Ohio Stoneware 5 Gallon Preserving Crock Weight

I have lactofermented cabbage (kraut, kimchi, and pao cai) for years in half gallon mason jars. We eat a lot of fermented cabbage per year. I recently snatched a 3 gallon Ohio Stoneware crock in great condition at an estate sale but it had no lid and no weights. No worries, used a plate and a filled mason jar as a weight. But I worried that my plate might crack/break and ruin 3 gallons (15#) of fermenting cabbage so a treated myself to this weight set made by the same people who made my crock.It's amazingly effective. The balanced 6# of weight holds the cabbage under the brine perfectly. The size is ideally suited to my crock. The materials are tested safe. It stores in the bottom of the crock. It's a dream.I'll be buying another set to get 12# of weight total on my ferment in the future.[recipe: 15# of shredded or thin sliced cabbage. Reserve 4 intact clean out leaves. Place cabbage into 3gal crock 5# at a time strongly massaging in 3Tbs of canning or sea salt for each 5# batch. Do not use iodized table salt. Let sit 30mins to 1hr to draw out cabbage juices. Press down cabbage in juices until the juices rise a minimum 1" above cabbages in the crock. Cabbage must remain covered with brine. Add a brine (1.5T salt per quart of filtered water) if sufficient brine doesn't form naturally. Place the four whole leaves over the cabbage and place the weights over the top. Cover. Let sit 2-3 weeks at 65-75F. Jar and refrigerate or can for storage.]

Great seller5 lb crock weights came securely wrapped with bubble wrap and box filler for protectionEven though box was smashed by shippers the weights were perfect.Hight quality product and timely response from seller. Our future kitchen purchases will be from Everything Kitchens.

You can use a saucer or such. I got tired of trapped air bubbled and fishing the edges to remove it. This solves those problems. The salad plate as a lid is going to stay for a while.

perfect fit for my sauer kraut crock

Why did you pick this product vs others?:I wanted a made-to-fit set of weights. This product is made by the same company that made the crock that I use for making pickles, sauerkraut, and relishes. Quality:Excellent

These are heavy and work well. The 1 gallon weights did not arrive with cracks like the larger weights we ordered for our larger crocks.

Ordered twice broken both times.

These are the real Ohio Stoneware 3 gallon crock stones. Shipped SUPER fast and in GREAT packaging! Thanks so much!