Shashlyk machine and method for making shashlyks

A shish kebab machine for producing shish kebab skewers (100) with a defined number and sequence of ingredients (98) on a skewer (99), the machine comprising:

• an ingredient module (1) in which
• a respective piece of an ingredient (98) is provided in a cup (6) with a pass through opening (32) in a base of the cup,
• a plurality of said cups (6) are arranged in cup lines (12a, b)
• a skewer holder (3) in which plural skewers (99) can be received parallel to one another with a defined distance (33) from one another by a skewer providing module (2),
• the skewer holder (3) facilitates pronging the plural skewers (99) through accordingly spaced identical ingredients (98) of a cup line (12a, b) in the respective cups (6) of adjacent cup rows (8a, b) extending transverse to the cup lines (12a, b), and
• a control (5) which controls movements of the movable components relative to each other,
• wherein
• the ingredient module (1)
• includes an approximately horizontally arranged single component or multi-component endless or finite cup arrangement (7) made from cup rows (8a, b) arranged parallel to one another and extending in a first direction (10) and cup lines (12a, b) arranged perpendicular thereto, wherein each cup row (8a, b) includes a number of cups (6) according to the desired number of ingredients (98) on the finished shish kebab skewer (100),
• the cup rows (8a, b) are arranged at a defined distance from one another,
• the cup arrangement (7) is movable in a direction of a sequence of the cup rows (8a, b) in a second horizontal direction (11), and
• for pronging the skewer holder (3) can be lowered so that the respective skewer (99) is thrust through the ingredient (98) in the cup (6) and the skewer (99) can protrude by any amount through the pass through opening (32) in the base of the cup;
• and
• each said cup (6) has an opening opposite the pass through opening (32) along said direction perpendicular to the first and second direction (10, 11) wherein the ingredient module
• includes a filling device (90 in movement direction (11) of the cup arrangement (7) at its beginning for filling the cups (6) from the storage containers (14a, b) arrangement adjacent to one another in a first direction (10), thus in extension direction of the cup rows (8a, b), wherein the ingredients always fall from one respective outlet (15a, b) of the storage containers exactly into a respective cup (6) in the one or plural cup rows (8a, b), and
• the cup arrangement (7) slopes upward from the outlets (15a, b) and includes a vibrator which makes the cup (6) of the cup arrangement (7) vibrate, or a scraper (36) which moves excess ingredients (98) forward to an empty cup (6).