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The Natick Soldier Systems Center has developed a self-contained, electric kitchen that can be set up by two soldiers in half an hour without any special equipment. Natick Labs integrated off-the-shelf components for the kitchen, which can feed 300 soldiers three meals a day. Eighty-eight of the kitchens are being used in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Natick Labs.
The kitchens seem like a considerable upgrade from the previous method soldiers had been looking to cook — charcoal on wooden pallets. The soldiers had some recommendations after initial field tests, which Natick Labs says were implemented: the designers added a convection oven, black-out curtains and — just like grandma’s kitchen, storage space for weapons.
Posted by Brendan Lynch
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