Show HN: I made Gyroscopic Gyro Sandwiches

 (transistor-man.com)

109 points | by transistor-man2 weeks ago

6 comments

  • transistor-man2 weeks ago
    Have you noticed that a gyro sandwich is only cooked in one axis?

    I built a contraption to slow cook in multiple axes and documented it here:

    https://transistor-man.com/gyroscopic_gyros.html

    Not only is it tasty, it's mesmerizing to watch. Feel free to copy the design for your own festivities.

    • xrd2 weeks ago
      My only critique is that you should have incorporated an aquarium somehow and added sous-vide to your cooking process.

      Otherwise, a flawless piece of work.

      And, the links to your friends are amazing and a treasure trove as well.

    • unsnap_biceps2 weeks ago
      I have never cooked a gyro sandwich, I have, however, cooked gyro meat and used that in a sandwich

      That said, this is really cool. I enjoyed the read.

    • blinding-streak2 weeks ago
      Absolutely brilliant.
  • quuxplusone2 weeks ago
    Sadly for the title, I think the word you were looking for is "gimbal," not "gyroscope." A gyro rotates stably on a single axis. Your cooker "tumbles" on three axes at once. A gyroscope specifically prevents tumbling.
    • swiftcoder2 weeks ago
      Doesn't a gimbal specifically keep the target object in a consistent orientation? This seems to function as an anti-gimbal
      • transistor-man2 weeks ago
        Admittedly this is a play on words, fair point! Gimbaled Gyro Sandwiches would be a better title
  • yreg2 weeks ago
    Does it actually work? Watching the video[0] it seems like the same end of the gyros keeps being pointed upwards/downwards.

    I suppose it's difficult to balance the slab of meat perfectly.

    Anyway, it's hilarious! Thanks for sharing.

    [0] https://transistor-man.com/PhotoSet/three_axis_gyro/animated...

    • transistor-man2 weeks ago
      It does indeed work! I've been meaning to instrument a food stimulant mass to determine how the chaos is effected my mass offset vs speed. I think due to the under-actuated nature of the system you're stuck with a balance between cg-offset, gravity and input rotation on the first axis
  • salvagedcircuit2 weeks ago
    Gordon Ramsay suggests you season and cook lamb evenly on all sides

    >> challenge accepted.

    Nice work.

    • voidUpdate2 weeks ago
      Is this guaranteed to be even on all sides though?
      • pointlessone2 weeks ago
        Yeah, it seems this free-rotating design would keep one side down if the center of gravity is not exatly on the intersection of all rotation axes. This might be worse than a common single-axis cooking.
        • HenryBemis1 week ago
          I watched the short gif/video and I had the same thought. If you don't pierce the object/meat in a manner that its centre of gravity is on the very centre of this contraption, it would skew the spin and it affect its randomness in the movement.

          But totally a fun project and cool topic to discuss on any BBQ

  • itslennysfault2 weeks ago
    I pronounce this yeeroscopic
  • OldSchool2 weeks ago
    it's all fun until someone gets gimbal lock?