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Home Canning & Preserving: 15 Jars, Canners & Must-Have Tools
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items Put up your own jam, tomatoes, beans and pickles. These 15 well-reviewed picks cover jars, lids and labels, a water bath canner and a pressure canner, the small tools that make canning day easier, and the books that teach you to do it safely. #ad
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Jars, Lids & Labels
Canners & Canning Tools
Books & Other Ways to Preserve
Jars, Lids & Labels
Good jars, fresh lids, labels that wash off and pectin for jam.
The classic Ball pint jar, the right size for jams, salsa, pickles and sauces. A case of eight to get you started.
Ball Regular Mouth Pint Jars, 16 oz, 8-Count
Quart jars for tomatoes, beans, peaches and anything you put up in bigger batches. A dozen in the box.
Ball Regular Mouth Quart Jars, 12-Pack
Two-piece lids and bands for regular-mouth jars, 24 sets. Keep spares on hand so canning day doesn't stop for a trip to town.
Regular Mouth Canning Lids & Rings, 24 Sets
Write what's in the jar and the date, and the label washes right off when the jar's empty. No more scrubbing off old sticky labels.
LLIKED Dissolvable Canning Labels, 120 Count
Pectin that lets you make jam with less sugar, or with honey instead. Handy if you'd rather taste the fruit than the sugar.
Pomona's Universal Pectin, 6 Boxes
Canners & Canning Tools
A water bath canner for high-acid foods, a pressure canner for low-acid ones, and the tools that keep hot jars safe to handle.
For jams, pickles, salsa and other high-acid foods. A big pot with a jar rack and lid, plus a funnel, jar lifter and bubble popper in the kit.
24 Qt Water Bath Canning Pot Kit by Supa Ant
Beans, corn, meat and other low-acid foods need a pressure canner to be safe. This one has a dial gauge and is big enough for a full load of quart jars.
Presto 01781 23-Quart Pressure Canner and Cooker
Fits both wide and regular mouth jars, so jam and sauce go in the jar and not down the sides. The strainer is handy for juices and broth.
Delove Canning Funnel with Strainer
Lifts hot jars straight up out of boiling water without slipping. One of those simple tools you don't want to do without.
Norpro Canning Jar Lifter
Books & Other Ways to Preserve
Two trusted canning guides, a spare tool kit, and a food mill, vacuum sealer and dehydrator for the rest of the harvest.
The small tools that make canning day go smoother, in food-grade stainless steel. Good if your canner didn't come with a set.
Stainless Steel Canning Tool Kit
The go-to reference for home canning, with tested recipes for jams, pickles, salsas, sauces and more. Start here before your first batch.
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
The thin, practical Blue Book many home canners keep in the kitchen drawer. Step-by-step basics plus recipes, easy to follow on canning day.
Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving
Turn the crank and it separates smooth sauce from the skins, seeds and cores. Makes applesauce and tomato sauce for canning much less work.
Hungry Artisan 3-Disc Food Mill for Sauce & Canning
Not everything belongs in a jar. Vacuum-sealing garden vegetables, meat and fish before they go in the freezer helps keep them from getting freezer burn.
FoodSaver FM2100 Vacuum Sealer
Dry apples, herbs, tomatoes and jerky with five stacking trays. Another way to put the harvest by without filling the freezer.
Elite Gourmet 5-Tray Food Dehydrator