JonB
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My first pressure canner was bought at a garage sale for $5 many years ago, maybe 1990?
a Presto 7 (16 Qt) It was old and quite pitted on the inside and whatever crapola that was inside those pits, some would cook out (during each successive use) into the water and deposit itself on the jars near the waterline.
Anyway, a couple years later I found a real nice Presto 7B at a garage sale for $25...compared to a new equivalent, a steal of a price. It's identical to the 7, even the lids were interchangable...but the handles were plastic (bakelight?) instead of wood.
That has served me for decades.
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Just a few years ago, I came across another 7B at a garage sale...looks like new inside and out, with all the accessories (grates/pans/basket) and the paper manual, this model hasn't been made since 1978, so it's unlikely to find another one in this condition and completeness. It was priced at $35...I didn't really need it, but wanted it, BUT didn't want to spend real money on it. I knew the guy selling it, he likes to collect old stuff. I offered a even up swap and just started listing old junk I had, that he might want. We did come to an even up agreement, for my two old round galvanized wash tubs and my collection of 2 or 3 barn rope pulleys.
Now, I haven't used this "like new" canner yet, but it sure is shiney and purty to look at, LOL.
My first pressure canner was bought at a garage sale for $5 many years ago, maybe 1990?
a Presto 7 (16 Qt) It was old and quite pitted on the inside and whatever crapola that was inside those pits, some would cook out (during each successive use) into the water and deposit itself on the jars near the waterline.
Anyway, a couple years later I found a real nice Presto 7B at a garage sale for $25...compared to a new equivalent, a steal of a price. It's identical to the 7, even the lids were interchangable...but the handles were plastic (bakelight?) instead of wood.
That has served me for decades.
.
Just a few years ago, I came across another 7B at a garage sale...looks like new inside and out, with all the accessories (grates/pans/basket) and the paper manual, this model hasn't been made since 1978, so it's unlikely to find another one in this condition and completeness. It was priced at $35...I didn't really need it, but wanted it, BUT didn't want to spend real money on it. I knew the guy selling it, he likes to collect old stuff. I offered a even up swap and just started listing old junk I had, that he might want. We did come to an even up agreement, for my two old round galvanized wash tubs and my collection of 2 or 3 barn rope pulleys.
Now, I haven't used this "like new" canner yet, but it sure is shiney and purty to look at, LOL.
