So one of the greatest things I’ve done with home automation (originally on Alexa, and now that I’ve moved completely to Home Assistant) is a peanut butter spinner.

We made the move to organic peanut butter a few years back, specifically Kirkland Select organic. It’s delicious, with just the right of salt. The only downside, which anyone who uses organic nut butter knows, is that the oil separates and necessitates stirring.

It’s messy, a pain in the butt, and you always end up with rock hard concrete at the bottom of the jar when you get there, because the upper 2/3rds of the jar had all of the poorly mixed oil.

Well, I found a nut butter spinner on Amazon (for like $40!!!), and I thought to myself, self, y’know you could probably build something better that doesn’t run on batteries and that would reliably shut off. And I responded to me and said “Self, you’re right.” So for about $13 and an extra smart plug, I made my own peanut butter spinner. It runs for 90 minutes and then stops.

The jar stays mixed for about 2 months in the fridge, though we go through it before it would start to separate.

Best part? No spilled oil all over the place, messy implements, or shortened patience. 10/10 would recommend.