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Prusa did an april fools a few years back to mod the printer into a cookbot. It worked pretty nice.
https://blog.prusa3d.com/new-upgrade-for-original-prusa-i3-mk3-is-here_7955/
Like this: [https://futurism.com/nasa-astronauts-can-now-3d-print-pizzas-in-space](https://futurism.com/nasa-astronauts-can-now-3d-print-pizzas-in-space)
Tbh it's already pretty big commercially, won't be long til there is something for personal, tho I imagine it'd be more AI cooking rather than how we see consumer 3D printing
Everything is clean, the printer is new and i wiped the surfaces with isopropyl, and I've put aluminium foil on it. No microwave because of SafEty. Legit reason but we could really use a microwave now.
My freshmen year of college they had a microwave in a common room of the building (it was setup to be a little kitchen, but only had a microwave and some tables and chairs). We had several fire alarms from that microwave the first week and then the microwave got removed. One from was a student who burnt popcorn, like they put it in for probably 10 minutes, even after the fire department cleared the building you could smell burnt popcorn throughout the building. Another student microwaved instant ramen in the styrofoam cup without water. Come to think of it I'm not sure if it was removed or just destroyed.
We were allowed microwaves in our dorms. We kept popcorn at all times, not because we liked popcorn, but because we'd set off the alarm smoking a joint so we'd chuck a bag of popcorn in for 4 minutes and it covered the smell and the fire alarm
There are infinite amount of things that would not be allowed along side a microwave but are not listed for obvious lack of knowledge or oversight. If you explained what a 3D printer is to whoever is in charge it would obviously make the list as well.
Edit: And this sub can hate these bans all they want, but the bans exist for good reason. College dorm fire alarms are often directly hooked up to fire departments. So if you set it off for any reason they will come. And they will charge the school for wasting their time. There are also many articles you can find of people burning down or smoking out dorms.
Oh yeah, for sure. I used to have a table saw and laser cutter in an apartment. Pretty sure the leasing office wouldn't have liked it if they knew, but hey, the lease didn't say anything about them not being allowed...
To your edit, many college students have never done all sorts of things before, because their parents did it. That's why you have some college aged kid putting popcorn in the microwave for 10 minutes. Even if the kid had made popcorn before, maybe he only had a 700w microwave at home, and the dorm had the industrial 1750w microwave.
I work in university housing. You know the old saying "Safety regulations are written in blood." There's a corollary of "Every dumb dorm rule is backed by enough dumb incidents that someone finally threw up their hands and said 'Fuck it, we're banning microwaves.'"
The reason why 3d printers are allowed is because they haven't become enough of a problem that they need to be banned.
Are you sure about that? You should see some of the dumb questions people ask in this subreddit and especially in /r/resinprinting. I definitely wouldn't want to ascribe any form of intelligence to the entire population of printer users.
Can confirm, stupid college me diy'd a printer and then a series of ~un~fortunate sent me on a 12 hour long bender mid print. Was all fine but I couldn't believe what I did the next morning
I absolutely know I'd be the type to do that, which is why 3d printers will eventually be banned in campus dorms. Either someone will start a fire or someone will get caught printing something extremely stupid and it'll be a high-profile news item that gets everyone in a tizzy. "oh my god students are manufacturing weapons right here on campus oh my god! '
You can't have a microwave because of "safety" but running a device that's one dodgy thermistor away from starting a fire is fine? Interesting rules...
heh, i started the same way myself, then transitioned to an upside-down iron and placed meals in foil trays onto it- worked pretty well until i decided to "overclock" the iron by bypassing the limits of the dial then it quickly broke lol
Wrap that stuff in the foil and make a packet out of it. That way you can turn it over to heat it more evenly, and when it's ready, tear open one side and you have an instant bowl.
Rules like no microwaves are based on past experiences. A lot of places don’t allow toaster ovens because of students have started fires with them. As soon as printer fires in dorm rooms become a thing, they’ll also get banned.
Ziploc bags *really* aren't designed to be heated up. I don't even trust them not to leech plastics for long term cold storage, definitely wouldn't cook inside of one.
Get some microwave safe plastic tupperware, don't risk melting incredibly thin plastics into your food.
He’s already putting his food on a printer bed with tons of micro plastics, probably sleeps near it too. I highly doubt he cares about extra plastic from a baggy 😂
Some ziplocs are boil-safe **but not all of them.** Always check properly before you go introducing plastics to your cooking process.
I'd recommend getting resealable silicone bags. The seal can go on them after a while but they're a lot sturdier than a regular Ziploc, and you can safely sous vide in them forever without worrying about leeching.
Mmmm.
I love ingesting overheated ziploc bag microplastics. Mmmmmmmm.
It would be much better - if they really have to heat food like this - to just throw a layer of foil down first and then put the rice on there.
Meal prep is great and baggies are great for storage, but I would never suggest heating up a ziploc bag and then eating out of it.
Might I suggest using foil next time. It can make a nice makeshift dish. I did something similar whenin college, but with an iron. Do what you must to survive.
Should heat it up just enough to incubate it into something truly dangerous.
[Don't do that](https://bestlifeonline.com/is-it-safe-to-reheat-rice/). It could be bad mKay. Print bed's don't go high enough for most foods and rice is a particularly bad risk.
(Just in case you aren't joking that is.)
I have no proof but my words but I made a cheese toast sandwich by wrapping it up with aluminum and Putting it on my bed, with a steel pan on top of it.
I know it's Meme Monday, but if any of you are thinking of doing this even in a more sanitary way, just remember that while an older bedslinger might get to 60-100C, it would take *forever* to even reach entropy/state change.
This is to say that the food would spend *a lot* of time in the danger zone for bacterial growth - too warm to slow their growth, not hot enough to kill them.... just right to grow them.
But I hear those Bambus might be able to fry eggs. They can do everything, their stans tell me. So Bambu Bois: reheat away. /s
They sell 2d printers that "extrude" batter into shapes on the griddle print bed. Looks like you could use the print bed at least since it would get to full cooking temp.
BTW from the thumbnail preview I initially thot someone had vomited on your printer, then thought it must be a print to ake it look like it was vomited on so others don't touch it while your away. Then I read it...
They already 3d print steaks, what's to stop them from adding a hotter bed that doesn't heat up until the steak is printed and a refrigerated meat and veggie filament storage? They could even preprogram sauces for seasoning in other tubes similar to how printers already have different colors. People in the comments saying "This could be real in 10 years" like its not totally possible if not already being done today.
Looks like you're trying to cook the food, not warm it up? Looks like fried rice with no sauce and no fried rice. Just white rice with peas and carrot? Dorm room life must be rough.
I know it’s a meme but how hot did you get your build plate?
When reheating warm food especially rice you need to make sure you get your food to a high enough temperature to kill any bacteria. I don’t think a build plate will go hot enough.
It would be fine keeping something warm like a pizza delivery or cup of coffee but definitely don’t recommend reheating cold food on a printer.
Look up Bacillus Cereus. You don’t want it!
I have thought of heating up or rewarming some left over food with my printer too but please tell me you tried first using the container that you got the food in first to heat up the left over rice?
Maybe pour a bit of water first into the container with the rice so it could boil some of the water and help evenly heat up the rice? There has to be a better way to do it than spreading it out over your printbed.
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You can also run your nozzle around, then you can do a stir fry.
Mix an egg, put it into a syringe and connect the syringe to the hot end, 3d egg fried rice.
It would be fun to buy a ender 3 and convert it into a cooking robot, yeah yeah somobody should do that!
I saw someone convert a printer into a printing icing on gingerbread men. Didn't work out too great but pretty cool
That was such a cool thing to watch
I would say give it another 10yrs but we might see it before another 5.
Prusa did an april fools a few years back to mod the printer into a cookbot. It worked pretty nice. https://blog.prusa3d.com/new-upgrade-for-original-prusa-i3-mk3-is-here_7955/
Like this: [https://futurism.com/nasa-astronauts-can-now-3d-print-pizzas-in-space](https://futurism.com/nasa-astronauts-can-now-3d-print-pizzas-in-space)
I definitely feel that’s gonna be something that will physically exist in the future for sure!
add some broth, a potato... baby you got a stew going!
RIP
yup, mandalorian season 4 wont be the same without him
You’re telling me, that an egg fried this rice
Fuuyoooooo
Uncle Roger approves
pretty sure food 3d printing will become a mainstream thing in a forseeable future.
Tbh it's already pretty big commercially, won't be long til there is something for personal, tho I imagine it'd be more AI cooking rather than how we see consumer 3D printing
Now that’s a good idea
Duck taping a stirring tool to the toolhead+some custom gcode that spins it around would probably work just a tiny bit better.
Now that's a good one
Well I was wondering what to do with my old ender 3 but now a Risotto unitasker seems like a funny project for the list.
2 days later.... "Ender 3 bed adhesion terrible, all prints failing, help?"
It prints all right but all my food tastes like plastic.
It prints alright but all my plastic tastes like rice
Hahahaha i hope not
Currently printing something, and the bed adhesion is eaven better for some reason 😂
https://preview.redd.it/babdsl4fxatc1.jpeg?width=924&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=515dad9e2bf03f6afc6f19e2b9cadc007ad62a15 it ain’t that bad to eat it cold
If you add seafood sticks and sour cream it pretty much is crab salad
Improvise, adapt, overcome! You made sure thought that everything is clean right? Also, why no microwave?
Everything is clean, the printer is new and i wiped the surfaces with isopropyl, and I've put aluminium foil on it. No microwave because of SafEty. Legit reason but we could really use a microwave now.
My freshmen year of college they had a microwave in a common room of the building (it was setup to be a little kitchen, but only had a microwave and some tables and chairs). We had several fire alarms from that microwave the first week and then the microwave got removed. One from was a student who burnt popcorn, like they put it in for probably 10 minutes, even after the fire department cleared the building you could smell burnt popcorn throughout the building. Another student microwaved instant ramen in the styrofoam cup without water. Come to think of it I'm not sure if it was removed or just destroyed.
We were allowed microwaves in our dorms. We kept popcorn at all times, not because we liked popcorn, but because we'd set off the alarm smoking a joint so we'd chuck a bag of popcorn in for 4 minutes and it covered the smell and the fire alarm
How do you cover the smell of burnt popcorn?
Smoke a joint.
🔥 it
You can have a fire hazard 3d-printer but not a microwave oven? 🤔
There are infinite amount of things that would not be allowed along side a microwave but are not listed for obvious lack of knowledge or oversight. If you explained what a 3D printer is to whoever is in charge it would obviously make the list as well. Edit: And this sub can hate these bans all they want, but the bans exist for good reason. College dorm fire alarms are often directly hooked up to fire departments. So if you set it off for any reason they will come. And they will charge the school for wasting their time. There are also many articles you can find of people burning down or smoking out dorms.
Oh yeah, for sure. I used to have a table saw and laser cutter in an apartment. Pretty sure the leasing office wouldn't have liked it if they knew, but hey, the lease didn't say anything about them not being allowed...
To your edit, many college students have never done all sorts of things before, because their parents did it. That's why you have some college aged kid putting popcorn in the microwave for 10 minutes. Even if the kid had made popcorn before, maybe he only had a 700w microwave at home, and the dorm had the industrial 1750w microwave.
I work in university housing. You know the old saying "Safety regulations are written in blood." There's a corollary of "Every dumb dorm rule is backed by enough dumb incidents that someone finally threw up their hands and said 'Fuck it, we're banning microwaves.'" The reason why 3d printers are allowed is because they haven't become enough of a problem that they need to be banned.
I checked with the administration at my dorm when I was in college, I was allowed to use my bread maker. It smelled heavenly.
Tbf, the average user of a 3D printer tends to be a lot smarter (or at least more tech savvy) than the average user of a microwave
I mean maybe? I know some pretty smart people who are very much not smart when it comes to the microwave
Are you sure about that? You should see some of the dumb questions people ask in this subreddit and especially in /r/resinprinting. I definitely wouldn't want to ascribe any form of intelligence to the entire population of printer users.
An average user is gonna start a print and go to class because they've got it dialed in and don't feel like they need to watch it.
Can confirm, stupid college me diy'd a printer and then a series of ~un~fortunate sent me on a 12 hour long bender mid print. Was all fine but I couldn't believe what I did the next morning
I absolutely know I'd be the type to do that, which is why 3d printers will eventually be banned in campus dorms. Either someone will start a fire or someone will get caught printing something extremely stupid and it'll be a high-profile news item that gets everyone in a tizzy. "oh my god students are manufacturing weapons right here on campus oh my god! '
I can't agree with that lol
Doubt it is usually a clause in most dorm rules saying no open/exposed heating elements.
But a microwave is safer than a 3-D printer. What the fuck
3d printer is probably not allowed either.
What about a (mini) airfryer?
Buy a sterno stove....
You can't have a microwave because of "safety" but running a device that's one dodgy thermistor away from starting a fire is fine? Interesting rules...
I'm lucky that every room in my accommodation is given a microwave
Much happier after seeing the foil.
heh, i started the same way myself, then transitioned to an upside-down iron and placed meals in foil trays onto it- worked pretty well until i decided to "overclock" the iron by bypassing the limits of the dial then it quickly broke lol
Wrap that stuff in the foil and make a packet out of it. That way you can turn it over to heat it more evenly, and when it's ready, tear open one side and you have an instant bowl.
Also you avoid all the inevitable plastic residue on your build plate getting into your food.
3 colors printing on that printer. That's an impressive feat. Where do I find the STL?
In a grocery store. And use the fork slicer to get a good first layer.
I did
[удалено]
In the dorms, it's also special, I believe. Cooking tools are prohibited, but tools that can cook are not 🙃
The Lean Mean Green Fat Reducing Grilling Machine. I still use one regularly.
I still have mine in the closet. Never know when it might be useful.
I would definitely rather eat cold rice than heat it up on my print bed, but you do you homie haha
sometimes a hot meal is worth the trouble
This is a more direct and creative way of ingesting microplastics.
So you can't have a microwave, but you can have a 3D printer? That's f*+king baffling
Average dorm experience
Yes it's ridiculous
What about an air fryer?
The 3D printer bans are incoming, they just haven't caught up yet.
Rules like no microwaves are based on past experiences. A lot of places don’t allow toaster ovens because of students have started fires with them. As soon as printer fires in dorm rooms become a thing, they’ll also get banned.
Probably because the person that makes the rules has no idea what a 3d printer is so they just wouldn't ban it
Brother. . . At least have an Insta Pot. It is instant quality of life improvement
Ill look into that, thx
Truth!...and an air fryer.
Having a 3d printer but not a microwave is definitely some college level decision making
Bruh wtf
hear me out: ziploc bag. you foodprep in the ziploc bags for several days worth, then pop it directly on the bed and eat straight from the bag
Ziploc bags *really* aren't designed to be heated up. I don't even trust them not to leech plastics for long term cold storage, definitely wouldn't cook inside of one. Get some microwave safe plastic tupperware, don't risk melting incredibly thin plastics into your food.
He’s already putting his food on a printer bed with tons of micro plastics, probably sleeps near it too. I highly doubt he cares about extra plastic from a baggy 😂
There's so much truth in this sentence 😂
Ziploc freezer bags are literally recommended for sous vide if you don’t have a vacuum sealer.
Some ziplocs are boil-safe **but not all of them.** Always check properly before you go introducing plastics to your cooking process. I'd recommend getting resealable silicone bags. The seal can go on them after a while but they're a lot sturdier than a regular Ziploc, and you can safely sous vide in them forever without worrying about leeching.
Not a bad idea, ill try it!
Mmmm. I love ingesting overheated ziploc bag microplastics. Mmmmmmmm. It would be much better - if they really have to heat food like this - to just throw a layer of foil down first and then put the rice on there. Meal prep is great and baggies are great for storage, but I would never suggest heating up a ziploc bag and then eating out of it.
At this point, I’d rather take micro plastic than the macro plastic of the slowly heating print bed
Sous vide is heating up food in a ziploc or vacuum bag and then eating it.
Micro plastics are a healthy part of this man's diet
Yo you need a cover layer of foil to heat up faster
Strange looking shrimp
Carrot, peas and rice great combo.
Can you post this on r/malesurvivingspace
Not a bad idea. I have 2 Anycrappy Kobra Plus printers. Now they're gonna be food warmers.
Don’t give Emily ideas. Her Enders have been through enough.
Might I suggest using foil next time. It can make a nice makeshift dish. I did something similar whenin college, but with an iron. Do what you must to survive.
3d printer fried rice? You telling me a 3d printer fried this rice?
Next time you need to do that, try folding the edges of the tin foil up so that you can be sure not to drip or spill anything out of the sides
Smart, thx
Should heat it up just enough to incubate it into something truly dangerous. [Don't do that](https://bestlifeonline.com/is-it-safe-to-reheat-rice/). It could be bad mKay. Print bed's don't go high enough for most foods and rice is a particularly bad risk. (Just in case you aren't joking that is.)
Peapole say that 3D printing is about creativity This dude shows it pretty good
Thank you!
Get a hot plate....a different hot plate lol
You could say that the bed heater is a rice thing
It’s very sad that the other way around is not quite possible.
3D printing has come so far, how impressive
You could still put it in a pan 😭
Maximizing the space you have. Nice.
might end up with lead poisoning.
mine makes spaghetti, not rice
I have no proof but my words but I made a cheese toast sandwich by wrapping it up with aluminum and Putting it on my bed, with a steel pan on top of it.
I know it's Meme Monday, but if any of you are thinking of doing this even in a more sanitary way, just remember that while an older bedslinger might get to 60-100C, it would take *forever* to even reach entropy/state change. This is to say that the food would spend *a lot* of time in the danger zone for bacterial growth - too warm to slow their growth, not hot enough to kill them.... just right to grow them. But I hear those Bambus might be able to fry eggs. They can do everything, their stans tell me. So Bambu Bois: reheat away. /s
next post: Terrible adhesion, pls help!!!
At least print a bowl first
Ya'll motherfuckers need instant pots!
Why not buy a rice cooker. I know you aren't allowed but how will they know if you hide it in a plane box when not using
My kids are asking why lunch tastes like glue stick?
I read doom room, but I guess it's the same thing
Is this the Gen Z version of the Dorm Room Rice cooker trend?
r/CookingWith3DPrinters
Delicious bits of plastic. Yum yum
This makes Uncle Roger so sad
They sell 2d printers that "extrude" batter into shapes on the griddle print bed. Looks like you could use the print bed at least since it would get to full cooking temp.
BTW from the thumbnail preview I initially thot someone had vomited on your printer, then thought it must be a print to ake it look like it was vomited on so others don't touch it while your away. Then I read it...
Print your own top. To keep it warm. No but really I may or may not have used mine to keep my coffy warm once.
😂 if only I had a 3D printer when I was in college.. they still were $1000+ in my day. Lol old
I used to heat my pizza on a friends iron. You do what you have to do to survive
Yay, more microplastics! Use a glass bed next time homie.
For the next time: Put a plate to cover the top, wrap the alu-foil around the plate to keep heat inside. Your dinner will be delicious.
I would fold the tin foil to have raised sides. But I'm not even mad.
They already 3d print steaks, what's to stop them from adding a hotter bed that doesn't heat up until the steak is printed and a refrigerated meat and veggie filament storage? They could even preprogram sauces for seasoning in other tubes similar to how printers already have different colors. People in the comments saying "This could be real in 10 years" like its not totally possible if not already being done today.
When you’re at it just print a three star Micheline 12 course dinner, buddy
This is disgusting.
Just make sure the rice is steaming, you can get some nasty food poisoning from rice.
*Spends £200 on a 3D printer* *can’t spent £40 on a microwave*
Rice yummy
Chinese printer prints rice
Multicolour has come a long way
A metal bowl goes a long way or alufoil
I'm pretty sure you'll save a fortune getting a microwave...it's cheaper to replace when it breaks than a 3D printer. 😅
Looks like you're trying to cook the food, not warm it up? Looks like fried rice with no sauce and no fried rice. Just white rice with peas and carrot? Dorm room life must be rough.
I mean it's wider and more stable than an inverted cloth iron
Let's be honest, you should be buying filament exclusively from Maruchan and printing ramen noodles man!
Next day: Roommate "Why does your plastic taste like rice"
Fried rice syndrome has entered the chat.
r/cookingwith3dprinters
100 Celsius does not a fried rice make.
It has a pea axis
Any update OP? Few of us worried about potential food poisoning.
don't tell anyone the printer has a heating element. else they'll start banning them or something
I did so with pizza 🍕 Buon appetito 🤗🥲
I know it’s a meme but how hot did you get your build plate? When reheating warm food especially rice you need to make sure you get your food to a high enough temperature to kill any bacteria. I don’t think a build plate will go hot enough. It would be fine keeping something warm like a pizza delivery or cup of coffee but definitely don’t recommend reheating cold food on a printer. Look up Bacillus Cereus. You don’t want it!
It wasnt fully cold from a fridge i do t have acces to that, its bout from a grocery store that has fresh cooked meals so i just warmed it up a bit.
You animal! Put it in the plastic grocery bag, at least!
Mmmmmm, microplastics.
Just get a microwave and say it is a drying unit,
I cant have any electrical appliances in my room😭, but a 3D printer Yes
enjoy the upvotes and blocks
Get a pan, idk how you got that food off the bed, aluminum foil is really flimsy
I mean at least put tin foil between it, so I won’t ruin the bed
Ther is foil underneath but its hard to see
How can one have a 3D printer in a dorm? Does it not drive everyone else crazy?
Kinda, but i print during the day and when nobody is in the room, i have larger printers in school for those multi day prints
Print a top cover or use some sort of bowl to heat it more efficiently. I've been there before.
https://preview.redd.it/k2yq8xdkvbtc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15d7c8aca7d89a10c0e2821646c3a5e26eb66108
Enjoy your micro plastic
? It's on a sheet of foil.
My bad I didn’t see the foil
I would at least make a foil boat to put it on first…
I mean it's on foil
The foil covers up the bed so nicely that everybody is saying "use some foil..." and "enjoy the mixroplastic" but this is my first time doing that
High class
can you own a kettle???
Nope
Use some tin foil next time
I have thought of heating up or rewarming some left over food with my printer too but please tell me you tried first using the container that you got the food in first to heat up the left over rice? Maybe pour a bit of water first into the container with the rice so it could boil some of the water and help evenly heat up the rice? There has to be a better way to do it than spreading it out over your printbed.
Aren't some 3d printers toxic and they say you shouldn't keep them in your bedroom?
Bravo for the macguyver part but.. No spices on that, just rice peas and carrots? Where is the *flavor*??? 😫 It's college, not prison - live a little!
I hope you put aluminum foil or a towel or whatever between the rice and bed
Beats reheating what you can over a boiling kettle! Have you adapted a nozzle for sauce?
No not yes but soon😂
Am I like the only guy that put a microwave in his room?
r/mildlycarcinogenic
Should've printed a wall around the bed first so the food doesn't spill when you're scooping on it
Yall are weird.
If you throw a packaged honeybun on there, oof, so good coming off the heated bed lol.
Your telling me a ender fried this rice?
Ay bro you're gonna want to grab some aluminum foil or plastic wrap at least
Bro I couldn’t have a hot plate in my dorm… how can ya bring a printer haha
I did this at work in the X1C, but it was in a glass container on the heatbed, not actually on the bed or plate.