Canners and other supplies for home canning

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Looking for Canners and other supplies for home canning in 2026? Scroll down this page and follow the links. And if you bring home some fruit or vegetables and want to can, freeze, make jam, salsa or pickles, see this page for simple, reliable, illustrated canning, freezing or preserving directions. There are plenty of other related resources, click on the resources dropdown above. If you are having a hard time finding canning lids, I've used these, and they're a great price & ship in 2 days.

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Canners and other supplies for home canning

Waterbath Canners and Other Equipment My preference is the Victorio Stainless Steel Multi-Use Canner with Temperature Indicator #6 below
Granite Ware 21 QT, 9 Piece Enamelware Water bath Canning Pot with Canning kit, Colander and Rack	#1 - Ball Home Canning Kit The Complete Home Canning Kit - This is the canner and complete kit - everything you need in one package. It is also the same make and model that my family has used for 3 generations - my grandmother made everything from applesauce to jams and jellies to tomato and spaghetti sauce with it!
Granite Ware 21 QT, 9 Piece Enamelware Water bath Canning Pot with Canning kit, Colander and Rack	#2 - Granite Ware Enamel on Steel Canning Kit Note: Like all of these water bath canners; Do not use on glass cooktops (does not have a flat bottom)
See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon	#3 - Granite Ware Home Canning Kits The same as the kit above, but without the jars, jar lids, Ball Blue Book and coupons. . There is a separate kit of supplies further down the page. The manufacturer does not recommend this canner for glass or ceramic top stoves as it does not have a flat bottom. However, our experience is that these water-bath canners work fine on "most" flat top stoves. See my page about using a glass or ceramic stovetop for canning. Blake's rating: long lasting, well built. I have two of these!
See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon	#4 - Home Canning Kits - Larger This is the same as the one above, except larger - 33 quarts. This means it holds 9 quart jars instead of 7. Blake's rating: Same model as the #1, just wider to hold 2 more jars, long lasting, well built
	#5 Ball Elite Stainless steel water bath canner Made of stainless steel, so it should last a lifetime - it would also make a great pot to cook applesauce. I have one of these.
VKP Brands Water Bath AND Steam Canner, 20 Quart Stainless Steel, flat-bottomed Induction range compatible and safe for smooth top ranges.	#6 Victorio Stainless Steel Multi-Use Canner with Temperature Indicator USE ON ANY RANGE:
See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon	Extra tall canning pot IIf you have found that the standard canning pots boil over and spill hot water because you have to fill them so full to ensure that quart jars are covered by 1 to 2 inches of water, then here is the solution. This pot is not called a canner, but it works perfectly well as one. The rack from your old canner will fit inside it (I don't use the perforated plate that you see in the photo - it coesn't seat well with the weight of 7 quart jars on it . And because it is 32 quarts in volume rather than 21, the water returns to a boil faster after you put the jars in it. This pot adds to safety and reduces mess. And, of course, you can use this as a steamer pot for seafood and other foods, too! This pot is usually available online - but sometimes they run out - it is a 32-Quart Aluminum Tamale and Steamer Pot with Lid. If this brand isn't available, the Bayou brand turkey fryer pots are almost identical, just 4 quarts larger in volume.And then you can use your existing canning rack or get one here.
Canning Accessories, Racks and Accessory Kits
See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon	Canning equipment - everything but the pot long lasting steel version, including a rack This seven-piece canning kit provides all the essential tools needed for getting started.
See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon	More canning accessory kits - with Jar tongs, funnels, bubble free-ers These kits have the jar tongs and everything else you need, except for the canner and rack.
See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon	Canning Accessories by themselves Jar tongs to lift the jars in and out of the canner (without burning your hands!) Funnels to fill regular and wide mouth canning jars! Lid lifter - to pull the lids out of the hot water, again, without burning your hands! Canning ladle - finally - a ladle designed for canning, with huge capacity, can hang on the inside of a pot, acts as a squeegee
See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon	Canning Racks These Water Bath Canner Racks fit most boiling waterbath canners. Blake's rating: Excellent replacement racks (sooner or later your rack will fall apart from the boiling water (and no, this one is not made of silicone...)
	Miscellaneous Canning Supplies Looking for funnels, jar tongs, lid lifters and more? See this page for a variety of canning items
	Canner for Glass and Ceramic Stoves If you have a glass or ceramic stovetop, you may have found that it is impossible to find a canner for you stove! Look on this page!

Presto 01781 23-Quart Pressure Cooker/Canner

Shown at left is a Mirro 16 qt pressure canner / cooker from WalMart.

I think this is just a starter pressure canner, because it is small, but it is less expensive

All American Pressure Canner and Cookers - In 3 Sizes

These are the Rolls Royce's of the home canning world, last a lifetime and can crank out serious volumes!

8 oz canning jars shown below:

Quilted 4 oz jars below:

Canning Hand Tools

Buy quality canning helpers. These provide the home canner with the essential tools needed for safe and efficient home canning.

Anything you could need is here, at discount prices

Some examples:

Home Canning Kits
Canning Jar Lifters
Canning Lid Lifters
Canning Jar Wrenches
Kitchen Tongs
Crinkle Cutters
Canning Lid Sanitizers
Canning Funnels
Stainless Steel Wide Mouth Funnels
Big Mouth Canning Funnel w/ Sieves
Deluxe Stainless Steel Funnel w/ Strainers
Ball Bubble FREER Spatulas
Korona Stainless Steel, 6 Qt. Deep Colanders
Stainless Steel Colanders
9 inch Granite Wear Colander
Vegetable Brushes
Cook's Tools
Jelly Strainer Stand with Jelly Bag
Jelly Strainer Bags
Grip EZ Chopper/Scrapers
Racsk for Water Bath Canners
Strawberry Hullers
Tomato Slicers

Canning books

Canning & Preserving for Dummies by Karen Ward

Get Canning and Preserving For Dummies

The All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving: Over 350 of the Best Canned, Jammed, Pickled, and Preserved Recipes Paperback

This is THE book on canning! My grandmother used this book when I was a child. It tells you in simple instructions how to can almost anything; complete with recipes for jam, jellies, pickles, sauces, canning vegetables, meats, etc. If it can be canned, this book likely tells you how! Click on the link below for more information and / or to buy (no obligation to buy). You will see various different cover pages depending upon the publisher, but the seller's links at left will take you to the correct version.

Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving

USDA's Complete Book of Home Canning Paperback, published August 4, 2015

by United States Dept. of Agriculture

This book is a compendium of the USDA's research and tested recipes. It explains the scientific principles behind home canning, canning equipment, and the proper use of jars and lids. It is written by government folks, so it is pretty dry, but it is accurate. It includes recipes for fruit; tomatoes; vegetables; poultry, red meat, and seafood; fermented foods and vegetables; and jams and jellies and contains updates based on research in the last 20 years for canning safer and better quality food at home.

Bean "frenchers" and pea shellers

It is tiring and laborious to prepare green beans for canning; there are so many of them and you do them all by hand. But wait there's a new device that makes it easy. Hmmm, actually, these devices have been around since our great-grandfather's day! Here are several different types and makes, some hand fed, some cranked: choose the one that meets your need and budget!

For photos and features of the bean frenchers, click here!

And there's a pea sheller, too; to make shelling peas easier.

Lids and Rings (jars are above)

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Need lids, rings and replacement jars? Or pectin to make jam, spaghetti sauce or salsa mix or pickle mixes? Get them all here, and usually at lower prices than your local store! Click on the images at left for current prices and/or ordering!

Get them all here at the best prices on the internet!

Cleaning supplies to remove rust from rings and jars

A visitor wrote in to tell how she uses Copper Glo (order at ledt) to remove rust from rings and jars:

Comments from a visitor on September 15, 2010: "You mention not using jars that have rust on them. One way to remove rust from jars is with Copper Glo. I get Copper Glo at our local Giant Eagle. I had a jar with rust on it and was getting ready to pitch it when my mom told me about Copper Glo. I was afraid to use it at first because I was afraid it would scratch the jar, but decided it was worth a try. Amazingly, the rust came off and the jar wasn't scratched!"

Rubber seals for the older zinc caps - Know first that home canning experts do not recommend that you use the rubber ring system. The modern flat lid and metal ring system (above) is superior in reliability and safety. If you insist in using the rubber ring system, do not use old rubber rings: they have aged and will probably not seal effectively, especially on an older jar. You can get new rubber canning rings quite inexpensively here.:

Making Jam? Need Pectin, but the local store is out?

Is your jam too runny? Pectin enables you to turn out perfectly set jam every time. Made from natural apples, there are also low-sugar pectins that allow you to reduce the sugar you add by almost half!

Get them all here at the best prices on the internet!

Pickles

Whether you want dills or sweet pickles; canning them or straight into the refrigerator; there is a mix for every taste and need here!Get them all here, delivered direct to your home, at the best prices on the internet! Get everything you need to make pickles: mixes, salt, brine, etc. here!