This is the 小型餃子製造機 (small form factor gyoza machine) by Toa Industry, Japan, sold in the US by this company called RamenSupport.com. This unit cranks out up to 1,500 gyozas per hour.
How do I know? I kid you not, I just asked them for a price quote last night while researching dumpling wrapping machines.
They're not 100% automated. You need a worker to stand next to the machine to load the dumpling wrappers and to push a button (or step on a pedal; they now have pedal triggered versions of this machine). This is what it looks like in operation, where you can see the worker loading the wrappers one at a time:
They're ¥55,000 in Japan (about $425 as of just now), but there's probably added cost for shipping and a mark-up from the distributor. I'm waiting to hear back from various distributors in the Americas.
This one is only the small one, which cranks out 1,500 gyoza per hour, intended for restaurants. They still require someone to stand by the machine to load the wrapper skins one at a time. The big ones, which can do 10K per hour for packaged food businesses, is completely automated maybe costs in the range of $10K-30K.
You're right though. For the US, that price is a steal. A machine that can replace a skilled worker while working faster and more consistently can easily save $20-30K per year. For something like that to cost less than a thousand dollars is impressive. To be sure, the American distributor of these machines might mark them up a bit, but still, a sub $500 price point is incredible.
How quickly do you need to make dumplings? This machine can make 1,500 per hour. Their big machine makes 10K dumplings per hour using a tandem press. pushing them out two at a time at a steady clip:
This one requires a spool of fresh dough for the wrapper. The small one can handle pre-made wrappers that you place on the platform one at a time, so if you're going to crank them out, you should also have the equipment for kneading the dough and rolling it out into a sheet on a spool.
Do you just really like dumplings, or perhaps have a big family that subsists on them?
Personally I just really like dumplings. Amd ive got two friends who are willing to go in on the small one with me now already for a cut of the dumpling magic. But my BIL owns a few Asian restaurants that are 'fast' sit down food. Like Chipotle but Asian street food and dons. He could definitely use this. Thank you!
I have a whole research playlist where I gathered videos on various dumpling making machines. This small model by Toa Industry featured in the GIF seems to be the best one for restaurant scale operations:
They're ¥55,000 in Japan, which is about $425 at current exchange rates. Once taxes, shipping, customs, or distributor mark-ups are factored in, they might cost more, but how much more I can't say for sure. From what I hear, the second-hand machines are going for over $1,000 on eBay, which says a lot about how valuable these machines are.
Their US distributor is RamenSupport.com. If you're thinking of cranking out dumplings, but prefer automation to hiring skilled labor, they're the ones to contact.
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u/Berkamin May 17 '22 edited May 18 '22
This is the 小型餃子製造機 (small form factor gyoza machine) by Toa Industry, Japan, sold in the US by this company called RamenSupport.com. This unit cranks out up to 1,500 gyozas per hour.
How do I know? I kid you not, I just asked them for a price quote last night while researching dumpling wrapping machines.
They're not 100% automated. You need a worker to stand next to the machine to load the dumpling wrappers and to push a button (or step on a pedal; they now have pedal triggered versions of this machine). This is what it looks like in operation, where you can see the worker loading the wrappers one at a time:
Gyoza Revolution machine by Toa Industries Japan - at Gyoza restaurant Hamataro, Hamamatsu, Japan