I tried my first canning attempt of quart jars of chili. The recipe called for 90 mins of canning time.
But it looks like my water boiled off completely a little after an hour into the process. This caused my chili to boil over inside, and the jars to break.
In addition to this, the pressure cooker now has a significant bulge under the cooker.
It now rocks when placed on a flat surface.
I will assume that this boiled over in an hour due to running the cooker at 18psi instead of 10psi like the recipe called for. But I don't know for sure..
Everything else I've canned only canned for 15 min. (90 was quite new to me)
Question is this. Is the pressure cooker ruined? Would anyone here re-used a bulging pressure cooker?
Welcome all thoughts.
-Wayne
But it looks like my water boiled off completely a little after an hour into the process. This caused my chili to boil over inside, and the jars to break.
In addition to this, the pressure cooker now has a significant bulge under the cooker.
It now rocks when placed on a flat surface.
I will assume that this boiled over in an hour due to running the cooker at 18psi instead of 10psi like the recipe called for. But I don't know for sure..
Everything else I've canned only canned for 15 min. (90 was quite new to me)
Question is this. Is the pressure cooker ruined? Would anyone here re-used a bulging pressure cooker?
Welcome all thoughts.
-Wayne
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