Anyone know how to make waffle fries?

[phucheneh]

it's user's error...you are supposed to turn the potato 90degrees every time you make a pass.

Read thread waiting for someone to mention this. It's kind of imperative to the whole 'making holes' thing.

And the thickness isn't just going to be controlled by what size you make the slice...it's the depth of the waves on the blade. If there are no holes at 'Chick-fil-a' size, then the waves aren't deep enough.

Whole lot of geometrical potato fail here. It's not magic and/or rocket science. It just requires an industrial machine with multiple blades. Unless you wanna do a lot of freaking work for some goddamned french fries.

edit: and then your fries are still not going to end up like the restaurants, anyway. Unless you want to add the further work of partially cooking them, then flash freezing, then cooking again at a pretty specific temperature and time. French fries are just one of those things best left to the professionals.

 

[gotsmack]

As mentioned several times earlier in this thread, I own a several mandolines and also had a shootout with friend's mandolines. Unfortunately, none are able to make a proper waffle fry: criss-cut, has holes, not too thin. Even on the models with adjustable blades, the thickness of the cutter isn't such that you can get holes AND a decently thick fry. You can get holes, but you get something that's nearly as thin as a potato chip.

I feel a Kickstarter project coming on.

Sounds like you need that wave shaped waffle fry cutter except you need super deep grooves/ridges. You can make one yourself out of some scrap metal if you took metal shop in high school.

 

[phucheneh]

If some real automation and consistency is desired...rather than trying to get an up/down and side/side blade to alternate, I think a single slicing blade, properly profiled, couple to a mech that turns your potato, would be money. You could do it all cheaply with human power. I'm thinking a little mech with a stake to hold the potato, spring-loaded with a simple ratcheting system to stop the potato at 90* intervals. Pop a button, potato rotates, then smack a guillotine slicer setup. Pop smack Pop smack until your potato is gone.

I will build your prototype. Fifty bucks plus expenses (hookers and blow).

 

[gotsmack]

If some real automation and consistency is desired...rather than trying to get an up/down and side/side blade to alternate, I think a single slicing blade, properly profiled, couple to a mech that turns your potato, would be money. You could do it all cheaply with human power. I'm thinking a little mech with a stake to hold the potato, spring-loaded with a simple ratcheting system to stop the potato at 90* intervals. Pop a button, potato rotates, then smack a guillotine slicer setup. Pop smack Pop smack until your potato is gone.

I will build your prototype. Fifty bucks plus expenses (hookers and blow).

so that would total to eleventy billion dollars + $50

 

[gorobei]

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...0125xMPHOMx012
the crinkle cutter hand tool seems to be the size/depth that the op wants. to get restaurant style you probably want one with an amplitude of 6 or 7 mm crest to trough[peak to peak] with a 1cm wavelength. if you could mount one in a mandolin the problem would be solved.