What do robots and 32-inch-wide pancakes have in common? We’re at it again in the latest episode of our popular What’s Eating Dan? YouTube series—featuring Editor in Chief Dan Souza teaming up for the second time with YouTuber Andrew Rea from Binging with Babish. (Our first collaboration was about bagels—check out What’s Eating Dan: Bagels and Basics with Babish: Bagels.)
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Dan Souza and Andrew Rea Discover How to Make a Massive Pancake
Recreating the epic birthday pancakes from the 1989 film Uncle Buck takes an 8-foot-tall robot and lots of science.
By Published Aug. 20, 2019.
Their quest to recreate the epic birthday pancakes from the 1989 film, Uncle Buck, has them joining forces with the Autodesk Technology Center in Boston—a research and development workspace focused on innovation in architecture, engineering, and construction—to program a legendary 8-foot-tall, 959 pound, pancake-flipping, ABB IRB 4600 robot for the culinary challenge.
Dan and Andrew used our original recipe for Easy Pancakes, which makes 16 (4-inch) pancakes. In order to create three 32-inch pancakes, we multiplied the recipe by 25. That’s enough to make 400 regular-sized pancakes!
Pancakes need butter, and big pancakes need a lot of it. To top our massive short stack, we made a 2-pound,½-inch-thick butter pat out of 7 sticks of butter using the technique from our Croissant recipe.
Be sure to watch the fun (and the food science!) behind this massive breakfast delight.
Watch What's Eating Dan?: Dan Souza and Andrew Rea Make Pancakes with a Robot
Watch Binging with Babish: Pancakes from Uncle Buck (feat. Dan Souza and a Giant Robot)
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And make your own foolproof pancakes with our go-to recipe—don’t worry these ones are normal size.
Easy Pancakes
Put down the box mix. You've got everything you need to make tall, fluffy pancakes in minutes. No special ingredients or equipment required.Get the Recipe
