question about pressure canner

"Ozark Baby" <[Only registered users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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Canners and cookers are not the same thing. Canners are larger. ACE
Hardware carries the Presto in several sizes or will get it in for you. I
ordered mine and had it in less than a week. Expect to pay between $80 and
$110 for a Presto canner with weight and dial.

I have an old (probably at least 40 years), thick-walled, aluminum,
three-position weight (5, 10, 15 pounds) Mirro 8-quart that was sold
as a canner and cooker. My family used it for beans--it fits 1-pint
jars. The warnings I've seen about using canners and not cookers
mention that the newer cookers have thinner walls and thus faster heat-
up/cool-down times than the old ones. (The heat-up/cool-down times
are taken into account when the canning times are determined.) The
warnings also talk about 10-quart as the minimum size of a canner.

Any opinions on whether I could use this Mirro for canning?

Thanks,
Dave

"djb" <[Only registered users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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I would never use an 8 qt cooker to can anything.