When you start doing a lot of canning, one of the biggest challenges becomes how to store both your processed jars and the empties waiting for your next project. I’ve spent a goodly amount of time over the years, pondering how to best shoehorn my canning habit into the storage space available in my 1,000 square foot apartment.
I keep jars under my couch, deep in my coat closet, and under my bed (and, if we’re being entirely honest, there is also currently a tower of boxes in the corner of my bedroom. Needs must). One tool that I use to help keep these storage spots useable and organized are the trays made by JarBOX. These clear, plastic boxes come sized for both pints and quarts and are a genius solution for stashing jars safely and securely.
They’re designed to work in pairs, so that you can lock your jars into individual pods. Then, those locked trays can be stacked and locked together, to create a tower of jars that behaves as a single unit, further reducing the chance of breakage. I call on a pair of JarBOX trays any time I need to transport sealed jars to family gatherings and food swaps, because I know they’ll get my jars to their destination intact.
I use a goodly number of my JarBOX sets to store the empties I keep under our bed. I arrange them upside down (to keep the worst of the dust out) and then slide the trays in and out as canning season ramps up. It’s a far better solution than fragile cardboard boxes I’d used previously.
This month, the good folks from JarBOX are sponsoring weekly giveaways on a series of blogs. I’m kicking things off by giving away two sets of JarBOX trays (a pint and a quart). What’s more, everyone who enters the individual giveaways will also be entered to win a Grand Prize of four more JarBOX sets. To keep up to date with all the JarBOX giveaways, make sure to follow them on Facebook!
This giveaway is closed. The winner is #151 – Lei Kaniumoe. Congratulations Lei!
Disclosure: JarBOX sent me a pair of JarBOX trays for photography and review purposes. They’re also provided a second set for the giveaway. No additional compensation was provided. All opinions expressed here are entirely my own.
I keep my jars on a wire rack storage unit in my kitchen because there are so few cupboards. I’m always wondering when I’ll set off an avalanche by getting one of the jars off balance on the wires. This would be a great solution to my jar Jenga game.
To store all my jars that i have no room for – Thank you
I would use these to transport jars that I’m giving as gifts or donating to the family reunion auction table. Thanks for the giveaway!
Oh, my, this would make such a difference in my cupboard filled willy-nilly with all sorts of jars!
I currently store my jars in their old boxes. I would love to have an organizing system! My jars are everywhere and these look they’d be nice to slide in and out of “under” places.
I store all my empty jars in cardboard boxes. This product would be nice to try out and see if it will help with storage. I store my jars in cupboards, pantry, make them into vases and glasses.
I would love to try these! It would make storing and accessing my full jars so much easier. They currently live on my counter mostly at my apartment because if i box them they will never get used and I have so many recipes to try 🙂
I’ve been using cardboard boxes for empty jars, but now have accumulated many jars that don’t have a cardboard box home. These would be very helpful to protect them. (I have a pantry cupboard in the basement where I store all the jars with canned food in them.)
I would LOVE to use a jar box to fill with the empty jars, AS we empty them. Right now, they sit precariously on counters, shelves and open nooks until they are put in bags and carried to garage.
These would be great when I exchange jars of food with my sister.
These would be so great for taking the jams I make to the food swap and for storage. What a great idea!
These would be great for keeping the different kinds of canned goods organized. Very cool!
The bottom of my (small) pantry is all jars. These would be amazing for that. I really miss when Ball jars came in real boxes instead of shrink-wrapped trays!I
Jars are in my basement, my studio, my attic and my bird room. How can anyone exist without jars?
I would use these immediately – badly needed for our jars of tomatoes, chutney, jams and sauces! The cardboard boxes are not cutting ;).
I would use these to store my extra jars of food in them and not have to worry about keeping the tops clean. They would also be great when I take goodies to my family.
Oh my!!! I have less than 700 sq ft in my house and soooo many jars!! These are genius!!!
Jars are stacked precariously in my basement! These would be great!
This would be so much better than my cardboard boxes!!
I am an Urban canner and use a closet for jar storage.
My empties are currently stored in their retail boxes in the garage. They get dusty and dirty and bang against each other. The JarBOX looks like a MUCH better solution! I can imagine it would be much safer to travel with the jars in the JarBOX, too!
I am always taking canned goods to people and even mailing them to my daughter in another state. I think this will protect them better.
I store everything in jars. Several years ago I had a problem with rodents and took to storing all my almond and coconut flours, sugar, beans, noodles and basically all food in jars. These trays would be great to organize my stuff. Thanks so much!
Goodness, how wouldn’t I use them! I have plenty of assorted boxes of jars but it’s a haphazard storage system to be sure. I would love to have some boxes dedicated to and designed for the purpose of holding jars.
It use them to store my homemade pickles.
These would be awesome!
I would use it to store my jars, to keep them clean.
For sure to corral the ever growing pile of boxes in my basement. I also love that you can clean these out unlike the dusty cardboard boxes I have had forever!
It would be great to keep the copious amounts of jars that are all over my cabinets.
This would help control the empty jars in my cabinets!
We will be moving in a few months…I desperately need a way to safely pack & relocate my jars! Thank you for the chance to win!
I could get my jars organized in one place.
(Thanks for the old school drawing. I find rafflecopter annoying.)
This would be heavenly! Mine are currently precariously stacked in the cardboard boxes that new jars come in, but it is a pain to slide them around and get to bottom layers when necessary. This would be amazing!
I would love to have this! My jars are stacked on shelves on top each other…this would stop the top layer from falling over. Thank you so much!
I’d love to try a set of these for storage. What a neat product!
Oh, wow, these would be amazing. Mine are stored all haphazardly right now and I’ve knocked some over, breaking them all over the basement floor. They would help me not have broken glass all over! Yikes!
I would be so nice to have my jars safe and organized. It would be like a pallet for jars so they can be pulled out and carried all at once. The cardboard boxes get so old and dirty and if a cat gets to them….clawed up. Nice to have a container that can be washed off and reused. They would look so much nicer on the shelves too.
Would love to replace all the boxes of jars with these – so much more secure!
What a good idea. I usually use the cardboard box the jars come in, but the boxes fall apart after a while. I give alot of preserves during the holidays, transporting them safely would be a big advantage.
I hate going to my jar stash and finding them full of spiders,
I have empties ALL OVER. One of these days they will all crash down on my head. This would help corral them safely! I never knew this box existed, such a great idea.
I have empties upstairs and down. The ones in the kitchen cabinet are precariously stacked one on top of the other. I always worry when my one year starts reaching for that cabinet door. Had I know about JarBox before today, I am pretty sure I would already end 5-10 sets. So many jars!!
I love these! To have an neat way to store ALL my empty jars would be heaven!
I make jams and jellies and sell them at craft fairs. Having these jar boxes would help me store them safely and transport them safely to the Craft fairs.
We can and pickle all kinds of goodies. I would use JarBOX to create gift packages for our friends and family.
Inherited several older canning jars from my husband’s mother so i would certainly like to store them safely while I am learning to can. This looks like it would make the job easier.
I do not have a pantry in my kitchen. I’m using an armoire for pantry storage. Not the most ideal storage but I make it work. Having the storage containers would be a great way to organize my jars.
I was informed by my doctor some year back I was not able to drive any more because of medical reasons. I put up 3 gardens so I can can and dry as much food as possible to avoid having my family take me to the store or stop in after work. I put up nothing less than a few hundred jars of food a year and I dry a great deal too. This would be so very helpful in storing my empty jar for the following yr. Thanks for such a great give away.
I have most of my jars in boxes, but I’m looking for a more stable solution since I live in earthquake country. This looks like a great solution. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would use the jar boxes to store my jars in a more efficient way. I recently inherited my grandma’s jars and my poor pantry is suffering – I’ve got jars everywhere… on shelves, in boxes, and lining the floor underneath the lowest shelf.
My mom contributes 100+ jars of jam and jelly to an annual school fundraiser. Jarboxes sound like a fantastic way of organizing and storing all those jars safely.
I would use the jarboxes to store jams and whatever else I might be able to preserve. Love your idea of storing the jars upside down!
I would use the jarboxes to transport my canned goods to my daughters who love when I share with them!
Laughing to myself as I write this! We moved into an old farmhouse in Helvetia, OR in 1984. I was a newlywed, pregnant, and facing this small, but OLD house & all that had been left behind. Exploring the basement, I found a root cellar filled with old canning jars! Of course they were on the extreme end of “dusty”, and many had resident dead spiders….but I slowly pulled them all out, cleaned them up, tossed those with permanent staining, recycled more than a few dozen really ratty rims. And then I set to learning to can! After finally cleaning up the hanging spiderwebs (think Hallowe’en) and the old built-in shelves, sized for canning jars, I put up peaches, cherries, applesauce, pears and tomatoes. I love the colors of the fruit in the jars after canning, and I would keep a few on a high windowsill in the farmhouse kitchen, to enjoy the colorful light through them. Once we ate up the delicious contents, I could go downstairs & grab another few jars….mmmmm! Now, we live in our single-story home for used-up parents, and there is no basement. My poor old jars get crammed into space all through my garage shelves–the only “pantry” I have. I would love to store my few jars (I don’t can as much anymore) in one nice, neat system 🙂
I feel like I have jars in random boxes all over the place. I’d use my jar boxes to gather them in one spot.
I love my jarboxes! I would use them for more jams and salsas!
I have wanted some of these for a long time. They are perfect for protecting the foods I have stored in them and stacking them saves space.
I think I’d use these to neatly store my jars so I wouldn’t have to look everywhere for the size I need.
I’d use them to keep from breaking while empty. It is such a challenge in our small kitchen.
I would use them to protect my jars when I move onto my boat full time, got to keep my jars safe and happy ?
I use them to store and transport jars!!!! They are awesome!!!!!
I need to protect my jars..full or empty..tjid is a great idea..
Right now, I keep my empties in plastic tubs. I have wanted to try the jar boxes, so this seems to be a great way to.get started.
I’d use these boxes to save my marriage – as my husband looks at my stash of loose jars all over the kitchen with disgust!
I have jars scattered everywhere! Living in a high-rise building with little storage is not ideal for someone who loves canning and preserving. These would help me get my jars on one place and know they’re protected even if I keep them under the bed.
I think I will need lots of these. I have been storing my jars in the cardboard box they came in. It doesn’t take long for those boxes to become worn and brittle. This is a good way to store my jars and keep them safe.
WHAT? My jars could actually be organized? **happy dance* I would definitely not waste time getting all my jars out of those boxes and into these great storage pieces!
That would really help me organize the jars in my basement!
I’m struggling to find a solution for this!! Hoping this could be the answer.
I REALLY need these as I have run out of safe storage places. (Too bad under my bed is already full.)
Love the ability to stack jars, I never have enough room on the shelves in the basement to store them all.
I keep my empty jars in the boxes they came in. Those boxes and my other small to mid-size canning supplies are stored in cardboard book boxes in my clothes closet. The few wide-mouth pint size jars I use often for Mason jar salads are stored in various spots in my kitchen cupboards when not full of salad in the refrigerator.
oh my gosh I could finally bring order back to half of my kitchen – it looks like an awesome product
Perfect for that hard to reach top shelf!
I would use this box to carry the jars I can for my mom. It would be easier than carrying a cardboard box that falls apart from old age. Thanks for the chance.Cindy
I also live in a small house and I would use it to store some of my “empties” in an out of the way spot.
I would love these to store my favorite canning items for home and family , I never thought to store the empties but would luv that option too since I have about 1,000 jars
I would use the JarBOX to keep the jars under control in my 924 SF house. So much better than using boxes with dividers from the liquor store!
I would use a JarBox to transport quart jars from my home, near St. Cloud, Minnesota to my parents home, near Door County, Wisconsin. Each year (that my schedule allows), I head to Door County to pick their famous tart cherries, then I turn them into canned pie filling at my mom’s house. A JarBox would make getting my quart jars back and forth much easier!
These would make storing all my jars so much easier. Right now they’re behind cereal boxes, stacked by the dryer, tucked in here and there!
I would use those to give my empties a more classy look than the cardboard boxes they are currently in.
Not much space + a lot of jars = I need these to keep jars safe! I stack jars in boxes and I also send jars of food back to college with my son for him to supplement his meals when the dorm food isn’t allergy friendly.
I have so been wanting to try these out. Empties are currently stored in a hall cupboard while the full ones are overtaking the kitchen pantry.
This is brilliant – I would use these to store the empties precariously stacked in our dusty attic!!
OMGoodness, someone is very, very clever. I did not realize that I needed this, but I do. I really do not like how dusty and disorganized my jars are now.
I have so many jars and already have a jar storage container, but, boy, could I use another one! I keep my jars in a storage cupboard. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would use them to replace my card board box mess in the basement!
I will use them as an excuse to buy more storage boxes – and more jars, of course. “But look honey, I can manage them so well now!”
I am building a new house and have designed a space on my screened porch for canning. These boxes will work great in my new cabinet!!!!
Thank you for going old schooL!!!!! I would use the Jar box to stack my jars.What a spacesaver.
I have no place to store my empties and under the bed is a good idea if you have a Jarbox to protect them. ?
I store my jars any little place there is room. They aren’t organized now. I would love to have the Jar Boxes to store them in a clean organized manner. What a great idea!
Storage for Jars! OMG! I can so use this. I love the idea of using this under the bed. Never thought of it before. Plus, I do a lot of give-aways to friends and families and this would make it so much easier than using a bag and cardboard box.
I wonder if they thought of a doing 4-ups? hmmm..
I love these jarboxes! My basement is overflowing with a disorganized mass of jars… they end up breaking, getting dirty, and they’re difficult to sort through/find what I’m looking for. I would totally use these to organize my massive jar collection.
To store all the tomatoes I will can this summer from my garden.
I would totally use this to make my jars more secure in my closet. As things get moved around so many times I will lose one to the curses of gravity and no space. This would be awesome to have to save them.
Did you mention shoehorning your canning habit into an apartment. I can totally relate to canning jars under the bed. Sturdy organization would be a wonderful addition!
I’m just now (this past weekend) encountering this struggle. I have so many empties as canning season is just about to ramp up…I am currently using a spare room closet without any organization. This product would solve that problem!
I’d use them to store my jars holding my canned tomatoes from the garden…soooooooooo many jars of tomatoes…lol.
Would store the jars of food that my mom and grandma can. They are teaching me how. Never thought of storing the empty jars.
It would be great to have a way to keep jars clean and out of the way instead of taking up all my pantry space when they are empty!