"He wasn't getting enough of a charge from the lab...turns out one of my sockets is broken, and he suddenly grabbed some pasta and shoved it in the extra battery drawer." She took a bit of her own chicken, chewing and swallowing before continuing. "Turns out, Doctor Crane is smarter then we thought and gave him a back up processor, it burns the food and uses that energy to charge his battery."
Much like burning food to see how many calories were in it.
"The only downside..." she said before being interrupted by a small belch from Timmy, smoke escaping. "He burbs smoke."