Long Term Food Storage: Comparing Mason Jars, # 10 Cans and 5 Gallon Buckets for Dry Canning
In this video we compare mason jars, # 10 cans and 5 gallon buckets for dry canning, storing, etc.
25 Responses to Long Term Food Storage: Comparing Mason Jars, # 10 Cans and 5 Gallon Buckets for Dry Canning
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Hi, keep the foods at or below 75 degrees, cooler the better, depending on the food up to 30 years. hope this helps. but rotate your foods out after 5 to 10 years, keeps it fresher.
technician775
April 19, 2013 at 10:38 pm
Question; How long does dried food keep in vacuumed sealed mason jars? Thanks, and also foods that have been de-hydrated in vacuumed sealed jars? Thanks again 🙂
1guiltfree
April 19, 2013 at 10:40 pm
thanks..
technician775
April 19, 2013 at 11:14 pm
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TheHero189
April 19, 2013 at 11:57 pm
hi, i usually vacuum seal the sugar, sometimes i just put it in without, and it does not come thru like flower…thanks !
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 12:56 am
You said you can store sugar in the Mason jars just do not use the oxygen absorbers. Do vacuum seal the jar? If so does it leak through like flour would? If so what’s your trick?
Kimberly Wessel
April 20, 2013 at 1:36 am
yes, they do, i hate them as well…….
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 1:42 am
lol i hate them but when you need cheap they come in handy
TheResistance607
April 20, 2013 at 2:13 am
LOL !!!! no but they get a good chunk of $ though.
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 3:04 am
Do you work for walmart ? hehehe sorry i had too 🙂
TheResistance607
April 20, 2013 at 3:36 am
hi, if you use your or a food saver vacuum sealer, you will not need a oxygen absorber, and mason jars will keep food under the ideal conditions for 30 years, depending on the food and temperature…..hope this helps…….
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 3:41 am
Do you need to use oxygen absorbers if you are using mason jars for dry foods? What is the shelf life of mason jars compared to the other two methods? Thank you!
Rae Klym
April 20, 2013 at 3:47 am
yes, LDS and other institutions will tell you the same. I would rotate it out starting at about 10 years… most important is to keep it cool, and dry…..hope this helps….
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 4:19 am
i usually rotate stocks on long term items after about 5 years, the big buckets we do not rotate, mason jars we do, hope this helps, they have 3 different terms of storage, short, medium and long, we have different sizes of containers and rotate the smaller ones, not the larger ones…. hope this helps….
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 5:06 am
How often do you go through and rotate your supply? I am new to prepping, there is only two of us in the household so I worry about stuff going bad.
HisChild67
April 20, 2013 at 5:34 am
SURE!!!!!, thanks….pm me, as you can not post a link here it think……and thanks !
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 6:29 am
You mentioned you didn’t do any wet canning. In my research I found a great 1.5 hour video on canning by the LDS. I can send you the link if you want it. I’ve learned a lot from your channel.
mioutdoornut
April 20, 2013 at 7:10 am
Steve-one thing you might mention is that even if people want to use those 5gal or 6gal buckets like I buy my grain in, that doesn’t mean they have to seal everything in one huge Mylar bag. Since I don’t do dry ice like I did 35 years ago, I seal my grains and beans up in either 1gal or 2gal bags with each having an O2, then just drop all of them in the bucket.
John K
April 20, 2013 at 8:00 am
Hi, you are welcome, and yes you can keep it in the garage, just watch the temps, if it gets too hot from being cool or a rapid temp change to the warmer side, the cans, jars, etc will sweat, not what you want. If you can keep the temps as stable as possible, that is best, the up and down temps make too much moisture even inside the can or jar, hope this helps…..and watch for temps going over 75 degrees also…good luck ! Steve
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 8:26 am
First off thanks for all your advise I watch your channel all the time, I have started canning dry goods like Ive seen you do, a question I have is I have limited indore space and tons of garage space, can my dry goods I.E. four, pancake mix, beans, and rice and so on be kept in a dark garage, but winter is coming up and my garage gets to around close to freezing, will that hurt the dry goods, I know not to put liquid items out there. Thanks for any advise you could give.
Angiesue48
April 20, 2013 at 8:35 am
very good people…….i might not believe what they do 100%, but the self reliance is spot on !….super people…….
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 9:25 am
yea, pricy but we went in and sealed a ton of cans….i wish i had some to rent out……..
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 10:17 am
i did, sold it a local, but still have use of it….. sweet, and nice, wish i would kept it…… they went up about 200.00 since i bought it two years ago…….
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 10:53 am
no, just rusty…… we did over 200 buckets with no problem, but after switching to the #10 cans, we dropped off the buckets and the setup, it looked like i had thumbs LOL !!!!!
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 11:10 am
Hi, well, that is how i started doing the 5 gallon buckets, i used a vacuum pump with a foot switch and would seal the mylar bags except for where i had the metal tube. i had 7 300cc O2 packs and would vacuum it down to where it wrinkled the bag, then sealed off the tip. When i started making the vids, we had most of the 5 gallon buckets done, i made a vid on using the vac pump, but it did not come out well, too long from doing one. Brilliant minds think alike LOL !!!!!! tks for sharing the tip
technician775
April 20, 2013 at 12:03 pm