That thought had crossed my mind, though there is an inherent problem in that if you don’t have recycling to deal with excess, you’ll still eventually get backed up with higher quality ingredients, or you’ll have to prioritize mines/elec furnaces based on existing need.
Sorters with output priority for higher quality to a provider chest is the way to go if you want to bootstrap quality onto your main production
That thought had crossed my mind, though there is an inherent problem in that if you don’t have recycling to deal with excess, you’ll still eventually get backed up with higher quality ingredients, or you’ll have to prioritize mines/elec furnaces based on existing need.