Kitchen of the Future

I would like to start off this blog by saying that Chili's Bar and Grill is ran by the devil.

After class Tuesday, and talking about knowing where our food comes from and talking about fast vs. slow food I feel it is appropriate that I share what is happening in the Chili's "slow food" franchise. They just came out with their new system of cooking food that they like to call the Kitchen of the Future. Basically the food goes into this giant microwave looking contraption and goes on a conveyer belt  that takes it through all the steps of artificially grilling it. They no longer use an actual grill, but they do still have a flat top. Whoopdy-doo. It's awful. I feel like it was bad enough that the "fresh veggies" were simply put in plastic baggies and microwaved, but now even the burgers, steaks, and fajitas are treated the same?!
It's all about money. This way the food can be cooked much quicker - because a 10 minute wait for a frozen burger was too long before? And with quicker ticket times, they can get people in and out faster, and therefor generate more business and more revenue. On top of that they can get away with fewer cooks in the kitchen that they have to pay.
And what makes it worse is how they advertise their healthier menu options - basically meaning no cheese or ranch dressing heaped on top - and then toss the damn thing in a microwave. I feel that you just can't trust anything. Chili's will probably never advertise this kitchen of the future idea, so no one will ever know how low quality their food is and will probably continue going. And then other restaurants will conform to this system to keep up with competition and then before you know it, sit down restaurants are basically fast food restaurants with free refills.