Fried chicken served at one American chain of fried chicken QSRs was perfectly crunchy and flaky — but franchises were struggling with consistency and efficiency. Additionally, franchisees found that hand-breading was often skyrocketing the cost of ingredients and leading to inconsistent coating in batches of chicken.
For quality not to suffer, it was time to search for improvements.
For several franchises across North America, AyrKing’s DrumRoll proved to be the perfect solution to meet brand standards.
The DrumRoll Automatic Breading Machine allows franchisees to reduce labor and waste while increasing the consistency of breading.
Many franchisees agree that consistency is the greatest benefit of the DrumRoll.
Once one director of operations tested the DrumRoll, he never looked back, incorporating the machinery into all his restaurants. “Consistency is what we all hope and pray for every day,” he said. “Once you load flour in the DrumRoll, you get the same product every time, consistent day to day and shift to shift.”
Several locations found using AyrKing’s DrumRoll cut down on labor and the time getting chicken out. An operation that typically needed eight cooks to meet demands was able to cut back to 4-6 cooks.
Several franchisees have noticed using the DrumRoll alleviates training issues with its simple processes.
The DrumRoll from AyrKing uses 13% less breading and 5% less fryer oil than hand-breading operations.
One Hawaii location saw flour efficiency bounce from 78% to 87% after using DrumRoll just 50% of the time. Once the operators began using the DrumRoll 90% of the time, flour efficiency increased to 110% — they were actually using 10% less flour than the theoretical usage and saving significantly on high costs of flour in Hawaii.
Other franchise locations reported a savings of more than five bags of flour a week in one of its stores during a typical week.
The DrumRoll provides cooks with a hassle-free, accelerated option to bread chicken.
Overall, AyrKing’s DrumRoll has delivered promising results for these franchises, eliminating consistency issues, saving valuable labor time and stretching ingredients.
Learn more about the DrumRoll by visiting https://www.ayrking.com/food-prep-equipment/breading-equipment/drumroll-automated-breader/.
