We're also going to try canning for the first time this year. I think we're just going to go with the basics, salt and garlic. Maybe we'll add some other goodies to certain jars to see what we end up liking the best. Can anyone tell me how many pounds of meat will equivalate to how many jars of meat? We will probably use quart jars. I'm going to have about 30 pounds of meat that won't go to sausage so I'm trying to decide how much gets canned and how much gets to be part of my new meat smoker experiments this winter. Thanks.