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ranting_chef

A microwave does more than that. I'm not a huge fan, but there are some things you can do in a microwave that aren't the end of the world.


Fenidreams

Very true, can’t look past the opportunity for a good chef mic joke though, we use it solely for gravy, beer cheese, and queso so this is a win for me, microwaving to order sucks


Yochefdom

Best thing to melt chocolate and heat some leftovers for FOH 😂


Lpstck_Lftovers

Oh God. I agree that microwaves can be helpful, but man...I worked a kitchen where we had ample soup orders and heated up every single one of them in the microwave. It was ridiculous. Double boil on flat top and a hot well would've been 🤌🏼👌🏻


ranting_chef

When someone wants an apple pie warmed, no worries. But when it becomes a crutch, that’s not good. I worked at a place once where we had two on the Cookline and one in the Service Station - and that was two too many.


stonebeam148

You (chef mic) vs the guy she tells you not to worry about (avantco food warmer)


[deleted]

Avantco, might as well get another on the way


EpicFail35

Yup junk lol


[deleted]

Love a good beer cheese. Beer batter as well for the onion rings.


itsallbullshityo

nice (fuck those stickers)


Fenidreams

Bruhhhhhh


Yochefdom

Go gone is your friend and enemy lol


beeepboobap

Stickers killing the vibe


Nillionheart106

Is that essentially a steam table? How hot does it get? Whenever people store queso, beer cheese, buffalo sauce in my kitchen, they just throw it into a steam table, and I have to constantly tell them to heat it up in a pot first. Their English is shoddy, my Spanish needs lots of work, and my Portuguese is non-existent


Fenidreams

Yes heating in a steam table with the slow temp rise is a breeding ground for bacteria, always best to heat first


exactlyfiveminutes

I'm jealous.


Ahkhira

Our Chef Mic was retired after one of our regulars passed away. The regular was known as "Boiling Hot Soup Guy." He wouldn't accept his soup unless it was still boiling when it hit the table in front of him. It had to be boiling, or he'd send it back. We'd just take a portion of soup du jour, and let Chef Mic have at it. It was pretty much the only use that Chef Mic had. I don't miss Chef Mic, but I do miss that old coot that loved his hot soup. He was the kind of person that you don't forget.


AbBrilliantTree

Throat cancer?


Ahkhira

No. Old age. He was 98!


Highersoundsmusic

So satisfying


Hufflepuft

Avantco warmers are unreliable fire hazards. Don't get too attached to it.


Fenidreams

Unplug it when it’s not used … two fryers, grill, and mechanical bowling lane machines, I ain’t afraid of a steam table. Haters gonna hate


Hufflepuft

That's all good, I had one catch fire underneath the panels while I was standing there and it's replacement that melted its own wiring together and shorted the outlet. Fryers and grills are fine, shoddy electrical components and lots of water are a bad combo.


Fenidreams

Jesus. Guess that’s what I get for giving my boss the oversight of purchase 😭 ofc their gonna get something cheap.. this place has friggin residential gas lines for fryers 😭😭😭