Presto 02152 17-Quart Digital Pressure Canner - Digital Display, Waterbath Capable, 10 Built-In Safety Features, Recipe Book, Stainless Steel

(full disclosure: I used AI to write the below review based on my bullet points. I reviewed its writing and it is accurate. The only thing I would add is to wait for the air vent/cover lock to drop after the canning process is complete otherwise you risk broken jars or poor seals). I am not someone who typically writes reviews. For me to take the time, a product has to be either exceptionally good or disappointingly bad. This Presto digital canner is, without a doubt, exceptionally good. It has completely streamlined my food preservation process. The best part is its incredible ease of use. The first couple of times, I kept the quick-use guide handy, but the process is so intuitive that I haven't needed to look at it since. The machine walks you through every step, and it manages the pressure and temperature perfectly on its own. It's a true set-it-and-walk-away device, which is a massive upgrade from nervously watching a stovetop gauge. I have put this machine through its paces using the pressure canning function. I've successfully canned countless jars of broth, meats, fish, and hearty soups and stews. Every single batch has come out perfect. For my canning, I exclusively use Ball Mason jars with their lids and bands. They've been in the business for over a century for a reason, and I trust their quality to match the reliability of this canner. I'll admit, I haven't tried the water bath canning method yet because I've been so focused on pressure canning everything from my pantry and freezer. However, given how flawlessly the pressure canning works, I have absolute confidence that the water canning function will perform just as well. If you're on the fence, I can't recommend this product enough. It takes the anxiety and guesswork out of canning and delivers consistent, safe results every time.

I am all about quality when it comes to things in my kitchen. I only buy things that I know I am gonna use (otherwise, they get gifted or donated). This was like the tesla of pressure canners -- I mean in appearance, ease of use, and quality. I was overjoyed when I took it out of the box. It looks so high tech! I keep saying to my partner, this is the coolest looking thing in my kitchen. There are instructions inside that are suuuuuper easy to use. Seriously. They made the whole process so easy! Even the aesthetic/layout of the directions are designed well (graphic designer here). I have only pressure canned (not water canned), and it works really well for that. My favorite part? The fact that there is a sanitizing setting for getting jars clean before filling them up for canning! I pressure can at least once a week. Knowing I have the ability to easefully and safely preserve food is such a blessing. It is definitely an investment, but I wanted something that was reliable and well made. So it was a no-brainer. Super grateful for this!

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. One last final edit: it is now two years later (May 2025) and I still love the Presto the most. I have had no additional problems with the liner pan at all and the canner still works perfectly. I actually sold the Nesco on marketplace because I just didn’t use it anymore.

I've never pressure canned but wanted to try it. This Presto Precise 17 QT electric canner is AWESOME !! Yesterday I tested with just water, no lids, and learned the routine. EASY and worked flawlessly. Today, I canned 5 qts of overnight soaked (red, black, white) beans with some home smoked (cooked) pork loin bacon. It came out AWESOME! All 5 jars sealed. :D I immediately followed up with some chicken bone broth and meat I had been simmering 24 hours or so. The meat was cooked then separated from the bones and added back afterwards the long broth simmer. Those 5 qts sealed flawlessly. The Presto Precise 17 qt electric canner is AMAZING ... for a noob at least. EASY and no worries.

Ok, I bought this over 2 hrs ago. It's Jan 2026 now. I feel comfortable writing a review at this point. This thing is so simple. It does what it says, pressure cans. I dont have to count or watch a weight. Just know it will take around 3 to 4 hours from start to finish. It's for small batches at a time but it works perfectly every time. The only suggestion I have for anyone is please dont use regular faucet water. Use R.O. or similar. Regular water will stain the inside of the canner. It works for water bathing but I still prefer doing that on the stove. Hope this was helpful. I'm a very happy customer

It arrived yesterday and I unboxed it and pressure canned left over chicken soup. I canned 5 quarts and I was very impressed with the simplicity. I have always used a traditional pressure canner and needed to "babysit" it. Once this starts thr canning processing, there is nothing more to do until it's done. They came out perfect! Clean up was very simple also. This will now become a staple in my kitchen.

This is a long and, hopefully, informative review. I’ve been using Presto’s “old reliable” aluminum 23-quart pressure canner with a third-party pressure regulating “rocker” instead of the dial gauge. I can mostly pints of meats, fish, and poultry, and this old canner can hold 16 of them. (I had to purchase a second rack for the top jars.) But we live in Zone 8b, the hot/humid South, and I cannot bear to can in the house, nor can we afford to. (The canner’s power consumption per load is a LOT, and then add to that how much harder the air conditioner has to work with the canner heating up the whole house.) Instead, I’ve used an infrared burner outside and constantly monitor a load over many hours. It’s one of the most stressful things I do, but I fairly regularly am given free proteins and just can’t turn it down. Things are getting so bad now, I’m almost turning into a prepper…LOL? Anyway, my whole body was screaming at me last week to buy this Presto Precise 17-quart digital canner. Could it really hold 13 pints? Could it really not heat up the whole kitchen? Could it REALLY not require the intense level of monitoring I’ve gotten myself used to and absolutely dread each time I have a canner-load of something I have to process? Yes. (O.) Yes. (M.) YES! (G!) I thought at first I was going to have to buy a second rack to be able to stack jars to achieve the 13 pints, because you have to do that with the 23-quart canner. But the manual shows how to stack the canner, and they don’t use a second rack. Instead, what you do is put seven widemouth jars on the bottom, a circle of six with one in the middle, then six on top of them, staggered so the base/weight of a jar is balanced across the rings of two jars underneath. You don’t put a jar in the center on the top rack. I don’t can in regular-mouth pints, so I don’t know what you would do with those. It seems I read somewhere (or saw on YouTube) that the regular mouth pints are a little narrower and taller and therefore you can only get eight of those in this 17-quart canner. Or maybe I dreamed that after feverishly researching the canner before I bought it…. For the homesteading/off-grid geeks: On Friday, I did a 75-minute initial water test with no stopping to emulate filling the 13 jars. (I also tested that the canner was venting steam properly with the back of a stainless steel spoon; our humidity makes it difficult to see the steam, so that’s something else I now don’t have to stress over.) On Saturday, I did 7 pints of salmon for 100 minutes. On Sunday, I did two 75-minute loads, 13 pints of loosely raw-packed ground turkey (for dogs), then 8 pints of raw-packed chicken and 5 pints of puréed tomatoes. All in my kitchen, all easy-peasy, and really not much heat at all. After I put the pressure regulator on each time, I was off the hook for a good long while, during which time I was able to get a ton of other work done. (That alone is worth the price of the canner.) I ran the canner each time off our 1200-watt off-grid solar array, something I’ve been too afraid to do before, and monitored the total energy consumption: Water test: 1.292 kilowatts Salmon: 1.389 kilowatts Ground turkey: 1.643 kilowatts Chicken/tomatoes: 1.369 kilowatts I was knocked out by how little energy is required to sustain the pressure after the canner starts counting down the minutes you’ve set. Hardly any at all! And I appreciate the new design of the sealing ring; it sits down on top of the liner instead of having to go in the lid, so it’s easier to take it out and wash/examine it than the ring on my 23-quart Presto is. This and the Presto’s hands-off automatic monitoring features made doing two long loads in one day far less daunting. (Also, out of 46 jars, all but two of my Tattler lids sealed. How unheard of is that? I followed Tattler’s directions for tightening down the rings after removing the jars, not Presto’s instructions not to tighten the rings. I expect they meant the Ball type rings with metal lids.) So why am I so sad? There is ONE reference that I found on the product page to the removable liner being coated in PFAS-free ceramic. Everything else says stainless steel, stainless steel, stainless steel. Well, I don’t know how it happened, but somehow between the time I took my canner out of the box new and three days later, I’ve got a big chip or flaked-off place in the bottom of the canner. Did the stainless steel rack somehow bump it when I was removing the liner to wash it? Is that spot just a defective “made wrong” coating point that sort of broke off and floated away under pressure? A product this costly should not have a chunk of coating come off after a few canning sessions. What’s underneath does NOT look like stainless steel; it’s whitish. Who knows what it is? Is it going to affect the longevity or sensing capability of the product? (My guess: yes.) Is it going to get into my canning jars? (My guess: no, but possibly.) Have I contacted customer service about this yet? To be honest, the idea of packing up this great big canner and hauling it across town to the UPS store to return it is unbearable, and I know full well that’s what they’ll say I have to do. I would have to ask a neighbor to go with me because the box is too big and heavy to handle myself. So that’s my review. I LOVE the canner. I don’t think I could bear to be without it now that I’ve used it. But I am not at all happy that it has this irritating chipped/flaked off/whatever flaw and really wish the Presto people would somehow reach out to me and make me whole.

Although this pressure canner does not take less time to can, it doesn't need to be monitored the entire processing time. Clear instructions for use. Very pleased with its performance.