Cooking
Your Tools
Microwave
The microwave is the premier kitchen appliance, being able to cook almost any meal you can think of as long as it's supplied with the right ingredients.
The microwave's UI lists the inserted ingredients on the left and a range of cooking times (from instantaneous to 30 seconds) on the right. Each recipe requires both specific ingredients and a specific cooking time; if a recipe is invalid, the microwave will simply spit out the inserted ingredients instead of cooking them.
You can cook multiple instances of the same food in the microwave, but you'll need to increase the ingredients and cooking time accordingly (e.g, if you want double the amount of food, you'll need to double both the number of ingredients and the total cooking time).
Reagent Grinder
A chef's second-most-important tool (behind the microwave). Used for grinding wheat, juicing fruits, or any number of similar applications.
The reagent grinder has two settings: "Grind" and "Juice". Grind deconstructs items into their base chemical components, while Juice turns an item into a specific liquid. For example, grinding an apple will break it down into vitamin and nutriment, while juicing an apple will turn it into apple juice.
Electric Grill
The Electric Grill is able to directly cook certain raw ingredients (such as raw meat and spaceshrooms). While less versatile than the microwave, it's great for quickly cooking lots of simple foods at once.
The Electric Grill has three power settings:
- Low - 33% power draw. Heats up to 905K.
- Medium - 66% power draw. Heats up to 1517K.
- High - 100% power draw. Heats up to 2129K.
The lowest setting can cook anything just fine, but higher settings will cook things a bit faster. Just be sure not to leave the power on, as the high power draw can drain the station's power reserves if you're not careful.
Sink
Useful for both dispensing water and disposing of liquids. Note that the sink has a limited capacity of water (replenishing over time) and can only dispose of so much liquid at once.
Meat Spike
Bipedal creatures such as monkeys and kobolds cannot be butchered on the ground like most other animals. Instead, the dead (or dying) animal must be click-and-dragged onto a meat spike. Once on the meat spike, you can use a knife to extract usable meat from them.
Freezers
Prevents meat or corpses placed inside from rotting. Great for if you want to keep some raw meat in your kitchen, or if your walk-in freezer is damaged. In an emergency, you can also use these to transport the dead bodies of crew members.
The locker variant also has an electronic lock, which only someone with chef access can lock/unlock. This gives it secondary use as a secure place to store anything you don't want stolen (or found).
Your Supplies
Chef's closet
Almost every station has at least one. The chef's closet contains:
Flour bag x2
Milk x2
Mousetrap box x2 (contain 4 mousetraps each)
Salt x3
Soy milk x1
Spray bottle x1 (Filled with 100u of water)
Sugar bag x1
Universal enzyme x1
Variant cube box x1 (contains 4 kobold cubes and 4 monkey cubes)
ChefVend
Where most of your starting ingredients are located. The ChefVend contains:
Flour bag x2
Cornmeal bag x2
Sugar bag x2
Rice bag x2
Salt x4
Universal enzyme x2
Hotsauce bottle x1
Ketchup bottle x1
BBQ sauce bottle x1
Vinegar bottle x2
Olive oil x2
Mayonnaise tube x1
Variant cube box x1 (contains 4 kobold cubes and 4 monkey cubes)
Egg carton x1 (contains 12 eggs)
Milk x2
Soy milk x1
Stick of butter x3
Cheese wheel x1
Raw meat x6
Cutting the MNGR wire additionally yields:
Egg carton x1 (contains 12 eggshells)
Box of donk-pockets x1
Ice-cream sandwich x2
Strawberry ice-cream sandwich x2
Plasteel Chef's Dinnerware Vendor
Contains knives, cups, mugs, and other utensils. The Dinnerware Vendor contains:
Butcher's cleaver x1
Kitchen knife x5
Rolling pin x4
Spoon x4
Fork x4
Paired chopsticks x4
Bowl x10
Large plate x10
Small plate x10
Pie tin x5
Muffin tin x5
Skewer x5
Metamorphic glass x5
Beaker x5
Large beaker x5
Metal Pitcher x2
Mug x5
Black mug x2
Blue mug x2
Green mug x2
Heart mug x1
Metal mug x2
Moebius mug x1
#1 mug x1
Rainbow mug x2
Red mug x2
Cutting the MNGR wire additionally yields:
ChefDrobe
Contains extra chef clothes. The ChefDrobe contains:
Service headset x2
Apron x3
Chef's freezer coat x2
Chef jacket x1
Chef uniform (pants) x1
Italian moustache x2
Chef uniform (skirt) x2
Chef's hat x2
Black shoes x2
Chef shoes x2
Chef belt x2
Cutting the MNGR wire additionally yields:
Happy Honk Dispenser
Only available on specific stations. Each happy honk meal comes with its very own toy! (Meal not included). The Happy Honk Dispenser contains:
Cutting the MNGR wire additionally yields:
Cargo Orders
Vendor Restock Boxes
Restock boxes can be inserted into their corresponding vending machines after the maintenance panel has been opened with a screwdriver. Adds a full set of contents to the vending machine's inventory. Vending machines have an inventory limit of three times their original stock.
- ChefVend restock box - $680
- Plasteel Chef's restock box - $2000
- Wardrobe restock box - $2480 (restocks the ChefDrobe, found in the clothing restock crate)
- Happy Honk Restock Box - $2100
Kitchen Supplies Crate
Contains many basic ingredients used for cooking. Great if there are no botanists, or if Botany is too focused on other tasks to get you ingredients.
Contains:
Box of FlutterSoft-brand cloth x1 (contains 10 cloth)
Egg carton x2 (contain 12 eggs each)
Flour bag x3
Milk x4
Rice bag x3
Salt x3
Soy milk x2
Sugar bag x2
Universal enzyme x2
Getmore Bakemore Crate
An alternative supply crate containing baking ingredients.
Contains:
4no raisins x4
Box of FlutterSoft-brand cloth x1 (contains 10 cloth)
Chocolate bar x6
Egg carton x2 (contain 12 eggs each)
Flour bag x3
Milk x2
Salt x3
Sugar bag x2
Sweetie's pistachios x4
Kitchen Dinnerware Crate
Someone beak all your bowls? Want to make more than 5 pies at a time? The dinnerware crate has you covered, and it's significantly less expensive than a vendor restock.
Contains:
Bowl x4
Kitchen knife x1
Large plate x4
Metamorphic glass x4
Muffin tin x4
Pie tin x4
Skewer x4
Small plate x4
- Utensil box x1 (contains 2 forks and 2 spoons)
Animal Crates
If you need livestock, be it for milk or their meat, you can order them from Cargo. Some animals useful to a chef are:
- Chicken crate (contains 4 chickens) - $4000
- Cow crate (contains 1 cow) - $3200
- Crab crate (contains 3 crabs) - $3000
- Duck crate (contains 6 ducks) - $4000
- Goat crate (contains 1 goat) - $1200
- Goose crate (contains 2 geese) - $2100
- Penguin crate (contains 2 penguins) - $2100
- Pig crate (contains 1 pig) - $1100
Recipes
Base products
Mixing
Ingredient is not consumed during the reaction*
Rolling
Cutting
Cooked Meat
- Raw meat can be cooked by placing it in the microwave for any amount of time, or by heating it on the grill
Tacos & Nachos
- For custom tacos, see Taco Shell
Burgers
- For custom burgers, see Bun
Breads & Sandwiches
Pizzas
Pasta
Rice dishes
Soups
Potato dishes and fries
Skewers
- For custom skewers, see Skewer
Chilis
Salads
Pancakes & Waffles
Pies & Tarts
Cakes
Muffins
Cookies & Brownies
Sentient Food
Cotton Meals
- For custom cotton burgers, see cotton bun
Donk pockets
Syndicate Recipes
- Syndicate recipes require the use of a Donk Co. Microwave
Others
Condiments & Ingredients
Water
Recipe
Effects
A colorless liquid that humans need in order to survive.
Seems to be translucent.