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Old July 6, 2015   #44
Hellmanns
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Originally Posted by clkeiper View Post
Really? 15 minutes? 15-20 gallon? that is a lot of quart jars. no way that I know anyone to make that much juice in 15 minutes..other than a commercial set up.
Yes, Really.
Several years ago I built a "canning room" and set it up to can large amounts of food in a small amount of time. It has large work areas, concrete floor that can be washed down, huge double laundry sink for washing produce, gas stove, huge kettles(up to 15 gallon) and shelves to store some of the canned goods etc...

What I quoted was not actually canning the juice, just making it, and was after the tomatoes are washed, cored, and ready to juice. That is with my wife and I running the blenders, and my 11 year old son cranking the 5 quart food mill as we dump the tomato puree in. I use a medium screen on the mill that lets a few seeds through. We generally make around 50 gallons of juice a year that we can in half gallon jars.
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