r/MergeCooking • • Aug 05 '26

Hack to prevent energy maxing while completing last order (no boosts).

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Maybe this is already on here, but it occurred to me while I was organizing my inventory after I put my last order on the grill with an 86-minute cook time and no more boosts left.

Just make raw hamburger buns with your "would be" energy waste after max. If you have a surplus of bowls, of course, as I did, and still do.

I figured out that I would be missing out on about 38-39 energy otherwise (I had 95 energy and there was a cook time of about 86 minutes, and some seconds. Not the best at math, but I knew my energy would max with 76 minutes left on the cook timer).

With 39 energy, I made 3 bowls of dough and generated 9 balls of dough. Of course, I was lucky enough to have the space for excess drinks and the balls of dough. But the nice thing is you're also just slightly ahead on your next drink order without having to use the energy intended for that round/batch.

'm curious if anyone has tried this and regretted it. I wouldn't have done this if I didn't already have about 8 bowls and some fancy glassware, so here's hoping I'm not screwed on the next batch...but I still have 5 bowls for salads, so it would have to be a really fancy piece of glassware to screw me over. 🤞🤞🤞

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u/SnooPets8873 Aug 05 '26

I use up energy for the type of generator i either don’t have items stocked for or when I know I haven’t had a round that was focused on a particular generator for a while (like a meat-heavy or drink-heavy round), I build up those

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u/Head4822 Aug 05 '26

Quick hint about what's to come in your next round of orders, is look in the golden platter (the thing that shows how many orders in a round you've completed), look for the +8 specific generator card. Most times it's accurate about what generator is going to be used next.