glass on glass violence
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2023 1:11 am
So I finally got the summer sauerkraut out of its 61F fridge. I discarded a bit off the top and ended up with 12+ qts. Really good. Five I'll keep in the fridge, live. The other seven I decided to can. I lined them up on the stove and cleaned the canner pot and put it on the burner, and turned the burner on. Then I'm filling a pot to add water to the canner when something seems wrong. Smells wrong? I look left and see the burner on high is the wrong burner - the red is where my filled jars are sitting...
I got them off as quick as possible, but there are some nasty marks where the glass jars were sitting on the glass burner. I don't know yet how much damage I did to the jars or the stovetop.
So I just came to the internet to search for some suggestions on how to deal with glass burns, or whatever you would call it. Absolutely nothing useful found regarding glass heating glass, but I found a wonderfully informative page about pressure canning:
Well, now that I understand what I've been doing wrong all these years...using both electric AND glasstop with my presto...I guess I'll go check that damage.
Cute pattern, huh? Luckily I hadn't cleaned that burner, just the canner burner. I think I smelled something burning before the jars got too, too hot. Probably that cinnamon sugar from pumpkin pie from earlier.
I got them off as quick as possible, but there are some nasty marks where the glass jars were sitting on the glass burner. I don't know yet how much damage I did to the jars or the stovetop.
So I just came to the internet to search for some suggestions on how to deal with glass burns, or whatever you would call it. Absolutely nothing useful found regarding glass heating glass, but I found a wonderfully informative page about pressure canning:
So, no pressure canning on electric, glass, ceramic, induction, outdoor, portable, or anything less than 15k BTU.brilliant trusted internet source wrote:What stoves should you not use a canner with?
You should not use a canner with any stove or cooktop that has less than 15,000 BTUs of burner power. It is also important to note that electric stoves generally cannot be used for canning. This is because the heat produced is not distributed evenly and you can have hot spots that exceed the recommended temperature for safe canning.
Additionally, any portable or outdoor type stoves should not be used as they are prone to producing irregular heat and taking longer to reach a desired temperature. It is not recommended to use a pressure canner on a glass or ceramic top stove as the weight of the canner may cause the top to crack or shatter.
Finally, if you have an induction stove, these are not suitable as the heat cannot be controlled and may overheat.
Well, now that I understand what I've been doing wrong all these years...using both electric AND glasstop with my presto...I guess I'll go check that damage.
Cute pattern, huh? Luckily I hadn't cleaned that burner, just the canner burner. I think I smelled something burning before the jars got too, too hot. Probably that cinnamon sugar from pumpkin pie from earlier.