Carey 9.5-Quart Smart Pressure Canner & Cooker - Stainless Steel DPC-9SS

H. LANEY: This is my second one of these canners. I absolutely love them! Easy to use. Makes both water bath and pressure canning a breeze. Especially great in summer months because it doesn't heat up your house. Frees up your stove top. Now that I have two of them, I can can twice as much at once! I definitely recommend this one!

United States on Nov 10, 2023

Shanda: Holds 4 Bernadine quart jars but won’t hold 4 golden harvest quart jars. Other than that it’s a wonderful unit. Easy to use and faster than my other ones. Really happy with this unit.

Canada on Oct 12, 2023

M. Dosseva: Useful for both pressure cooking large pots of food, and pressure canning to preserve food! I do have an issue with siphoning that happens sometimes. I also wish I could buy an extra pot insert separately, so I could use it back-to-back for cooking a meal and also pressure canning, without having to wait for the time it takes my dishwasher to run.

Canada on Oct 08, 2023

Bernie: Decided to get an electric pressure canner and this one had good reviews. The wife wanted the electric and didn't want the stove top unit, this way we could use it outdoors/set it up anywhere. Used it the first time the other day to can game meat. Very simple to use. Only thing they didn't have on the instructions unless I missed it several times when looking for it was the time required for pressure canning meat. Going on line found folks were using 70-75 minutes. They have all the other set times for various vegetables etc but not for meat. Will be doing more meat canning especially if hamburger goes on sale. Looking to take the canned meat when we go fishing for the day or even take a day trip on the sidexside.

Canada on Aug 07, 2023

Watt Energy Solutions: there is no one making electric versions for Australia, you can however get stovetop options. It is an American product shipped out of America, it uses 110V, it requires a 1000w or bigger 240v to 120v stepdown transformer, they are around $100. if you plug it in to our mains power you will blow it up.

I love this thing, i use it all the time, also as a slow cooker it works really well. its simple to use but takes a couple of practice runs to get the timing figured out.

Australia on Jul 16, 2023

B. Stephan: I've been canning with two stove top canners for a few years and became curious about digital canners after watching 'that woman with a gadget' on the Red Rose Homestead YouTube videos as she compared the various models. She said the Carey/Nesco is simple to use so I started looking at them and the Carey I bought was an 'Amazon Renewed Unit' so the price was darn reasonable. I was relieved to find that, other than the box not being original, all parts were wrapped in plastic and in 'like new' condition. Even the owners manual has no appearance of use. I notice in illustrations of the Carey, they show a detachable power cord and what I have has a permanently wired power cord so maybe this is a first generation unit or something. All I know is that it works just fine. Yesterday I canned four quarts of Yak with Wine Sauce. Ball Blue Book calls for beef but Yak is just a long haired bovine, it's what I have on hand, and it worked just fine. I followed the instructions and yes, once it has vented for 10 minutes you can walk away and relax. I usually work up a sweat during the prep and clean up so first thing I want is to get in the shower. It is so nice to not have to...

United States on Mar 24, 2023

Katherine: I love this canner! It is so nice to can in small batches and not to have to pull out a massive pressure canner. It’s made canning easy and a lot less intimidating.
The cons about this- for some reason I can only fit 3 quart jars and not 4. Mine must be a bit wider. That’s frustrating. Also the non-stick interior…. Why? I hope they come out with a stainless steel insert that you can buy separately. I scratched mine up the first go when I pressure cooked bone broth. The beef bones scratched it as I was putting them in. Non-stick pots are full of toxic crap and when they get scratched it’s worse. I guess we will only use this as a pressure canner unless they come out with an insert like my instant pots.

Canada on Feb 19, 2023

MEATYMEATY: We've used it strictly for pressure canning and water bath canning only & it hasn't skipped a beat! This pressure cooker/canner is so simple to use & it cuts so much mess, hassle, and time from canning. Some people have complained that it spits out an error code after 2 or 3 sessions but we were able to use it non-stop all day (maybe 10 sessions or more) and did not have a single problem. It is much larger that I anticipated from the pictures on the ad, but that is a good thing. A lot can fit in it at once, and cuts the process time in half or better. Not only does using this unit free up the stove for food prep, but it eliminates the chance of boiling water accidents, and keeps the temperature and humidity down in my home versus stovetop canning. The built-in safety features put you at ease about pressure cooking/canning, from the auto-locking lid under pressure to the little steam-condensation catcher on the back-Carey thought of everything! It's a MUST HAVE appliance even if you only plan to use it once or twice a year.

EDIT: I'd like to also add that I saw a review on here regarding it being messy when you pressure can, and even after using it...

United States on Sep 28, 2017