Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I never canned tomatoes in a canner without them being in a jar. I guessing the tomatoes got passed a slow simmering temp and it sure doesn't take much heat to scorch them. I use a heat defuser under my simmering pot, even low heat is too hot.
The tomatoes were in jars. I think I might not have put enough water in the cooker - and I've been canning tomatoes for almost 50 years! Yikes!
I've scraped off a lot of the soot with a razor blade.