IcedRaktajino

Costs about 17 cents per loaf in electricity, and my power rate is pretty high at $0.25/kWh.

1. Blend: 7 minutes @ 100W (0.1 KW x 0.12 hours = 0.012 kWh). I'm being generous here since this is just an intermittent blend and the motor pulses slowly and doesn't use 100 watts for the whole cycle).
2. Rest: 1 minute @ 0W
3. Mix: 25 minutes @ 100 W (0.1 KW X 0.42 hours = 0.042 kWh)
4. Proof 1: 58 minutes @ 50W (0.05 X 0.97 hours = 0.05 kWh)
5. Proof 2: 50 minutes @ 50W (0.05 x 0.83 hours = 0.04 kWh)
6. Bake: 50 minutes @ 650 W (0.65 x 0.83 hours = 0.54 kWh)
7. Keep Warm: I never use this, but up to an hour at probably 100 watts. (0.1 KW x 1 hour = 0.1 kWh)

Total: 0.684 kWh x $0.25/kWh = $0.17 per loaf ($0.20 per loaf if I use the keep warm feature for the full hour).

For comparison, the regular oven is 4400 watts and takes 10 minutes just to pre-heat. That's $0.18 cents in electricity cost before I even bake the bread.

Nice. I haven't had much luck thrifting the last few years.

Totally agree about single use appliances, but the bread machine is the sole exception. Figured it wouldn't get more than a few uses, so bought a cheap one to start with. Turns out I use it daily.

I used to use the Kitchen-Aid with the dough hook. Mostly just the convenience factor won out. Just pouring everything into one pan and hitting a button was the big sell. Plus, it's got a timer so I can load it up before bed and have fresh bread in the morning.

Also switched to using a kitchen scale instead of measuring cups, and combined, that has massively reduced the amount of dishes and mess I have to clean.

I"m not sure what the actual bulk price is here, but the little 5lb bags are like $2.60. When I say "buy in bulk" I mostly mean I buy a lot of something when it goes on sale. Back in March, there was a weekend where you got 15% off your entire purchase on top of whatever was normally on sale. Flour was buy-one, get-one at the time, so I basically filled up a cart lol. I'm still baking through it and have about 15 bags left. 😆

Oof. I have not priced replacement parts. The whole thing was only $100 and I fully consider it a "starter" machine. Wasn't sure if I'd use it more than once or twice, so didn't start out with a fancy one or anything.

Sounds like a Buddy Space Cop show, and I would watch the crap out of it.

Literally this one: https://a.co/d/gBi4XKq

Wasn't sure if it was gonna be something I'd use a lot, so I just bought an inexpensive "starter" one. If/when it dies, I'll probably get a fancier one.

I do 1.5 lb loaves. I also buy in bulk when things are on sale. All 50 loaves were made with just what's in the pantry (which is why my estimated price-per-loaf is just a guess).

But the main thing is homemade bread just tastes better. Even if it costs more in ingredients, it's still worth it

I think the fastest I've got it going is like 90 seconds.

Most of the ingredients are measured in tablespoons. I use a scale and just pour the flour into a bowl, add the dry ingredients on top, and throw it in pan.

Plus it just tastes better and makes the house smell amazing.

I understand why, but I still hate it. Thankfully there's Grand Theft Focus

Damn Small Linux (Knoppix-based) which was the gateway drug to Fedora Core 4 on an old Pentium III that was lying arouind.

More Expanse crossovers, please.