Wasn't sure if this should go here, or under the "Equipment" column. Anyhoo...
Ok, this is actually a sausage fermenting chamber that I MacGyver'd a few years ago. It's been sitting idle, since I haven't made any sausage or salami for a while. (Hmmm. Should probably get around to making that summer sausage one of these days.)
I've put this on here before; it is a non-working wine cooler that I inserted a small electric, reptile warming pad, wired to an analog Johnson Controls unit. Sort of a low-tech PID. It brings the temp up to about the mid 70's inside. I was making a poolish for some (hopefully) rustic bread tomorrow, and thinking about where best to place it. Then the 15w. lightbulb went on over my head, and I decided to give the fermenter a try. We'll see how it turns out. The green bowl at the top is full of rice, to control the humidity, and the reptile pad is on the bottom, covered by foil. That was so any sweating salami wouldn't get moisture on it.
Bowl of poolish.
The big number is the humidity; the smaller one below is the temperature of the chamber. Since it's in my basement, it was 63° when I first put it in. So I think this should work, in theory.
Ok, this is actually a sausage fermenting chamber that I MacGyver'd a few years ago. It's been sitting idle, since I haven't made any sausage or salami for a while. (Hmmm. Should probably get around to making that summer sausage one of these days.)
I've put this on here before; it is a non-working wine cooler that I inserted a small electric, reptile warming pad, wired to an analog Johnson Controls unit. Sort of a low-tech PID. It brings the temp up to about the mid 70's inside. I was making a poolish for some (hopefully) rustic bread tomorrow, and thinking about where best to place it. Then the 15w. lightbulb went on over my head, and I decided to give the fermenter a try. We'll see how it turns out. The green bowl at the top is full of rice, to control the humidity, and the reptile pad is on the bottom, covered by foil. That was so any sweating salami wouldn't get moisture on it.
Bowl of poolish.
The big number is the humidity; the smaller one below is the temperature of the chamber. Since it's in my basement, it was 63° when I first put it in. So I think this should work, in theory.
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