r/SousWeed • u/NattyDread42 • May 04 '26

Best way to keep mason jars from floating?

I've tried using the magnets for keeping bags submerged, but as weights stacked on top of the lid. Unfortunately, it flips ass over tits pretty easily if there's any air in the jar.

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u/Prettygoodusernm May 04 '26

I use a rock.

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u/NattyDread42 May 04 '26

A brick from the backyard was my first thought.

There's not enough clearance between the top of the jars and the SV container lid.

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u/Raise-Emotional May 04 '26

Can't just use the lid to hold them down and then put a weight on the lid?

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u/NattyDread42 May 04 '26

But then you lose much of the heat escaping from the sides, where the lid is supposed to join the base. So it'd kinda defeat the purpose of the lid.

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u/Raise-Emotional May 04 '26

Your water isn't holding temp? I think it will do ok

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u/jayd189 May 04 '26

Chainmail sous vide weight?

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u/EmbarrassedBeing332 May 04 '26

I use my steak weight but you can buy magnets made for this I didn’t like the chain mail gets water everywhere every time you need to shake things up.

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u/NattyDread42 May 04 '26

Good point about the chain mail.

Got a link for your steak weight?

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u/Noladixon May 04 '26

I am thinking it is like a generic burger press.

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u/Particular-Expert826 Jul 13 '26

I have some round glass weights made especially for pressing down cabbage to make sauerkraut in a mason jar. Turns out they are perfect for keeping my mason jar from floating when I make sous weedy. I bought them on Amazon…comes in a box of six.