Fermentation Crock 1 Gallon - Sauerkraut Crock with Lid, Weights & Pounder - Ceramic Fermenting Crock Kit for Pickling Cabbage Kimchi Vegetables - 4 Liter Fermentation Jar - Stoneware Pickle Pot

Excellent product, really saves me time and prevents rusted jar bands. I’ve been making sauerkraut 12 years now, improving time each year. Past best time saver was shredding cabbage on 3 slicers of a grater. This saves time in that I can do 3 batches (quarts) at once in this container without brine slopping all over the place in individual jars. Then 5 days later, I simply neatly place the kraut in jars with tongs…no mess and easy to wipe jars and no rust since brine contained. Do 3 or less quarts so brine does not overflow during fermentation:) DO NOT use the salt amounts on instructions, use 1 1/2 tsp per quart. You need a good salty taste, not a taste where the salt overrides the cabbage.I.E., 14 lbs (3 1/2qts) cabbage I used 3 tbsp (3 tsp/tbsp) salt which was way too much!

Excellent!

I wish I’d bought this long ago. While my kraut has always turned out fine in gallon jars with my cobbled-together weights, stepping up to this crock has been a game changer and I’m turning out a better kraut. I’m in Arizona and it’s very dry, so evaporation while it’s fermenting was always a problem. With the water channel to seal the lid of this crock, it’s much better. The one gallon crock fits a batch made with two good sized heads of cabbage, which is perfect for me. If you’re still using random jars and whatever else you can find for your fermentation projects, make yourself happy and get one of these babies.

This works great. I felt like I couldn't give it full stars, due to the interior having dips where the hand holds are located. Design wise it would be even better if the interior was smooth all the way up.

This crock is awesome! Not only does it look great on my counter...but makes awesome pickles!Make sure you keep an eye on the water at the top (water seal) and keep that fresh and filled (a feature I appeciate). The weights can take come practice getting them into a full crock of cucumbers...but I have found that some patience or taking a cucumber or two out, will get them in and weigh them down under your brine nicely! The crock is thick and solid which is a huge plus (thick like the crocks years ago).This was my first time making pickles and using a crock...I will buy this one again happily if I need another one! Highly recommended!

Very stout,quality made, nice looking

This crock is great for fermenting sauerkraut. I used 3 medium size heads of cabbage and ended up with 2-3 inches of head space after adding the weights. One customer complained about having to add water to the channel around the top on a daily basis, but I don't have to add water until 2 or 3 days have passed. The only complaint I have is that the kraut pounder is about 4 inches too short. I realized that the length of the pounder is limited by packaging, but it really needs about 4 more inches of length.

This crock has that great feature of being airtight, yet allowing fermentation gases to escape. Do remember to fill the little trough at the top of the jar to maintain this airtight condition during processing. In between processing your kombucha, vegetables, or sauerkraut, it makes a fine cookie jar!