Your AI-Powered

Kitchen Operating System

About Emuls-AI

BackBurner LLC develops AI-powered software for the restaurant industry. Our first product, EmulsAI, automates restaurant cost management through invoice scanning, recipe costing, and menu engineering. Built by a chef with 13 years of experience, we understand the challenges restaurant owners face. EmulsAI gives you your time back so you can focus on what matters: great food and happy customers.

The Workflow

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Scan Invoices

AI extracts every line item automatically, breaks down costs, and maps products to recipe and menu terms

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Build Recipes

Create digital recipes that can be quickly costed,converted, scaled, and even translated all from snapping a picture of a handwritten or printed recipe

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Engineer Your Menu

Snap a picture of your menu and the AI analyses it compared to your recipes and products and instantly know your plate cost and margins

Track & Control Costs

Variance analysis catches waste before it hurts.Our chat bot Escoff is your AI powered sous chef that understands restaurants operations and will help you look for leaking profits.

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Generate Prep Lists

Goodbye clipboards and spreadsheets. AI generates smart prep lists based off menu items.

Platform

Everything your kitchen needs

AI Invoice Scanning

Snap a photo of any invoice and EmulsAI extracts every line item, maps products to your inventory, and updates costs automatically. What used to take 2.5 hours now takes 15 minutes

Recipe & Cookbook Digitization

Capture recipes and EmulsAI builds recipe cards and calculates costs automatically. When ingredient prices change, your recipe costs update in real-time. Organize them into cookbooks that can be accessed on the fly.

Inventory Management

Track what matters most with daily counts on high-value items, full physical inventory with AI anomaly detection, and built-in waste tracking. EmulsAI calculates variance, values your stock in real time, and turns waste data into actionable insights — so you stay in control without drowning in spreadsheets.

Menu Engineering

Get real-time plate costs and food cost percentages for every dish. Make data-driven pricing decisions that maximize profitability without guessing.

Smart Prep Lists

Generate prep lists based on pars, production needs, and what's on hand. Your team knows exactly what to make, how much, and in what order.

Smart Ordering

Build orders from your product catalog, compare vendor pricing, and send directly to your reps — whether they use online portals, email, or text. Manage all of your vendors in one place.

Meet Escoff

Escoff is your built-in AI chatbot that understands restaurant operations. Ask it anything — cost a recipe on the fly, look up a vendor price, get a quick food cost breakdown, or troubleshoot a workflow. It speaks your language because it was built by someone who's been on the line.