All-American 41-1/2-Quart Pressure Cooker/Canner
made in america, (What's this?) 1st unit received had smashed top handle. the item picture shows metal going through the bakelite handle. This is just not the case.
the 2nd unit came in undamaged as far as i can tell.
cons.
should show in the picture the top handle is all plastic no metal running though it so if damaged during use handle won't just be hot it will be non existant.
After casting, imperfections are usually filed off or ruffed with grinder then finnished with file. although it is only cosmetic bolth had grinding goughes in several places.the second one i have and plan to keep has these grinding marks as well as risen burrs that should have been removed.if the location were elsewhere i would return it.
Pros.
Was concerned that my electric range would be hot enough after looking out the size and thickness of the unit. after venting for 7 min upon startup it took only 15 min to reach 15psi. after this it took less then half power to maintain pressure.(Please note the unit was empty)
much quieter then i expected. i would call it near silent.
large capacity still need to try this out seeing how combinations of jar sizes fit)
give it 8 out of 10 on pure Cosmetics. blemmishes and handles could be better.
10 stars would be more appropriate, I have the 41 1/2 qt canner, (holds 19 qt. jars) since 1996. I can't even beginto
to guess how many jars of 5 star food it has processed and still going strong after all those years. The gauge tests accurate and is original. I am just now replacing the pressure release plug and the old one is still pliable. It is original also. The canner is still beautiful after all the scrubbing, moving, dragging, etc. In the 2009-2010 canning season alone, it has has processed to date, 498 jars of food, with more coming today. I am sure this canner will outlive me and go on providing great food for the generations who will be lucky enough to inherit this invaluable tool. It is so nice to know what is in your food as well as what is NOT in your food.
All American 41 1/2 Quart canner, (What's this?) Thought about the size and I thought about the size and I looked at the others. If you are doing a lot of canning quit thinking about it and get this one! It is big and it is heavy but it is a one time lifetime buy. So far I have canned my whole garden! I was going to sell extra produce but instead I canned it for my family because I know I grow excellent produce without all the chemicals used on commercially bought produce. I know that this year alone will pay for the canner.
All American Pressure Cooker 41 1/2 quart, I have owned this pressure cooker for about 20 years. My husband bought it at a yard sale for $4o. We stored it for those 20 years and never used it because we never had enough produce to warrant the work. We now have a garden with 80 tomato plants, all loaded with beautiful organically grown Better Boys and Early Girls, and of course Romas. We pulled the cooker out of storage, washed it up and downloaded a manual off the internet. I just got done canning 140 lbs of tomatoes into spaghetti sauce. What a job !! But my husband and I were able to process all the quart jars in two batches in this excellent pressure cooker. I highly recommend this item.
This will "almost" be the last canner you ever buy..., The reason I say "almost" is because after using this canner for one season I decided I had to buy another... Once you have two of them, they WILL be the last ones you ever buy! This season I just finished 200 Lbs of peaches, 100 lbs of pinto beans, a huge batch of grape jelly, 50 quarts of dill pickles and 50 quarts of bread and butter pickles, all of the beets etc. from our garden, and 120 quarts of my husbands elk! These canners are workhorses that can handle anything you can throw at them. The description says it will hold 19 quart jars, I found that I can fit 10 on the bottom level and 11 on the top if I use "Ball" or "Mason" jars. If I use the Chinese made Wal-Mart jars then it only fits 19. When the canner is empty I can move it around ok, but once it is loaded... Forget It! It is so huge and heavy it takes two people to move. I use it on some propane camping burners (from our turkey frying kits) and I can put the flame clear down on low once the pressure is reached and it will maintain 15 lbs just fine. I simply adore the fact that it is metal on metal, no more gaskets to replace! Bottom line is that these are the absolute best pressure canners in the world and will last several lifetimes! Spend the extra money and get yourself one...
worth the money, (What's this?) this pressure cooker is everything I hoped it would be. I have always been a little nervouse to use pressure cookers. You hear horror stories about pressure cookers blowing up in peoples faces. I have never been scared of using this one. It is very safe. I bought it to bottle chicken. I can buy a 40 pound box of boneless skinless chicken breasts, put them into quart jars and process them all at once. I have put 21 quart jars in at a time. It is fabulous. If you are looking to get a pressure cooker...
Possible overkill, (What's this?) I love this canner - but I ended up buying one of its smaller brothers for most of my canning jobs. I can generally get 31 pints into this thing (32 if a couple of jars on the bottom layer are skinnier than usual). That sounds wonderful: until you figure out how long it takes to load that many jars. If I am doing all the work by myself it adds well over an hour of cooking time to the stuff I'm canning - which doesn't do it a lot of good. Nowadays I reserve this canner for occasions when I've got extra hands to help get it loaded quickly.
Other than that insight, all I can do is second what others have said: a wonderful device, packaged poorly (will probably get dinged in shipping, but either Amazon or All American will make it good), with racks that are really a joke (I made myself a set of decent ones), and it is way too big and heavy to go on a stove-top.
Expensive, but built to last a lifetime..., Of all the purchases I've ever made, this has to rank near the top of the one's I'm proudest of. I'm not one to gush over products and people don't seem to like it, but too bad. That's me. But I can't help but gush over my All American.
I bought mine in 1996, after missing the one I bought in 1980 and sold out of necessity. It's 15 years old. If I were to sell it today I'd get at least $300 for it. They don't depreciate. I can sterilize 20 Quart jars of product in an hour and a half - boom - done.
I don't think economics were considered when engineering All American cookers, because everything from construction to materials is top of the line. I hope when they begin to make self-actualized robots they make them like this.
One thing though, the 41 1/2 quarts are heavy. I put mine up on the stove first, then load the jars. Anyway, I hope this helps.
A great pressure canner, (What's this?) The quality of this canner is superlative and the size of this 41 quart canner greatly reduces the number of batches necessary to get the canning done and thus the time and effort required. The instruction/recipe book that comes with the canner is also very good. I highly recommend this pressure canner.
19 inches high with 15-1/4-inch inside diameter; made in USA.Geared steam gauge, automatic overpressure release; settings of 5 psi, 10 psi, and 15 psi.41-1/2-quart pressure cooker/canner holds 32 pint jars or 19 quart jars.Exclusive "metal-to-metal" sealing system for a steam-tight seal; no gaskets.Made of durable, hand-cast aluminum with attractive satin finish..
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