Food Prep - First time pressure canning at 9000 feet :O

So I am a little nervous, canning at 14 lb pressure, and I never used a Presto canner before, so thank you @mousetoes for a great how to video!

So I got the soup in the sterilized jars...

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Got them in the canner...and waited until it steamed for 10 minutes...

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The button popped up, I turned the heat down a bit and added the weight...and then THIS happened

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I am fairly sure this pressure gauge is toast :(

So I am now waterbath canning my soup until I can get a new regulator, and then will have to redo the entire batch...UGH

Edit... I decided the canner is going back, and am going back to a jiggler lid. All American. I cannot be relying on a cheaply made pressure gauge to do canning. All American is twice the price, but 8 times the quality...and the gauge on it is just a guide...the pressure is controlled by the jiggler. This means that if the gauge doesn't work...I can still can.

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