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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: RoscoeReturns] * 1
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RoscoeReturns said:
Silicone grease is an excellent gasket lube. Lasts seemingly forever and is heat stable. Sucks to get it off your finger though. Wear a glove.

Hippie I don’t know what you’ve got going on, but I run my bags for four hours with only 3 quarts of water in my Presto and have lots of water left when I’m done. Can you back the heat off any more and still maintain pressure? I like my PC to be almost silent when at pressure, not knocking around letting off steam.


They mentioned having the stove on the lowest setting, but yeah, excess heat definitely isn't helpful. I've figured out where on my gas stove I need to set things for my target- 17 psi- and have that marked. I turn it to that from the outset, and let things come up to pressure on that setting.

Another related thing that occurs to me is my specific grain prep- grain pot brought slowly just up to boiling, then immediately drained and put into the jars while srill steaming (one spoonful at a time, distributed across all jars, so that there's a chance for steam-off). So the grain and glass are all HOT upon loading. The water just needs to come up to temperature, but it doesn't have a bunch of extra work to do getting everything up from room-temperature.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: LotKid]
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LotKid said:
Peleus said:
What's the latest on metal vs plastic lids?


Metal for the win in my book. But not all my opinions are popular.


Both you and cronicr are team metal, prolly others too so it's not that clear cut.

Mind explaining a bit why though? AFAIU people prefer plastic because it doesn't rust. What's the upside to metal?

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Peleus] * 2
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They come free with the jars 😂
Some plastic lids I've found get a little too loose over time , I'm not opposed to either though


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: B Traven] * 1
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B Traven said:
They mentioned having the stove on the lowest setting, but yeah, excess heat definitely isn't helpful. I've figured out where on my gas stove I need to set things for my target- 17 psi- and have that marked. I turn it to that from the outset, and let things come up to pressure on that setting.

Another related thing that occurs to me is my specific grain prep- grain pot brought slowly just up to boiling, then immediately drained and put into the jars while srill steaming (one spoonful at a time, distributed across all jars, so that there's a chance for steam-off). So the grain and glass are all HOT upon loading. The water just needs to come up to temperature, but it doesn't have a bunch of extra work to do getting everything up from room-temperature.


I must have missed the part about stove on lowest setting, but it really sounds like too much heat to me. My stove has two large burners, one of which has a “quick boil” function. I can’t run my PC on that one because it is too hot even on low. Maybe that’s the issue?


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: RoscoeReturns] * 1
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Have you tried putting a few drops of dishwashing soap into the cooker then run it 15-20 minutes turn it off and look for soap bubbles?


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: callmehippie]
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callmehippie said:
I can't figure out what my problem is.

I lose just about half my water when I run my pc for 2 hours.    CAnt imagine going for 3H.  Let alone 12. Lol.

There's no visible leaks anywhere.

Ive been lubing the gasket.  Tried vegetable oil. I think.  Idk thicker oil it recommends i tried. Also tried petroleum jelly.i checked EVERTHING checkable.

Got 2-3 quarters taped  to the rocker.
So it barley even rocks at all.  Its really frustrating.

Now im  paranoid if I go any longer I'm going to run out of water and fuck up my pc.


I've resorted to raising my trivet really high and sacrificing the last two or three jars I might be able to put in there.

Is there a max amount of water you can use in your PC before it's unsafe? And does anybody have any advice to why I might be losing so much water?


you don't lose much if any water with stopcocks.🤷‍♂️

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: RoscoeReturns]
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Can you guys tell me what this is on the bottom of the stem  it comes up about 1 inch .it's soft like a  marshmallow and when I cut the stem its brownin side


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: macmqn] * 2
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I use a rocker top. Once I started venting properly I noticed a difference in water loss, and the lock was never an issue. The sudden change of pressure pops it right up. As soon as the thing locks I turn the stove down to low. Wait for it to vent  and then start the clock

Before venting I would run Into the sticking lock and more water loss.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: OLDDAD77] * 2
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I start with boiling water from an electric kettle. So there's not a lot of work done in  heating what's inside to get it up to boil. 

I do however vent it on full High heat. As well as get it to pressure on full high heat. So maybe I'll try lowering my heat from the start and letting it come to  temperature that way.


I was thinking maybe this has some effect on how much steam is being released during the vent.


And in turn hopefully I'll be able to keep my overall heat level lower from the start then as if trying to back off from high heat once it's come to pressure.

But yeah my gas flame on the burner is as low as it can go when once it at pressure. It's almost not even there. I'm surprised that is enough to keep it up to pressure.


Thanks everybody for all the advice. I've got a lot of things I can try and consider again  now before feeling so defeated.


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Edited by callmehippie (08/23/25 07:10 PM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: callmehippie]
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callmehippie said:
Yeah that's basically been my solution is just add an extra quart of water and sacrifice the top layer of jars.

So 4 quarts is okay to run? How much is the max?


There should be a mark inside the PC that is your max fill line.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: callmehippie] * 1
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Pre-heating your water might be the issue. You’re putting hot water into a cool PC. They don't seal great until they heat up.

I bring the water to a nice boil with the lid off. Then put it on and wait for it to really start venting. Then I pop the rocker on.  This way the whole things heats up in unison.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: OLDDAD77]
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Seal it up
Heat it up
As soon as the vent lock lifts up reduce heat
When venting steadily start your vent timer
Vent for your time, I vent 20mins
Water should not be sputtering out the vent
After venting time put on the rocker
as it nears your desired pressure,
again reduce the heat to barely jiggle the weight,
not doing the hardcore moshing.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: Proposition 122]
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Proposition 122 said:
callmehippie said:
Yeah that's basically been my solution is just add an extra quart of water and sacrifice the top layer of jars.

So 4 quarts is okay to run? How much is the max?


There should be a mark inside the PC that is your max fill line.


I bought a 16qt this year and the manual says if you're cooking for more than 110 minutes to add an additional qt. I don't know the max but 4 is fine. I run at 4 almost every time I do grains


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: boxtrotalpha]
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Am i allowed to pitifully beg people to look at my question within the deluge of pressure cooking discussion or is that in bad form ;-;


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: OLDDAD77]
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Damn lol. It's funny you mentioned that. I didn't consider it.  cuz my last two runs I actually preheated  the water in the kettle to 130. Put that in the PC woth lid of them let that come to a boil while I was putting some foil on the jars. Took about 15ish min to rolling boil then proceeded as usual. Same as your usual. 

I wish I had actually measured it. Cause it did seem like the water loss was less but not much. Not enough that I wouldn't be worried to go longer than 2 1/2 hours.

Not that I have ever needed to so far. Lol

I havnt done a deep leak test yet with soap suds .so that's next.its just so new. I ran it through a visual inspection. Felt around and listened. After that moved on to other possible problems. 

If can't find anything Ima just settle with adding more  water and less jars

That's really the only reason stopping me from adding more and raising my trivet  to a certain extent.


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Edited by callmehippie (08/23/25 08:28 PM)

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: malvaneglecta]
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Lol. Not at all man. Ask away


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: malvaneglecta] * 1
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malvaneglecta said:
My first ever pins!!!! I’m pretty sure they are pins.
I am doing a PF Tek in pp5 containers. These are obviously ready to dunk, right? Should I be delicate with the pins or will they be fine after getting covered in coco coir?





I would rip those pins off when you birth your cakes and eat them. You’ve got a culture that wants to fruit, so you’ll have more pins soon enough.


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: callmehippie] * 1
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Speaking on the metal vs plastic lid front, I will say that I reused metal lids I used form my 1st pf tek grow for my 1st spawn jars with success. I double layered the medical tape over the holes. Didnt have sfds or ships on hand but I figured I'd give it a go. That is all. Carry on. 😁

P.S. Them pins can pack a punch for how small they are! "Accidentally" dosed myself cleaning a harvest. Didn't realize until halfway to the restaurant that evening! 😅


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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: callmehippie]
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callmehippie said:
Yeah that's basically been my solution is just add an extra quart of water and sacrifice the top layer of jars.

So 4 quarts is okay to run? How much is the max?


The manual says 2/3 full is the max for pressure cooking.

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Re: Ask Quick Questions, Get Quick Answers [Re: The Ferryman] * 2
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I just have to say - the shrooms in all of your signatures are freaking gorgeous. It really inspires me to keep learning and growing and makes for a clear aspirational goal. Kudos!


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