No, the first time, the fire just wasn’t going right. Vince adjusted the air flow and got it to working right. The control valve must have gotten bumped because it’s been a few weeks since I used the canner. The second time, it ran out of water because I had basically gone through two cycles without adding water. It has a pressure valve and a regulator but both were fine. It worked good after I got it going.
I boiled the chickens – 5 at a time, in a 20 quart stew pot and made gumbo in my 30 quart stew pot. It was a whole lot of cooking going on in my kitchen!