Comments on: How to Open a Stuck Jar Lid

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:39 +0000

Thanks so much!! Had a jar of sliced beetroot that I just couldn’t open. Had tried the rubber glove method, tried prising under the lip with a knife, nothing would work.
I tried running the lid under hot water and hey presto – opened like a dream!!

By: WilC

WilC — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:24:17 +0000

Oh, forgot to mention a 36″ pipe wrench will fit almost any jar lid. If the wrench isn’t up to the task of unscrewing the disagreeable device then using the tool as a bludgeon usually will force the container to relinquish it’s contents, albeit, usually with some of the container adhering to the sought after delicacy.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:58:24 +0000

Tried everything; what finally worked was using a bottle opener to pry the lid enough to break the vacuum seal.

By: Cody

Cody — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 07:56:28 +0000

Just smash open the jar.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:22:48 +0000

After buying a SECOND jar of salsa that refused to budge with every effort (hot water, tapping, brute force, rubber gloves, mousepad, butter knife, and telepathic will) my boyfriend and I were eating our chips with nothing but a little salt and a defeated attitude. However, my cheap side came out and said, there must be a way. Just as I was ready to poke a hole in the top of the lid to release the seal I thought, hmmm let me Google this. Wow – that bottle opener trick worked like a charm! So obvious, yet it took me over 40 years and your website to come across the idea. THANKS! Enjoying my chips and salsa this very moment and can’t wait to show my boyfriend my new skill when he gets home on the second jar of salsa.

By: Trev

Trev — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:35:16 +0000

Wow fellas, there’s a much easier way… You don’t need to hammer the cap to break the seal lol. Wow…

Flip the jar over sirs. You take the bottom part of the palm of your hand, and hit the bottom end of the jar while the top is screwed on properly. It won’t jump thread if it’s not a cheap bottle, and if you’ve done it right, which you always should because it’s EASY!… you’ll hear the cap pop real lightly. Now twist. It’ll be 50% easier and you won’t look like you’re bringing out any big guns. You’ll look CLEVER.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:23:13 +0000

This morning my girlfriend needed me to open a pickle jar first i tried the brute force method and did not succeed, she then broke the seal and again asked me to open it so i figured it wouldn’t be hard and tried with one hand this didn’t work so she runs upstairs and asked her sisters boyfriend to open it. he was able to and i felt most unmanly. I feel i was short changed because i didnt get to try again with two hands before she asked another man. This bothers me because opening jars is what men are for, i remain feeling unmanly untill she askes me to open another jar.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:40:28 +0000

Open what? Wait, you’re only supposed to eat the food inside? I thought the “jar” portion was like a crunchy shell.

This is just for jars though correct? You’re still supposed eat the ones with the shiny metal like coating whole right?

By: Maniel

Maniel — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:52:14 +0000

I use .45ACP.

By: will

will — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:47:02 +0000

i find putting it over the hob is a good one. heats it up quicker than water