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Smart Yogurt Maker Part 2 2022-01-28 William Floyd
Development
Hardware
Software
ESPHome
Rice Cooker
Home Assistant
Smart Home
Automation
Yogurt

In Part 1 I got my rice cooker reporting temperature and roughly maintaining a set-point, producing my first batch of yogurt. Now follows a tale of Accidents, Averages, and Algorithms (sorta).


An accident has occurred

How prophetic... My last post said so truly that I needed to "ensure the outlet will turn off if the ESP8266 loses connection". Of course, I couldn't help myself and tried making a new batch before fixing this. So it came to be that 6 hours into a batch of yogurt, it was unceremoniously boiled for a full hour.

At first, all hope was lost - the mess of solidified dairy mocked me from the teflon lining of my dear rice cooker. As I forlornly drained the whey, I figured I'd give it a taste... After all, it had been boiled to death, it couldn't possibly hurt me?

Rice \rightarrow Yogurt \rightarrow Cheese?

I had in fact made cheese. Not at all intentionally, and not very well (it was still somewhat yogurt-sour), but it was undeniably cheese.

"Next time, on Rice Cooker Adventures"

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