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Any big stock pot or stove top dutch oven base could work if the sides are
high enough to get up near the neck of the jars. I watched my grand folks
can on a kitchen range when I was a kid. Only problem there was the
heat in kitchen. Several fans made that tolerable. Later we set up in the basement where it was always at least 70 degrees or cooler.
On the basket that the jars sit in....if you only have a spacer to go on the bottom to keep the jars off the bottom of the kettle then that will work.
There are tongs which will let you lift the jars out of the kettle by their necks. Just have a padded mit or big thick pot holder to put under with your other hand to support it. Grand folks had these wire cooling racks they would place thick towels over to sit the hot jars so they could air cool to room temp.
The stores should be full of this stuff right now as early garden produce comes in or people buy it on sale as it is trucked into the stores.
Any big stock pot or stove top dutch oven base could work if the sides are
high enough to get up near the neck of the jars. I watched my grand folks
can on a kitchen range when I was a kid. Only problem there was the
heat in kitchen. Several fans made that tolerable. Later we set up in the basement where it was always at least 70 degrees or cooler.
On the basket that the jars sit in....if you only have a spacer to go on the bottom to keep the jars off the bottom of the kettle then that will work.
There are tongs which will let you lift the jars out of the kettle by their necks. Just have a padded mit or big thick pot holder to put under with your other hand to support it. Grand folks had these wire cooling racks they would place thick towels over to sit the hot jars so they could air cool to room temp.
The stores should be full of this stuff right now as early garden produce comes in or people buy it on sale as it is trucked into the stores.
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