Guardian Service Pressure Canner -- Advice Needed

[jamiel]

Agree about Jet's customer care--have been ordering a fair bit from them and they have been more than fair, even when they mis-shipped a 25 lb bag of dog food (!) which was boxed and left in the rain so the box got soggy/waterlogged. Phoned to complain and get a RMA and when I said the box was unusable they said "keep it".

 

[combo52]

Presto Vent Tube And Multi-Piece Weight

Hi Ralph, Now we are getting somewhere, I have always liked Prestos pressure weight system better than Mirros noisy bouncing pressure weight. This is what I was suggesting back in reply # 6.

 

[rp2813]

Yeah John, I agree.  I only tried the Mirro tube and weight because I had a spare tube.  Now that I've tested the cooker, I want to put the proper Presto vent and weight on it.  I'm not a purist so a weighted control on this Guardian works fine for me. 

 

[rp2813]

Update

I found the right gasket and thus the Guardian's Presto counterpart, which is the Presto Model No. 5, capacity 12 quarts.  Presto no longer makes the gasket, but it's available as aftermarket part #1085.  Fits perfectly.  I'm hanging onto the old gasket for a spare, though.

 

All the No. 5 models I've seen pictures of have wooden handles.  I'm glad my Guardian's are bakelite/plastic.

 

I also found a blog that confirmed the correct Presto vent pipe (part #1058), and that it's compatible with the 3-piece regulator (part #50332), so both of those items are on order.

 

I'm looking forward to using this heavy duty cooker/canner!