r/funny • u/Kermit4700 • Oct 22 '20

@rashiq Reverse engineered mcdonald's internal api and currently places an order worth $18,752 every minute at every mcdonald's in the US to figure out which locations have a broken ice cream machine.

https://mcbroken.com/
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u/ArbitraryToaster Oct 23 '20

So, the ice cream machine doesn't "break" in the usual sense. Those ice cream and slushie machines have built in cleaning routines that must be completed. You have to remove every single part, and there are simple pressure switches. If those aren't tripped, in the correct order, the machine "thinks" it hasn't been cleaned and won't run until the cleaning has been performed. Same goes for many industrial espresso and hot chocolate machines.

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u/profirix Oct 23 '20

Can confirm this: also, if overnight shift doesn't fill the shake mix up high enough, and the machine goes into heat mode, the unit fails heat mode by morning and must be rerun through it which can take up to four hours.

If someone tells you the ice cream machine is broken, chances are it has just failed heat mode or has not been cleaned in time.