Brand new: How do I store food?

[NickNack]

I'm sure this must be simple, but I can't figure out a way to store food I make in the Microbe Musher. I have a Ration Box, but the dups will just let it sit there, even if I tell them to Sweep it up.

[Ζiоqch]

Make sure the item is checked on the box. It doesn't auto-update anymore so you have to manually check new items to store them.

[The Queen Salis]

Aye, expand the storable in the food box to include it or just make sure the "Edible" is checked, not just dotted

[Hoki]

to add to this: increase the priority of the ration box.

producing food and moing it are two seperate tasks meaning 1 dupe cooks it and lets it lay on the floor waiting for an available dupe to sweep it.

personally i tend to have ration boxes at prio9 and storages at prio6

[John Hadley]

Definitely its a good idea to increase the priority of the ration box or refrigerator because putting items away in the refrigerator or storage is one of the lowest priority tasks. If everything is set on the default priority of 5 then putting items away in the ration box will be one of the last things that people want to do, but if you bump the fridge or ration box up to priority 6 or higher, then it will be done before the default priority 5 tasks. If the priority of putting the food away is higher than the priority of cooking it then the guy that cooks it will stop and put the food away himself after he cooks it if no one else is available to do it.

I tend to put the food cooking device at 7 priority, the food storage at 8 priority, and my toilets at 6 priority so that they get taken care of before all the default priority tasks, digging especially since it defaults to 5 every time you dig a new spot. Doing so prevents my people from starving or ending up with all the toilets broken when they get busy doing a lot of tasks. I don't put anything at 9 priority so that if I need particular digging or building done immediately I can bump its priority to 9 temporarily and it will be done RIGHT NOW.