How to Set Up and Use a Dial-Gauge Pressure Canner 

Let see, this is a step by step with no bull shit in between instructions on how to do what I didn't know, thank you. You should be awarded for being one of the very few that knows how to get down to the point without so much shit.

Best explanation I have watched. I am planning on getting a pressure canner and this was so very helpful. Thanks!

Great informative video thanks!. Using mine for the first time. Doing grain spawn to grow oyster mushrooms.

Extremely helpful! Thank you for showing step by step. Can’t wait to hit the farmer’s market and pick up some delicious veggies!

Thank you for this video, it’s incredibly helpful without any filler.

Do you recommend gauge resting?

Help! What if the pressure gauge doesn't go all the way down? Mine is stuck at 3 pounds, and I've never used it before? Yes, I did get it wet, by washing it with a wet rag. I didn't submerge it in water completely... Is it completely ruined? Do I need another? Or once it dries back out, it'll be fine? Can I dry out manually? Help?

This is the most straightforward and informative video that I have seen. I wish I had found this one first!! Thank you for the information, and the way you presented it!

This is the best video I've watched on how to use a pressure canner. Thank you!

people are still watching this 7 years later....

I've had a pressure cooker for 5 years and have been too afraid to use it. I watched your video and made a batch of butternut squash today. Easy peasy. Thanks for such a great video and for making it not so scary. Much appreciated!!!

Thank you I have never canned with a gauge and needed some insight. I love your since of humor starting with the labeling of the coffee cup and ending with" your eyeballs will thank you" . You are now my go to source for information FYI I have been canning as a self taught canner for about 7 years and I can every kind of meat (approved) vegetables, soups and jellies along with pickles.

Thank you for making this video! I have this exact canner and have been nervous about using the pressure cooking. I feel confident now, after seeing this video that I'll be able to do pressure canning :)

Thank you for this awesome step by step! I was honestly terrified to pressure can for the first time, but this really helped! Just finished my first 5 quarts of beef bone broth. Thank you!

This was very helpful. I have been canning for years (water bath) but made some homemade beef broth and want to do chili and stews in case we loose power over the winter. I treated myself and purchased a Barton Pressure canner and it is working fabulously. Thank you for clarifying some of my questions. Happy Canning! Joan

Love the intro! This is a great introduction and really encouraging. We appreciate all your effort to create such a fantastic tutorial!

I'm using a "gauge" canner for the first time. I always used just a jiggler canner, but I am now canning some meat and wanted a gauge. I was under the assumption that the pressure had to rise UNTIL the pressure regulator jiggled also. Therefore, my first batch of meat overcooked and about a 5th of the liquid seeped out because my pressure was TOO HIGH. 14lbs of pressure when it was suppose to be 11, (but the pressure regulator jiggled at 14). Oh well, lesson learned. Thank you for such a good video. PLUS, you made me laugh too. 😅

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE between presto canner and the presto canner “INDUCTION” ?????????

This guy is AWESOME instructor!!!!!

Super video for us beginners- Thank You 👍🏼

Love, love, LOVE your explanation! Super clear, happy-like and so helped! Thank you! Hoping you made one about the weighted regulator too, going to look!

Thank you for the step by step. I have been water bathing jams and am anxious to begin veggies. You are the first I found with a actual step by step.

Covered all the basics of safe pressure canning. Good refresher and great for beginners.

I just recently built up the courage to start pressure canning but was confused when the pressure regulator I have was not weight-compatible. This is the only video I have found on how to regulate pressure without a weight so far. I didn't know when I got my canner that there were some that you could use a weight with and some that you have to just close the vent and change the temperature to get the pressure right. This has helped me so much! Thank you!!!

Presto needs to hire you! I didn't know how to install the PSI gauge and I happened upon your video and now I feel I can do this after watching your very thorough and encouraging instructions. Thank you!❤🎉😊

Thanks for the video. First time using a canner. I read that manual so many times and couldn't figure out how to work it. I even had to get on line to find out what my pressure was supposed to be at. Seriously this helped a lot. I thought my gauge was broken until I watched this.

Very very helpful for a first timer in canning using a pressure canner thank you very much😊😊😊

This was very helpful. I followed it step by step and successfully canned mushrooms!

Thanks!!! very helpful and to the point. Much appreciated. Canning marinara!

Thank you so much. Very straightforward and informational. A big help to newbies

Very helpful! My over pressure plug blew out of my presto canner at high pressure, after about 15 minutes of reaching 11/12 psi. I turned the heat completely off and waited to take the jars out! I put my hamburger meat in the frig and next day put it in the freezer. Thinking I may need to return the canner or have it repaired. Then decided to try it again with canning dried potatoes. I put the plug in the hole and started the process of canning. Some stream came out of the hole where the over pressure plug was. My pressure never built up to over 5 psi. The steam was escaping to fast. What should I do? (Yours obviously is holding the pressure). Thank you!

Thank You this was very helpful

I had some serious concerns with pressure canning but after this video I feel a lot more comfortable!! Thank you! Great video!!

Thank you for this! This was perfect! My first time canning tonight and I was having a little panic in the kitchen. Found this video and I immediately had confidence and excitement. Canned carrots tonight and it went really well!

Greetings, this is going to be my first time canning, I've got my chicken ready and in the jars.I was taking one last look at different videos and came across your video , awesome job.Thank You, I'll Be back !!😄

I just received my pressure canner and boy!! Was this video very helpful. Thank you!! My first time canning was a success!! 🤗

What if my Presto canner doesn’t have the hole for the pressure gauge?

So glad to find this video. I am new to canning and my new canner has a gage like this. I read through the manual and I knew it had to stay at the desired pressure,but I am having the hardest time keeping it from going up.Most of my recipes call for 10 or 11 lbs of pressure but mine runs between 10 and 13 lbs. I hope that is ok.

For those recipes in the Presto dial gauge manual calling for 6 psi, would we use the 5 psi weight with the weighted gauge? It makes sense we would, but I want to be absolutely sure. I'm at 741 feet above seal level.

Great, Awesome explanation, Thank you!!! Going to can some hamburger!

This video was an absolute pleasure to watch and follow.

Was scared to death to use this thing. I will say using electric stove I never could get it to hold a steady 10lb if pressure. I gave up and settled for the 12lbs.. at least it wasn't under 10.still waiting to see if the extra 2lb messed up the potatoes. Thanks for sharing this

Thank you! Brand new canner! I have read the instruction booklet but seeing it helps to cement in the ideas!

I have a Presto. My gauge is not moving at all. The "doohickey" as he called it, is not popping up either, although there is water bubbling up around it. Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong? Or, is something wrong with the canner?

This was so very helpful for my very first time canning. Thank you so much. I now have the confidence to succeed 😁

Great information, this was extremely helpful tonight during my first ever canning session. I particularly appreciate the dial gauge information, that was perfect, thank you so much!

Online it says 11 for dial and 15 for weighted … why would the dial have to be 15 if the weight is 15 ? Shouldn’t online charts say dial 15 and weight 15?

Thanks so much for your excellent video. the best one out there. I kept watching and seeing all the jiggling with the pressure regulator on videos and mine is just like yours and so I learned with my first canning effort last night. I was confused and now I'm so grateful for your clear instructions. Thrilled to be pressure canning - been water bath canning a couple years and finally moving on to pressure canning. Yippee

I have had that exact same pressure canner for over 15 months and have been terrified to can I thought today is the day. The gauge didn't move but this was before I put on the weight, then water was steaming out of that thing that pops up and I thought that was a bad thing. why has nobody on this planet made such a simple video like this one?? I had already given up and turned off my burners until I found this video. I turned it back on and now waiting for the steam to blow so I can start the ten-minute timer. I pray it works. gonna watch a movie on my phone in the kitchen. lol, canning some roast beef and pinto beans. ya, I should have started with freaking water ugggg. thanks again. this is a 7-year-old video I subscribed to ya I hope you have more videos!

Thank you. Great video how to pressure can. I am a first time user. You made me feel more confident using my canner!❤

Thanks for the great video. An aluminum pot won't heat on an inductive range. Gas or electric only.

I really appreciate this. My canner user manual was incredibly unhelpful, but I feel like I understand now.

I just got a new pressure canner. I'm glad I found your video. One question, the rack that goes inside, should the rim face up or down? Or does it matter?

Thanks. The problem I had, nobody mentions is, the round lid lock was loose and I didn't realize it till steam was coming out the whole time I canned. Now I know, because of that, to always check and make sure it is screwed down tight.

This was incredibly useful thank you! I just got my Canner today and this video took away all the paranoia I had to use it. God Bless 😊

I’m new to this and yes this was very helpful! Thank you

Thanks for the graphic at 1:59. I know it's a little thing but for the life of me I couldn't remember how exactly that went back together after my daughter pulled it apart.

My “doohickey” is letting steam escape and not building pressure. Its clean of debris. Think i got a dud?

Thank you! This the easiest, most straightforward instruction I've see so far!

When I finally get the hang of it, I'm gonna do a PC video on WHAT you're canner should NOT be doing! 😒

Outstanding demo vid...thanks

Which brand you recommend? Barton or presto? Since I don't live in the us, I'm not sure which is better, also I'm not sure I'll be able to test the gauge regularly, so not sure if I should buy one with a weight that regulate the pressure

I just got may canner out and trying to set it up and i read that it was set for 15 lbs but i looked up the altitude for where i live and im at 10 so how do i change the indented value from 15 to 10?

I just purchased a new canner and wish to find that happy 10 on my gauge and was wondering if I could do a test run with nothing but some water in the bottom of my canner? I’ve heard that the liquid will overflow out of the jars if you allow the pressure to stay over the proper amount for any particular product and wish to avoid loosing anything. So would said method work in order to help me establish the proper temperature on my stove before actually putting the jars of food in the canner? I plan to start by canning a broth that I just made and have a concern of loosing some of it.

HELP I accidentally soaked my guage when I put it upside down in the sink. What should I do?

I have a presto canner but I only have the 15 pound regulator that came with it and I cant find a 5 or 10 pound regulator that is compatible with my canner, Is it ok to use the 15 pound regulator even tho i'm at 50 feet sea level.

Very good ! One word of caution. Propane burns a lot hotter than natural gas. If you use a large burner and want to can at 15 psi, you can warp the bottom (I did).

So what do you do if you can't get your canner to stay at 10 lb. I have adjusted my stove eye back and forth . Please help!!!

This was so well done! I had done a trial run for the first time today by pressure canning water. Then I saw this as I was starting to can some chicken broth, and realized that I had attached my gauge incorrectly. So I quickly turned off the canner, cooled it and fixed my gauge. Just finishing up my broth now and it feels so good to have tried it after having my canner for almost a year. Thanks for such an informative video.

Will these steps work for a Co-op Model A brand pressure canner? I've got the book and all the parts to it including a new seal that's never been used and still in the original package. Even the pressure gauge looks nearly brand new.

thanks for the comprehensive and excellent refresher course.

My pressure dial gauge does not move. It’s a new canner and I have tried twice with pressure canning since putting everything together. The steam nozzle rises up and I put the weight over the vent and wait a while but the dial gauge for the pounds per pressure never rises. Not sure what I am doing wrong..

My canner is going now. Pulled up a chair and watching your video. Thanks :-)

Very helpful, THANKS! :)

Do you have any idea why my dial gauge is not working? I just did my first canning session and everything was fine except my dial gauge did not move at all, so I have no idea what the psi got to :/

Thank you so much! My Barton canner did not come with any instructions on how to use it. I went and googled the owner's manual, but did not find anything for it. Best video I have watched on how to use my new pressure canner.

I'm so confused because my dial Guage pressure canner is telling me to put the regulator on when starting it up which makes no sense because how am I suppose to know there is a steady stream coming out of it if the regulator is already on.

Super helpful , my children bought me a pressure canner but its all in Chinese, the instructions that is

is there a risk in the jars breaking?

Love the caricature of you playing the bango...lol

Excellent explanation and visuals! Thank you!

An aluminum canner will not work on an induction cook top. An induction cook top would require a steel canner or an aluminum one with a steel insert in the bottom.

Mine is up to 20 PSI, but it never goes beyond 12. What do I do wrong?

Very thorough explanation. Thanks!

I bought cheap pressure canner an it has a dial an 2 vents an giggles

Did he put empty jars in the canner or were the jars filled with just water, he went to fast for me to really get a good look?

Great step by step instructions

i subscribed! thanks for the wonderful info.

how do you stop it at the exact pressure that you want ?

Straight to the point and very helpful. Thanks a ton

What if you don’t exhaust it first? If you just start it with the regulator on?

Thank you, this was very helpful!

Super helpful thank you so much!!!!

Thank you for this wonderful tutorial!

So I have a presto pressure cooker but it does not have a steam gauge spot what do I do..?

Can you use the pressure canner to do water bath tomatoes?

I am using a pressure cooker at home without the meter, is there a way of measuring the psi?

Just got my canner this week. Thanks for the setup tutorial. I was worried there for a moment by you made it look very straightforward.

This is the best video I have seen on this subject. Thank you.

Wow, super helpful! Thank you :)