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Viewer Challenge: Push button, Recieve bacon

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Ok, so by now most people have seen this meme:
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Sadly, it is only a myth but what if there were such a glorious device as a bacon dispenser?! A magical machine which would give me hot, crisp bacon at the push of a button!

 

While I lack the technical knowledge and tools to make this a reality, I have thought about some of the requirements:

 

Because we are dealing with a food product this presents some extra challenges:
While precooked, shelf-stable bacon dose not require bulky refrigeration, it would be best if the bacon storage compartment was insulated. Additionally, any surface the bacon comes in contact with should be easily removable or accessible for cleaning.

 

To make the process of refilling the machine simpler a cartridge system could be used. I think the best way would be to have a cloth or paper tape reel with an uptake system. (A stacked magazine could also work but might require too many moving parts)

 

Lastly; it would be really cool if the whole contraption looked like an old-fashioned hand dryer but this is secondary to food safety concerns.

 

Thank you so much for considering my idea, I think it would be a great project for your show.
Nathan
Charlotte, NC

 

additional technical stuff:
-should be able to accommodate various thicknesses and lengths of bacon (if for example I only wanted to dispense half-pieces )
-variable amount of bacon per button press (set one, two or three pieces and possibly random)
-storage for at least twenty pieces
-some type of vent in the top (maybe with a fan) so the person can hear and smell the bacon as it is cooking

 

Link- Bacon safety: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Food-Safety-Issues-767/2010/8/Hormel-Pre-cooked-bacon.htm

  • I am not sure what to say, but the idea is very much following the bacon craze of the mid 2000s.

     

    I have a suggestion, put the raw bacon through two heated rollers. It will pull it through and cook it at the same time.

     

    Think about it.

     

    Cabe

  • in reply to Catwell

    Well, my original plan was to use pre cooked bacon for this and there are a number of reasons:

    First is the refrigeration issue; uncooked bacon needs to be stored in a cold environment which would would require a bulky cooling system.

    Secondly, uncooked bacon dosn't behave as well as the pre-cooked. as you may know if you have ever tried to cook bacon it sticks to everything and won't lay flat and would probably need some sort of special system to handle it.

    On top of that is the issue of what to do with all the geese. While pre-cooked bacon dose have some, you will generally loose half the mass of a raw piece to cooking. this represents a significant waste product that requires it own system to deal with rather than something like a drip tray.

     

    I could probably come up with other reasons why raw isn't a good choice, but lets just say that working with pre-cooked makes things a lot simpler. remember,  the goal isn't so much a bacon cooker as it is a bacon DISPENSER.

     

    Still, thank you for your input and If I do decide to build a machine like that one day I will consider your idea.