 7 pint jars. 4 quart jars will fit in the circumference of the pot. One would think that it would be safe to assume that you would have enough room to also process the jars in a typical water bath. Wrong. I bought the 12 qt canner. one cannot process quart jars in this unit. Quart jars protrude above the top of the rim of the pot, so it would be impossible to process quart jars below the water level. I first used this item for pint jars, and just barely had enough room to cover the jars with water and process them. Fortunately I have a stainless steel pot that is deeper and can fit the wire rack in so I can process both quart and pint jars. Very disappointed.

I used the pot for the first time today, I have to say it does the job quite well. It holds six 500 ml (1 pint) jars easily, I didn't try seven. The rack has a contour design that allows the handles to rest on the edge of the pot with the basket part-way out of the water - a nice feature. It makes loading and unloading the jars a breeze.

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Enjoying the fruits of my garden all winter thanks to the canner! Worked well.

Very happy with the canner, perfect size for what I wanted. Good quality.

Canner came to me with no dents or imperfections, and it's worked great so far for canning! Wish that the rack had dividers for between jars, but I knew what I was buying. Great product!