Maybe he means the prize for the Get in the Garden Contest.

^{_{...Or, if I'm wrong, I should stop thinking and get to bed (2:34am). :P}}

I suspect he does. Handily, though, their website has a cutaway diagram of the guts of the machine, and like the lightbulb oil lamp I suspect the community could do just as well. It's basically a trough to hold food waste, with a stirrer like a bread machine has, which occasionally drops compost into a tray shaped like a bread pan. The rest (heater, air filter etc) is presumably to make it kitchen-friendly. I bet we could replicate the design for under $300, most of the parts are covered elsewhere on the site already.

By using a combination of building parts and stuff like dirt cheap fan heaters I reckon it could definitely be recreated for a fairly low sum. Those boxes for recycling bottles may be a good start as a casing, to keep within theme.

The heater speeds up the process, I believe. And we probably COULD replicate this, but I don't think it would be under $300.

Done, for $25: Mr. Compost
If you like it, feel free to vote! =)

The heat does drastically speed up decomposition - look up aerobic composting on Wikipedia.

I stand corrected. :O That was really well done. I voted.

It still wouldn't show a specific project. Maybe you could add a link?

You still should have commented on the Instructable posting itself.

Maybe I've damaged my brain more than I realized, but I don't really understand what you are saying. Did you try to enter this on the "Get in the Garden Contest" page? And you're talking about the prize, right?

Ohhh...

(In that case, you should have commented on the "How to enter" posting.)

Unless it's a puzzle - maybe we're supposed to work out what they're talking about?

This one?
http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Worm-A-Rater/

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Possibly... I wonder if we're going to get a response from the original poster?

We did, raise your eyes upwards L

Ah. You don't see separate threads when you use the "reply" button from your comment page.

I click on the link to take me back to the page (in case other people have updated the area) L