Just On Time Manufacturing Comes to Breakfast
May 5, 2015 11:29 AM Subscribe
This is super cool. You'd need the griddle quite cool to draw complex designs, I think, and my usual pancake batter wouldn't be compatible (too thick, too chunky), but I still want one.
posted by uncleozzy at 11:48 AM on May 5, 2015
posted by uncleozzy at 11:48 AM on May 5, 2015
I don't need a PancakeBot when I have a perfectly serviceable husband to make me pancakes on Sundays.
posted by Kitteh at 11:52 AM on May 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Kitteh at 11:52 AM on May 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
I wonder if this will require the use of patented batter that costs more than gold.
posted by adamrice at 11:53 AM on May 5, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by adamrice at 11:53 AM on May 5, 2015 [4 favorites]
But. If you can draw it, you can also do it yourself by putting your batter in a squeezy bottle. And that technology only costs finishing your bottle of ketchup.
posted by phunniemee at 11:53 AM on May 5, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by phunniemee at 11:53 AM on May 5, 2015 [8 favorites]
I'll take this option to promote the delicious, fluffy featherlite peanut butter pancakes from Rosa Parks.
Unfortunately, shaped waffles require special waffle makers.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:53 AM on May 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
Unfortunately, shaped waffles require special waffle makers.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:53 AM on May 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
I think I'm losing my mind. After a pleasant morning stroll through the neighborhood, I laid down for a short nap. I dreamed that I was eating a sandwich containing a deep-fried, breaded chicken breast covered with melted mozzarella and marinara sauce (the chicken breast, not me). In the dream I lost the sandwich. I awoke in a panic, frantically searching my bed for the sandwich. After realizing it was a dream, I decided to see what was transpiring on MeFi. The question I now have is "Should I go back to sleep and see if this machine can make me a sandwich?" Or should I order a fox from Chernobyl? With our new Amazon over-lords, anything is possible.
posted by rankfreudlite at 11:55 AM on May 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by rankfreudlite at 11:55 AM on May 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
If you can draw it, you can also do it yourself by putting your batter in a squeezy bottle
I think the hook here should actually be, "if you or somebody else can digitize it, you can eat it." Because I promise you that I cannot draw it. Unless It is a ninja turtle, and even then it's sort of fifty-fifty.
posted by uncleozzy at 11:58 AM on May 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
I think the hook here should actually be, "if you or somebody else can digitize it, you can eat it." Because I promise you that I cannot draw it. Unless It is a ninja turtle, and even then it's sort of fifty-fifty.
posted by uncleozzy at 11:58 AM on May 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
All my designs would just be a filled-in circle.
posted by bondcliff at 12:08 PM on May 5, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by bondcliff at 12:08 PM on May 5, 2015 [5 favorites]
I wonder if you could modify this to make 3-D pancakes. You could probably skip the electric griddle and mount one of these babies on the printer head in order to cook multiple layers. You'd have to cook the batter quickly to prevent it from spreading.
posted by backseatpilot at 12:17 PM on May 5, 2015
posted by backseatpilot at 12:17 PM on May 5, 2015
All my designs would just be a filled-in circle.
If I were in the 1%, I would use this machine to make me normal pancakes.
posted by chavenet at 12:17 PM on May 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
If I were in the 1%, I would use this machine to make me normal pancakes.
posted by chavenet at 12:17 PM on May 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
And that technology only costs finishing your bottle of ketchup.
you can get a never-ketchup-tainted plastic bottle from a restaurant supply store or prolly even BB&B for like 2 bucks.
OR really you can just cut the corner off of a ziplock baggie.
~*fancy*~
posted by poffin boffin at 12:21 PM on May 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
you can get a never-ketchup-tainted plastic bottle from a restaurant supply store or prolly even BB&B for like 2 bucks.
OR really you can just cut the corner off of a ziplock baggie.
~*fancy*~
posted by poffin boffin at 12:21 PM on May 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
I routinely buy Spray Pancakes - pancake batter in a spray can, like whipped cream or spray cheese - because it's so ridiculous. Tastes fine, and it's a big hit with little kids and their crazy ideas.
Now, we just hook it up to a robot arm, and...
...well.
posted by sidereal at 1:06 PM on May 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
Now, we just hook it up to a robot arm, and...
...well.
posted by sidereal at 1:06 PM on May 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
Now, we just hook it up to a robot arm, and...
The failure of that robot arm to do anything useful with that Easy Cheese gives me hope for humanity. Even after SkyNet becomes aware it won't be able to get Easy Cheese on a Ritz Cracker, let alone build an Easy Cheese box.
posted by chavenet at 1:13 PM on May 5, 2015
The failure of that robot arm to do anything useful with that Easy Cheese gives me hope for humanity. Even after SkyNet becomes aware it won't be able to get Easy Cheese on a Ritz Cracker, let alone build an Easy Cheese box.
posted by chavenet at 1:13 PM on May 5, 2015
Very excited about the possibilities within the 3D fractal pancake arena.
posted by oceanjesse at 2:10 PM on May 5, 2015
posted by oceanjesse at 2:10 PM on May 5, 2015
I envy whoever of you it is that has the kitchen counter space for a pancake robot.
posted by maryr at 2:22 PM on May 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by maryr at 2:22 PM on May 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
I hope they implemented all 4 laws of robotics by making sure it can never add raisins.
posted by Poldo at 2:28 PM on May 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Poldo at 2:28 PM on May 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
phunniemee: But. If you can draw it, you can also do it yourself by putting your batter in a squeezy bottle. And that technology only costs finishing your bottle of ketchup.
I mean, if you're a total badass, which some of us are not.
sidereal: I routinely buy Spray Pancakes - pancake batter in a spray can, like whipped cream or spray cheese - because it's so ridiculous. Tastes fine, and it's a big hit with little kids and their crazy ideas. Now, we just hook it up to a robot arm, and...
... maybe.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:19 PM on May 5, 2015
I mean, if you're a total badass, which some of us are not.
sidereal: I routinely buy Spray Pancakes - pancake batter in a spray can, like whipped cream or spray cheese - because it's so ridiculous. Tastes fine, and it's a big hit with little kids and their crazy ideas. Now, we just hook it up to a robot arm, and...
... maybe.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:19 PM on May 5, 2015
People were doing this five years ago with their old Makerbots and a "frostruder" and then using the heated platform to "cook" them.
posted by hellphish at 6:40 PM on May 5, 2015
posted by hellphish at 6:40 PM on May 5, 2015
I mean, if you're a total badass, which some of us are not.
To be fair, I don't think the kid in your some of us are not link could make a regular circle pancake without fucking it up. There were a lot of technical issues there. You can't expect to advance to shapey pancakes if you don't have a handle on standard pancake technique.
Another thing you can do if you don't trust yourself freehand is draw your shape on some parchment paper, squeeze out a thin bead of batter along the outline, and then put the piece of parchment paper directly on your skillet to heat up. Flip the parchment paper over and peel it off the shape, then fill in your par-cooked outline with more batter.
posted by phunniemee at 7:15 PM on May 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
To be fair, I don't think the kid in your some of us are not link could make a regular circle pancake without fucking it up. There were a lot of technical issues there. You can't expect to advance to shapey pancakes if you don't have a handle on standard pancake technique.
Another thing you can do if you don't trust yourself freehand is draw your shape on some parchment paper, squeeze out a thin bead of batter along the outline, and then put the piece of parchment paper directly on your skillet to heat up. Flip the parchment paper over and peel it off the shape, then fill in your par-cooked outline with more batter.
posted by phunniemee at 7:15 PM on May 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
If you've ever eaten in a restaurant you've already experienced Just On Time Manufacturing.
posted by elwoodwiles at 8:02 PM on May 5, 2015
posted by elwoodwiles at 8:02 PM on May 5, 2015
I picture thousands of immature jerks, staring at their first creation... Thinking, "Am I really going to eat this pancake shaped like a penis?"
posted by Splunge at 6:27 AM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Splunge at 6:27 AM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
Fapjack
posted by bondcliff at 7:37 AM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by bondcliff at 7:37 AM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
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