Robot hamburger factory makes 360 Gourmet Burgers every hour...

Next Big Future Blog ^ | December 5, 2013 | Brian Wang

[ToastedHead]

Breakfast would come to a halt when the plastic pancake squirter got jammed. I think a million dollar robot is above the engineering skills available in a McD.

[knarf]

NJow THERE’S an idea.

[txhurl]

It’s actually a little tricky to cook meat to perfection while retaining most of the fat.

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What I do is mash and rub in one scrambled raw egg for every couple pounds of burger. The egg cooks, trapping the fat throughout the meat.

[Dalberg-Acton]

[Jeff Chandler]

It's actually a little tricky to cook meat to perfection while retaining most of the fat.

Thin burgers are the hardest. Thick burgers are easier. At home you can cook them low and slow and use a digital meat thermometer.

Burger house cooks are able to cook burgers consistently because of the repetition. A machine could do it even more precisely.

[lormand]

That is already being done. When I was in San Francisco a few years ago, there is a public toilet next to Coit Tower that is self cleaning. They are all over San Francisco.

Self Cleaning Restroom

[Telepathic Intruder]

Nice tip. For steak, you should let it warm to room temperature before grilling or oven-cooking (yes, it’s possible to oven cook it). It lets the heat reach the center quicker.

[Calvin Locke]

Fifty years ago I was hearing about the huge battle ...

Yeah, and during the time of the American Revolution in England, there was this guy called Ned Ludd...

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

And in Detroit, more than 100 workers picketed outside two McDonald's restaurants, singing "Hey hey, ho ho, $7.40 has got to go!"

With these machines their wish will come true.

[4yearlurker]

Yes...but can the robot make Cheeburgers...Cheeburgers...

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I don't know about this.
The thought of machines preparing food doesn't sound too appetizing.
What happens when the machines jam? What if lubricants and metal get into the food?
Get rid of the minimum-wage and leftist policies and we wouldn't have to automate.

[Calvin Locke]

Oops, that's Arthur Hailey, not the plagiarist Alex Haley.

[Hardastarboard]

"Hey hey, ho ho, $7.40 has got to go!"

Who says protesting doesn't work? These guys are going to get exactly what they asked for. The $7.40 is going to go away - permanently.

[txhurl]

What if lubricants and metal get into the food?

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You can bet there are SEIU lawyers waiting to insert stuff into the food... there will be sabotage.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Most every ready to eat meal you’ve ever had from a supermarket (frozen, canned, freeze-dried, boiling bag, etc.) came from a machine.

[NormsRevenge]

lol.. I’d gladly take two robot made burgers today and even more next Tuesday...

[WorkingClassFilth]

Care for a thin mint, Sir?

[trisham]

Those fools who recently picketed fast food places will rue the day they chose that road.

[Billthedrill]

No coke. Pepsi.

[Calvin Locke]

What if lubricants and metal get into the food?

(So, parts of human fingers aren't a problem?)

From what I understand, in the food packaging business, one of the last tests a unit of food goes through is a metal detector. (Not sure how cans and other metallic containers are screened).

As for lubricants, they are probably natural/digestible. Back in the early days of steam engines, pig fat was used.

(And FWIW, I believe the first use of a steam engine in the food industry was in the early part of the nineteenth century by Joseph Fry, the big kahuna of the burgeoning chocolate industry in England. He used one to power the cacao bean grinder.)