The guys from Tested.com came to Seattle, so I shared with them one of the projects that’s been on my mind lately: making perfect pizzas at home. In a previous post, I discussed my approach to making great pizza dough. But, dough is only one half of the equation. Without a good oven, the best dough in the world still won’t produce quality pizza.
Do try this at home, but don’t burn your house down!
This turned out to be one of the more dangerous machines I’ve ever built. The goal was to make a cotton candy machine out of parts I had lying around. The finished product was an aggressive, 1/2 horsepower, 4000°F beast of a machine that lasted long enough to prove itself before dying of awesomeness.
If you want to build a cotton candy machine at home, all you need is:
A tin can, like a tuna or dog food can
A drill with a very small drill bit
A motor (ex, your drill, an old CD player, a blender)
A heat source, such as a propane torch, a lighter, or the coils from an old toaster
A bucket to catch the cotton candy, or alternately a sheet of paper to wrap around the assembly
Sugar
Follow the steps in the video to see just how easy this machine is to build. Oh, and don’t forget… safety first. My favorite part of this project was setting up a blast shield in front of the camera before we turned on the machine.