Re: [CH] pressure canners/cookers
Celeste or Dave Anderson (chilehed1@powernet.net)
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 12:07:25 +0000
We use a Mirro pressure cooker/canner which has a weighted jiggler
with three different sized holes. The cause the weight to jiggle and
release steam at 5, 10, and 15 lbs. At our altitude, most everything
is cooked or canned at 15 lbs. There is also a blow-out plug which
will supposedly blow if the steam nozzle is blocked. The instructions
don't say at what pressure the blow-out plug explodes.
Mirro also makes a single pressure cooker\canner. Pressure is 15 psi.
> >
> > I use these small pressure cookers/canners a lot.
> > The nice large ones have pressure gauges, but you have a vent jiggler
> > which serves the same purpose.
>
> Actually, it's not a loose jiggler, it's a non-removable weighted
> valve that pops up as soon as pressure begins to form and steam
> needs to vent.
> >
> > If you have the single position jiggler (one hole) it releases
> > steam at 10 PSI above your current sealevel pressure.
>
> It is a single hole type release mechanism. I was hoping to find
> some mention of the pressure at which it begins to vent in the
> instructions that came with the cooker, but there is non...and
> there is no list of specifications that might include such info.
>
> I guess I'd have to assume its 10 PSI, but that would only be an
> unverifiable guess. Think I'll stick to boiling water bath
> suitable preserving for now.
>
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