Presto Precise Digital Pressure Canner 02144 vs Instant Pot Duo 12-Quart Pressure Cooker

Buy the Presto Precise if you want to pressure can low-acid foods like meat, vegetables and fish at home. It is the only one of the two built and certified to USDA canning guidelines, with a sensor that holds the right temperature and no altitude adjustment. The Instant Pot Duo is a better everyday cooking appliance: it pressure cooks, sautés, steams and makes yogurt, and owners rate it highly for weeknight meals. The Presto is a single-purpose canner that also does boiling-water canning; the Duo is a general multicooker that is not approved for pressure canning.

• Choose the Presto Precise if your main goal is safely canning low-acid foods such as meat, beans and vegetables in large batches.
• Choose the Instant Pot Duo if you want one electric pot for pressure cooking, sautéing, steaming and yogurt rather than a dedicated canner.