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There are some very interesting and not well-known facts about what goes on behind the scenes at Iron Chef. Here are a few:
- Total spent on ingredients: 843,354,407 yen (roughly $7.7 million)
- Total amount of ingredients used:
- Kitchen Stadium measures 9198 square feet, almost fully occupying Fuji TV's largest sound studio
- Each side is equiped with:
- Cooking tools and available in Kitchen Staduim include:
- Over 300 Duran glass bowls
- 100 stainless steel bowls
- 50 baskets
- 120 other types of containers
- 30 frying pans
- 15 woks
- 20 French brass pans
- 8 giant stockpots
- 6 30-inch cutting boards
- 2 round Chinese cutting platforms
- Over 1500 plates, bowls, and dishes of various sizes, shapes, and purposes
- Ingredients other than the theme ingredient available include:
- 30 types of meat
- 75 types of fish
- 90 Japanese vegetables
- 70 Western vegetables
- 30 fruit
- 45 dairy products
- 25 grain products
- 30 processed food products (including Spam, Velveeta, etc.)
- All brands of soy sauce
- All brands of miso
- 50 wines
- 40 herbs and seasonings
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