Healthnuts - Schmitt 5L Gairtopf German Fermenting Crock Pot - ME3205

Really Great Crock
My grandparents made fermented veg of all forms when I was a kid, they had several huge crocks and a big basement to keep stuff in. Recently I had a guy on my podcast talking about making sauerkraut and other fermented vegetables. I realized a few things...

1. I missed this stuff

2. My grandparents crocks were too big for a household with two people and no basement

3. I wanted something like they had

So I found this one and noticed it included stones with it. I have my first batch going now, cabbage, apples, carrots and caraway seeds. I sampled some at 4 days in, just beginning to get tangy but I can tell it is going to be awesome. I am now looking into fermented hot sauce and trying to recreate my Grandmothers Chow Chow. I was actually here to buy a two more of them but they are currently out of stock. I would like to have two to three going with different stuff at all times from now on.

At 5 liters it is about the...

Great Little Pot Thats Easy To Use
I bought this crock pot because it was German made. I also wanted to be able to ferment vegetables easier than putting the vegetables in mason jars. With mason jars, you have to release the gases each day and then they leak and its a real mess and pain in the neck. With this crock pot, I put all the vegetables I was fermenting in at once and put on the stones for weight (stones come with the crock which is more sanitary than using rocks) and then when the lid is on there is a trough for water to seal the crock and make it air tight.

I did not have to check it until 9 days later when I opened it to find that all my vegetables had fermented well without any mold, etc. I love this crock pot!!! It holds about 2-3 very large heads of cabbage at a time which is enough for my husband and myself. I actually prefer to ferment smaller quantities because I am always trying a different recipe with different vegetables. This 5L crock is large enough for the two of us plus I am always...

Works Great
This crock works great for fermenting foods and the size is just right for me. The trough lip on the crock (when scrupulously kept filled with water) keeps the yeast and molds out of the batch and results in a much cleaner fermentation than all other methods that I've tried. My sauerkraut batches are normally 12-13 lbs of shredded cabbage which ferment for 6 weeks, and one batch is ready as the previous batch is exhausted so I'm in continuous production.

The Schmitt comes with the stones (which the competitors all charge more for) which are mandatory for keeping the cabbage submerged, and yet the price is cheaper that the competitors' prices. I'd say it's a best buy.

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