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Curtis S.
December 29, 2025
Many uses
Useful for yogurt, juice ferment etc
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Real Consumer
December 24, 2025
Glad I replaced a cheaper warming plate with this.
Does a good job of maintaining a certain temperature. In my unit, the actual water bath temperature is about 2 degrees cooler than the setting (I assume because the temperature sensor is separated from the water bath by the plastic tub). After dealing with my OCD, I find I can maintain my starter well within the ideal temperature range, which I was not able to do with a much lower cost sourdough starter warming plate.
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Fat Sheep
November 17, 2025
A water-warmer, but jar is not included.
Fast shipping, arrived safe in one bbox. The whole thing is basically a water warmer, the min and max level of water is indicated in the holder, the max is not very high so user won't be able to ppour much water into the holder if the jar is inserted, wonder how frequent does user need to refill to prevent evaporation?The thing has jar in all of its webpage pictures, but the real product comes with no jar. Which means user has to purchase a separate jar that fits this warmer's inside holder size accurately, not larger than the holder nor smaller that moves around. yikes, that's bad news for the self makers out there. Don't buy unless you are sure you have a matching jar.
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Game changer for my sourdough
Never thought it would be that big of a game changer but it is. If you make bread on a semi regular basis this product is a need. We started with a quart mason jar but realized it could hold a half gallon jar with no issues. Easy to use just plug it in and set your desired temperature.
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stephanie moyles
November 18, 2025
Perfect Sourdough
I have tried to maintain a sourdough starter many times but have always been unsuccessful. One of the biggest issues for me is finding a place to store it perfect the perfect temperature. This warmer solves that problem for me. Just plug it in, add your jar of starter and forget it! It keeps your starter at the perfect temperature of 75°- 82°. It has a timer, 24 hour reminders to feed and you can use it up to 8 days straight with automatic shut off. It can hold a container up to 50 oz. on its' 5 inch heating plate. If sourdough is not your thing, it can also be used to make yogurt, kombucha, kefir- even beer brew yeasts. I highly recommend!
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J. B. Caine
November 20, 2025
A useful unitasker for bakers/fermenters in really cold climates.
I've been doing some testing with this little guy and I would only recommend this device to more professional yeast-growers who really know what they're doing and who live in particularly cold climates. Otherwise, most home bakers would be better off with an oven with the light turned on. Or a preferment/poolish jar resting on their counter.First up, I liked how easy the device was to set up and modify. The temperature and time dials are comfortable and easy to use. If you need °C, you can hold in the temp button. So that's great.The instructions warn that the bath can be off by ±5°F. I found it was mostly spot on after a few hours to come to equilibrium with the jar's contents, but early on it could vary as seen on the photo where I have the bath set to 78° but it was actually sitting at 80°.I noticed that on the whole, the water bath supercharged my yeast and it chewed through a 1:1 poolish far too quickly. Day 1 went pretty well, and I halved and fed as normal, but by the end of day 2 a thick skin had formed atop my starter. I tried leavening a 70% hydration dough with 100g of Day 2 but it didn't rise at all. The starter in the bath is struggling to come back to life, too.On the upside, both Day 1 and Day 2 the starter had a clean, pure smell and no liquor. The bath seems to do a great job of maintaining the proper temperature for yeast growth. The fact that it's a bath and not a warming plate is great! So bonus points there.The feeding reminder alarm only goes off for a short time, so if you miss it you have to notice that the timer has turned over - it won't continue to ring until someone interacts with it.Finally, the back of the instructions appears to be for a "coffee warmer." Originally, this thing must have been for keeping your coffee hot.Anyway, I'll keep trying to play with it, but I don't live somewhere where my kitchen drops to yeast-sleeping territory. If you do, this might be a decent tool for a starter for bread or kimchi or other fermentation starting. It is however a "unitasker," and takes up a bunch of kitchen space when an oven light could do the same job for most home bakers.
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Kristie R.
November 17, 2025
Works so much better than other warmers I have
I have two other warmers, but they are the mats / bases that heat at the bottom of the jar. This one is a water bath, so it keeps the whole jar at the temperature that you set. It really makes a huge difference, because the heat is evenly distributed on the whole jar.My sourdough starter more than doubled overnight at 82, so I lowered it to 78 and it was perfect. This unit is so easy to use- you just plug it in, hit the power knob on the right and then turn the knobs up or down to set the timer or the temp. I'll never use a warming mat again- this one is perfect.
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