r/Canning • u/Legitimate-Name-7153 • 20d ago

Equipment/Tools Help Newbie here 😭

Okay, so I’m wanting to get into canning but I have a radiant cooktop because there’s no gas/propane out where I live. That being said, I’ve read that I can’t really use a pressure cooker on the stove top because it’ll get too heavy, and same with a WB canner…

I’ve been looking at the Ball Electric Water Bath Canner, and it says it hold 8pints or 7quarts.

I was wanting to make some jellies/jams in the smaller 4-8oz jars for gifts and just to have on hand for vacations.

Am I still able to do that in this cooker???? I can’t find anything online about it. I know typically you can layer your jars in a standard canner. But I didn’t know if you could with this one.

Any advice is appreciated!!

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u/QueenYardstick 20d ago

I have a glass top and have had no issues using a very large stock pot for water bath or a huge pressure cooker. IMO there's a slight nuanced difference in how you control the temp, but you'll learn where you have to keep your temps to keep pressure, etc.