PlateUp: All Appliances & Their Uses Explained (2024)

PlateUp is a top-down perspective restaurant simulator game that you can play solo or with friends. This game allows players to customize and design their kitchen the way they please with various different basic items or more advanced equipment in the game. These equipment, or more specifically ‘Appliances’ give players the creative freedom to craft the most effectively functioning restaurant. There are as many as 75 Appliances in the game, some of them offering advanced mechanics to partially or fully automate your kitchen. However, to novice players, understanding how they work and using Cards or Blueprints in the game required to get Appliances can be a real head-scratcher. So in this guide we will list down all the Appliances in PlateUp and try to intuitively explain how they work.

All Appliances in PlateUp & How They Work

There are multiple different types of Appliances that serve varying purposes in different areas of the restaurant. For your convenience, we have compiled all these Appliances under the following categories:

Cooking Appliances:

• Counter: A multi-purpose platform for performing tasks like chopping veggies and space for keeping plates.
• Prep Station: A counter dedicated for storing multiple ingredients.
• Hob: Also known as a Stove. This is where you cook your raw meals. Initially you get the Starter Hob that you can upgrade to a Hob, Safety Hob or a Danger Hob.
• Gas Limiter: A gauge for slowing down cooking speed by 25% to prevent it from burning.
• Gas Override: This can increase the pace of your service by cooking 100% faster. However, you may burn your meals if you are not quick enough.
• Oven: Used to bake meals. You can upgrade it to a Microwave if required.
• Microwave: Helps with cooking way faster but also prone to causing a fire hazard.
• Rolling Pin: Dedicated appliance used to cook dough batter.
• Freezer: Used to store and preserve cooked meals for later.
• Sharp Knife: You can use this to get a chopping speed boost.

Cleaning Appliances:

• Mops: Used to clean floors. This tool can be upgraded for faster cleaning and even automated with a Robot Mop.
• Bin: Used to dispose of unwanted items or trash. This item can be upgraded to increase storage.
• Dish Rack: A rack for your dirty dishes.
• FloorBuffer: This tool is used to polish the floor for increased movement speed. It also has an automated Robot Buffer upgrade.
• Scrubbing Brush: A multipurpose faster cleaning tool for both floor and your dirty dishes.
• Kitchen Floor Protector: Used to prevent dirty floors that decrease movement speed.
• Sink: These are used to clean your dirty plates. Initially you only get a Starter Sink that you can upgrade to Sink, Soaking Sink, Power Sink and Wash Basin. Each upgrade increases speed and efficiency.

Service Appliances:

• Plates: Most meals need to be served on a plate. You are provided a stack of 8 plates initially.
• Tray Stand: Used to carry two plates together.
• CoffeeTable: A temporary table where customers can sit while waiting for a table to clear up.
• Dining Table: This is where you serve your guests. There are upgrades that can pay more Coins for meals.
• Breadsticks: Having these on the side table increases the patience levels of the guests.
• Napkins: Using these causes less filth on the floor from customers.
• Sharp Cutlery: Using these allows customers to finish their meals quicker.
• Specials Menu: Make customers change their orders as per your convenience.
• Ordering Terminal: Provides you with all customer orders at once.
• Specials Terminal: Make an entire table change their order as per your convenience.

Automation Appliances:

• Conveyor: This is basically a conveyor belt that helps you transport items.
• Grabber: A conveyor belt with capability to pick up items from workstations. You can upgrade this to a Smart Grabber for added customizations.
• Portioner: This helps you slice pieces or portions in meals that require it.
• Auto Plater: Used to put meals on a plate without player interaction.
• Combiner: Lets you automatically combine different ingredients required for an order.
• Mixer: Used to cut and blend ingredients without player interaction.

Aesthetic and Miscellaneous Appliances in PlateUp:

• Display Stand: Increases order probability for any meal you want.
• Flower Pot: You can use these to trigger different reactions out of customers. There are different coloured flowers that you can use once per day.
• Plant: Boosts overall patience level of customers nearby.
• Candle Box: Used to boost patience level of customers on a table by 20%
• Trainers: Increases movement speed.
• Wellies: You can walk over dirty floors without any slow effect while wearing them.
• Booking Desk: You can place this in the design phase to attract more guests and farm bonus coins.
• Fire Extinguisher: An essential tool in case of a fire hazard.

Blueprint Appliances:

• Blueprint Cabinet: Used to store and work on your upgrade blueprints.
• Blueprint Desk: Provides you with one free blueprint each day.
• Research Desk: Allows you to upgrade the blueprints in the cabinet next to it.
• Discount Desk: Allows you to purchase a blueprint at a marked down price.
• Copying Desk: Allows you to replicate any blueprint from the cabinet next to it.

Those are all the important Appliances in PlateUp that you can use to build the restaurant of your dreams. If you found this article helpful, you should check out our other gaming guides on GamerTweak.