Sushi machine

A sushi machine or sushi robot is a mechanical device that automatically creates various styles of sushi. Several are electrically powered. Some sushi machines produce mounds of sushi rice for creating nigiri.[1] This style of sushi machine may use a hopper that is filled with sushi rice, from where the rice is fed into the machine and the sushi rice mounds are formed and then ejected.[1] After the rice mounds are ejected, sliced raw fish, and other ingredients are then manually placed atop them.[1] Some sushi machines can produce sushi rolls, whereby the machine automatically flattens rice into sheets, adds various ingredients such as fish, nori (edible seaweed) and vegetables, rolls them up and then slices the rolls into separate pieces.[1] Some roll machines are adjustable to change settings for roll length and thickness.[1] Sushi restaurants and food service operations may use sushi machines to reduce labor costs.[1][2][3] Sushi prepared with electric sushi machines may be priced lower at retail stores and outlets compared to that prepared solely by humans.[3] Some sushi machines are manually operated and function without the use of electricity.[4]

  • Ingredients in a manually operated sushi roll machine
    Ingredients in a manually operated sushi roll machine
  • Nori being wrapped around the roll
    Nori being wrapped around the roll
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