Try to get both of the chefs off to the safe side. While 5 seconds doesn't seem like a lot, it's a complete halt of any progress to your goals. Losing a chef to the changeover is a huge loss. Having this in a pot already can save time and get you cooking during round 2 immediately. Just remember to put those off to the side before the change. Knowing roughly the time of the switch can allow you to prep ingredients for the next round. Towards the end of those 2 or 3 orders, get a piece of wood/ingredients chopped for the second set. I started with the bottom fire and then did one on the top as well. Then begin to throw the pre-ready ingredients (eggs/can of beans) onto the fire. While the bottom chops, get the other necessary pieces thrown down as well. Start by throwing something from the top to the bottom and the bottom chopping it. None of the orders should fail before this point in time. I actually don't necessarily serve them immediately and instead focus on getting everything cooked first. During the first set, you can usually build 3 whole meals (or just about that many).
As such, it becomes really important to roughly know how to divide the labor while building your orders. The changing landscape every little bit of time makes building a good pattern/rhythm difficult to maintain. Realizing I didn't have enough time to chop 2-3 ingredients for one meal, I instead chopped 1 ingredient for the eggs+bacon or beans+sausage meals to quickly knock them out even though I lost my tips because the gains for serving put me over 500. I was at 450 roughly (500 required for 3 stars). Those two ingredient meals might be easier to get out and thus have a better chance of being served before the time runs out. While I kept to building a streak for most levels, towards the end (less than 1 minute left), consider focusing on the quickest orders only. Every tip can make a big difference in your final score. If you have one person chopping an ingredient, have the other one grabbing things to put in pots or other things. Always try to keep both cooks doing something. If playing solo, here are some additional tips:
I personally did 10 of the levels in a group of 3 or 4 and only did Levels 2-3 and 3-4 solo for the 3 star rating. I just have found that sometimes less players works better to knock out a level or two. There isn't a reason it can't be done with others, but in general it helps the more you communicate with those people. Four players can correct the imbalance of 3 but the scores go up again Three players has the kitchen imbalanced on divided levels and can easily cause backups which make hitting those 3 star scores harder Two players can keep two sides of divided kitchens moving towards goals quite well. It can be helpful to work with others, but I find that can be a give and take. In terms of doing so, it is possible to do this solo. This means you need to 3 star the other 12 levels. There are 3 additional "Kevin" levels in there, but you do not need to 3 star these levels to unlock the achievement (I only 3-starred Kevin 1 Kevin 2 and 3 are at less than 3 currently). Not as much a solution (mostly) but more of a few notes to keep in mind:Ĭampfire Cook Off has 3 worlds with 4 levels each.