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Nh1.776
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Newbie here, I don’t own a pressure cooker.

#29651477 - 08/20/26 05:11 AM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Hey all, I recently got into growing actives for therapeutic purposes and had a bunch of equipment readily available to do so. I’ve been looking to subsidize expenses and don’t own a pressure cooker to make my bags/jars for grain. I know it’s a heavily debated topic but is a water bath comparable in end results? Everything I’ve seen states longer boil than w/o pressure cooker but I’ve got rain in the forecast so weekend projects are my jam.

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#29651483 - 08/20/26 05:35 AM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Sir, I believe you mean you do not yet own a pressure cooker. instapot tek ftw.

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#29651490 - 08/20/26 05:47 AM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Welcome to the Shroomery Nh1.776 :hatsoff:

If you are to prep and sterilize grains, agar and tools I strongly suggest you get a pressure canner, without it there will be head and heart ache.

If for some reason you don't want to get a pressure canner, then PF TEK is where it's at :rockon:

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#29651502 - 08/20/26 06:48 AM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Scour marketplace, craigslist, etc. I got a nice 6qt stainless presto pressure cooker for $30. Cheaper than the mats I lost doing AIO bags and other less ideal methods.

Took a while to find that perfect deal but I love this thing.

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#29651529 - 08/20/26 07:36 AM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Nh1.776 said:

Hey all, I recently got into growing actives for therapeutic purposes and had a bunch of equipment readily available to do so. I’ve been looking to subsidize expenses and don’t own a pressure cooker to make my bags/jars for grain. I know it’s a heavily debated topic but is a water bath comparable in end results? Everything I’ve seen states longer boil than w/o pressure cooker but I’ve got rain in the forecast so weekend projects are my jam.

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/27090797/fpart/all

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/27970850

Pudin and Stipe along with a host of other senior members have proven that longer sterilization times can make up for the difference in psi. Short of an instapot though, there is literally no substitute, unless youre performing pf tek, in which case boiling in water with a lid can be sufficient (~2hrs)

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Re: Newbie here, I don’t own a pressure cooker.

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#29651558 - 08/20/26 08:22 AM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Cicadoidea said:

Scour marketplace, craigslist, etc. I got a nice 6qt stainless presto pressure cooker for $30. Cheaper than the mats I lost doing AIO bags and other less ideal methods.

Took a while to find that perfect deal but I love this thing.

Same, except I found mine at Goodwill for around $15. It's a regular ol stovetop cooker, but since I got it, my success rate's skyrocketed. I think you can boil PF for a long time and be met w/ success, but I never managed it, personally. That could've been user error, though.

But yeah, thrift stores, consignment shops, and the like a veritable treasure troves of useful shit. Plus, pressure cookers are friggin magic at cooking rice.

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#29651699 - 08/20/26 12:58 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Nh1.776 said:

Newbie here, I don’t own a pressure cooker.

... don’t own a pressure cooker to make my bags/jars for grain. I know it’s a heavily debated topic ...

No, it is not a heavily debated topic at all. There is no debate. To properly sterilize grain/agar/jars, etc. you need a pressure cooker. Just go get one. New or used, doesn't matter. Get one, you won't regret it. :smile:

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