All American 921 21-1/2-Quart Pressure Cooker/Canner

Love love love this All American 921 21-1/2-Quart Pressure Cooker/Canner. Definitely worth the extra money to get an American made, metal-to-metal seal, and double stacking canner. Being able to do 14 qts is incredible. Heavy duty quality, will last for several generations. I've canned for 40 years. I used my mom's "antique" All American Canner for years, along with a different brand of canner that I hated. The AAPC is the best unit on the market for my money.

Only All-American Pressure Cookers/Canner feature an exclusive, precision ... Capacity - 21 1/2 Quarts (Liquid)

I can about 1,400+ jars a year so I know my equipment. Boiling hot liquids, steam and glass under 15lbs of pressure make that a very good thing. I was delighted to find that the company still builds the same wonderful canner! It builds pressure quickly and, with the rocking regulator, it's easy to keep the pressure exactly where you want it, even when canning things like fish with very long processing times.

• 21-1/2-quart pressure cooker/canner holds 19 pint jars or 7 quart jars
• Made of durable, hand-cast aluminum with attractive satin finish
• Exclusive "metal-to-metal" sealing system for a steam-tight seal; no gaskets
• Geared steam gauge, automatic overpressure release; settings of 5 psi, 10 psi, and 15 psi
• 15-3/8 inches high with 12-1/4-inch inside diameter; made in USA

This All American 921 21-1/2-Quart Pressure Cooker/Canner is of very high quality. There are no plastic seals or gaskets to mess with or replace, easy to clean and AAPC sells replacement parts reasonably and provides inspection services and their warranty is outstanding. All AAPC units are heavy for their size..Look at what they weigh before you buy...plan on unloading jars on the stove instead of moving them loaded...it's no big deal. They can shatter or break flat cooktops. if the burner is too small, the canner and the heat sits on your cooktop...bad things can happen.

Follow the first time use directions carefully or you can ruin the seat. Lube your seat well (yeah I know how that sounds)..Loosen the two clamp screws with a paper towel wrapped flat head and let it sit for a few.. Always wrap your screw driver...this is aluminum it protects the metal. If you don't that, you will get uneven seals, uneven wear on the knobs and lots more vapor locks. Tighten the two clamp screws if need be.

IF you process a great deal of low acid quarts spend the extra money and buy the double stack quart units like the 930 model. if you don't need 18 pints at a time don't buy the double stack. A little research goes a long way for sizes. I love my 921 for processing 18 pints but 3-4 hours of prep and process for 7-8 quarts of low acid like corn, didn't work for me. I had to buy a second unit the 930 (14-16 quarts) to make it time efficient.

Aluminum and cleaning products are not always good friends.. it's only an inch or two of water you need and it saves you a lot of time cleaning the unit and the processed jars from scaling. I use this strictly as a pressure canner..yes people use them as a pressure cooker..Pressure cookers are cheap comparatively..pressure canners like these...not so much.

This All American 921 21-1/2-Quart Pressure Cooker/Canner comes with a very complete owner's manual. The first half of the book is covering pressure cooking along with some good standard recipes and cooking times. The last half of the book covers steam canning.