It’s been nearly nine months since I switched from using a round cake cooling rack for my canning rig to the silicone trivet you see above and I wouldn’t go back for anything. I love the trivet at canning rack with all my heart, particularly since it doesn’t impart any funky particles into the water and looks just as good now as the first day I got it.
In fact, the only minor issue I’ve had is that when it’s left in a pot of boiling water with no jars holding it down, it can sometimes float. However, a quick maneuver with a jar lifter and it’s back in place and ready to lift and pad the jars again.
Awhile back, I got an email from the spokesperson at Spice Ratchet, the company that makes the Blossom Trivet, delighted with the new use I’d found for their product. They offered to sponsor a giveaway, to help spread the trivet love even further. I have five (5) trivets to give away to a handful of lucky winners.
If you’re interested in entering the giveaway, here’s what you do.
- Leave a comment on this post and tell me about your canning rig. Are you a traditional canning pot user? Or have you cobbled together something more interesting?
- Comments will close at 11:59 pm east coast time on Friday, September 14, 2012. Winner will be chosen at random and will be posted to the blog on Saturday, September 15, 2012.
- Giveaway is open to US residents.
- One comment per person, please. Entries must be left via the comment form on the blog, I cannot accept submissions via email.
Disclosure: Spice Ratchet is providing five Blossom Trivets for this giveaway. They sent me an assortment of their mini blossoms for testing purposes. I’ve not been paid to host this giveaway and my opinions remain my own.
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What haven’t I tried, roasting pan, crab steamer, asparagus cooker (one jar at a time). This handy little tool would be a real improvement!
In my big canning pot I use the rack that it came with…but when I have a smaller batch I just use extra canning rings to line the bottom of the pot. LOVE the idea of using a trivet, though!
Hi Marisa, thank you for the awesome giveaway.
Up until this year, I was totally traditional, but I’ve recently switched to doing more small batches with my canning and needed something smaller. First I tried using my pressure canner for waterbath and pressure canning, but I had two jars break in it and I’ve never had jars break before!! Also, it’s not really smaller, it would just make it so I needed to store one fewer pot. Then I found that the pot that I use for making Artisan Bread dough (in 5 minutes a day) fits 5 or 6 jars perfectly and takes a lot less time to get to a boil! Now I just need to find something else to make my bread dough in!
I use the traditional canning pot. I just started-I’ve only made strawberry jam and nectarine butter. I realized I did not need to buy equipment after I got your book. My first batch I used a gigantic pot to boil the jars and then the canning pot as well. Then I realized I didn’t need two giant pots on the stove. Oh well. We live and learn!
I have to admit… I just use a really big stock pot and don’t put anything in the bottom of it to keep the jars from rattling around. I’ve never had breakage, but I have had jars tip over (and one opened). Maybe I’ll learn my lesson someday.
I use the traditional rack that came with the canner, although I needed to cut the side to get seven jars in, it was just too tight. Maybe with the trivet, I could get in another jar, one could only hope.
I use a traditional enamel pot – but the rack it came with is sized for quart jars, and I rarely use those! So I’m left putting all kinds of strange things at the bottom to buffer the jars…
We’ve been using a cake rack at the bottom of a stock pot for boiling water canning, but it’s gotten rusty in places – this silicon trivet/rack is a brilliant solution!
Oh, I really want one of these. I have a regular ol’ enamel canning pot with the rack it came with, but you have to carefully balance the 1/2 pints (that I use most) and it is a pain. I would love this!! Thanks for the giveaway.
Old school canning on a 1957 GE Sensi-temp range ( this stove rocks ). Rick-rac trimmed apron optional.
I actually use a stockpot and an old metal vegetable steamer of my grandmother’s. Sadly, I moved this summer and I can’t find my bigger stockpot so I’m making due with one of my Mom’s shorter pasta pots and this means I can’t really can anything larger than a half-Pint so I’m definitely in the market for a new system!
I use either my big traditional enamel pot with the canning rack that came with it, or my pasta pot with any number of things stuffed down at the bottom.
I use a cake cooling rack at the bottom of a big stockpot, but I love the trivet idea! Pick me!
I’m a straight-up traditional canner – too afraid to change!
I have a large stockpot that I swiped from my mom, but I don’t have a jar lifter, funnel etc. I probably need to invest, sometimes it’s a little dangerous.
A jar lifter is not expensive at all! Save yourself some serious burns!!!
I’m a fairly traditional canner, but after one season of canning the metal contraption is already rusting! I’m so frustrated by that, part of the canning goal was to move away from disposable culture. I’m very intrigued by the silicon trivet, so thank you for sharing the word!
I use my big stockpots with a rack that I got with a canning kit. But the rack is smaller than my pots and I often just give up and put the jars straight in the pot. This trivet would certainly solve my problems!
I just tried canning for the first time this past weekend. I used a standard canning set bought from my local hardware store!
I’m just a normal canning pot user
I have been using a set of silicone poaching cups, and it is not going very well. Silicone is genius and this trivet would change my life. To canning, not poaching. *unless the yolks are runny and delicious*
I use a canning rack for pints, but it doesn’t hold quarts, so they go on top of a rag.
Recently upgraded from just a big stock pot to a canner with a rack for holding the jars. It is an improvement, but another step better would be wonderful!
I have a traditional canning pot, which I use for large canning loads and quart jars. I also have a stock pot which I use for canning, I don’t put anything on the bottom of the pan. The jars do jiggle around a bit but I haven’t had any issues. However, I’d love to try out the trivet! Thanks for the chance!
traditional enamel pot with rack, unless I’m making a small batch, then it’s my stock pot and a small round rack or dish cloth on the bottom.
The canning rack that came with my canning utensil set was too big for my pot so I was using a cake rack. It got horribly rusty and I was keeping an eye on garage and estate sale for a new one. Then I saw your post last year about this trivet so I added it to my next Amazon order. I agree with you that it works great except for that whole floating thing.
I’d still like another one to give to a friend. She has an interest in canning and a fig tree covered with fruit…I have canning equipment. She’s freezing the figs until the heat lets up a bit.
I have a canning pot that I usually use but this past weekend I was making just 4 half pints of fig jam. Rather that fill that beast with water, I went the ‘stockpot with a tea towel lining the bottom of the pot’ route.
I am new to canning so i just swiped a big stock pot from my pop’s house. Most people here in Maryland have a couple they use only in the summer for cookin crabs, that look just like the ones you’d get in a canning set. But i usually end up just using a smaller plain old stock pot. I use left over rings to line the bottom, but find i am usually low on them since i m still building up my jar collection. I have taken to throwing some silverware in the bottom of the pot to balance the jars on. My dad says he saw my granny doing it when he was younger (since he always hung around on jam day to lick the plates she tested her jams set on lol). It works fine but can be a bit of a pain if they decide to shift >.<
I use a big stock pot and put a circular cake rack on the bottom of the pan – it has worked very well so far!
I used my 12 qt stock pot with the canning basket from my pressure cooker (because that wasn’t deep enough for quarts) until very recently when my MIL gave me a new canning pot with a rack. I’ve also canned with nothing under my jars – a no-no and it makes the process louder!
Usually I use a traditional canning pot and the rack that came with it, but I really hate that rack. Last time I used the vegetable insert that came with my pressure cooker in a large stockpot. It worked great for half pints, but whenever I do something bigger, I go back to the canning pot & rack. I love the idea of the silicone trivets!
I have my grandmother’s old canning pot, but it doesn’t have a rack, so I use a dishtowel on the bottom of it.
I have been using the main pot to my Ikea multilevel steamer with a mini canning rack from the wonderful Portland Homestead Supply. I love the idea of just lowering the jars in individually and not trying to fish the handles of the canning rack out of boiling water.
I’ve actually seen one of these used before and it looked lovely. I recently used another silicon trivet, but without the holes, the water doesn’t boil quite right and I have spillage over the edge. I think the holes in the trivet would make this work well.
i would consider myself a basic beginner with the whole canning deal. however this product looks helpful and fun.:) thanks for sharing about it!
I’m a traditional, but love that others are creative with it.
I would love this trivet! Currently, I use a large stock pot or pressure cooking (depending on what I’m canning), but only have a small circular rack to go in the bottom. Which means that some jars tilt a little if they’re close to the edge.
I have been using the standard graniteware canner and the rack has seen better days. The rack has only been through 3 canning seasons and yet the “funky particles” have come to invade in full force! It’s time for a creative change!
I use the traditional canning pot.
We use the pressure cooker and original wire basket from my mom-mom. With over 4 decades of calcium deposits, we could definately use something new! What a great idea!
I use a large pot I already had, plus a round cake rack that fits well in the bottom. But already, after only my first season of canning, the rack is rusting at the seams! Silicone seems like a good solution.
I’m old school, I use a triditional canner with the rack that came with it. The rack is a bit rusty, the silcone trivet would be a great replacement!
Just a large stockpot with a 10″ canning rack in the bottom. The trivet would work better for quart jars though because my stockpot is not quite tall enough to fit the canning rack, the jar, and leave enough water on top of the jars without constantaly boiling over.
Wow, what a cool idea. I have a traditional enamel canning pot, but it lives out in the garage and I don’t like to pull it out unless I’ll be processing a lot of jars, like for applesauce or peaches. When I make jam, I usually only make a few jars worth, and I’ve been using a big stock pot that lives in our kitchen all the time, with a steamer basket in the bottom, but it tends to tip over easily if you have more than 2 jars in it. This trivet sounds like a great idea!
I use a large double burner water box from lehmans. I could use this trivet on the random times I need to put a few jars in above the rest. Very cool!
I use a traditional canning pot with a rack inside. But when I have small batches I use a small stockpot and this trivet will fit perfectly in my stockpot. Thanks for the idea and the giveaway.
Love this idea. I’ve used steamers, jar lid rings tied together. Never thought to use a silicone trivet. Great ideas come from great websites. Thanks so much!
love it! I’m so mad at my round-cake-cooling-rack-as-canning-ring….it’s starting to leave little rust spots on the bottom of my canning pot. I need something good, and fast! This would be perfect.
I bought a traditional set up this year because I thought I had to have one. Little did I know. I would love to get one of these as they look great and have tons of uses. Thanks!
My ‘canning kit’ is totally cobbled together. I use a big old stock pot and a found rusted metal trivet 2 inches smaller than the pot. It’s not a pretty sight. My jars giggle and lean….
I use the rack my canning pot came with, though I’ve always suspected that I’m using it upside down.