Figs, hot pack: canning time by altitude
Figs, hot pack is processed in a boiling-water canner: 45 minutes for pints and 50 minutes for quarts at 0–1,000 ft, longer as you go higher.
Time by altitude
| Altitude | Pints | Quarts |
|---|---|---|
| 0–1,000 ft | 45 min | 50 min |
| 1,001–3,000 ft | 50 min | 55 min |
| 3,001–6,000 ft | 55 min | 60 min |
| above 6,000 ft | 60 min | 65 min |
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: boiling-water canner
- Headspace: ½ inch
- Prep and pack: exactly as in NCHFP's Figs recipe (hot pack).
Follow the NCHFP recipe exactly: its prep, ingredients, pack and headspace are part of the tested time.
Source
- National Center for Home Food Preservation, “Figs”, 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.