When I can the boiling water bath or pressure caner and whatever I am canning take up the stove space so I use my roaster to keep the jars hot. I fill the jars with water and add some water to the roaster and keep it on low. If I need to add more water to the water bath to cover the jars I have nice hot water to use and at the end of my day I recycle the water and use it to wash the dishes. Being on a well in the middle of a drought I need to save water whenever I can.
I have also used the roasters to prepare the food for canning. I used it when I was doing the huge amount of tomatoes and plan on using it to cook the apples in to make applesauce. I have 2 roasters and both hold 18 quarts and are really nice to boil stuff down (reduce) in because of the huge amount of surface space. If you have a roaster give it a try.
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Using the roaster to reduce the tomatoes.
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Such a great idea. I think you made comment once about using your crock pot for sauces also...I tried it this weekend and it was wonderful! I only needed to stir every few hours not constantly like on the stove top. Thank you for all the wonderful tips and ideas
ReplyDeleteHi Paula! I love this idea! It sure does help on the stove top space! I have one of those and hardly ever use it so I'm going to implement this idea whenever I have a large amount to can. Thanks for sharing! Blessings from Bama!
ReplyDeleteI have been using my roaster for tomato sauce too. Works great!
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Thank you for sharing this at the Carnival of Home Preserving!
ReplyDeleteI have done that before, and only switched to using my oven to heat/sanitize my jars when my roaster oven died on me.
ReplyDeleteThank you and God bless you for sharing this, I too have 2 roasters, one of which I actually got up and left the house at 5 AM to get at a Black Friday sale (my first and last) because it was $25 and came with the warmer sections AND an electric knife. I have one full of jars, the other full of cooked ground beef. Again, thank you so very much, this saves so much space on the stove and electricity using 120 instead of 220 for the stove!
ReplyDeleteI use my roaster when I'm doing large batch of sauce or fruit butter. Works great but don't leave it on overnight unless you want burnt edges :(
ReplyDeleteThank you for the great idea...I have a huge roaster than I never even thought about using when I can. Appreciate the information.
ReplyDeleteIm also thinking now that steam canners have been approved for canning .... why could the roaster oven not be used to water bath /steam can in .... mine goes up to 450 degrees ... so temp would not be an issue .....
ReplyDeleteThis is not a safe practice as the water will boil at 212 degrees and steam requires a temperature of 220+ degrees. The design of a pressurer canner unit allows steam to build up due to the design that is not possible with a roaster. Check with your local extension office for safe food preservation methods. Sadly, using this method to preserve foods could cause someone you love very much to die due to the fact boiling water is not hot enough to destroy microrganisms requiring steam processing. Also, only the Ball canner is the only product currently on the market currently that is approved for food preservation by
DeleteUSDA.Items such as Instant Pot are not designed to reach the recommended 10 pounds+ of pressure recommendations for food preservation. Hope this information is useful for 4-Hers and others who preserve food.
Why couldn't you water bath in the roaster oven? Mine goes to 450 degrees F, should be able water bath large batches of fruits
DeleteI use my roasters (3) to make large batches of bone broth that I later can.
ReplyDeletecan you use the roaster for water canning?
ReplyDeletecan you use the roaster for the water canning?
ReplyDeletewell done! I hv 2 of these, but I never honestly thought about this time-saver & volume processor.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, why didn't I think of that ? I use the roaster to make big batch sauces but never thought to use it during canning. Thank you
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ReplyDeleteI now have 2 roasters for canning myself. I have used them to make bone broth and other slow cooking things like my apple butter. I absolutely love it.
ReplyDeleteI use mine the same way. Also use it to make chicken broth. Cook on low to medium all night and have great broth to can.
ReplyDeleteMy electric roaster has an insert pan. Do you do the tomatoes in the insert pan or just in the roaster without it?
ReplyDeleteCould the roaster also be used as a water bath for canning?
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