Appreciation post: my weird alarm clock bread maker idea from 3 years ago finally worked

Back in 2020 I jury-rigged a $15 thrift store bread maker to a mechanical timer so it would start baking at 5 AM and wake me up with the smell of fresh bread. It was janky as hell and the first loaf came out like a hockey puck. After three tries and replacing the timer with something sturdier, it actually started working right. Now every morning I wake up to warm bread and it costs me maybe 40 cents per loaf versus $4 at the bakery. Neighbors thought I was nuts when I told them but now two of them are trying it with old bread machines from garage sales. Has anyone else rigged up a cooking gadget to do something it was never meant to do?

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ellis.victor1mo ago

So you're really out here acting like waking up to bread instead of toast is some kind of life hack? I mean cool it worked but let's not pretend like a $15 bread maker from a thrift store is changing the world or anything.

wren_rodriguez1mo agoOG Member

Wait is this guy really mad about someone being creative with a bread maker lol