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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I’m a traditional canning pot user, but have been frustrated at how the wire rack limits the number of jars I can get in the canner. I’ve been just putting them in on the bottom and getting more in. I’ve only had one jar break, but I think it had to do with the age of the glass more than anything.
For most canning the traditional granite ware canner. But — if I’m just doing a few smaller jars my IKEA stockpot and the rack from my small pressure cooker work pretty well. It’s not really tall enough for more than half pints though.
I’ve cobbled together a cake cooling rack with my giant stock pot.
Currently I use several lid rings tied together. A trivet of any variety would be a fantastic improvement.
I have a traditional setup- an old enamel pot with a drop down rack. I typically leave the rack in the water at all times (too much hassle lifting it up and down and too much potential for burnage!) and put all sorts of jars into it. It’s probably meant to be just for pints but I use it for quarts and half pints. I did break down and can jam in 4oz jars using jar lids and a smaller pot.
I have very minimal canning equipment so I use the traditional lift out rack. It is very difficult when you only have a couple of jars to do!
I have the traditional blue canning pot and finally got a rack. I had used lids, dish towels or, nothing at all…but I feel more credible now.
. Now that I think of it though,I have never used the rack to lift the jars out, I use the jar tongs.
I started with some canning rings tied together and then switched to a cake cooling rack like you described using. I’m feeling so much better about myself knowing you did that too : ) I’d love this!
I used a traditional canning thingy until it kept rusting on me so now I use a little plastic one. Just bought the 4th burner on your advice, but haven’t tried it out yet.
I have had 3 different jar racks, and I’m not pleased with any of them. The old fashioned ones had a wire between the jars, so they wouldn’t touch. The new ones do not, so I guess it’s OK. One of my racks is deep, which I like. The other rack is shallower but has silicone handles which I like. Sometimes it’s hard to grab those wires to lift them up. But my biggest complaint is that it is all so heavy to lift, sometimes the jars all fall a bit to one side when lifting out the whole rack of heavy quarts, and I’m afraid they won’t seal if they are jostled too much. So, you might as well take the bottles out one by one and not have to worry about the flimsy racks. I love your idea of a silicone trivet.
I use a wire rack that came from a second hand store. I have no idea what the original use of the item was, but it fits perfectly into my canning pot and keeps the jars off the bottom!
I am just starting out. So I am still putting things together. I was told that I needed a pressure canner, so that is what I got. However, I noticed that most canning instructions are for water baths (?). The newbie.
We used a traditional canning rack this year. We just left it in the boil water the whole time because it seemed easier than lifting it up and risking dropping the jars. We actually used your book this year for our canning recipes! Love your blog.
I’m a newbie so I go the traditional route, which is the wire rack. The trivet is a great idea, especially when you have a full load in the pot!
I use a traditional water bath canner, but I don’t use anything on the bottom, so this trivet idea is really interesting. I got my canner second hand and it came with an old rusty rack that we quit using partly because of the rust and partly because we found we could fit more jars in without it. A trivet sounds like a perfect solution!
plain old wire rack for me!
I have a traditional canner now, which is a step up from what I started with – a towel in the bottom of my stock pot!
I use my stock pot as a canner, and don’t have any sort of a rack in it… with my old round trivet in it the pint jars weren’t submerged enough. Would love to try it with a flatter trivet!
I have one of the traditional graniteware canning pots and a smaller pot I use for smaller batches. The rack for the big rusted this spring so now I just use the canning ring + kitchen twin method for both pots. It works well enough (for now). I would much rather use one of the silicon trivets as they won’t rust and they’re adjustable.
Currently I use a traditional setup, but I love the idea of using a big sturdy pot with a trivet. Plus, those trivets are super adorable!
We use a traditional canning pot and a smaller pot for small batches. The trivet sounds like a better set up though.
I’m new to canning and currently on the lookout for a rack to fit into an old stockpot I’m using – this looks like it would do a great job and I’d love to give it a try.
I’ve got the stockpot with a kitchen towel at the bottom. The problem with using a towel is that I sometimes find no matter how hard I try to wash it with clear water, it bubbles a little from the soap. Once the jars are sterilized it’s fine, and it doesn’t impact the flavor, but wouldn’t one of these be so much better?
I use my grandma’s enamel canning pot but don’t mess with lifting out the whole wire rack. I just lift out one jar at a time with my jar lifter. Works fine for me!
Traditionalist here since I’ve just learned to can within the past three month but I can almost everyday, its a stress reliever. Would love to try one of these trivets in a smaller pot than lugging out my big waterbath canner to can a few jars.
I use a big stockpot with a dish towel in the bottom to pad the jars. I just saw a tute for making a rack with old rusty jar rings wired together, but this cute trivet would work even better!
I use an old Presto canner my dad found at a thrift store, but we’ve found that it’s just a wee bit shallow for canning quarts without literally being on top of it watching that it doesn’t evaporate, overflow and extinguish the gas flame, or some other mishap. I’d love to be able to use one of my deep stock pots when I’m canning the larger sizes, and this trivet *might* be the answer.
I use the traditional pan at the bottom of my canner, but I’d love to try something new!
I use a traditional set up but have my eyes on an asparagus pot for my small batches.
What a great idea! My mother-in-law gave me her old canner but I HATE the rack. This season I have been using jar rings along the bottom but if I forget to take them out they get rusty. I’d love this trivet!
I use a Presto pressure canner for everything, but just don’t lock the lid when I do a boiling water bath. That’s a pain because the way the lid fits, I often have steam turning into droplets that sizzle and run right down the side of the pot. It’s a tad large for just doing small batches, but I don’t have any kind of rack for my next sized down stockpot, so a silicone trivet would probably be just the ticket!
I use the canning rack that came with my canning pot. It’s really annoying and the handles attached to it tend to knock my cans over.
I use a pressure cooker for water bath canning. The pressure gauge thingy was lost years ago, so basically it’s a big pot with a flat rack in the bottom. I use the jar lifter to get the jars out. I would love to try out the trivet ~ I’m hoping that if I use the short half pint jars with the trivet between, I could process two layers at once. Would that work?
I have two set-ups. One is my traditional pressure canner, which I use for pressure canning AND water bath canning (SO noisy!), and my stock pot outfitted with the little green basket you have featured for small batch canning. I’d love to try the trivet!
I use an old steamer pot that I’ve had since I finished college. I’ve only canned a few times so far and don’t really use anything on the bottom. Something like this would definitely solve my problem of loudly rattling jars; it’d be really pretty as a trivet/cooling rack too.
I’m still a newbie. I use my biggest pot to waterbath can and have never put anything on the bottom. I add/remove cans with my jar tongs… It would be so great not to have those clinking jars!
This would be great. I’m using some rings tied together now.
My last load of canning went on top of my collapsible metal steamer (which has a bad habit of uncollapsing if you load the jars unevenly). This is brilliant!
I use the ball discovery kit. It’s not much but it works well for my needs. The only problem is that my “rack” melted in the bottom of my pasta pot once when I had to water bath can something for 30 min. It still works, but it’s not pretty. Hasn’t melted since then.
I use a traditional pot because I didn’t have anything else that would work. But I’d love to give this a try in my large stock pot!
Right now I’m using the green basket that comes with the Ball home canning discovery kit. It works really well, but the down side is I can only fit three pint jars in it at a time.
I’ve used the traditional setup, but now that I’m in a smaller space where it’s a no-go, I would love to use the trivet to rig something so I can can again!
I just ordered mine from amazon yesterday! I meant to order it a month ago but forgot until I was canning some yellow tomato jam yesterday. I would love another one and have a feeling I will find many uses for them. MK
For the last two years (I’ve only been canning 3 years), I was using a towel on the bottom of my stock pot… with mixed results. After busting one of my jars of tomatoes this year, I borrowed a friend’s pressure canner and use the pot for doing water-bath canning. His canner comes with a thingy that raises the jars up from the bottom, so it works great. I’d love to have one of these trivets. I’ve been lusting after them for a while. … … And I’m sure my friend would love his pressure canner back. ; p
I use lids tied together. Ever since you wrote about this trivet it has been on my wish list.
I have the traditional canner…LOTS of water that’s for sure. BUt for littler amts I used the Kuhn-rikon steamer and basket, AND sometimes I use the trivet from my small pressure cooker in an 8 qt soup pot…what ever fits for the amount we are canning… this looks like a super idea for lots of things.
I use an old round cake rack. It’s varnish is wearing off a bit, so I’d love an upgrade!
My canning wear has been cobbled together. I use my stock pot, sometimes with the strainer to protect the jars or without depending on how the canning jars fit in the pot. I’ve gone w/out protection on the bottom of the pot and I’ve used a dishtowel. Crazy I know. The trivet would be a great addition!
I just use the blue water-bath canner I picked up at the Ball display some years back. I also promise swift retribution to anyone who dings it up.
I usually use an aluminum pressure canner for my boiling water bath (as well as pressure canning). If it’s a tiny batch (with tiny jars) I just stick a towel in the bottom of my stock pot and seal them that way. The trivet seems much simpler!