Beans or Peas – Shelled, Dried, All Varieties, hot pack: canning time by altitude
Beans or Peas – Shelled, Dried, All Varieties, hot pack is low-acid and must be pressure canned: 75 minutes for pints and 90 minutes for quarts, at 11 lb on a dial gauge or 10 lb on a weighted gauge at sea level.
Time and pressure
| Pints | Quarts |
|---|---|
| 75 min | 90 min |
| Altitude | Dial gauge |
|---|---|
| 0–2,000 ft | 11 lb |
| 2,001–4,000 ft | 12 lb |
| 4,001–6,000 ft | 13 lb |
| 6,001–8,000 ft | 14 lb |
| Altitude | Weighted gauge |
|---|---|
| 0–1,000 ft | 10 lb |
| above 1,000 ft | 15 lb |
Jar sizes not listed have no tested process for this food: do not use these times for them. Half-pints take the pint time where only pints are listed.
What the time assumes
- Method: pressure canner (low-acid: never water bath)
- Headspace: 1 inch
- Prep and pack: exactly as in NCHFP's Beans or Peas – Shelled, Dried, All Varieties recipe (hot pack).
Dial gauge to 8,000 ft as published; above that NCHFP gives no number, so Putby shows none. Follow the NCHFP recipe exactly: its prep, ingredients, pack and headspace are part of the tested time.
Source
- National Center for Home Food Preservation, “Beans or Peas – Shelled, Dried, All Varieties”, retrieved 2026-11-02.
Times, pressures and headspace are restated from that page in our own words, with its own altitude table. Putby's app uses the same row; a test in the app fails if the two ever disagree. If your tested recipe gives a longer time, use the recipe's time.