Snags of the future: Bunnings wows with its ‘SauceBot’ machine that dispenses tomato sauce and mustard on the iconic sausage sizzle in just seconds
- Bunnings customers spot robotic machine dispensing sauce on sausage sizzles
- The ‘SauceBot’ is located outside the hardware store in Hawthorn, Melbourne
- Machine features a red button for tomato sauce and a yellow button for mustard
- Video shows machine drizzling tomato sauce in a zigzag followed by mustard
As Bunnings brings back its famous sausage sizzles following Covid-19 restrictions, a video has emerged showing a robotic machine dispensing tomato sauce and mustard on a snag in just seconds.
English-born chef Robbie Bell, head charcutier at City Larder in Melbourne, shared a TikTok video after he spotted the unique machine – dubbed ‘SauceBot’ – outside the hardware store in Hawthorn.
The sauce-dispensing machine features a red button for tomato sauce and a yellow button for mustard so customers can pick and choose the condiment they want on their sanga.
Instead of manually squirting the condiment out of a bottle, the machine drizzles tomato sauce in a zigzag followed by mustard over the sausage, which sits in the centre of a slice of white bread with caramelised onion.
The machine is simple to use, just place the sausage sizzle with a napkin in the holder and watch it do its magic.
Many are amazed with the clever invention, with some suggesting it’s the ultimate gadget to help minimise and prevent the spread of coronavirus.
‘Covid safe, disability friendly self saucing machine. Hell yes, very nice,’ one wrote.
‘That is so cool,’ another said, while one wrote: ‘I absolutely love this.
One man added: ‘I’d be excited if I invented this just because.’
The SauceBot, which was created by a group of Melbourne ‘hackers’ called Connected Community Hackerspace, first appeared outside of the Bunnings store in Hawthorn in 2019 – and has since attracted huge crowds every weekend.
Customers couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw the machine two years ago that could revolutionise the traditional Bunnings sausage sizzles.
‘What is this magic?’ one shopper wrote at the time.
As Bunnings brings back its famous sausage sizzles following Covid-19 restrictions, a video has emerged showing a robotic machine dispensing tomato sauce and mustard on a snag in just seconds
The retail giant has been slowly bringing back its iconic sausage sizzles after the fundraiser was cancelled across NSW and Victoria due to coronavirus restrictions
The SauceBot, which was created by a group of Melbourne ‘hackers’ called Connected Community Hackerspace, first appeared outside of the Bunnings store in Hawthorn in 2019 – and has since attracted huge crowds every weekend
Pictures and videos on social media show scores of shoppers gathering around the stand, watching the machine dispense condiments.
The retail giant has been slowly bringing back its iconic sausage sizzles after the fundraiser was cancelled across NSW and Victoria due to coronavirus restrictions.
Last month, Bunnings’ chief operating officer Simon McDowell said the chain was ‘really excited’ for barbecues to return outside the front entry of stores.
‘We know how much our customers have missed the weekend tradition, and we are really pleased local community groups will be able to get back behind the BBQs to raise funds,’ he told Daily Mail Australia.
Sausage sizzles will be back in some stores on Saturday and Sunday – and Bunnings expects all stores to be up and running in the next few weeks.
‘Sausage sizzles will return progressively as our store teams book groups in and take them through the health and safety requirements in line with the NSW reopening roadmap,’ Mr McDowell said.