Portable jar holder

A tray for holding canning jars comprising a plurality of wells arranged in a first row, a second row and a third row, each well comprising a bottom surface with ridges that extend downwardly from the bottom surface of the well;

• wherein the ridges on the bottom surface of each well in the first and third rows consist of an inner circle, two first opposing crescents that lie outside of the inner circle with a space between each of the two first opposing crescents and the inner circle, and two second opposing crescents, and the ridges on the bottom surface of each well in the second row consist of a first semicircle and a second semicircle;
• wherein the inner circle is situated at the center of the bottom surface of each well, the first two opposing crescents are situated opposite one another on the bottom surface of the well, the two second opposing crescents are situated opposite one another on the bottom of the well and at ninety-degree angle relative to the first opposing crescents, and the first opposing crescents are closer to the inner circle than the two second opposing crescents;
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• wherein the bottom surface of each well has a center, the first semicircle on the bottom surface of the wells in the second row is situated opposite the second semicircle, and the first semicircle is closer to the center of the bottom surface of the well than the second semicircle.