Create: Central Kitchen

Overview

Create: Central Kitchen is a compatibility mod that connects Create's kinetic machinery to Farmer's Delight, Brewin' and Chewin', and My Nether's Delight. It doesn't add new items or blocks of its own. Instead, it makes existing food mod blocks work seamlessly with Create's automation systems, so you can build fully automated kitchens powered by Rotation.

The mod handles recipe conversion automatically. Farmer's Delight Cutting Board recipes become valid Sawing and Deploying recipes. Brewin' and Chewin' Keg Pouring recipes become Filling and Emptying recipes. Create's Mechanical Arms can interact with Cooking Pots, Cutting Boards, Stoves, Skillets, and Nether Stoves. Blaze Burners can heat Farmer's Delight cooking blocks, and the Packager can insert ingredients into Cooking Pots and Kegs. You can browse the full list of converted recipes and items using the tabs on this page.

Prerequisites

Create: Central Kitchen requires both Create and at least one supported food mod installed. The three supported mods are Farmer's Delight (primary), Brewin' and Chewin' (an addon for Farmer's Delight), and My Nether's Delight (another Farmer's Delight addon). You don't need all three; the mod detects which ones are loaded and only enables the relevant integrations.

Before you start automating, you should already have a working Create setup with a reliable source of Rotational Force. You'll also want to be familiar with the basics of Farmer's Delight, particularly how the Cooking Pot, Cutting Board, and Stove work manually, so you understand what you're automating.

Farmer's Delight Integration

The Farmer's Delight integration is the largest part of the mod, covering recipe conversions, Mechanical Arm support, Blaze Burner heating, Packager compatibility, and visual enhancements.

Cutting Board to Mechanical Saw

All Cutting Board recipes that use a Knife are automatically converted to valid Mechanical Saw (Sawing) recipes. This means you can process any Knife-based Cutting Board recipe by feeding the ingredient into a Mechanical Saw, no Cutting Board or Knife needed. The mod also enhances Create's auto-generated wood stripping recipes by adding Tree Bark (or Straw for bamboo-type blocks) as a secondary output, matching what you'd get from the Cutting Board.

Cutting Board to Deployer

All Cutting Board recipes, regardless of tool type, are converted to Deploying recipes. This is especially useful for recipes that require tools other than Knives, such as Axes for stripping logs. Place the appropriate tool in a Deployer, and it will process items that pass beneath it on a Belt, respecting the original chance-based outputs from Farmer's Delight.

Mechanical Arm Compatibility

Create's Mechanical Arm gains new interaction points for four Farmer's Delight blocks. The Cooking Pot supports both input (slot 7) and output (slot 8), so a single Arm can feed ingredients in and pull finished meals out. The Cutting Board is deposit-only, letting the Arm place items onto the board. The Stove is also deposit-only; the Arm will check for a valid Campfire Cooking recipe and place items onto empty slots if the Stove isn't blocked from above. The Skillet works similarly to the Stove, accepting cookable items when it has a valid recipe match.

Blaze Burner as Heat Source

Create's Blaze Burner is recognized as a valid heat source for all Farmer's Delight blocks that require heat: Cooking Pots, Stoves, and Skillets. This means you don't need to use Campfires or other vanilla heat sources; a single Blaze Burner can handle both Create's superheating needs and Farmer's Delight cooking.

Even better, the Blaze Burner actively speeds up cooking. The higher the Blaze Burner's heat level, the faster recipes complete. Each tick, the cooking timer advances by an extra amount equal to the Blaze Burner's heat value. This works through Heat Conductors too, so you can place a tray or Heat Conductor block between the Blaze Burner and the cooking block and still get both heating and speed bonuses.

As a fun visual touch, a Blaze Burner placed beneath a Farmer's Delight cooking block will wear a chef hat. This happens automatically when the Blaze detects a heatable block above it (or above a Heat Conductor above it).

Packager Support

Create's Packager can push ingredients into Cooking Pots. The Cooking Pot's unpacking handler covers input slots 0 through 5 (the six ingredient slots), allowing the Packager to fill recipes that need multiple different ingredients in one operation. This is especially powerful for complex Cooking Pot recipes that require several ingredients arranged in specific slots.

Brewin' and Chewin' Integration

If Brewin' and Chewin' is installed alongside Farmer's Delight, Create: Central Kitchen extends automation to the Keg as well.

Keg Pouring to Spout Filling

Keg Pouring recipes (filling a container with a beverage) are converted to Create Filling recipes. This means you can use a Spout to fill containers with Keg beverages automatically. Place empty containers on a Belt, run them under a Spout connected to the appropriate fluid, and the Spout will fill them just as a Keg would. The conversion only applies to non-potion recipes and skips items that are already fluid containers.

Keg Pouring to Draining

The reverse also works. Keg Pouring recipes are converted to Emptying (Draining) recipes, so you can use Create's Item Drain to extract fluids from filled beverage containers. This creates a complete fluid handling loop: fill containers with a Spout, empty them with a Drain.

Keg Packager Support and Freezing

The Packager can also push ingredients into Kegs, covering the four input slots (0 through 3). Additionally, the mod registers Brewin' and Chewin's freeze source blocks with Create's Block Freezer system. Blocks tagged as freeze sources that have a LIT state property and aren't lit will provide freezing, integrating Brewin' and Chewin's temperature mechanics with Create's cooling systems.

My Nether's Delight Integration

If My Nether's Delight is installed, the mod adds Mechanical Arm support for the Nether Stove. The Arm can deposit cookable items onto the Nether Stove exactly like it does with the regular Stove: it checks for a valid Campfire Cooking recipe, verifies there's an empty slot, and makes sure the Stove isn't blocked from above before placing the item.

Visual Enhancements

Beyond automation, Create: Central Kitchen adds two client-side visual improvements. Items tagged as handheld tools (the create:handheld_in_deployer_use tag) will render with a custom transform when held by a Deployer in Use mode, making them look like they're being swung naturally rather than just hovering. This is particularly visible with Farmer's Delight Knives and similar tools.

The mod also fixes how certain block items render on Belts. Block items that don't have a GUI 3D model will be rendered upright on the Belt rather than lying flat, which looks much better for items like food blocks and decorative pieces being transported.

Configuration

Create: Central Kitchen provides both common and client-side configuration files. The common config (shared between server and client) controls all recipe conversions, while the client config handles visual settings.

Recipe Config Options

All five recipe conversion toggles default to true. You can individually disable any conversion if it conflicts with your modpack or if you prefer to keep certain recipes manual. The options are: addTreeBarkToSawingRecipes (adds Tree Bark/Straw to wood stripping), convertCuttingBoardRecipesToSawingRecipes (Knife recipes to Sawing), convertCuttingBoardRecipesToDeployingRecipes (all tool recipes to Deploying), convertKegPouringRecipesToFillingRecipes (Keg to Spout), and convertKegPouringRecipesToEmptyingRecipes (Keg to Drain).

Client Config Options

Two visual options are available. renderDeployerUsingItemWithCustomTransform controls whether handheld items in Deployers get a more natural held appearance. renderBlockItemWithNonGui3dModelUprightOnBelt controls whether certain block items stand upright on Belts. Both default to true.