Product Description
These weights were designed to be the very best on the market for fermenting in wide mouth Mason jars. They are 68.5mm (2.7 inches) in diameter and 18.5mm (.73 inches) thick. They weigh 6 ounces each (170 grams).
The weights are cut from sheets of high quality tempered soda-lime glass, the same material Mason jars themselves are made of. Most competing discs are not tempered, which is much cheaper to produce but less safe. Air bubbles and other imperfections in lower quality glass can cause it to crack, break, or chip.
If you fill your jars up to the neck, one weight will perfectly cover your ferment. You can use more than one weight if the jar isn’t completely full or if you want to displace more brine to bring the level up to the neck of the jar. With more active ferments, you might not want to fill the jar into the neck to avoid overflowing brine. Then you will probably want to use two weights.
Glass does not leach anything into your food.
Dishwasher safe, boiling water safe, oven safe, microwave safe. Avoid sudden temperature changes.
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Kelsang T –
These are an excellent addition to the home fermenting kit, keeping food submerged and preventing you from having to add so much liquid that it overflows. A good weight and very easy to work with.
Jacque (verified owner) –
Recently made a fermented vegetable salad of coarsely chopped cabbage, sweet onion and sweet red pepper. I used 2 of these weights and a Ball wide mouth quart jar. When it was finished I used one of the silicone seals inside of a plastic Ball lid to store it in the fridge. These are very convenient additions to my kitchen.
Margery Anderson –
When I first fermented small batch veggies, I thought these weights were too expensive. After trying other methods to keep the veggies in the brine (cabbage leaf, carrot strips, a questionable piece of plastic), I decided these were a good buy. They are better than expected! They are heavy enough to compress the veggies well below the brine or pickling juice; they are wide enough to prevent stragglers finding their way around the edge; they are narrow enough to allow fermentation gases to escape and to lift out of the jar with a fork. I love that they are glass and not leaching anything. I will need some practice lowering them down into the jar so they don’t flip into a vertical position. I’m not graceful with that yet, but have managed to place the weight successfully in any case.
Photo shows garlic fermenting in honey. Mmmmmm!