3-Gallon Water-Seal Fermentation Crock - Starter Kit

Ohio Stoneware was founded in 2005 by Ross and Tiffany Pattison in Zanesville, Ohio. When local pottery businesses were closing, the couple purchased manufacturing equipment and a production building to help carry the area’s pottery tradition forward. Their family-owned company values practical American manufacturing, skilled pottery work, and pieces intended to stay useful for generations. It later added Buckeye Stoneware and Hartstone Pottery assets, continuing a regional craft through everyday crocks, kitchenware, and decorative pottery.

3-Gallon Water-Seal Fermentation Crock - Starter Kit

Prepare a batch of traditional vegetable ferments with this 3-gallon water-seal stoneware crock. The starter kit includes the crock, matching cover and two semicircular weights, bringing the vessel and its main ceramic accessories together in one boxed purchase. Its rim has a water channel intended to work with the matching lid. Keep the channel maintained according to the supplied instructions. Plan a recipe around the usable working space, leaving the headroom required by the recipe rather than filling the crock to its rim.

For local manufacturing context, read WHIZ’s report on pottery making in Zanesville.

Features and included items

• 3-gallon listed crock capacity.
• Water-channel rim for use with the matching water-seal lid.
• Includes matching cover and two semicircular weights.
• Made in Zanesville, Ohio, with the maker’s stoneware process.

Product specifications

Care and handling

Allow stoneware to cool before cleaning, wash with warm soapy water, rinse, and dry thoroughly. Follow the product’s supplied instructions for dishwasher and microwave use. Prevent thermal shock: never move a cold piece directly into a hot oven or place hot pottery on a cold or wet surface. Keep stoneware away from direct flame, stovetops, grills, and broilers. For conventional-oven use where the product is approved, the maker’s general limit is 450°F. Handle heated pieces with oven mitts and protect tables with a trivet.

Stoneware is formed, finished and fired through a ceramic process, so individual pieces can differ slightly in color, texture and shape. Use any listed measurements as approximate, and confirm the fit of replacement parts against the piece you already own. Styled photographs can include other sizes, food or accessories that are not part of this listing.