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.

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