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Motorized "Pot Stirrer"
This homemade automatic pot stirrer clamps to the top of a cooking pot.
“It saves time. I don’t have to spend as much time at the stove when making big pots of sauce, because it does the work for me,” says inventor Mike Toppen.
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Motorized Pot Stirrer FARM HOME Kitchen This homemade automatic pot stirrer clamps to the top of a cooking pot “It saves time I don’t have to spend as much time at the stove when making big pots of sauce because it does the work for me ” says inventor Mike Toppen The agitator is powered by a 120-volt electric motor The motor is connected to a 1/4-in dia stainless steel shaft that’s welded to an 8-in long twisted metal paddle The shaft rides up through a wooden board that has a pair of wooden ears bolted onto it which fit onto either side of the cooking pot The paddles are up about 1/4 in off the bottom of the pot “The paddle rotates at about 40 rpm’s ” says Toppen “It works great when canning tomatoes or other foods because the circulation keeps the sauce from scorching the bottom of the pot As a result I can use a lot more heat Being able to cook at a higher temperature also reduces my cooking time by about two thirds “I screwed a 4-in dia pvc ‘cap’ on top of the motor to keep the bubbling sauce from splashing onto it ” Plans for Toppen’s pot stirrer can be found on gizmoplans com Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Mike Toppen 3889 1/2 127th Ave Allegan Mich 49010 ph 269 673-5597; Fordsrule@btc-bci com
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