I only babysat the guage on one of these as a child. This will be my first time pressure canning by myself. The weight is missing but I want to make sure that's all that I need before I use it. The vent doesn't look like the one I remember from helping my grandmother years ago but I was pretty young. I might not be remembering clearly and things have changed since the 90s anyway. It's just the weight I need, right? I'll only be doing potatoes for now. It'll be a year before I do anything else in it. Our garden gave us an over abundance of potatoes.
by TashKat
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You will also need something to sit in the bottom of the canner so your jars are not sitting directly on the canner. You can purchase a metal plate with holes in it designed for this reason or you can simply use a towel. You will need the weight, that is important for getting to pressure when pressure canning.