You Can't Beat The Smell Of .........

[Clivo]

Happy 2011 to you all.

 

......Fresh Bread

 

I was wondering if any of you good folk ever use a bread making machine while you are on the move. Not sure they'd be a good idea to use via the battery bank.

 

What are your experiences & which machines work best. I've heard that Panasonic are the mutt's nuts, what do you think.

[alan_fincher]

Which magazine reckons that most domestic bread makers use around 0.36 KWh of mains electricity to make a standard loaf of bread, and that most don't deviate much from that figure.

 

That's 360 watt hours, which doesn't sound a lot in domestic use, but unless I'm missing something obvious, if your power source is the boats 12 volt electrics, via an inverter, even without inverter losses, you are looking at something like 360/12, i.e. 30 Amp hours from the battery bank to bake that loaf.

 

So it very much depends on whether your boat is one where you regularly generate a lot of excess electric by cruising all the time, or whether you are always struggling to find the Amp hours.

 

I'd say perfectly feasible to make a loaf during a days boating, meeting power requirements from the alternator, but in our case, I'd never consider taking in excess of 30Ah out of the battery bank overnight, (remember the inverter losses).

 

Our breakmaker gets nightly use at home. On the boat fresh bread tends to get baked in the oven, though.

 

EDITED to add....

 

I believe Panasonic are still in the top league - we have one, and it only ever makes a duff loaf if we get an ingredient quantity wrong, (usually that means omitting one! ). Having just enjoyed cracking toast (Gromit ?), from last nights bake, I can still recommend Panasonic.

Edited January 2, 2011 by alan_fincher

[cotswoldsman]

Which magazine reckons that most domestic bread makers use around 0.36 KWh of mains electricity to make a standard loaf of bread, and that most don't deviate much from that figure.

 

That's 360 watt hours, which doesn't sound a lot in domestic use, but unless I'm missing something obvious, if your power source is the boats 12 volt electrics, via an inverter, even without inverter losses, you are looking at something like 360/12, i.e. 30 Amp hours from the battery bank to bake that loaf.

 

So it very much depends on whether your boat is one where you regularly generate a lot of excess electric by cruising all the time, or whether you are always struggling to find the Amp hours.

 

I'd say perfectly feasible to make a loaf during a days boating, meeting power requirements from the alternator, but in our case, I'd never consider taking in excess of 30Ah out of the battery bank overnight, (remember the inverter losses).

 

Our breakmaker gets nightly use at home. On the boat fresh bread tends to get baked in the oven, though.

 

EDITED to add....

 

I believe Panasonic are still in the top league - we have one, and it only ever makes a duff loaf if we get an ingredient quantity wrong, (usually that means omitting one! ). Having just enjoyed cracking toast (Gromit ?), from last nights bake, I can still recommend Panasonic.

 

 

My oven uses no Electricity!!!!!

 

 

[Josher]

Get one of these and you can experiment with other smells! (Christmas tree, elephant or burnt plastic?).

[Dawnie]

We always baked bread in the nb. Only when the bopat was moving or just running the engine for the bake part as that is when the energy is mainly used. Beats trying to finde a bakers! We also kept a stock of part bakes too for when we couldn't use the breadmaker.

[FadeToScarlet]

I've enjoyed the fresh bread made by MoominPapa in his breadmaker as Melaleuca cruises, so it's definitely possible.

 

Smells? Hot engine, but especially a hot vintage engine, lovely oil and diesel smells.

 

That and woodsmoke.

[Chagall]

......a warm puppy

[alan_fincher]

......a warm puppy

You've not smelt our dog, then!

[Hairy-Neil]

..... Tarmac being laid

[Laurie Booth]

Fresh Napalm in the morning, always reminds me of the good old days in Vietnam.

[Heffalump]

Our breadmaker is panasonic and faultless..

 

I can only imagine the smell of it onboard a NB cruising along, I think I'd end up very fat indeed.

[MoominPapa]

As FtoS says, we normally run the breadmaker (Panasonic) whilst the engine is running, but we have run it overnight too. Alan's estimate is about right: I allow about 40Ah for a loaf; OK in the summer when you're using few lights and you will be cruising for a long day the next day.

 

Apart from the delicious smell and taste, having a breadmaker (human or machine) means that you can carry flour rather than fresh bread, and spend less time searching for the local shop to buy life-limited supplies.

 

MP.

[ChrisPy]

Castrol R .............

 

 

those were the days.

[Pretty Funked Up]

..... a 2 stroke afternoon with the bikes

[LEO]

Castrol R .............

 

 

those were the days.

 

 

I agree - brill smell.

 

Leo

[budgie348]

I am a continuous cruiser and make bread every 3rd day, which usually coincides with a cruising day, I do have a 3.5KW travel power.

And yes mine is a panasonic, which has never made a bad loaf.

[bag 'o' bones]

...hot oil mixed with the nutty smell of smoke from a steam engine.

 

... the smell of certain types of restaurant hot wipes - reminds me of a holiday in Hong Kong (I was only three at the time)

Edited January 4, 2011 by bag 'o' bones

[Janet S]

Fresh Napalm in the morning, always reminds me of the good old days in Vietnam.

 

Was that supposed to be funny?

 

Janet

[Laurie Booth]

Was that supposed to be funny?

 

Janet

I love the smell of Napalm, great days of Vietnam.

[Justme]

Mix & first prove it in the the bread machine then bake it in the oven is the way we do ours.

 

Less mess that way than mixing & kneading by hand.

[Heffalump]

Some of you will know what I mean.. you know the smell of a PROPER workshop. Oils, lubricants, swarf. Engineering.

[mattlad]

Freshly brewed coffee.

 

We used to use a Panasonic breadmaker on board. It was moderately successful, it would not work with square wave, was temperamental with modified square wave but was ok with sine wave generated power.