Canning Supplies, Fermentation Kits, and Pressure Canners... this is Home Food Preservation done the way Grandma did it (with better gear).
Every August it happens: the garden goes rogue, the farmers market is practically giving tomatoes away, and your freezer starts sending distress signals. You could hand zucchini to strangers... or you could put all that abundance in a jar and eat like royalty in February.
This is our Food Preservation collection - every canning tool, fermentation lid, and pressure canner we trust enough to use in our own kitchens. No gimmicks, no mystery brands. Just the gear that gets the harvest from the counter to the pantry shelf safely.
Yes, you CAN! (Sorry, we had to.) Here's how to find what you need:
- Pressure canning green beans, corn, soups, or meat? Low-acid foods NEED a pressure canner - it's the only safe way. Our All American Pressure Canners (15.5 to 41.5 quarts) are made in Wisconsin with a metal-to-metal seal, which means there's no gasket to crack, dry out, or replace. Ever.
- Water bath canning jams, pickles, and tomatoes? You'll want a canning rack, funnel, ladle, and magnetic lid wand - or grab the Norpro Canning Set that bundles the essentials. (Your scalded fingertips will thank you.)
- Stock up on canning lids BEFORE the season. Lids are one-use-only and stores sell out every fall. Our Superb canning lids come in bulk packs of up to 156 lids, in regular and wide mouth.
- Fermenting sauerkraut, kimchi, or garlic dills? Masontops Pickle Pipes and Pickle Pebbles turn any mason jar into a fermentation crock - no burping required. (The jar, that is.)
- Canned it all? Now you have to put it SOMEWHERE. The JAK Industrial Mason Jar Storage Box stacks your full quart jars neatly and safely, so the pantry stays organized and nothing goes crash in the night.
- Already own an All American? We stock genuine replacement parts - tested gauges, vent pipes, overpressure plugs, and canning racks.
Yep, we're the kitchen store that actually cans.
Kooi Housewares is a real kitchen store in Muskegon, Michigan, and food preservation is kind of our thing. Send us a "which size canner do I actually need?" question and a real human who has actually canned will answer it. And one PRO TIP, free of charge: All American canners sell out nearly every August. Buy early!