Product Description

Pinzon White Ceramic butter keeper

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1134 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Pinzon
• Model: BK-RD
• Released on: 2008-11-19
• Dimensions: 3.90" h x 4.00" w x 3.90" l,

Features

• Crock keeps butter fresh and spreadable for 30 days without refrigeration
• Constructed of glazed ceramic; classic French beurrier (butter crock) style
• Pack soft butter into lid and add cold water to base; water seals out air
• Dishwasher safe
• Measures approximately 4-1/2 inches high by 4 inches in diameter; imported

Amazon.com Product Description
In France, crocks known as beurriers have been used to store butter since the Middle Ages. Pinzon's glazed ceramic crock can keep butter fresh and spreadable for up to 30 days without refrigeration. Using the butter keeper is simple. Remove the bell-shaped lid, pack it with softened butter, fill the base with cold water, then replace the lid. Kept replenished, the water creates an airtight seal that prevents oxidation, maintaining the butter's freshness and softness. This imported butter keeper is dishwasher safe and measures approximately 4-1/2 inches high and four inches wide.

Customer Reviews

Very Sturdy Butter Crock
This is a very well made and simple item with a very simple task that nothing else can accomplish - keep butter soft and accessible for quick use at the table! Hard and cold butter is not spreadable, so for spreadable butter, you put some of your softened butter into this little crock, add some water and just place it on your table. Some little tips:

1. Don't fill up the butter all the way up the rim, just fill it a bit below.
2. Change out the water every few days, making sure that the water doesn't ever completely evaporate out.
3. Make sure that when you fill with butter and as you use the butter, you maintain the butter on the edges so it can create a seal. Don't remove all the better from the edges - try to keep it as even as possible or else the butter can fall out.

The only reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars because it's a plain white color and I would like to see some other color options. As far as functionality goes - this is a 5 star item. It does exactly what it's supposed to do and is well made. I have no doubt it will last forever as long as it's not hurled and smacked around.

If you're looking for a simple item to keep your butter spreadable and you like the plain white look, then this item is definitely a good buy!

Works well
I have been wanting one of these forever, but just never got around to buying one. This one works great and it is so convenient to have soft butter on the counter to spread or whip into a recipe.

I like that this is white, it matches my table and my kitchen which are two different color pallets. Make sure you do not fill the butter past the top and don't add too much water or you would have a mess. Be aware that there is a bit of water that drips from this because it is sitting in water, I know that sounds silly to note, but just make sure you hold it over the crock when you lift and use it.

The crock and top are smooth glazed porceline, but the top ring around the handle is not glazed. We have had it for just a week and it has already absorbed some color from people's hands, kind of icky -- wish it was all glazed.

Works Great
The butter keeper is plain white, and should fit with most decor color schemes. It doesn't call attention to itself sitting on the counter, but when you open it up, it automatically becomes a conversation topic.

It does exactly what it's supposed to; keep butter without refrigeration on the counter for up to 30 days. It holds a quarter-cube of butter, and when it's full the butter is just below the rim of the bowl. The only minor mishap was when the butter was not "sealed" in around the edges and the suction of the water when removing the bowl caused the butter to be pulled out of the bowl and into the water. No harm done; we just fished the plug of butter out of the water and placed it back in the bowl.