Presto Precise Digital Pressure Canner Quick Start Manual

Quickstart Guide
PRESSURE CANNING METHOD
IMPORTANT: Read your Instruction/Recipe Manual carefully before each use for important operating instructions. Once you
have become familiar with how your Presto Precise® Digital Pressure Canner operates, this condensed guide
will become a convenient reference tool.
1
• Select canning recipe from Instruction Manual. Prepare jars, lids, and
bands. Prepare food as directed for canning.
Getting
• Place removable pot in canner. Put canning rack in pot.
Ready
• Pour 3 quarts of water into pot, up to fill line.
• Fully insert power cord and plug into 120VAC wall outlet.
• PRESSURE CAN will flash.
• Press the control knob to select the Pressure Can mode.
• lights up. Rotate control knob adjusting to specific processing time
0I0
for recipe and jar size being used.
• Verify you have set the right program and time.
2
• Press . INSERT JARS
on canning rack.
Jar
• Remove regulator from canner cover.
Warming
• Place cover on canner and lock. Confirm gasket is on sensor.
• Lower sensor arm and turn green latch clockwise to lock in place.
• Press .
WARM
At this time, complete food preparation.
3
• Canner will beep twice and
• Unlock and lift sensor arm. Remove cover.
Fill Jars
• Lift out one jar at a time. Discard water from jar and immediately fill jar
according to canning recipe. Position lid and secure with band.
• Place filled jar on canning rack and repeat until all jars are filled.
4
• Place cover on canner and lock. Lower sensor arm and turn green latch
clockwise to lock in place. Confirm that regulator is not on the cover.
Venting
• Press and
• Once the proper temperature is reached,
and the timer will begin to count down.
• When venting time expires, unit will start beeping.
• PUT REGULATOR ON will light up. Using a pot holder, place regulator on
vent pipe, press down and rotate so regulator lever points to CAN position.
• Press to advance to canning phase. Beeping will stop.
• If the air vent/cover lock did not lift during venting, air/steam will continue
to release until it lifts.
5
• lights up. The processing time set in phase 1 appears.
CAN
• Once the required pressure canning temperature is reached, the unit
Canning
will beep twice and CANNING will light up. Timer begins to count down.
Canner is now processing.
6
• When processing time expires, canner beeps 4 times.
• lights up. Cooling phase may take about 1½ hours.
COOL
Cooling
• When lights up, the timer begins the final cool down.
0I0
7
• When time expires, unit beeps 10 times and
• Press and hold
Done
dropped. Unlock and lift sensor arm. Remove cover.
• Using a jar lifter, carefully remove jars by lifting straight up. Place jars
upright on a towel. Do not retighten bands. Allow jars to cool naturally.
Check seals no earlier than 12 hours, but no later than 24 hours.
lights up. Fill jars half full with water and place
lights up. Jar warming will take about 20 minutes.
FILL JARS lights up.
HEAT lights up.
for 3 seconds. Confirm air vent/cover lock has
VENT and 0I0 will light up
lights up.
DONE
Digital Pressure Canner
Minimum Mason Jar Capacity: When using
the digital canner for pressure canning, use at
least 2 quart jars, 4 pint jars, or 8 half-pint jars.
PRESSURE CANNING METHOD
Maximum Mason Jar Capacity
JAR TYPE Regular mouth
10
Half-pints
8
Pints
5
Quarts
* To properly double-deck, see Instruction Manual.
CANCEL
CONTROL KNOB
ERROR CODES
Pressure Canning
Reference Instruction Manual for a detailed
explanation on how to remedy the following
error codes. See Troubleshooting section.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
E3
Insufficient liquid.
Regulator was not removed from
EI0
canner cover in jar warming phase.
Regulator was not removed from
E20
canner cover during venting.
Regulator was not installed on
E2I
canner cover after venting.
Canning process was
E50
interrupted.
Cooling process was
E60
interrupted.
Contact Presto Consumer Service for the
error codes below. Unplug canner. See
Consumer Service Information section in
Instruction Manual.
E I E2 E4
®
Wide mouth
14*
7
4
ADVANCE
E5