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to one of our locations and see that this was something they could do. We used to sell maybe 20 or 30 machines a year, but as we’ve grown, there are more locations out there that people are seeing. Now we’re doing some trade shows and we’re selling 250 machines a year.” One of the benefi ts of The Nutty Bavarian machines is that retailers can be selling many other items at the same time, because you don’t have to stand over it and watch. It’s automated, with temperature sensors built in, and a comput- er controller that automatically
cooks the nuts the right way. Candy nuts can only be made at one temperature, the melting point of sugar, so the tempera- ture must be controlled so that it comes right up to that point and is held right there. “In the old days, the guy
manning the machine used to go turn down the fi re when it got there,” says Brent. “We have a computer that’s control- ling the temperature and holds it right at the melting point of sugar, and then a built-in tim- er, which is pretty simple. This makes it automated, so that someone can talk to customers and not have to watch the nuts, but know that they’ll come out perfect every single time. They
won’t ever burn a batch. That’s what made it work. You don’t have to be a trained crafts- man to make this candy, or a trained candy-maker. You can learn how to make nuts in 15 minutes.” Brent originally en- visioned his machines going into sports stadiums and theme parks, but it was actually one of
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