Can I use a stainless steel canner?

[michickenwrangler]

I have a glass top stove and I can't use a "granny-ware" canner nor a pressure canner. I've been using an 8 qt stock pot with a small caning rack. I can't can more than 4 pints or 2 qts at a time and in all truth, it's not really deep enough for quarts.

I saw a large standard size but stainless steel canner at KMart and was wondering if it would be OK for me to use on my glass-top stove? It is bigger than the heating element, but then again, other canners are too.

Just want some other opinions.

Thanks

 

[Katy]

I'd check with your stove manufacturer. When I was shopping for a new stove last winter I was told that Whirlpool was the only company to guarentee their glass tops for use with any kind of canner...either hot water or pressure.

 

[MissPrissy]

Once the canner is full of water and canning jars that are full of food the weight plus the heat is what shatters most glass top stoves.

I suggest purchasing a stand alone cooking eye and using that when canning. We used to call them a hot plate but I think some places have renamed them to something else in their catalogs.

 

[mrbstephens]

I have a glass top Fridgedaire range. I've been canning on it since we bought it 3 years ago. I use one of those ginormous canning pots on it. No problem at all!