Customer Reviews

Yogourmet Extra Batch Jar

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I purchased one and found it difficult to both open and close completely (360-degrees) without experiencing a good deal of slosh owing to the force required to snap and unsnap the lid.

Also, I realized after my purchase, incubating yogurt cultures results in some of them becoming very well attached to the side of the incubation container. One needs to examine well a wash container under good light for signs of minute, clinging clusters. It is difficult to see minute, white cultures on the inside wall of a white container. I now use clear glass, screw top bottles for culturing yogurt. The clinging spots of white are much easier to spot on the clear glass.

This is the extra jar you need for the absolute best yogurt maker! I've cultured milk products for over 3 decades and I've found that Yogourmet makes excellent products far superior to the others available. You need to buy an extra batch jar or two, because you will eat far more of this yogurt than you ever thought. I've had several of my jars for decades, as well as some less than a year old. I find them to be sturdy and very easy to clean. They go into the dishwasher and come out like new! I've never had one break or crack and the old ones look as good as the new ones! I have 6 of these. Amazon's price is suddenly higher. I wonder why? I paid between $10-$15 for all of mine.

I have been making my yogurt in the oven because my jars broke. It is so much easier with jars!! There is only one thing that I don't like about the jars and my warning is: DON'T put them in the dishwasher. It says that they can be put on the top rack, but even there they tend to crack faster than if you don't. At my house there are people who don't understand top rack only, and if you make this mistake the jars are toast almost immediately!! I buy them three at a time so I have one for the fridge, one busy in the yogourmet, and one to wash for the next batch. :-)

I wasn't sure if I *really* needed the extra jar but IT'S NEEDED! It's identical to the one that comes with the Yogourmet and (like the original) it's dishwasher safe. Basically I start the 2nd batch of yogurt when I've only got a couple of days left on the 1st batch. It turns out if I transfer the yogurt to a canning jar for a friend or something it's fine but trying to move an entire 2 liters of yogurt out of the batch jar to make another is just silly so I'm glad I got the 2nd one :D NOTE: The lid is tempting to pick the jar up by but those aren't handles! I haven't dropped it yet but it could happen if I grab by the protruding edges!

My husband and I eat a great deal of yogurt made from organic milk. Now with this 2 quart maker I can make yogurt at half the cost. I never did like the little cup yogurt makers -- too much fuss for not enough yogurt. The Yogourmet Maker is so easy to use that I don't see why anyone would buy yogurt any more!

We have owned a Yogurmet for many years (over 30) and the insert was made of glass and had a fracture in the side. We searched to find a replacement of the insert and found the yogurt maker that appeared identical to the old one we own. We were not sure the insert would fit the old machine so we purchased a new Yogurget and an extra insert because we didn't know that the insert was not glass. We were delighted to find that the insert is a heavy plastic and it also fit the old machine. Now we can make two batches at the same time if we desire. We highly recommend this durably made item.

I purchased an this extra container when I ordered my Yogourmet yogurt maker. It makes it so simple to set another batch to incubating while the other container is still in the fridge with the last of the previous batch in it. The extra jar is relatively inexpensive and so convenient that I find it to be well worth buying.

I am very glad I ordered another jar. When I start getting low in the first one, I can start another batch by using 2 Tbsp of the yogurt from the first jar. Even when my first jar is full, I can start another batch to make some yogurt cheese.

An extra jar means less "yogurt rationing". My kids eat yogurt every day, and I wasn't eating any to avoid running out so much, but with the extra jar, I feel like I can eat yogurt too!

I am so glad that I purchased the extra batch jar. I never run out of yogurt anymore. The convenience is totally worth even double the price!