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My wife recently canned some of her world beater chilli,while doing so the bottom of her pressure cooker slightly warped. While I don't feel it is safe to use for canning due to the extreme pressure build up, I feel it will be safe to convert to a still for running of feints and other small ferments.

Does anyone foresee any issues? The pressure from distilling is minimal correct?

I'm guessing its an aluminum pressure cooker? If so then no stainless or copper. This has been discussed at length around here.

Also will have a rubber seal that will need to be replaced. With something hot high ABV alcohol safe.

And generally they are just to damn small to make anything good or any amount of product.

Not to mention this is a dangerous hobby. So you want to start out with structurely sound equipment. So if you don't want to use it for its intended use. Then I wouldn't use it for this use.

Be safe.

it's Stainless.

How big is it? Anything less then 5 gal. Makes cuts hard to do. And doesn't produce much of any product. 5 gal is usually the smallest I would recommend.

If it is stainless. I don't know how warping would hurt it to bad. Aluminum would be another story.

But you still need to take care of the seal.

firewater706 wrote:My wife recently canned some of her world beater chilli,while doing so the bottom of her pressure cooker slightly warped. While I don't feel it is safe to use for canning due to the extreme pressure build up, I feel it will be safe to convert to a still for running of feints and other small ferments.

extreme pressure buildup? I don't really know what kind of pressure cooker you have, but pressure cookers today, by and large have a maximum pressure of 15PSI. (That's less PSI than what's found in your water pipes). In addition, they way pressure cookers keep themselves pressurized is by a weight sitting on top of a nipple. When pressures go above 15PSI, the steam forces it's way past the weight. There is also, a safety relief valve that releases pressure should the weight and nipple, for whatever reason, can't release pressure. Personally, I would not be concerned if my pressure cooker developed a little warping.

But if your looking for plausible sounding excuse, to feed to your wife, to justify stealing her pressure cooker from her, then by all means, warping is unsafe!!

did she cool it with tap water to speed up cooling?? not sure how else you could warp a s.s pressure cooker....

according to her she did not but the proper amount of water in the bottom of the pot.