KILLITnGRILLIT
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Bread maker or fan oven ?I have a 700w bread maker(3-3hrs40m per loaf), given to us by a lovely lady who is emigrating and I also have a brilliant new elec fan oven.
Would the small bread maker be too inefficient as opposed to the oven which IMHO will only take 3-4 1lb tins at a time ?
Thanks for any help !
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Jamanda
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We make bread in the bread maker every other day, so we always have fresh bread - no need to freeze. It works for us. It doesn't have quite as good a crust as oven baked, but as our small boy prefers soft crusts on his sarnies that's not a problem.
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Chez
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Our breadmaker costs about 2p an hour to run, then a bit more when it's actually cooking - have been watching it on the OWL. And the oven cost about 35p. But, the breadmaker runs for a 5 hour cycle. And only does one loaf at a time.
You could mix up a couple of batches of dough in the breadmaker and then pop it in the oven to cook, a la Mochyn?
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sally_in_wales
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| Chez wrote: | Our breadmaker costs about 2p an hour to run, then a bit more when it's actually cooking - have been watching it on the OWL. And the oven cost about 35p. But, the breadmaker runs for a 5 hour cycle. And only does one loaf at a time.
You could mix up a couple of batches of dough in the breadmaker and then pop it in the oven to cook, a la Mochyn? |
so a breadmaker cycle for one loaf is about 10p worth of electricity , but you could fit 4 or 5 tins in the oven for 35p worth. Looks like the oven is cheaper if you'll use all the bread, but no great saving if you might not use all the bake.
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Jamanda
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Do you then need to factor in the freezer cost to store the extra bread?
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Slim
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Only if you buy a new freezer. The less air space in your freezer, the more efficient it is.
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RichardW
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| sally_in_wales wrote: |
so a breadmaker cycle for one loaf is about 10p worth of electricity |
I would think the actual cooking cycle is more than that.
Anyway you should be doing it in a clay bread oven 
Just been doing some guestimates
Most makers seem to be in the 500 to 700w range. Even if they used that the whole time (3 hours) its on it would only use 1500 to 2100watts or 1.5 to 2.1 kw/h we pay 14p per kw/h day time & 4p on E7.
However as its only the cooking cycle that uses all that power I recon your 10p per cycle could cover it.
Richard
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thos
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| RichardW wrote: | we pay 14p per kw/h day time & 4p on E7.
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Blimey, ours is 18p peak and 11p off-peak at current exchange rates (22.5c and 13.9c).
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RichardW
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| thos wrote: |
Blimey, ours is 18p peak and 11p off-peak at current exchange rates (22.5c and 13.9c). |
Ah but our first x many units per quarter are at 23p & the exchange rate favours the £
Richard
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