Posted: 2/10/2026 9:07:22 PM EDT
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Trying to find a source for #10 cans which doesn't involve buying a whole pallet. Only places I've found so far are wanting $9-$10 each for the cans. Finally found a good deal on a sealer but if I can't get the cans its worthless. Want to start putting my freeze dry into cans instead of mylar. Thanks |
| Restaurants use #10 cans from tomato products, beans, vegetables, and other things they use. They are normally discarded, but if you go in and talk to management, offer to pay them a small amount for what they normally throw away, they might save them for you. |
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Originally Posted By 50-140: Restaurants use #10 cans from tomato products, beans, vegetables, and other things they use. They are normally discarded, but if you go in and talk to management, offer to pay them a small amount for what they normally throw away, they might save them for you. I think he is talking about sourcing NEW cans, i.e, to pack food himself with. In the 1990's, a place in Idaho IIRC called "Gering and Sons" had a fairly inexpensive #10 can sealer that was good. IIRC they also offered some device to re-set used cans to take a new lid. Can't speak to the reset lids parts, but their dry pack canner worked really well- albeit you have to use a fair amount of uuumph pushing and pulling while it's sealing the lid or you'll get a weak seal. As to #10 can source, a friend wanted to dry pack some stuff about 15 years ago and knew I had one of these canners. He was able to source some cans from the Mormoms. They were silver colored NOT double enamaled however, which ideally is what you want. Having stored a shit load of food in well less than ideal conditions over 40 years, I can tell you without a doubt that the gold colored #10s hold up a HELLUVA LOT BETTER than the silver colored cans. Matter of fact he "gifted" me a few dozen silver cans after we helped him, they last a few years in a connex and started rusting THROUGH, not surface rust, rusting THROUGH. Meanwhile gold cans within a few feet that were already 15 years older just had light surface rust. |
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Trying to remember the name of the place we bought pallets of #10s from in the 1990's. IIRC it was called "Container Supply" and out of LA area?? Might search that. I think the min back then was a half a truck load, but that might have changed. I would also try Walton Feed, they may sell small quantities of #10s. |
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This site appears to sell them in case lots. https://www.houseofcans.com/105-oz-plain-inside-603-x-700-10-can-p-1798.html#1 This one is pallet quantities only. https://www.thecarycompany.com/size-10-gold-food-grade-metal-can-epoxy-phenolic-lined-beaded |
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Originally Posted By Lowdown3: I think he is talking about sourcing NEW cans, i.e, to pack food himself with. In the 1990's, a place in Idaho IIRC called "Gering and Sons" had a fairly inexpensive #10 can sealer that was good. IIRC they also offered some device to re-set used cans to take a new lid. Can't speak to the reset lids parts, but their dry pack canner worked really well- albeit you have to use a fair amount of uuumph pushing and pulling while it's sealing the lid or you'll get a weak seal. As to #10 can source, a friend wanted to dry pack some stuff about 15 years ago and knew I had one of these canners. He was able to source some cans from the Mormoms. They were silver colored NOT double enamaled however, which ideally is what you want. Having stored a shit load of food in well less than ideal conditions over 40 years, I can tell you without a doubt that the gold colored #10s hold up a HELLUVA LOT BETTER than the silver colored cans. Matter of fact he "gifted" me a few dozen silver cans after we helped him, they last a few years in a connex and started rusting THROUGH, not surface rust, rusting THROUGH. Meanwhile gold cans within a few feet that were already 15 years older just had light surface rust. This is a list from the Gering and Son website that has a list of can suppliers. http://geringandson.com/doc/suppliers.pdf |
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Originally Posted By DaGoose: This is a list from the Gering and Son website that has a list of can suppliers. http://geringandson.com/doc/suppliers.pdf Thanks. Top of the list- Container Supply in California, that was the one I was mentioning. |
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