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Automatic Cooking Machine Operation Guide
As an emerging type of automated frying machine, automatic cooking machine are increasingly used in commercial catering, playing a more surprising role in commercial kitchens than in domestic scenarios.
With capacities ranging from a few liters to several hundred liters, commercial cooking machine are also distinguished by different types such as electric, gas, and induction, but all provide a heat source and a rotating drum/pan to simulate manual mixing. With the advantages of standardization and labor cost savings, they are widely used in all kinds of restaurants, cafeterias, and food processing plants.
Table of Contents
1. What types of food are automatic cooking machines suitable for making?
Stir-fry type: This type of food is the original intention of the cooking machine being invented, represented by Chinese stir-fry, mixing all kinds of vegetables, meat, pasta, seafood, supplemented by condiments constantly heated and stirred to stir-fry many different kinds of dishes, suitable for Chinese restaurants, Southeast Asian style restaurants, canteens, stalls and Western restaurants.
Stewing type: Stewed meat, stewed vegetables, soups, etc. By adjusting the speed of rotation and stirring to make the food heated evenly, the intelligent menu is designed to adjust different temperatures for different stages, suitable for food processing plants and most restaurants.
Sauce filling type: Frying sauces and fillings requires long hours of precise temperature control and constant stirring, commercial cooking machine can easily accomplish these tasks, suitable for western restaurants, bakeries, and food processing plants.
2. How to operate the automatic cooking machine?
Take scrambled eggs with tomatoes as an example, this is a classic Chinese stir-fry dish with a simple preparation method, and the use of a commercial cooking machine makes it easier to make a large number of these dishes.
Step 1: Prepare the ingredients
Prepare the tomatoes, eggs and various ingredients and seasonings according to the recipe, wash and cut the tomatoes into pieces and mix the eggs well.
Step 2: Depending on the temperature required at different stages, you can choose to edit the menu
A dish usually requires different ingredients at different stages, and each stage requires a different temperature. An automatic cooking machine with intelligent menu editing can remember these stages, control the temperature and time precisely, and use the intelligent voice function to remind the operator when to put in the ingredients and tell him where the cooking is going.
Step 3: Operate the machine to heat and rotate automatically
You simply pour the oil into the pan and press the appropriate operating button, and the machine will begin to heat up and rotate automatically.
When the oil is hot, pour in the egg mixture. After the eggs are scrambled, you need to serve the eggs and separately scramble the tomatoes, and when the scrambling is done, pour in the previous eggs and the cooker will mix them well.
Step 4: Season with seasoning
Add salt and a little pepper to taste. You can add the seasoning manually or choose a cooker with an automatic seasoning function, which allows you to add both powdered and liquid seasonings accurately.
Final step: Serve the dish
Some cookers have an automatic dumping function that allows you to lift the roller at the end of cooking and dump the food in the tray in front of you. That’s all it takes for a favorite dish to be ready after a simple operation.
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3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of automatic cooking machines?
You may wonder why it is popular in commercial kitchens when it is just a machine that can heat and rotate automatically, and the preparation and handling of ingredients still has to be done manually?
This is because the automatic temperature control and constant rotation of the cooker solves the problem of requiring the chef to keep control of the fire and stirring at all times during the cooking process, which greatly reduces the need for professionalism of the operator and thus reduces labor costs.
It seems that the disadvantage of the automatic cooking machine is that it is not suitable for small restaurants that make dishes in small quantities and with low labor costs. In contrast, it is because of the following advantages that the cooking machine has gained the love of many commercial restaurant owners.
A. Standardize the taste of dishes
The ability of a restaurant’s dishes to win the hearts of the public by their consistent taste is not only closely related to the recipes, but also to the chefs themselves.
In commercial kitchens, in many cases it is impossible to ensure that the temperature and time of cooking each dish are accurately controlled, which may lead to large deviations in the final taste of the dish, affecting business and customer experience.
The commercial cooking machine can accurately sense the temperature and control the cooking time, and finally make accurate seasoning placement. Standardizing the taste of dishes is very important for restaurant chains, restaurants that make a large number of stir-fry dishes, canteens and food processing plants.
B. Reduce the demand on cooks and save labor cost
In commercial kitchens, flipping large quantities of food is very labor-intensive, usually lasting from ten to several minutes, during which the cook often needs to keep stirring large quantities of food to make them evenly heated, which is very labor-intensive.
You can see this in cafeterias with large automatic cooking machines: one person can even operate several machines at the same time, simply by pouring in the ingredients and pressing a button.
With the operation of a standardized machine, the labor expenses are reduced after the requirement for a chef is reduced. Unlike fine dining restaurants where each dish is prepared individually and with great care, for most restaurants it is more important to ensure the standard taste of the dish.
The cooking machine can perfectly meet the needs of most restaurants, just set the temperature and time, and according to the intelligent voice guidance to put ingredients or seasonings, you can easily make all kinds of dishes.
C. Non-stick coating that reduces the need for oil
Generally speaking, cooking machines are available in cast iron and non-stick coating. The use of non-stick coating cooking machine can reduce the need for oil in frying, in line with modern dining for health considerations, while reducing the probability of adhesion of ingredients to the surface of the pan to ensure cooking quality, while the cast iron body is more durable.
4. Summary
With the rising cost of labor due to Covid-19, an automatic cooking machine that can be operated by one person is certainly a smart choice. If you need more information on commercial cooking machines, please contact Chefmax or visit our cooking machine page, where you will find out how to choose the right cooking machine for your commercial kitchen, as well as our comprehensive comparison of the best cooking machines, which we hope will bring more efficiency and cost savings to your kitchen.