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.