For all you caffeine fiends, BB&B is offering a new Breville Espresso maker at $150 off the regular price. In my experience, you seldom find Breville products discounted (and I think they are excluded from BB&B's 20% off coupons). The sale doesn't start until 9/19 and runs through 10/2. Here's a pic of the front cover of the flyer I received.
My gear:
22 Weber Kettle
Napoleon PRO Charcoal Kettle Grill
Broil King Keg
Traeger Pro 34
Napoleon Prestige Pro 500
Pit Barrel Cooker
Blackstone Range Combo Griddle
I completely agree. I’ve a Breville coffee grinder, espresso maker, immersion blender and sous vide (Chef Steps). I use my grinder and espresso maker every day in the mornings. That immersion blender is one of my favorite appliances. It has a small food processor attachment I use often.
I've also been using one of these daily for somewhere around 10 years. Good piece of equipment, but the pump is susceptible to hardwater so the decalcification procedure is a must if your water is any level of hard.
Smokin-It 3D
Weber Kettle with an SNS
Masterbuilt kettle that I call the $30 wonder grill
Bullet by Bull Grills gasser
Anova WiFi sous vide machine
Thermoworks Thermapen and Chef Alarm
Just deviating from the topic a little bit.....we have a Jura ENA 9, full auto. I bought it refurbished for $499 about 10 years ago for our office because I didn't want to have to fuss with making auto drip, etc. I brought it home when we closed that office and we've used it every day since. Original price at the time was $1699 (I think, too rich ), and we might have gotten away with a mistake on their end because after we purchased it the refurb price jumped to $599. Totally worth every penny.
We use it every day and it much better than a manual or semi-automatic, mainly because it cuts down on labor. We still have a Breville machine similar to the current Best Buy offering in the basement collecting dust, but haven't used since we got the Jura. I would estimate we've run close to 10k espressos and coffees from it (we don't do milk drinks, though it has frothing capability). She still purrs like a kitten, with regular cleaning and descaling. If it ever needs service, I'll just send it in and have it repaired, but it has paid for itself.
It is discontinued, but the A1 seems to be equivalent, but without the frothing option. Anyhow, here is where we got our refurb:
After careful deliberation and deep introspection, I decided this new-fangled espresso maker doesn't do anything my current ol' timey one doesn't do so I'm gonna take a pass. Sorry Breville, ya gotta market me better than that! Now I can spend the money I saved on my new Kettle grill!
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