Skip the free table if you can't resist grabbing everything, because a sign with no limits basically means the first people there take it all. That wall is a trap for tight budgets (ask me how I know). Set a rule for yourself before you walk in the door.

So you basically bought a watt meter and found out your power strip has a side hustle as a space heater. Love that for you. The master outlet strips do help, but only if the stuff on the slave outlets actually goes fully off, otherwise you're just paying $25 to feel better about it.

Tbh a flipped plate doesn't change grind temp much, the dull blade does.