Fast frites: Belgian vending machine dispenses CHIPS After a late night, there's little that satisfies a craving for greasy food more than a portion of French fries. Now, thanks to an ingenious invention, you can satisfy your craving without even leaving the pub - thanks to a new vending machine which serves up portions of fries while you wait. The intelligent machine registers an order and immediately gets to work, dropping a portion of frozen French fries into some piping hot oil until cooked. It even adds a splash of beef dripping to make the fries extra tasty. Coin-operated dispenser outside a supermarket produces hot chips using beef fat for your £2.13 While the new coin-operated apparatus in Belgium is not the first of its kind, it is said to be the only one that uses beef fat to cook its chips. The beef fat used in the cooking process is considered by many Belgians to be the premiere frying sauce, lending a hearty taste to the crispy potatoes. The pre-cooked and frozen fries are dropped into piping hot oil or lard for a perfect golden brown finish. It takes just 90 seconds for the machine to cook the £2.20 portion of chips and customers can choose from a selection of sauces to accompany their tasty snack. A customer helps himself to chips from a vending machine which has been installed in Brussels BreakTime Solutions, the company behind the project, said the machine had been thoroughly vetted before being installed near a supermarket in Brussels. Tuline Bey from Breaktime Solutions told a local newspaper: 'We have spent a year in development to adapt the machine to work with beef fat. The half-cup serving emerges from the vending machine accompanied by either ketchup or mayonnaise. The 90-second fry-up of a 135g portion comes accompanied by fork, salt and ketchup or mayo Customers have the choice to opt for harissa. Three filters are meant to cut out the smell of the frying