Canning outdoors

[ponyexpress]

Regulator different too.

Not sure how common it is to find a regulator on NG appliances. Around here (Mass) the regulator is at the meter so the gas going through the pipes is all low pressure. I think it's .5 PSI.

[worth1]

[mention]ponyexpress[/mention]
When I got my gas cook top I had to change out the orifices and the regulator that came with it I had to flip something on the inside from natural gas to propane.
I have had it for sometime now and haven't set it up yet.
Hopefully this year.
Its a nice cook top.

[ponyexpress]

When I got my gas cook top I had to change out the orifices and the regulator that came with it I had to flip something on the inside from natural gas to propane.
I have had it for sometime now and haven't set it up yet.
Hopefully this year.
Its a nice cook top.

That does look like a nice cooktop! I have a crappy electric smooth top stove. One of these days, we'll remodel the kitchen. I do like that your cooktop makes it easy to switch from one fuel to the other. Don't wait too long to install it in case there's a problem with the unit.

[worth1]

When I got my gas cook top I had to change out the orifices and the regulator that came with it I had to flip something on the inside from natural gas to propane.
I have had it for sometime now and haven't set it up yet.
Hopefully this year.
Its a nice cook top.

That does look like a nice cooktop! I have a crappy electric smooth top stove. One of these days, we'll remodel the kitchen. I do like that your cooktop makes it easy to switch from one fuel to the other. Don't wait too long to install it in case there's a problem with the unit.

Probably already too late but the only problem would be the electric starter.
But I got one that didn't require it to have electricity to lite.
Made sure of that.
My problem is about the time I was ready to tear out my kitchen and remodel things hit like, cataracts and I ended up with a whole pile of exotic lumber in my garage for free.
The middle burner puts out 18,200 BTU's.

My stove is a glass top also and the overhead microwave is toast and dont want to fix it.
I just want it to go away and I really haven't missed it at all.
I find an overhead microwave to be stupid anyway because as was said it collects steam from cooking in kettles and canning.
Probably build a frame out of angle iron and wood and make the cook top portable with the tanks under it.

[worth1]

I can't believe how much salt these people are using.
That's 105 teaspoons of salt she just dumped into on kettle.

[pondgardener]

@worth1 How much do you think one of those kettles holds? 40 quarts? Normal addition to a quart of tomato sauce is a teaspoon, so yes, that is a lot of salt!

[worth1]

@worth1 How much do you think one of those kettles holds? 40 quarts? Normal addition to a quart of tomato sauce is a teaspoon, so yes, that is a lot of salt!

I don't even think it's 40 quarts.
I've got a 22 quart that looks that big.

[JRinPA]

Never saw this post here. Strange but helpful bump, worth.

Using LP stove outside, versus a coleman stove using camp fuel.

I have never figured out how much propane costs to use this way. I guess I do have some inherited burners.

Which would be cheaper to operate for boiling water bath? With camp fuel around $10/gallon.

I also probably have an unleaded coleman stove that might or might not run ethanol free at $4/gallon.


It sure would be nice to can some stuff outside while it is hot, but it never seems really feasible here.

[worth1]

Never saw this post here. Strange but helpful bump, worth.

Using LP stove outside, versus a coleman stove using camp fuel.

I have never figured out how much propane costs to use this way. I guess I do have some inherited burners.

Which would be cheaper to operate for boiling water bath? With camp fuel around $10/gallon.

I also probably have an unleaded coleman stove that might or might not run ethanol free at $4/gallon.


It sure would be nice to can some stuff outside while it is hot, but it never seems really feasible here.

Coleman camp fuel is what we used to call white gas.
A lot of gas stations sold or but you can't hardly find it anymore.
It was a lot cheaper than buying Coleman fuel for our lantern.
You can also get a refillable propane tank refilled for a lot less at a propane place than you can by exchanging it somewhere like at the store or wherever they do exchanges.
One of those small exchange propane tanks will last a good long time.
If a person were pressure canning I'd make sure you didn't run out in the middle of the process.

[JRinPA]

Yes white gas, some say naptha.
So no idea on the economy of heating and boiling...13-15 quarts of water?

Pressure canning isn't a huge deal indoors, boiling water bath is a wet pain. Steam canning is kind of a pain. All three take up a stove spot though in a too small kitchen.

What is it on a coleman, the generator? That gets deposits in it and clogs. I've never figured out a good way to clean them.