Time Between Filling and Bathing?

19 years ago

I have a new stove (flat ceramic) so I have to get a new, smaller pot to do my BWB in. Might even get that small batch rack (holds four pints) that I saw in another thread.

Here's my question: If I am filling jars with jam (that's all I make...so far...you all are VERY inspiring!) and I have more jars than will fit in the pot, can I hold out a few and then do them in 10-15 minutes, when the first set comes out? How long can one hold a jar (and is there a good way to do it) until putting it in the BWB?

I dug around looking for the answer to this question. Sorry if it has been answered before. TIA!

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dgkritch
19 years ago
Wait to fill the jar.
You can fill 4 jars and BWB them, turn off the pot with the rest of the jam in it.
Then, when the first batch is done, you can bring the jam just back to the boiling point (barely) and fill your remaining jars. The 2nd ones may be a little thicker.

Be sure to check out all the info on flat top stoves. I don't have one, so I can't provide any info, but you may want to consider a separate burner for canning (then you can have a full-size pot). Try the search function, there's been lots of discussion about it (which I ignored because it didn't apply.....guess I should pay attention).

Deanna
booberry85
19 years ago
I thought the purpose was to prevent shock to the glass jars. That is, if you fill a cold glass jar with hot jam the jar is more likely to crack from the temperature difference. The same goes for if you fill a jar with jam and it cools down a lot before you get it into the BWB.

If it looks like I'll have a few extra jars of jam than fit in the canner, I will fill the jars while the others are in the BWB. They won't cool down enough before its time to take the other jars out and put the new jars in. If it's a longer wait than 10-15 minutes I'd follow Deanna's advice above.
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Linda_Lou
19 years ago
How about filling the jars and then setting them in a warm oven in a pan of water until ready to process ? Some people heat their jars that way, using a baking pan with some water in the bottom. Just an idea.
Is your pan deep enough to layer the jars ? You can do that even in boiling water bath. I have a tall stock pot that is not very big around, yet quite tall. I think I could stack jars in it. I have not tried it since I have not needed to.
I have filled jars with jam and then let them set and processed them after the first ones were done. I remove some of the water from the canner, then cool it down by adding cooler water so I don't get thermal shock. Then put in my second batch and process. So far no problems.