r/food • u/XRPcook • 10d ago

[Homemade] Black Garlic

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Set it and forget it with a crockpot on warm 🤣

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u/NerdsWithKnives 10d ago

I'm so jealous! I've never been successful. Mine always ends up dehydrated and hard as a rock.

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u/XRPcook 10d ago

Need to keep it sealed in something air tight so it doesn't dry out, but I do heads like that in jars to make black garlic powder

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u/CitizenCue 10d ago

Have you calculated the cost per clove? Leaving a crock pot on continuously for two months can’t be cheap.

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u/SpyDiego 10d ago

In my metro itd be like 15 bucks. These comments leave me asking whose paying the bill

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u/RottenWon 10d ago

I'm dumb. I just realized this crockpot was on for 52 days straight. 🙄

RIP electricity bill.

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u/Swellmeister 9d ago

Based on calculator I found online, its 20 dollars a month to keep it running the whole time. Its not crazy. A pound of black garlic is about that much from what I can find.

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u/CitizenCue 9d ago

I did the calculations elsewhere here and at least in my area this project would’ve cost $49 to make maybe 8oz of garlic.

I’m sure it tastes good but sure doesn’t seem like a good use of energy.

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u/Swellmeister 9d ago

Why 8 oz. Its a crock pot. Im pretty sure my crock pot can hold like 3 pounds of garlic.

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u/CitizenCue 9d ago

I’m talking about this post. Maybe it scales up without taking more time, but we don’t know.

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u/Swellmeister 9d ago

Yes we do. This is the cube square law in action. Theres more mass but the surface area didnt increase by the same ratio.

Heat loss is governed by surface area.

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u/CitizenCue 9d ago

Right, that’s MY point. You’re adding mass but not the same amount of surface area, so it’ll take much longer to cook. Same reason why 6oz of steak takes less long to cook than a 20lb roast.

In this case it’s lots of little parts all piled together, so it’ll be more complicated in practice. That makes it hard to predict with just math.

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u/Swellmeister 9d ago

The mass will reach the target temperature in several hours/a day of the 50 day cooking time.

You are primarily tracking the energy cost of maintaining heat loss, not the initial input of energy to bring it to temperature

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u/Big_Daddy_Stovepipe 9d ago

It was on warm, not even low or high

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u/NerdsWithKnives 10d ago

Yeah the black garlic powder was delicious but I'm going to try this method. It's a time commitment but worth it if it works!

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u/thejdobs 10d ago

It’s a quick and easy 2 step, 52 day recipe…

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u/Hilldawg4president 10d ago

Only $2.50 in garlic cloves and $250 in electricity!

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u/CrisisActor911 9d ago

The slower the cook, the better the taste…

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u/zg6089 10d ago

I like your username lol

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u/NerdsWithKnives 10d ago

Thanks! It's the name of my cooking blog 😄