PRESTO 02144 12 Qt Electric Pressure Canner User Guide

PRESTO 02144 12 Qt Electric Pressure Canner

IMPORTANT: Read your Instruction/Recipe Manual carefully before each use for important operating instructions. Once you have become familiar with how your Presto Precise® Digital Pressure Canner operates, this condensed guide will become a convenient reference tool.

Getting Ready

• Select canning recipe from Instruction Manual. Prepare jars, lids, and bands. Prepare food as directed for canning.
• Place removable pot in canner. Put canning rack in pot.
• Pour 3 quarts of water into pot, up to fill line.
• Fully insert power cord and plug into 120VAC wall outlet.
• PRESSURE CAN will flash.
• Slowly rotate the control knob until BOILING WATER CAN flashes on display. Press control knob to select Boiling Water Can mode.
• 005 lights up. Rotate control knob adjusting to specific processing time for recipe and jar size (pints or half-pints).
• Verify you have set the right program and time.
• Press . INSERT JARS lights up. Fill jars half full with water and place on canning rack.

Jar Warming

• Remove regulator from canner cover. Never use the regulator when using the Boiling Water Canning method.
• Place cover on canner and lock. Confirm gasket is on sensor.
• Lower sensor arm and turn green latch clockwise to lock in place.
• Press . WARM lights up. Jar warming will take about 20 minutes. At this time, complete food preparation and heat at least 3 quarts of water to boiling in a large kettle for later use. More water will be needed if canner is not filled to jar capacity.

Fill Jars

• Canner will beep twice and FILL JARS lights up.
• Unlock and lift sensor arm. Remove cover.
• Lift out one jar at a time. Discard water from jar and immediately fill jar according to canning recipe. Position lid and secure with band.

Canning

• Place filled jar on canning rack and repeat until all jars are filled.
• Pour boiling water into canner so water level is 1 inch above the jars.
• Place cover on canner and lock. Lower sensor arm and turn green latch clockwise to lock in place.
• Press . HEAT lights up. The processing time set in phase 1 appears.
• Once the boiling water canning temperature is reached, the unit will beep twice and CANNING will light up. Timer begins counting down.

Cooling

• When processing time expires, the canner beeps 4 times.
• COOL and 005 will light up. At this time, unlock and lift sensor arm and carefully remove cover for cooling period. The timer will count down during cooling period.

Done

• When time expires, canner beeps 10 times and DONE lights up.
• Press and hold for 3 seconds.
• Using a jar lifter, carefully remove jars by lifting straight up. Place jars upright on a towel. Do not retighten bands. Allow jars to cool naturally. Check seals no earlier than 12 hours, but no later than 24 hours.

BOILING WATER CANNING METHOD

Maximum Mason Jar Capacity
JAR TYPE| Regular mouth| Wide mouth
Half-pints| 10| 7
Pints| 8| 7
Quarts do not fit in this model. At least 1-inch of water above jars is required for boiling water canning.

Reference Instruction Manual for a detailed explanation on how to remedy the following error codes. See Troubleshooting section.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
 E3     Insufficient liquid.

EI0   Regulator was not removed from canner cover in jar warming phase.

E30  Regulator was not removed from canner cover during boiling water

canning phase.

Contact Presto Consumer Service at 1-800-877-0441 for the error codes below. Unplug canner. See Consumer Service Information section in Instruction Manual.

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