Bag Filler Quart size

This stand holds a quart bag open while you fill it.

Fold the top of the bag over about an inch to hold the bag on there.

This thing works pretty well, and it's a real convenience when you need to bag a lot of meal sized portions, particularly liquids like soup.

I use it here on a large pot of chicken cacciatore. Another photo shows it holding a quart of plain water. These standard size (Walmart) quart bags actually hold about 5 cups.

The stand is kinda thick and bulky, but it is stable and strong. I couldn't figure out how to make it fold for storage, but it disassembles easily and the 5 parts fit in a quart bag.

My attempts to design one that would hold both quart and gallon bags were not successful. I may get the urge to do one for gallon bags, but I don't use a lot of them and doubt it's worth the trouble. This one might simply be scaled up to gallon-size, but I haven't tried that.

[Update: I frequently use the "Sous Vide" cooking method and discovered that instea