My dishwasher has a sanatize setting. Can I sterilize my jars in my dishwasher?
2007-04-13 03:05:35 · 12 answers · asked by heather k 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Yes you can. Actually that is a much more convenient way of doing it.
2007-04-13 03:09:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Anyone that does any canning at all will tell you the answer is deffinately "NO".
Jars should set in boiling water for 10 minutes or more.
While it may work some of the time for foods that are high in acid, such as tomatoes, there is many more foods that will ruin withing a week if the jars aren't totally stirle.
Especially any and all meat.
Any book about canning will tell you cleanlyness is the key to canning and boiling the jars just prior to filling is the biggest key to success.
Another note, is whatever you are canning needs to be boiling when you fill the jars. If you pour something that is boiling into a jar that isn't hot enought, you stand a very good chance of it bursting and you getting burned.
There are a lot of sites that have barter boards or for sale threads on them and you can buy all the canning supplys from people that are upgradeing or just too old to can any more pretty cheap. I got mine from one of them, I forget which one now, but counting shipping I didn't pay but about 20 cents on a dollar for what it all cost new and it was mostly just like brand new.
With you asking this question, I would think you are a newbee to the world of canning. Welcome to the fun and good food you can put up for the family, but beware. Not paying close attention to cleanlyness can give you and your your familly food poisning.
Don't let this scare you away from canning, because it is simple to to get it right the first time around, "IF" you ask questions, such as the one you just asked, and get answers from people that has been there and done that.
It is really exciting and gives you a feeling of safty when you start building up a supply of food you "KNOW" will carry you and yours through a really bad dry spell, as in WTSHTF and there isn't any food to be bought at any price.
Allways keep canned food in a dark cool place. As the answer above said. Don't sacrafice safty. Not for a second.
Good Luck, God Bless, and happy canning
2007-04-13 05:43:27 · answer #2 · answered by dennis_phillips7 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sanitize and sterilize are two different things. While it may work for canning, the jars will not be sterilized. I have not seen a home dishwasher that reaches temps of 180 degrees (as do commercial ones) which is considered sterile. Most home DW's are 140 degrees or less.
2007-04-13 03:18:49 · answer #3 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
For glass I'd boil or throw them in the dishwasher. Something I used when I made my own baby food were little condiment cups (the kind that restaurants use for things like ranch cups). We own a restaurant so I had access to 1oz, 2oz, and 4oz, but the 2oz is a good size for most things. If you're a Costco member you can get them there or just go to a local restaurant and ask to buy some and I'm sure that they'll be more than willing. Another option is ice cube trays, when I did that method I preferred to use silicone trays instead of the hard plastic, just freeze and pop into ziplock bag and thaw when needed.
2016-05-19 16:15:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jars for canning are sanitized in the oven and preheated to about 275 degrees.
Then the hot tomatoes, are put into the santitized jars. Then then lids are screwed onto the jars and the jars again placed immediately in the oven to cook a bit. Then the oven temp is slowly dropped in temperature and the jars removed when the temp is about 50 degrees from room temp. Lids will pop sealed and you got canned tomatoes.
2007-04-13 06:36:28 · answer #5 · answered by James M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will not get hot enough, even if you have the required 120F degree water into the unit it will not heat it up enough to kill all the bacteria. Why risk the possibility of food poisoning. Also the addition of the soap and drying agent would not excite me.
2007-04-15 14:52:31 · answer #6 · answered by yavoltage 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, since your dishwasher has that setting.
Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend it for a dishwasher that isn't capable of sanitizing.
2007-04-13 08:54:09 · answer #7 · answered by ~Me~ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe you can. I use a large kettle of boiling water. Haven't done any in years but when I did, we would boil them and then we knew for sure, had pickles on the shelf for over 10 years and they were still good. Do what you want, but don't short cut safety. Good luck
2007-04-13 04:44:56 · answer #8 · answered by Fordman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No you cannot as you must heat jars to more than 180 degrees for ten minutes to kill all the bacteria in them.....
2007-04-14 05:07:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. the water in your dishwasher is hot enough to do that
2007-04-13 03:14:31 · answer #10 · answered by Patty F 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋