Put 120g of shredded pork, 150g of shredded green bamboo shoots, 30g of shredded fungus and other raw materials into the preparation box and click the "Shredded Pork with Fish Flavor" option. The smart cooking machine will be "awakened" immediately, preheat, add oil, and add ingredients in sequence. , stir-fry quickly, and the kitchen will be filled with aroma. In a community restaurant in Jinjiang District, Chengdu, a serving of fish-flavored shredded pork with full color, aroma and flavor was prepared in just 63 seconds and quickly served to the diners' tables.
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“If the boss doesn’t reveal it, you won’t be able to tell that the food is fried by a machine.” With the development of technology, the application scenarios of “artificial intelligence (AI) + catering” continue to expand. China’s first “certified” AI catering robot landed in Beijing, and a park in Shanghai Smart coffee machines can provide more than 50 flavors of coffee ... At present, the "AI chefs" who are gradually taking charge bring about the "catfish effect" and promote the change and development of China's catering industry. Walking into the back kitchen of the restaurant, which is supposed to be "full of firepower", there are 5 smart cooking machines placed in a small space, which can perform frying, stir-frying, cooking and deep-frying. Several employees are responsible for controlling the machines, preparing dishes, and packaging. Through human-machine collaboration, the store can receive up to about 600 people for meals every day. Twice-cooked pork, Mapo tofu, pickled fish...looking at the table full of dishes, diner Yang Junfei exclaimed "incredible". "It tastes good and comes out quickly. The boss didn't reveal it, so you can't tell that the food was fried by a machine." At the peak of the meal, the nearly 10 dishes he ordered were served in less than half an hour.
The processing cost dropped from 13 yuan to 0.5 yuan. Taking spicy chicken as an example, Huang Tianyong, the founder of the above-mentioned restaurant brand, calculated: manual cooking takes 8 to 10 minutes, and the labor cost is 7 yuan (RMB, the same below) to 13 yuan; The cooking machine only takes 3.5 minutes and the energy cost is about 0.5 yuan. Relying on the self-developed cooking machine, he has been transforming and upgrading the brand since 2019. He has now opened more than 30 Sichuan food chain stores in China, and has also expanded stores to the United States, Germany, Singapore and other places. Also looking for innovation and change is Ma Changyin, the owner of a long-established restaurant chain in Jinniu District, Chengdu. In July this year, he introduced a smart cooking machine to "test the waters." "Low cost and high stability are the biggest advantages of the machine. It is suitable for cooking in hospitals, college windows and banquets." Having been deeply involved in the industry for about 30 years, this chef-turned-caterer bluntly said that it is difficult for a single cooking machine to take care of various tasks. In order to meet the customers' demand for "different dishes for each table", the preparation of cold dishes and braised dishes is not yet "heated", so it cannot completely replace the store chefs. For Luo Jian, a citizen who is good at cooking, the "AI chef" is a little less "potty" after all. In his view, the interaction between raw materials and heat comes from the chef’s accumulated experience, and this flavor cannot be simply reproduced by a machine. However , he was satisfied with the cost-effective meal prices. “Eating out is all about convenience and affordability.”
Lian Xiangjian, an agent for a certain brand of cooking machines in the "Cloud Recipe" database , said that the greater advantage of smart cooking machines is to build a platform and use big data to provide references for managers. It may also give rise to a new track of "pay-for-skills".
He introduced that more than 3,400 devices of his brand are running in kitchens everywhere every day . Through promotion and construction, they can be integrated into a world-wide "cloud recipe" database in the future. Catering stores can purchase menus "on the cloud" at any time, enhancing service capabilities, and creative income can also encourage chefs to continue to develop new dishes. In this regard, Yuan Xiaoran, executive president of the Chengdu Catering Industry Association, analyzed that from online payment, smart ordering, unmanned delivery, big data analysis of diners' preferences to personalized recommended dishes, digital technology is gradually changing every aspect of the catering industry and is improving service efficiency. , optimizing customer experience and other aspects to promote industry transformation and upgrading. Due to convenience, efficiency and replicability, smart cooking machines have helped "Sichuan cuisine go overseas" to a certain extent . She called on the majority of catering companies to embrace changes and actively participate in the wave of digital transformation. She also expected digital trading companies to have a deep understanding of the actual needs of the industry and provide more accurate, efficient and considerate digital solutions, so that catering "catfish" can better activate a pool. Spring water.
