Electric Roaster For Canning

[Mom5farmboys]

Yesterday I had a canning marathon! I put up 20 quarts of spaghetti sauce, 21 quarts of stewed tomatoes, 7 quarts of pear juice, and 8 quarts of pear sauce. My stove was full all day!

One thing I did to save room on the stove was to put my tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery in my electric roaster all night at 300*, by morning I was ready to get going on the spaghetti sauce. While those veggies were cooling I prepared the same veggies again, and filled up the roaster with them, and let them cook all morning at 375* (stirring occasionally) and when they were cooked enough I just turned them down to 300* until I was ready for them. Sure saved me a lot of time as I run 2 canners at the same time on the stove top.

[Brenda]

I also use my roaster. It works out great for doing the tomato sauces and frees up my stove for canning other items.

[bookwormom]

so I guess I will look for a roaster at garage sales.

[sbemt456]

Hi all. I have one of those big roasters and use it a good bit when I was doing large items such as thanksgiving turkey or ham. Also can work just like a crock pot when cooking down speghetti sauce, apple butter, tomatoe sauce, just about any thing that would otherwise require constant stirring. They can also be used to brown meats before canning if you choose to do so. Just my thoughts.

Have a great day!

stella