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Presto 01755 16-Quart Aluminum Pressure Canner and Cooker

Presto 01755 16-Quart Aluminum Pressure Canner and Cooker

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  • 16-quart (15.1 L) liquid capacity
  • Mason jar capacity: 7 quarts, 10 pints, or 13 half-pints
  • Extra-strong aluminum construction
  • 12-year limited warranty
  • 17.25 x 13.5 x 12 in, 10.5 lb

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Problems, parts and running costs

Summary

The Presto 01755 is a 16-quart heavy-gauge aluminum stovetop pressure canner with a dial gauge and a rubber gasket seal, built for households canning on a gas, coil or smooth-top burner. Check your stove before you buy: the aluminum body will not work on induction, and a loaded canner can weigh more than 40 lb.

Strengths

  • It covers a real batch: 7 quart jars, 10 pints or 13 half-pints, with the higher counts reached by stacking jars in two decks.
  • Genuine parts are catalogued under real part numbers and cheap, from a $4.99 interlock gasket to a $26.50 dial gauge.
  • The 12-year warranty is longer than most small-appliance warranties.
  • Owners report steady pressure and a dial they can actually read from the stove.
  • It doubles as a pressure cooker and a boiling-water canner for pint and smaller jars.

Weaknesses

  • The rubber sealing ring is a wear part: Presto says to change it with the overpressure plug at least every three years, and a worn ring is the most-cited reason a canner will not come to pressure.
  • The dial gauge needs an accuracy test every year and should be replaced if it reads more than 2 psi off.
  • No induction: the aluminum body works on gas, coil and smooth-top burners up to 12,000 BTU and nowhere else.
  • The 7-quart count applies to pressure canning only; the pot is too short to boil quart jars under water.
  • A loaded canner weighs 35 to 40 lb, and Presto forbids outdoor LP burners and boiling dry because both can warp the base.
  • No independent lab has tested this exact model, so every claim about pressure stability comes from owners.

Verified specifications

Capacity16 quarts (15.1 L) of liquid.
Gauge and regulatora mechanical dial gauge on the cover, plus a one-piece regulator (part 09978) that limits pressure to about 15 psi.
Jar capacity for pressure canning, regular mouth: 13 half-pints, 10 pints or 7 quarts; wide mouth, 16 half-pints, 8 pints or 7 quarts.
Older printings list fewer jarsthe 2017 manual said 12 regular-mouth half-pints.
Boiling-water canningregular mouth 13 half-pints or 10 pints, wide mouth 8 half-pints or 8 pints. No quart or 1.5-pint jars.
Heat sourcehousehold gas at 12,000 BTU/h or less, electric coil and electric smooth-top. Not induction.
Water for a pressure-canning batch3 quarts, plus one extra quart when processing runs past 100 minutes.
Weight8.88 lb out of the box on the 2011 Presto datasheet; retailer listings show 9.25 lb. A loaded canner weighs about 35 lb for pressure canning and up to 41 lb for boiling-water canning.
Dimensions17.25 × 13.63 × 11.75 in on the 2011 Presto datasheet; the retailer listing gives 17.125 in overall length, 11.5 in overall height, 12.125 in inside diameter and 8.375 in inside height.
Includeda bottom cooking/canning rack and an instruction and recipe book. The dial gauge ships separate and is fitted during setup.
Warranty12 years from delivery for the original US buyer, covering material and workmanship defects. The gauge, regulator, sealing ring, overpressure plug and vent-lock gasket are excluded as wear items.
PartsPresto’s catalog files this canner under series 0175510.
Full research notes and sources

What owners report

Owner reports are the main evidence here. No independent lab has tested this exact model; the specialist review that exists checked published specifications against food-safety guidance and never ran the canner. Treat the rest of this section as reports, not measurements.

r/Canning owners generally point new canners at the Presto because it costs less, weighs less and has easy-to-find parts. Home Depot buyers describe it as durable, holding pressure steadily and easy to use, and they like being able to run a few pounds higher and a few minutes longer for margin. One owner runs the 16-quart on an 8-inch burner and prefers the smaller pot for batches of seven to eight pints. Another owner, who bought in 2010, saw the first leaks from the sealing ring in 2024, which is one long-lived ring and not a promised life.

The complaints repeat too. Owners and specialist guides say the sealing ring needs replacing every year or two; Presto’s own schedule is at least every three years. In r/homestead, owners diagnosing a Presto canner that would not come to pressure point to a worn ring, a cover lock that stays vented and a failed rubber plug. One owner reports a Presto canner deformed and out of round after overheating on an outdoor burner. On the other side of the ledger, owners of the cast-aluminum canners report that those can vacuum-seal and turn hard to open after cooling, and some of them prefer the Presto’s gasket seal.

Stove compatibility and loaded weight

Presto designs this canner for household burners of 12,000 BTU or less: gas, electric coil and electric smooth-top. It is not an induction canner; Presto sells a separate 23-quart induction model, and the current manual prohibits all outdoor LP-gas burners.

Weight is where people get caught. The manual puts a fully loaded 16-quart canner at 35 lb for pressure canning and up to 41 lb for boiling-water canning, and the current manual warns that a loaded canner may exceed 40 lb. That manual also identifies an approximately 8-inch contact area on the bottom, narrower than the roughly 12-inch pot diameter, so choose the element according to Presto’s and your range maker’s directions.

Glass tops need a weight check before you buy. Owners advise against sliding the canner across the surface, and the range’s own limit decides whether the pot is welcome.

Maintenance, parts and running costs

Everything is hand-washed. Presto says to wash, rinse and dry the body after every use, scour the inside at least once a year with an abrasive aluminum cleaner, and clear normal discoloration with a solution of 1 tablespoon of cream of tartar per quart of water. Never let the canner boil dry. Store it completely dry with the cover unlocked, keep it out of the dishwasher, and do not immerse or freeze the gauge.

The recurring spend is small but real. The sealing ring and the overpressure plug must be changed together at least every three years, sooner if the rubber hardens, cracks or leaks. Presto’s 09985 kit with both parts costs $25 (Presto direct, October 2026), which works out to about $8.33 a year over three years. A single overpressure plug is $5, the interlock gasket is $4.99, the vent and cover-lock unit is $10, the vent pipe assembly is $10, the gauge fastener pack is $4.99, a new dial gauge is $26.50, the one-piece regulator is $14 and a spare rack is $15.50. A specialist retailer lists the 9985 sealing ring for $12.99 as well. The small vent-lock gasket has no fixed interval on the three-year schedule: replace it when it leaks, and treat continuing steam around the rising lock as a fault rather than normal behaviour, because a slight puff while the lock first lifts is expected.

The other yearly task is the dial gauge. Federal canning guidance says to test dial gauges annually and replace them when they read more than 2 psi off. County extension offices often run the test; the local fee and the schedule depend on the county. Flat jar lids are single-use, so a full 10-pint batch uses 10 new flats while the bands stay reusable if undamaged. There is no subscription, no filter and no proprietary fuel.

Is it worth it?

Presto sells the canner direct for $166.99 (October 2026), Pressure Cooker Outlet lists it at $165.99 with a 30-day return guarantee (October 2026), and Target showed $165.99 from a marketplace seller (October 2026). Home Depot’s page displayed $151.63 when it was checked (October 2026), but the coupon text on that page was stale, so confirm the cart. Delivery and tax differ.

Decide by stove and by volume. Under $135 the exact model is worth a look; $135 to $155 is a good buy if the retailer really ships at that level; $155 to $170 is ordinary retail. Above $170, the 23-quart Presto 01781 at $185.99 direct gives you 20 pints per pressure-canning batch instead of 10, and it also handles quart jars for boiling-water canning, which the 16-quart cannot. Induction cooks need the 01784 at $215.99. The cast-aluminum All American 915 at $399.95 seals metal to metal and has no gasket to replace, and it costs more to begin with.

Which model this is

This is Presto stock no. 01755, a 16-quart aluminum dial-gauge stovetop canner and pressure cooker from National Presto Industries. Presto’s parts catalog files it under series 0175510, so check the series stamped on the pot before ordering parts. Use only the lid that came with the canner, because the locking system is not interchangeable.

Do not confuse it with the 16-quart 01745, which uses a three-piece weighted regulator, or with the 23-quart 01781 and the 23-quart induction 01784. The Amazon listing for this model is ASIN B000QJJ9NY.

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