Love this canner! I named mine The Beast! It's easy to use and no babysitting. Having 2 regular stove top canners, a glass top stove and some arthritis in my hand, I thought this was a great option. It truly is. I put it on my dinning room table. It's out of way, I can cook while canning. You can also water bath can, but not qts because there's not enough height to cover the jars. Qts are fine to pressure can though. This brand has been around for a long time. Only issue I have is coating on the pot is starting to flake. I don't quite understand why they didn't leave the metal natural. If it was aesthetic, all home canners know, canning pots discolor over time, wouldn't be a deal breaker. I would definitely order this again. If you're on fence about this go watch grow and preserve on YouTube or rose red homestead, they helped me make my mind up.

I purchased this digital pressure canner in November of 2024 and I wanted to wait until I used it several times to write a review. I am a novice prepper, and I do quite a bit of canning and preserving. I am dedicated to preserving the Appalachian traditions of canning, the way my grandmother taught me. This new digital pressure canner is quite far removed from the old pressure cooker canner that we used decades ago. I will tell you this was one of the best purchases that I have made. It is literally a set it and forget it. It is self regulated and amazingly I do not have to move it outside to my outdoors kitchen like I used to with the water bath canner and pressure cooker canner. It is sleek, beautiful, and self regulated. It walks you through the process so if you are a beginner and want to venture into pressure canning so you can prepare for your future. The manual is easy to understand. I highly recommend this product. It sits on your countertop or your outdoor kitchen, even your dining room table if it is sturdy enough. It holds 8 pints, or 6 quarts which is plenty for one person. I am going to order a second canner so that I can keep up with my food prepping needs and my expanded garden. Don’t hesitate- get this canner. It is quiet, beeps to remind you of the next stage, cleans up super easy, and It is well worth the money for your peace of mind and safety. I absolutely recommend it.

The Presto 12 Qt Stainless Steel Electric Pressure Canner is a game-changer for home canning. It heats up quickly, maintains consistent pressure, and takes the guesswork out of canning. The digital controls make it easy to use, and the stainless steel design feels durable. After using it, my canned foods turned out perfect, and the process felt much safer and more convenient than traditional stovetop methods. Highly recommended for both beginners and experienced canners!

Where has this been my whole life? Best canner ever. It is so quiet and easy to use. I like to put something on before bed then I don’t even have to worry about it till I wake up.

I’ve had this just over a month and have canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, salsa, apple sauce, beef stew and beef meatballs. Chicken is next and I have a list of soups to get done. Super easy to operate! I’m loving it!

This was a second purchase ...really good and takes the hassle out of constant 'baby sitting' traditional pressure canners - HOWEVER this purchase failed to function, was returned and refunded. Perhaps it had a 'bad' journey. So now I'm 'baby sitting, my original presto canner !! :)

I was hesitant at first to purchase this unit but I researched and read reviews on various sites which convinced me to give it a go and I'm glad I did. It is very easy to use and takes a lot of the guesswork out of pressure canning. Presto is a good brand that has been around for years and they seem to be the only ones that have successfully mastered an electric pressure canner. It does also do water bath canning which is another plus. So far very happy.

I love this thing SO MUCH!!! I’ve been wanting to get into canning for a really long time but I was honestly intimidated by it. I really love to cook but due to health reasons I’ve made some big changes in my diet. So buying at the grocery store has become more expensive than usual plus I spend so much time reading labels. Canning has given me much greater control of my food (no chemicals) plus I love that I can reduce sugar. This canner has allowed me to explore both styles of canning with ease! I’ve had it for a month and I’ve been able preserve anything from low sugar jams to spaghetti sauce - it is so fun!! It has worked perfectly every time with no issues. The one thing I will say is it only cans 4 quarts at a time but since it’s just me that’s not a big issue. I looked at cheaper ones here on Amazon but decided to go with this one because it was slightly larger. I’m so glad I did. This has been one of the best investments I’ve made in a long time!!!UPDATE::: I bought this at the end of June and have used it steadily since with no issues. Today when I was washing the inside liner (mid August), the inside coating peeled off! I notice it lifting at the bottom and when I checked it to see if it was just happening a little bit, it came off in sheets!! This is super frustrating because I have peaches ready to can. Unfortunately today is Sunday so I’m stuck until tomorrow on getting any help from Presto but I submitted a message with a picture. I have seen this canner compared to the Nesco, so I literally ran to order that one as it will arrive tomorrow. For $300 I would have expected the presto to hold up longer than 2 months. At this point my original opinion has changed. I’ll update my review as the situation develops. :(Update 2: I emailed Presto on Sunday because they were closed until Monday morning. I called Monday morning and got some rude lady who said if I emailed them then I would have to wait until they responded. She said “we don’t want 2 people working on the same issue “ but she didn’t even want to bother to check to see if they got my email. On Tuesday afternoon I called again. Luckily I got a very nice guy Nick who immediately checked to see if he could find my email but he couldn’t. I emailed him with the picture while we were on the phone and he was clearly flustered at the picture and put me on hold to show Quality Control. They immediately started the process to send me a new liner pan. They also said they may send me a fedex label to send the messed up liner pan back. They told me this is highly unusual and wanted a bunch of model numbers off the unit. I hope to get the replacement liner by the weekend.In the meantime I bought a Nesco. I wanted to see if I made a frivolous choice in buying the presto over the Nesco. I’m in the process of pressure canning split pea soup right now. Here’s my thoughts initially- presto is definitely better. It’s easy to use and warms the jars before canning which I really like because it automates this step. Plus the Presto is much bigger. I prefer wide mouth jars and can get more pints in the presto (7) vs the Nesco (5 and they are really crowded in there). I have decided to keep the Nesco (what can I say - I’m on a canning roll) so that I can do multiple batches at the same time. I have a glass top stove and am afraid to pressure can on it. Plus I live in Fl so while they do heat up the kitchen the electric canners are not nearly as bad as it could be if done on the stovetop.We’ll see how the new Presto liner pan holds up. They said the issue was not seen before and my research confirmed this because I couldn’t find any evidence that it was a problem before. IMHO if you can afford the Presto it’s worth it. The Nesco also acts as slow cooker and a pressure cooker which really doesn’t impress me. But I’ll definitely it check out even though I’m not a big slow cooker person and I gave away my instapot wannabe pressure cooker because I felt all it did was boil the meat.Final edit::: I have used both canners multiple times and have decided that I love the Presto the most. It is practically idiot proof because it beeps when it reaches the next step. That’s good for a newbie canner because I don’t have to guess if it’s time for the regulator or to start the timer like I do with the Nesco. Plus the Presto lid is much easier to clean and reassemble. The new liner pan for the Presto is a different color with a different coating. So maybe the one I got originally was phased out. The company was very responsive about resolving my issue after I got the right person on the phone. All in all I’m still glad that I bought the Presto in spite of the issue.

As a Canadian buyer I was unaware I have zero warranty!!!!! I contacted presto directly and this unit. Has no warranty for failure. Please know this before you purchase. I ordered this unit and it came very quickly. Well before expected delivery. It came very damaged as it is not packaged in a second box, just shipped in the manufacturer box. The unit was dinted. Being a pressure canner i felt that was unsafe. I exchanged the unit which was very easy. Replacement unit arrived just as fast. Still I just the manufacturer box but shippers were nicer. The canner itself is amazing!! Very easy to follow and I have already canned turkey soup. It is really a set it and forget it. Unit does get pretty hot but doesn’t heat up the house at all compared to stove top pressure canning. Because it’s so easy I can definitely see more pressure canning in my future.