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This year's competition heats up as 4 teams of engineering graduate students take to the workshop to design, build, and deploy their version of the age old siege engine.The mighty...and mini, trebuchet. Tune and and see who gets crowned this year's Trebuchet Champion!
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Sourdough Science: Pre-Prototype edition
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The FirstBuild team has been doing a lot of sourdough science to understand the needs of the sourdough community-and if it's possible to do something about it! As we science our way to a prototype, we need YOUR help. Do you wish you could time exactly when your starter's ready? What else do you wish you could do when it comes to your starter? Let's cocreate a solution together! firstbuild.com/i...
Co-Creating a Community Cookbook | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
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The community's been asking...so we're doing it: A cookbook for the Indoor Smoker! Rick has made lots of amazing dishes with the smoker, but now we want to hear from you. Got a smoker recipe you want to share? Click the link below, and let's cocreate the community cookbook! forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ywjFQzPFg0CBBXda4er3IcnTRYN9HeBMrF551LgDu4xUMjhTMDI1UUJBWUFVQVJFUDNJRlI2UkN...
Hacking Your Home Appliances - 2 Minute Prototype
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One of the first products FirstBuild launched was The Green Bean, a device that allowed users to write code and modify how their appliances worked. Since then, other systems have grown and thrived-so Tim has been working on a new and improved version of Green Bean that will let you do all kinds of cool and useful things in your home. Should Tim keeping working on this? What would you do if you ...
FirstBuild Turns 10 Years Old!
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Happy birthday, FirstBuilders! We're celebrating 10 years of cocreating, community, making and more. Meet community members Larry, Shereka, Tim, Jonathan, Marissa and Peter in this week's video. Let us know in the comments how you became part of the FirstBuild community-and here's to the next 10 years! Have a cool idea that doesn't exist? Let us help make it real. Visit our website, firstbuild....
Rick's Smoked Bacon Recipe | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
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Rick's bacon breaks the internet! Starting with a 10lbs pork belly, Rick walks through how to properly cure, how to add extra flavors (like bourbon), how to perfectly smoke, and fry up the perfect thick cut bacon all from scratch. Indoor Smoker: www.geappliances.com/appliance/GE-Profile-Smart-Indoor-Smoker-P9SBAAS6VBB Kona Premium BBQ Wood Pellets: firstbuild.com/inventions/kona-premium-bbq-woo...
Making the Perfect Fortune Cookie - 2 Minute Prototype
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Making (and serving) fortune cookies can be fun-but what about the process of making them?! FirstBuild co-op Brittany found a need for the process to be easier. Have you ever made fortune cookies? Would her approach meet your needs? Should we keep working on it? Let us know about your cookie making experience in the comments below! Have a cool idea that doesn't exist? Let us help make it real. ...
Rick's Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipe | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
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Rick walks us through how to make the perfect Jamaican Jerk Chicken in the Indoor Smoker along with some classic Jamaican rice and peas. Let us know what you want to see him make next. Rick's Jamaican Jerk Smoked Chicken Thighs Recipe - Ingredients: 8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs 2 tbsp olive oil 4 green onions, chopped 1 small onion, chopped 2-3 Scotch bonnet peppers, seeded and chopped (ad...
Our Quest for the Best Instant Coffee
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Instant coffee has come a long way. Better flavor, better process, better options. We are on a quest to see if we can take soluble coffee to the next level and make it even better. Join the Facebook Group: groups/3742900639370215 Have a cool idea that doesn't exist? Let us help make it real. Visit our website, firstbuild.com/ and submit your ideas! Let FirstBuild make your ideas in...
Rick's T-bone Steak Recipe | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
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Father's Day is right around the corner and what better gift to give your dad than a reverse seared, wood smoked T-Bone steak, in the Indoor Smoker. Indoor Smoker: www.geappliances.com/appliance/GE-Profile-Smart-Indoor-Smoker-P9SBAAS6VBB Kona Premium BBQ Wood Pellets: firstbuild.com/inventions/kona-premium-bbq-wood-pellets/ Drip Tray Liners: firstbuild.com/inventions/indoor-smoker-drip-tray-lin...
Should we bring back the Smart Starter?
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Rick has been making sourdough for the past couple years and he has noticed a lot of ways that the process could be better. From mess to feedings to starter health, we want your help in finding the best way to make the best bread. Join us on Facebook and share your experience: groups/849595820542095 Have a cool idea that doesn't exist? Let us help make it real. Visit our website, f...
The Easiest Indoor Smoker Upgrade
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FirstBuild has teamed up with Joel, a community member and Indoor Smoker Owner, who created the easy to use Pellet Strainer. We are manufacturing a small batch of Joel's Pellet Strainers and they are available right now on our website: firstbuild.com/inventions/pellet-strainer-smart-indoor-smoker/ Joel's design is still free to use and print your own: www.printables.com/model/746417-water-tray-...
Opal Nugget Ice Summertime Accessories
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Opal Nugget Ice Summertime Accessories
Tactile Stickers for the Blind and Visually Impaired
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Tactile Stickers for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Rick's Smoked BBQ Burgers | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
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Rick's Smoked BBQ Burgers | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
Mother's Day Gifts You Can Make at FirstBuild
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Mother's Day Gifts You Can Make at FirstBuild
Rick's Chicken Al Pastor Recipe | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
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Rick's Chicken Al Pastor Recipe | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
Scent Booster Box - 2 Minute Prototype
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Scent Booster Box - 2 Minute Prototype
Make Your Own Custom Puzzles | TUTORIAL
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Make Your Own Custom Puzzles | TUTORIAL
Rick's Smoked Salmon Recipe | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
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Rick's Smoked Salmon Recipe | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
Indoor Smoker Accessories | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
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Indoor Smoker Accessories | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
The Air Filter and Light Combo | 2 Minute Prototype
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The Air Filter and Light Combo | 2 Minute Prototype
Rick's Game Day Recipes | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
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Rick's Game Day Recipes | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
Rick's Over the Top Chili Recipe | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
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Rick's Over the Top Chili Recipe | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
Need a Curing Oven for your Garage? - 2 minute Prototype
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Need a Curing Oven for your Garage? - 2 minute Prototype
Quivers, Wallets, and Go-Karts for Christmas!
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Quivers, Wallets, and Go-Karts for Christmas!
Rick's Prime Rib Recipe | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
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Rick's Prime Rib Recipe | GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker
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Great product! I am amazed at the bark and smoke flavor I get. I was hoping it would be good to use to try out new recipes, and it's great. Well done, do you have a larger model in the works?
I would like to know exactly how this "smoke eliminator" (especially the carbon monoxide component) works without using filters. All the reviews mention still smelling a smoke scent while operating the unit. Does GE have PM2.5 and VOC level numbers available?
Snack dispenser wins the prize!
Great job, Rick, thank you!
What is that powder you put in it?
@vonanthonymacaraig1211 that is Borax. It's used as a Flux to prevent oxygen in the air from reacting with the hot steel to create an iron oxide layer, which would inhibit the Forge welding process.
Looks great. Going to try this at the weekend this week. I will add to my recipe about 6 Stevia packets (instead of sugar) as well as some MSG to kick up the flavors. Additionally, I think I'll drain most of the fat from drippings before adding the meat. I'll then toss it all into my slow cooker for about 3 hours on low in order to ensure the ground beef soaks up the sauces/seasonings. I'll let you know how it turns out! Thanks for the idea!
Rick is hot. :-) lol
This would be amazing if the time can be done for me! I get frustrated when I miss its peak.
love this idea. Only make bread on weekends due to mess, would be good to be able to make during week.
same comment - ready when Im ready would be awesome. like waste reduction. same some weeks i make 2 loaves some weeks none.
If you can develop a product to control the right schedule based on when someone wants to make a loaf of bread you would have a huge hit. Happy to be a tester!!!
As no interaction needed as possible . While the process is fun to watch and learn most times I just want the bread to come out of the oven
Damn! What a great idea. I have to set the alarm for 3 in the morning in order to have the starter ready for making the sourdough at 8am - sometimes it's ready, sometimes it isn't. I seem to use as much flour to get my starter up to speed as I do to bake an actual loaf. Hooray to this idea!
I love this
I'm in! ANY reduction in time and waste and I'LL BUY IT! Lol
About how much would you say typically goes to waste? We've been hearing lots of different answers
And that's the Truth of it. Varying amounts! Lol. I you could develop a method and a means (tech) to achieve a 'universal method and Recipe' ... a 'Gold Standard' method Recipe for a Standard Sourdough Loaf. That would be the 'holy grail' of BreadMaking. 😊
I love the end product, but it’s so tedious to get there. I’d love to see the end result. Good luck.
Ready when I'm ready, What a concept! Waste reduction is also a desired outcome. Some weeks I make 2 loaves, some weeks none.
How much waste would you say you typically have? a tablespoon? a cup?
I would love to be able to set it and forget it and have it ready when I need it. Also hate throwing away starter, so a way to have a set amount would be great too.
I built one for my capstone project as an electrical engineer, I have some ideas and would love to talk to you about it, I also went to culinary school.
There's a "Submit an Idea" area on FirstBuild.com. You can submit your ideas there.
I would love being able to say "Hey I want to my starter to be ready at XX:XX time (whenever I get home from work)." Right now I take my starter out to feed it, and it takes a feed or two before it's nice and bubbly to bake with it. I think this product also needs to be really careful on cost. I can keep my starter and do what I'm doing now for almost nothing, but if there was some affordable tool to help me with it, so I'm spending less time thinking about when my starter will be ready I think that's a product I'd be interested in.
Totally interested in this, I love making the bread but i hate maintaining the starter, so much mess and waste
We go through 1-2 loaves per week and would love to have an easy way to to keep a starter alive and ready to use
this would be awesome. we make sourdough bread all the time.
I would like you to drastically reduce all the waist. And I want it to be ready on my schedule ( in 36 hours I want this much). It would then go back to " sleep " until I give another time and amount.
Would you prefer it to be on your counter or in your fridge while dormant? (And why?)
@@LauraHammond-dn4ng Refrigerator. Only if it saves cost. I assume to put it to sleep you need to chill it. If this eliminates a chilling unit in the machine wouldn't save a lot of cost ? (I think there are cheap "pelteir" chillers though.) If it doesn't save much cost, counter would be much better.
@@user-je8zy6yq7f How much would you pay for a device that allowed you to do that?
Where u get the ice bins
That BARK! There is so much of it! How? I just….wow. It’s beautiful 🤩
@DeliciousManX we found it's most likely because the Smoker is a "closed system" as compared to a traditional outdoor Smoker. Kind of creates a sous vide like effect, holds in moisture better, etc. In any case, we usually get great bark, from brisket to chicken wings. With just salt and pepper in most of our smokes.
Bro. I NEED one of these. I used to live on my own. I’d use my Webber and my pellet smoker on the apartment balcony. Never got caught. Never got in trouble. Now my lame girlfriend wants to move in together. She doesn’t want me to grill on the balcony cuz she’s afraid of “lease violations” 🙄. You’re telling me I can get real bbq indoors now? I don’t have to gorilla grill under the cover of darkness any more? This is an absolute game changer!!!
Prep tray should have a shorter lip on one side so you can slide the rack out too without having to pick it up.
WooHoo cant wait to see the cookbook. Great Idea
I didn't know where best to ask this, So: When the product was first launched you were working with Jeremy Yoder. I think even selling some of his rub as an option. He was also assisting/ critiquing the smoking performance. He then just seem to disappear. What happened ? Just curious.
He is local and we invited him in a couple times to get his thoughts and taste test our ribs and we had a launch package that included some of his rubs. That's kind of it. We like him, he's still local, that's really all there is to it.
Don;t you adjust the height of the laser focus before you lay down your substrate?
@gledger1963 yes. Marissa must have just done it off camera.
A clear dispenser - but for the ORIGINAL FirstBuild Opal. Would not use the cup or twist pop.
When is Firstbuild going to make more of these strainers available?
I would want the ability to change the "finished" tune on my LG washer and dryer. Also, for the washer, a timer that would automatically start a spin cycle every 30 minutes if I have not removed the clothes from the washer after a certain amount of time, to combat mold and mildew.
This is a brilliant idea
You didnt clear the smoke?
Sometimes Rick will just pop the door open for the sake of time. (Filming on a tight schedule) we have multiple large vents in our kitchen to handle the smoke. We always recommend clearing the smoke for in home use.
Yes please! I got a lot of mileage out of the original Green Bean and the GreenBeanify interface middleware I built for it almost 10 years ago now (such as ua-cam.com/video/jxN31WzsJAk/v-deo.html) and would love to see this come back to life.
Yes, definitely interested. Do you think it will have some of the features like the 'Shelly Plus Uni'?
Yes, definitely interested. could see some new automations come to light with this.
Yes, definitely interested. Are you using the esp32? Would be nice if using esp to allow every bean to become a WLED. Also great if the green bean could mesh via ESP Now protocol.
Yes, we are using an esp32.
Yes, please continue developing this product. If you can smooth the integration with and management of devices with Alexa and Google, that would be a big plus.
Please bring back a greenbean 2.0 that directly links into HA. I still have my greenbean running my hotwater heater adding the data to HA, but it's all home grow hack that I hope every day doesn't break.
I would 100% buy this. Home Assistant is an amazing platform, but does nothing for non connected appliances. Would love something that allows one to retrofit.
I still have my green bean (or two). BUT haven't used them in over 5 years. I haven't really played around with Home Assistant but I caught a glimpse that it already plays well with OctoPrint (what I'm running on my 3D printer and my CNC). I'm thinking I might need to get an instance up and running to see what crazy stuff I can do now... @tim, let me know if you need someone to bounce thoughts off of. p.s. Happy 10-year Anniversary!
It seems like a good idea. BUT: the way companies are today won't it void my manufacturer's warranty ? Maybe you could check with a company like GE. What is their answer ?
Cafe Bustelo is the best instant coffee but I prefer to make espresso in a moka pot
Allllllrighty
This would be a pointless product, but I'm sad to say it might be profitable. Instance coffee just needs an electric kettle, a scoop, and a mug - all inexpensive commodities. This device just automates the heating and dosing of the water and coffee powder. But you'll also need to solve the problem of storing the coffee powder in an air-tight container, extracting a dose, and re-sealing the container.
That is what I drink now most of the time is instant coffee. I like it, if I find a brand better than what I am drinking all the better. I say!❤️
All of them, but despenser definitely needs to be crear to see ice level and cleanlyness. And push pop good but not sure about having to be so physical with it. Cup make double wall insulated stainless steel so cup decorators can epoxy and decorate customize them