Spent $150 on a bread proofing box I used exactly once.

My sourdough loaves at home turned out fine with just a bowl on the counter, so that fancy box with the humidity tray sits in my pantry gathering dust, and I'm wondering if anyone else has a splurge baking tool they regret buying outright?

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hunt.nora11d ago

Used to think rich people were just being extra with their fancy gadgets, but reading about that $200 pasta machine and your bread box totally changed my mind. I saw a $300 stand mixer at my cousin's house that she used once for a birthday cake and now it holds cookbooks on top. Never really understood the hype until I watched her try to clean the dough hook and she almost threw the whole thing out the window. Makes me feel better about my $40 panini press that I pulled out twice and then gave to my neighbor. The thrift store idea is honestly the best move for stuff like this, let someone else dream on it.

the_mila12d ago

Man I feel you on that "gathering dust" thing. I bought a fancy pasta machine that was supposed to make fresh tagliatelle in five minutes. Took me an hour to clean the dough out of all the little gears and the next day I just went back to rolling it out with a wine bottle like a normal person. That thing has been sitting on top of my fridge for two years now and I keep telling myself I'll use it again but I know I won't. At least your box was only $150, mine was closer to $200 and I think I'm just going to give it to a thrift store one of these days.

val94911d ago

That two hundred dollar pasta machine sitting on your fridge is basically a monument to good intentions. I love how you went right back to using a wine bottle to roll the dough, that's so real. Kitchen gadgets are the worst for this because they promise to save you time but they actually just create more work with the cleaning part. I bet if you looked up the manual for that thing there's like a special brush you're supposed to buy that costs another thirty bucks. The thrift store idea is smart, someone else will see it and think they've scored a deal and then they'll learn the same lesson we did. Sometimes the old school way is just better and nobody wants to admit that.