Update to my canning question

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oli

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I was told as long as my electric stove can boil water I can can.

One lady came over to the house an said she questions whether the ceramic stove top can stand up to high heat for extended periods of time necessary for canning.

 
That is not true either. I just finished making black beans

in my PC for 45 minutes. The ceramic cooktop can handle any kind of heat--just don't drop an iron skillet on it. We have a ceramic top at the beach and have seared steaks in a cast iron pan, VERY VERY hot.

 
Oli, I started canning from inspiration from our group a few years ago, and now do it every year!

I am not nearly as talented / skilled as many on eat.at.....BUT, I do have an electric ceramic stove. I have never had an issue. I make jellies/jams. I do not know your stove, but I have never had a problem with mine. Works fine....

My stove is not large enough to use the standard pot (Ibelieve it is blue) sold by Bell for canning. I use my large pot that I use for spaghetti. The only suggestion I have is to use caution in putting the jars in the large pot, using the clamp thingy, just to ensure that it does not "drop" into the pot. That might crack your ceramic.

I have never had an issue....

The clean up, now that is a different story!! : )

 
This brings up a tip, keep all the books that come with your appliances, and learn what they can do

or not do. If one moves into a home with appliances, ask the home owner if they have the appliance books. If not, download them from the Internet.

 
oli, give a thought also to how glass is made and if

it would withstand the temps on the stovetop as compared to the thousands of degrees to make it. LOL

 
You need to find out if your stove top has a heat sensor that might activate

if the stove top reaches a certain temperature - that might interfere with the required processing time and temps for canning. You also need to make sure you follow the recommendations for the size of the pot used, if your stove top has restrictions.

Read more here:

http://www.pickyourown.org/cannings4glasstop.htm

 
Lisa, thank you for so much for this link. My Bosch cooktop burners cycle on and off when I'm

boiling water using high heat. Which means it takes a long time to boil. Very frustrating but at least now I know why. Thankfully, I don't can.

 
That is interesting. I have a GE in our new place and

am truly blown away by its efficiency and speed. I can boil water in MUCH less time than I could on my gas stove (but a cheapo) on high (so not a high BTU burner.
My "burners" seem to be radiant heat (as seen by their redness at high heat) a little below the cooktop, such that when I turn the heat down, it is more responsive (much like the gas heat might be) because the "coils" are not in contact with the pan surface (as it would have been in the old fashioned electric coils).
I have not experienced any intermittent turning off of the unit when in use, even over a long period of time.

The ceramic top we have at our beach house is more along the line of having the coils on top and is not as responsive. But we have heated iron skillets to screaming hot with no problem or consequence.
Just an FYI for any interested. ;O)

 
You're welcome - I've only had experience with the ceramic cooktop at my in-laws

place - theirs cycles on and off and it took me a while to figure out what was going on when I first started cooking on it - boilng pasta was giving me fits. smileys/smile.gif

I am spoiled in that I have had a gas stove top for all of my adult life, and it is a big adjustment whenever I cook on electric.

 
My glass top has a booster burner which brings pots to a boil extremely fast.

Also, even though the other burners do cycle, as long as the water is boiling all the time, it doesn't matter. I have never seen it cycle off for long enough for the 'roll' to go away.

 
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