Canning & Food Preservation
VICKIE MAUGHAN
Housewares Buyer
Gather up the family and get going in the kitchen for fun food processing. You'll be able to enjoy the sweet tastes of summer even in the coldest of winter months with your new favorite home canning tools from Smith & Edwards.
Who doesn't love a jar of home-canned peaches? Or pickled zucchini on a toasted sandwich with lightly steaming roast beef?
Now you can make your own canned goodies and food storage with the best food preservation supplies around. Mason jars for canning, Food Vacuum Sealers, even dehydrating equipment so you can make your own jerky and dried fruit snacks - we've got you covered.
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Canners, Canning Racks, & Parts
YOU CAN DO IT - we'll help you preserve the summer's harvest, just the way you remember Grandma doing it. Maybe with a couple upgrades! Use a waterbath canner for high-acid foods like tomatoes. A pressure canner can handle any produce, and it's the most-recommended method for low-acid produce like pickles, cherries, pears, and meat.
Seeking information? Find more canning guidance here from the USDA. Plus, our staff & our friends at the Willard, Utah Fruit Stands put together Canning Tips & 4 Canning Recipes here - click to get them for free!
Canning Gadgets, Spices & Pectins
You've gotta have the best home canning supplies if you're going to be canning pickles, cherries, or peaches this year! Good news is, Smith & Edwards has got you covered.
Canning labels? Check. Canning funnel? Check. Jar lifter? Check. Lid wand? What's a lid wand? That's a magnetic tool you can lift canning jar lids out of your water and onto the canning jar - and check, we've got those, too. Even canning kits, great for gifts or simply the security of knowing you've got everything you need. Ladles, scoops, and canning labels, we've got everything you need to have a successful afternoon in the kitchen. Check out water bath canners and pressure canners here to round out the kit 'n caboodle.
Dehydrating & Jerky Making
Maybe you hunt and you love turning that turkey and deer into jerky -- who wouldn't? Or maybe you just love making your jerky at home from ground beef, smoking it slowly or making it happen in a food dehydrator. There's nothing like homemade jerky and dried fruit, and these items at Smith & Edwards can help you make those treats your family LOVES to eat.
Looking for jerky that's already made for you? Smith & Edwards carries a huge variety of jerky brands at great prices. Click here for our jerky selection!
Everything for Making Jams and Jellies
The aroma of fresh peaches and excitement of home grown, local fruits and vegetables spread across your counter top. You are ready to preserve the taste of summer. You'll find a great selection of canning supplies all in one stop! Shop a variety of pectin and jars that are must haves for preserving your fruit. Click here for fun canning recipes!
You'll also find a variety of home canning gear and gadgets at Smith and Edwards for your vegetables with a selection of brand name and high quality juicers, dehydrators, and mason jars. Shop preserving and canning books that have great recipes for beginners and expert canners. You'll also find a great selection of supplies for fermenting your vegetables with Ohio Stoneware pickling crocks, lids, and weights.
Food Strainers, Sauce Makers and Mills
Turn the summer's bounty into tomato sauce, applesauce, pumpkin puree, juice, and salsa! Perfect for making baby food as well as tasty snacks and desserts for the whole family.
Choose from trusted sauce maker brands like Norpro and Weston if you want to make your own tomato sauce or applesauce. We've even got inserts like a grape spiral and berry and pumpkin screens so you can process grapes, raspberries, blackberries, and squash. Or check out a food press like this china cap food press to crush berries and fruit into juice.
Fruit Peelers and Pitters
Canning and baking are fun again without the hassle of peeling every skin and slicing every apple! You'll find several apple peelers to choose from here at Smith and Edwards - and these apple peeling machines aren't good for just apples. They'll peel potatoes, yams, beets, and more. We love the suction-type apple peelers & slicers, but you can find the clamp styles here too.
There are even more handy kitchen gadgets here besides the apple peelers here. The cherry pitter (aka cherry stoner) should always be on-hand in the summertime, because it's best to be prepared for making canned cherries, pie filling, and cobbler! And your corn creamer will get a lot of use when you buy corn on the cob: it'll nicely cut each kernel off the cob, giving you all the kernels in record time. Each of these gadgets will make your kitchen a happier place!
Mason Jars, Lids, & Storage
Smith & Edwards has EVERYTHING you need for canning season, year-round... just add FRUIT! When you get your fresh fruit at the Highway 89 fruit stands in Willard & Perry, make sure to come in to Smith & Edwards at I-15's exit 351 for your Mason jars, rings, lids, and syrup bottles. During canning season, we've got pallets up & down our center aisle ready for you to take home. You can even order from home for free in-store pickup!
Choose from traditional Mason jars with sealing lids, as well as Ball® Mason jar accessories like herb shaker tops, drink sip tops, and more in our Canning Lids & Caps section.
For canning recipes & canning tips from our staff & friends at the fruit stands, click here!
Pickling Crocks & Spices
Ohio Stoneware crocks are famous for their reliability and history. Made in the USA for decades, these fermenting crocks are available in 1 through 5 gallons and will hold a ton of sauerkraut or pickles! You can find some great pickling salts & seasonings here.
We guarantee your crock will arrive unbroken! We ship these pickling crocks via FedEx with enough bubble wrap your crock arrives in perfect condition.... and if there's any issue when your crock arrives, just give us a call.
Protect your pickles as they ferment: we've got fermentation weights here for you to keep the pickles submerged and soaked in brine as they complete their process. You'll also find stoneware crocks with lids and airtight crocks. These crocks with lids are created from eco-friendly earthenware clay by Polish craftsmen. You can ferment vegetables as well as cure ham, use olive oil to preserve salami, and even allow bread to rise in these crocks!
Even when you're not using them for pickling, these fermenting crocks are a great decor item and will serve you dependably for years and years.
Preserving and Canning Books
Sure, we might have grown up at grandmother's knee, helping stir jam or prep the pickles. But... just how did she do that again? Smith and Edwards has you covered.
From how to can, to how to make jam and jelly, we'll make sure that you've got the information you need to make your family some delicious canned or cooked preserves that will get you through even the longest winter. You'll have all the information you need to safely preserve your food.
Want to make your own jerky or dried fruit? We've got a book here all about how to dry food. Love pressure cooking? Presto's Pressure Cookbook will give you great new recipe ideas, too.
Steam Juicers and Fruit Presses
Use as a vegetable juicer or stick with fruit, Smith and Edwards has a good juicer here for you, stainless steel, as well as replacement parts like the hose and clamp. It's so simple to use a juice steamer - you don't even have to remove pits or stems to get great juice. Now you've got some delicious juice which you can drink or can - or turn it into yummy jelly.
Steam juicing is easy and painless! Here's a link to one of our favorite videos on juicing, made here in Utah. We've got a great stainless steel steamer, just like she shows, that will be a great addition to your summer fruit and vegetable processing. Enjoy!
Stock Pots and Pans
Get a great stainless steel stock pot, seafood cooker, or crab cooker. Whatever you're in the mood for, Smith and Edwards has a pan or pot for it! And don't forget deep fry pots. Yeah, you'll need a bit of storage space, but these tools make those great dishes happen - it's so worth it! You can even lend them out to your neighbors, if you like. At least you know what door to knock on to get them back!
And these pails really come in handy: use as compost or trash cans as you're preparing dinner; fill with ice and keep bottled drinks cold; or use to gather fresh herbs from the garden.
While you're here, check out the dish pans below. These stainless steel dish pans are flat and shallow, great for doing dishes or taking camping with you!
Vacuum Sealers and Accessories
Seal your meats and vegetables for freezing or storage with the innovative FoodSaver vacuum system. It's easy to use! Whether you need to store a winter's worth of deer meat or some fish fillets, simply cut your bag, then slide the meat in the plastic and seal - and you're set. You can even put mashed potatoes, soup, and sauces in the bag, then freeze. Vacuum seal protects your food from freezer burn and spoilage.
Whichever components you need, Smith and Edwards has the FoodSaver vacuum sealers and food saver bags to keep your food fresh and your meals easy.
Ideal for freezer jam, you'll love these freezer storage containers! Plastic and able to expand in the freezer, they're available in pints, quarts, and a few other sizes - perfect for batches of freezer jam or just leftovers.
Durable and reusable with no leaks, help yourself to freezer jam, spoon after spoon, and when your delicious jam is eaten, simply wash the freezer container and it's ready to go again. A great way to share your jam, soups, and sauces with friends and family. Just make sure they remember to bring them back!
