Does anyone do their canning outdoors? Was wanting to do this so as to not heat up the house in the summer time. Been looking at the outdoor type propane cookers but not sure how big of one or which ones are best. Will be doing almost all pressure type with an occasional water bath if I get a good supply of tomatoes. I think I heard no bigger than a 15,000 BTU was needed. Also any experience with outside? Any pros or cons?
we had 3 or 4 pressure cookers going at 1 time had some in the opening of the garage to stay out of the wind and 1 inside on the stove top.
No different than cooking a meal on a camp fire .. make a wind block to conserve heat.. have a table right there to work off of really helps.
No different than cooking a meal on a camp fire .. make a wind block to conserve heat.. have a table right there to work off of really helps.
You can run the AC a long time before it ever exceeded the cost of the propane cooker and other stuff lol.
That is a fact.
The amount of heat generated in electric cooking coils and then the weight on top of that tends to deform them a little to a lot or deform the struts below the coils.
I have done a LOT of pressure canning/cooking on the stove top and burned out 1 coil and burned out one selector switch.
Warped 2 burner coils where light weight pans now rock on them.. Yes you can tweak the struts back to close enough.
I would think gas cook top may work better.
I have had many propane bottles given to me for free and have given many away. got a free turkey cooker stand and all the goodies from a buddy.
You could do it with wood also.
The amount of heat generated in electric cooking coils and then the weight on top of that tends to deform them a little to a lot or deform the struts below the coils.
I have done a LOT of pressure canning/cooking on the stove top and burned out 1 coil and burned out one selector switch.
Warped 2 burner coils where light weight pans now rock on them.. Yes you can tweak the struts back to close enough.
I would think gas cook top may work better.
I have had many propane bottles given to me for free and have given many away. got a free turkey cooker stand and all the goodies from a buddy.
You could do it with wood also.
Mom cans beets outside simply because it stinks the house up. lol
I think this is a good price for outdoor cooking. I cook bacon outside the entire package dumped into a stainless pot and set it on one of these and stir every now and then.. the more grease the better/ faster it cooks.
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Well I also can't can inside because I have a glass cooktop. Instructions say NOT to can on that cooktop.
Looks like that might be the ticket. Sturdy enough to hold my pressure canner.
That would make a great camp stove too. 
