Misc Has anyone bought a new electric stove recently?
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kyrsyan
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Do research beforehand. Make sure that a canning eye or heavy duty eye is available. Make sure that the connectors for the eyes are ceramic or that you can get ceramic ones to replace the plastic ones for the eyes that you will be using. Otherwise I have no clue. I make those recommendations because a friend bought a brand new electric stove and then discovered canning. Within a month he had burnt out the eye and the connector. (Yes, he went a little crazy.) But now he can't find replacement parts because it is one of the brands that doesn't tend to have crossover parts. But I can't remember which brand it is. Mine is a Frigidaire and I was able to purchase Maytag parts that were compatible so that I could upgrade it.
Donna_in_OK
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My husband and I purchased a separate hot plate that is large and will handle our canning demands. Our stove is now glass top, and won't do canning very well. We can use this tabletop element anywhere, and I plan to build an outside canning shed in the next year or so.
ainitfunny
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Where do you live? I MAY Have an almost new electric stove in the garage (if it is still there-gotta check)
Unfortunately, electric stoves and canning these days are a REALLY bad combination. DO NOT get a glass top stove!
It sounds like you maybe live in an apartment? If you can, I'd suggest that you buy the best quality stove you can afford for the kitchen, but then get a propane turkey cooker or a double burner propane camp stove to use for canning.
I have a good quality (quasi-commercial) propane cookstove (it's actually dual fuel, because the cook top is propane, but the ovens are electric) and it's everything I ever dreamed of in a canning stove (or cooking stove, for that matter ). But for years, I canned on electric stoves, and if it weren't for a very handy husband and sons, I'd have had to replace the entire stoves at least every 3 years. Even with supposed "heavy duty" canning burners, I burned up the wiring harnesses and/or the burner every 2-3 years.
Before I managed to save enough for my current cookstove, I had gone to doing m9st canning outside on a double burner propane camp stove.
Very similar to this one : https://www.amazon.com/Camp-Chef-Ex...9379&sr=8-2&keywords=Double+burner+camp+stove
They can be a bit tricky to regulate in the beginning, especially for canning stuff that needs to hold 11# pressure for an hour or more. But they can be managed, andI've canned thousands of jars on ours.
If you need to work indoors, just keep the windows wide open for ventilation.
Summerthyme
It sounds like you maybe live in an apartment? If you can, I'd suggest that you buy the best quality stove you can afford for the kitchen, but then get a propane turkey cooker or a double burner propane camp stove to use for canning.
I have a good quality (quasi-commercial) propane cookstove (it's actually dual fuel, because the cook top is propane, but the ovens are electric) and it's everything I ever dreamed of in a canning stove (or cooking stove, for that matter ). But for years, I canned on electric stoves, and if it weren't for a very handy husband and sons, I'd have had to replace the entire stoves at least every 3 years. Even with supposed "heavy duty" canning burners, I burned up the wiring harnesses and/or the burner every 2-3 years.
Before I managed to save enough for my current cookstove, I had gone to doing m9st canning outside on a double burner propane camp stove.
Very similar to this one : https://www.amazon.com/Camp-Chef-Ex...9379&sr=8-2&keywords=Double+burner+camp+stove
They can be a bit tricky to regulate in the beginning, especially for canning stuff that needs to hold 11# pressure for an hour or more. But they can be managed, andI've canned thousands of jars on ours.
If you need to work indoors, just keep the windows wide open for ventilation.
Summerthyme
Thanks, Aint, but I'm in the upper mid-west. I appreciate the offer!
Summerthyme,
I ended up with a GE electric stove, not a glass top.
I've only canned on it a few times so far, but I've had no problems.
I am interested in a propane cook stove. When you say they are difficult to regulate with a pressure canner, do you mean that you need to adjust the flame frequently?
I ended up with a GE electric stove, not a glass top.
I've only canned on it a few times so far, but I've had no problems.
I am interested in a propane cook stove. When you say they are difficult to regulate with a pressure canner, do you mean that you need to adjust the flame frequently?