Put up 50 pounds of rice for President's day

**dscrick** · 02-15-2010, 06:11 PM

Found 25 lb. bags of rice at Sam's Club for $9.95, so I bought two and dry pack canned them for long term storage. Here is the process (part one) in the order of the photos:

1. #2.5 (28 oz) cans filled with long grain white rice, 3.5 cups or 1.5 lbs.

2. 100cc oxygen absorber placed in can. This will create a vacumn in the can

3. Can lids placed on top of cans

4. Can set on seamer turntable

5. Chuck closed on can

**dscrick** · 02-15-2010, 06:16 PM

Continued:

6. Cranking the seamer handle to seal the can. The seamer uses two sets of seaming rollers to form a double crimp seal of the can to the lid

7. Finished product. 50 lbs. of rice in 33 #2.5 cans

8. Labled for the shelf. Rodent and insect proof long term storage, good for at least 25 years

**crashdive123** · 02-15-2010, 06:24 PM

Nice job. You may have posted this before - if so - I missed it. Where did/do you get your sealer, cans and lids.

**Sourdough** · 02-15-2010, 06:52 PM

Thank you for the post, well done. Good for one greenie'thingie.

**nell67** · 02-15-2010, 06:54 PM

Very nice dscrick,I'm with Crash,where do you get your supplies?

**Rick** · 02-15-2010, 06:55 PM

Very nice. I guess you need my address now to know where to send them.

**Rick** · 02-15-2010, 06:56 PM

Here's a Canadian site.

http://www.wellscan.ca/us-site/index_usa.htm

**welderguy** · 02-15-2010, 07:41 PM

That is awsome, thanks for the link Rick

**Rick** · 02-15-2010, 09:16 PM

I couldn't find anything on Ives-Way canners. I did send an email to Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry. They also make can sealers but I can't seem to find them on their web site. They also make the All American Canner, which I have and many of you are no doubt familiar with. I'll see what they say.

It looks like the Ives-Way canners are less expensive and allow you to can more sizes than the All American. But I'll let you know what the All American folks say.

**dscrick** · 02-16-2010, 12:56 AM

Thanks for all the comments everyone.

I started dry pack canning because I was looking for a really good method to store food long term. I have a dehydrator and dry quite a bit of produce. I have a top of the line vacuum sealer, but it had problems with some of the "Sharp" dehydrated vegetables poking holes in the bags and compromising the seal, etc. Plus the bags aren't light resistant and certainly not rodent proof.

I did some research on the LDS canneries thanks to links here on the forum, and that led me to the equipment and methods I use now.

I have an Ives-Way model 900 can sealer. I purchased it on Ebay for $85.00. It was complete and had never been used. The previous owner even threw in a box of 24 brand new #2.5 cans and lids. I got lucky with that bargain. A quick check of Ebay tonight found an Ives-way currently at $19.99 and a couple of Victory can sealers, which I'm not familiar with. A new Ives-Way 900 will set you back $238 from House of Cans or $245 from Wellscan (US dollars). If you want to spend more you can move up to machines with electric motors that can handle #10 cans, etc. I didn't want the bulk of the bigger cans personally. My 900 will do up to a #3 (32 oz) can. It's low-tech and manual all the way.

As Rick mentioned, the Canadian outfit WellsCan sells a lot of gear.

Here are some links:

Ives-Way (No website, but here is the address/phone):

Ives-Way Products, 2030 North Nicole, Round Lake Beach, IL 60073, USA; phone 847-740-0658.

New cans, lids, etc. Also sells sealers at good prices. Chicago area outfit and easy to deal with:

http://www.houseofcans.com/

Cans and equipment:

http://www.ehcan.com/FoodCans.html

Oxygen absorbers:

http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/oxy...bers100cc.aspx

Other resources:

http://home.earthlink.net/~walterx9/...ngSources.html

**crashdive123** · 02-16-2010, 08:46 AM

Thanks for all of the resources.

**Rick** · 02-16-2010, 08:54 AM

That's a great post!! Lot's of information. Thanks.

**rebel** · 02-16-2010, 08:59 AM

That has definitely perked my interest. Thank you dscrick.

**Ken** · 02-16-2010, 09:00 AM

Thank you very much! That's outstanding information. Rep coming your way!

**Rick** · 02-16-2010, 09:18 AM

I just read a blog that said adding an oxygen absorber to white sugar will make it hard.

http://safelygatheredin.blogspot.com...n-10-cans.html

**Scratch** · 02-16-2010, 09:50 AM

very nice! Thanks for sharing.

**dscrick** · 02-16-2010, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by Rick

I just read a blog that said adding an oxygen absorber to white sugar will make it hard.

http://safelygatheredin.blogspot.com...n-10-cans.html

That is true. I should have mentioned that. The LDS canneries instructions say that as well. I don't put them in when canning sugar or salt, but I do put in a dessicant pack, which you can buy in bulk here:

http://www.silicagelpackets.com/

**Rick** · 02-16-2010, 03:48 PM

I heard back from All American. They said they are in the process of adding the can sealers to their web site. Mercy, but they are proud of them. The cheapest is $660 MSRP. If anyone is interested PM me and I'll forward their email to you.

**Stargazer** · 02-16-2010, 04:00 PM

Great post. My aniversary is coming up soon.I wonder if my wife would like a can sealer.

**dscrick** · 02-16-2010, 04:10 PM

$660 for the lowest end model All American? What are the capabilities? If it is a flywheel or electric model and capable of doing all can sizes up to #10 I guess it's justified. if not, it must be made of titanium!