Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Cheese vat

I saw some ideas here and here on the net and got inspired. I want to take my cheese to another level.

I got some parts for a temperature controller and a 22quart turkey roaster to build a Cheese vat.
The parts consist of:
A project box, a mypin TA4 pid unit, a solid state relay, and a couple of things from the hardware store; a spst switch, a female 110v outlert, short extension cord, and some wirenuts.
The roaster was 42 bucks and the rest was about $60. $100for a 4 gallon cheese vat, killer!
Links here:
Prices change on amazon all the time so you should shop around for the same item. When I was writing this the roaster cost 118 bucks and I got it for 42...
SSR
Project Box
PID and RTD
Oster Roaster

Wired it up and filled the roaster with water and put the ta4 in autotune.
That took a long time.

This thing has a lot of potential. A straight up turkey roaster, yogurt maker, cheese vat, proofing cabinet. I'm stoked!