[pgrote]

It ensures the proper amount of salt in the proper pattern is dispensed. Are there generic ones available?

The idea behind tools like this is uniform product preparation. Fries in one McDonalds are almost identical to fries in another.

[tylercubell]

I understand the supposed reasoning, although in my own experience the uniformity of the fries is very spotty nonetheless. Usually employees don't spread the salt properly or they don't hold the shaker long enough for all the salt to properly dispense anyway. This negates any benefit of the AccuSalt.

Instead there are generic shakers that could get a very similar result with some training, even though they don't have a built-in measure. All commercial kitchen supply outlets have them.

Better yet, when kitchen staff are ultimately replaced by robots (or the salt dispenser gets built in to the fry station) this won't be an issue anymore.