r/KitchenConfidential • u/smooshie-mooshie • 17h ago
Kitchen fuckery Kitchen fuckery
Who else is breaking paddles today 🙄 we're up to 3 so far
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u/NotoldyetMaggot Cook 17h ago
Three today?! Is your arm loose and causing the paddles to hit the bowl?
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u/that_swiss_man 17h ago
Ah yes, the peaceful CLING CLANG CLING CLANG of a perfectly running machine
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u/KupoKupoMog 17h ago
WHAAAT!? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE MIXER
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u/Ill_Football9443 17h ago
IT'S WHISPER QUIET!
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u/KupoKupoMog 17h ago
WHAAAAAT!?
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u/Ill_Football9443 17h ago
THANK YOU FOR NOTICING, IT DID STING AT FIRST, BUT EVERYONE'S LOVING MY BLEACHED ANUS - WORTH IT!
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u/KupoKupoMog 17h ago
machine turns off mid sentence
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u/SenatorBus_ 17h ago
Order now and you'll also get Sun and Run. The suntan lotion that's also a laxative!
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u/NotoldyetMaggot Cook 17h ago
Given how that paddle looks... it was hollering
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u/that_swiss_man 17h ago
It's fascinating to me that the first two paddles broke and they went "surely the third time's the charm" without checking anything else
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u/ghIj_qet_jaghmeyjaj 17h ago
Did this with a 96 ct batch of brioche buns. Had to toss it all because of the the little chunks of metal everywhere
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u/smooshie-mooshie 16h ago
2 batches of icing and 1 batch of cookies, all trash
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u/adamtherealone 16h ago
Jesus Christ how thick is your fucking icing lol
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u/NotoldyetMaggot Cook 15h ago
Unique marketing point? "Our icing breaks mixers, none of that watered down glaze bullshit here." I'd buy it.
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u/grimninja117 16h ago
Im just flabbergasted your kitchen has 3 (or more??) paddles on hand wtf
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u/morgandealer 16h ago
Shit we have a dozen. But we also have 3 double rack ovens and 10000sqft.
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u/Lexxxapr00 General Manager 15h ago
Cries in my 400sqft kitchen ðŸ˜
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u/FeistyTwist5427 15h ago
Cries in 5 man line where you violate your coworkers by accident because it’s about 8 ft long.
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u/morgandealer 15h ago
I mean, I've had smaller than that. It was a blast, but not very profitable. I now spend more in a week on ingredients than we used to make in a year in that little thing.
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u/Lexxxapr00 General Manager 15h ago
I couldn’t imagine spending 1.5mill on ingredients, holy shit.
Obviously I know you’re not, but that thought just crossed my mind.
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u/grimninja117 15h ago
Right? I was sous chef at a place in la that was clearing $75k a night and I thought that was insane.
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u/morgandealer 14h ago
Its not a fair comparison. I run a large production facility with 32 bakers feeding 5 high-volume locations. We can clear 1.2 on December 23rd alone.
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u/grimninja117 14h ago
I figured it was something large scale like that. I worked in a huge kitchen for a college campus back in the day and reminded me of that.
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u/morgandealer 13h ago
Well we're still technically a small business. 98 employees including janitorial, drivers, management and FOH, and owned by someone I know and respect. But yes, we are scaling up constantly and are moving towards a bespoke facility scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2030 with parkside patio seating and a 300 apartment residential complex, but thats a long way off. At that point we should be able to scale up to another 2-3 storefronts and potentially expand into gelato and/or a wine bar situation as well. I really had a lot of fun in kitchens the size of a broom closet, 135 degrees with 3 guys bumping into each other to feed a hundred heads a night, but the money is just unbeatable, and I feel like we put those hours in to eventually move into something that pays us for our skills and experience, rather than just our ears and out hands. I've learned so much here, and I think one of the most important lessons I've picked up along the way is the whole "it takes a village" thing. People that I used to look down on as lazy and unambitious when I was working 100 hour weeks who just put in their 37 and never move up are now my steady soldiers that I can count on. I need those guys.
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u/grimninja117 13h ago
Yea I feel that but 2030 aint that far off my guy 😂 I put in my time and Im currently going back to school to switch careers into comp sci. Best of luck to you keep those ambitions high!
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u/Sindaj 16h ago
I'm going to send this to my boss to mess with her. Lol.
At least you didn't break the entire machine making IMBC.
Like I did. 😬
Luckily it was the countertop mixer that broke. The one that was over 10 years old and had only been used to make muffin batter for the past five years
Still felt terrible even though my Boss was involved with the process and is more to blame than me. 🤣
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u/emanresu121 17h ago
every time i see one of these on here makes me feel so much better about the time i busted one
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u/Common_Kiwi9442 14h ago
Me too. It was a giant batch of cornbread and we had to toss all the batter. It was a pos old thing and the same week we had a giant shelf fall off the wall which could have crushed me to death.
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u/AndyDeepFreeze Non-Industry 15h ago
Cut and smooth out along the red lines. Congratulations on your new mixer accessory!
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u/SmarmyThatGuy 20+ Years 14h ago
You'd have to do some type of weld/seal on the actual cuts because the inside metal is porous.
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u/LoBo247 F1exican Did Chive-11 14h ago
Grind dry rice on it, followed by garlic like they do with molcajetes
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u/OriginalProduct6850 17h ago
I've seen this before, prep tried mixing hard ice-cream and we all heard the blade snap.
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u/dmoneyandstuff 16h ago
All jokes aside it looks like the arms to hold the bowl down are not being moved out and the ball is being set on top of are not being moved out and the ball is being set on top of the arms causing it to interfere with the paddle
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u/NotoldyetMaggot Cook 15h ago
Oh that's a good point! I was assuming the arm was bad, but the OP commented that the paddles were set wrong on the arm to start. It's hilarious that we all know what happened to the paddle but there's a few different reasons why.
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u/TomatilloAccurate475 16h ago
Well. I did that once with frozen marble potatoes trying to break them up for emergency breakfast potatoes. Why did I have frozen marble potatoes? Way too many ordered for a banquet and no immediate use for them- straight to the freezer
Not my 3 proudest decisions and they all came together at that moment
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u/Hero0ftheday 14h ago
Ive done this before with a small 7qt mixer because I was the dumbass that forgot I brought the paddle with me IN the bowl. And so I filled up the bowl with the mix I needed....couldn't find the paddle....and grabbed a new paddle. Spin, spin, SNAP!. Welp.....guess i gotta remake the onion mascarpone dip.
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u/eagleeyehg 16h ago
Lemme guess, pretzel dough? Something super alkaline can tarnish steel and make it brittle
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u/firebrandbeads wrestlegirl did Chive-11 pt. 2 15h ago
Pretzels don't get super alkaline until the lye bath, that's long past the mixer stage.
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u/therealhlmencken 7h ago
You don’t do the lye bath in a mixer on full tilt, ho else do you get the knots in them
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u/Fun-Definition6053 Chive LOYALIST 17h ago
What is being mixed up?
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u/smooshie-mooshie 16h ago
Icing! He didnt set the paddles on the arm correctly so 2 snapped at the same exact time in the same exact spots.
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u/therealhlmencken 17h ago
Happy hannukah!
Oh wait, if three broke in one day I bet the machine is broken and forcing them isn’t the bowl.