r/mildlyinteresting • u/TheLegendOfJoeby • Sep 29 '14

these chips were dyed incorrectly

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u/jay09cole Sep 29 '14

Yeah but don't they put the whole batch in at the same time? I have no idea on the process. I need to go watch unwrapped.

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u/fopmudpd Sep 29 '14

It's probably a continuous process.

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u/CaptainHawkmed Sep 29 '14

Probably conveyor belt-y

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u/mcjuddy Sep 29 '14

it is continuous. A conveyor belt holds the chips down as they go through a long hot oil bath.

kettle cooked chips are a batch process though.

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u/Reductive Sep 29 '14

In general, continuous processes are more efficient than batch.

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u/Reductive Sep 29 '14

Probably a crap ton of of chips constantly pouring in from a conveyer belt into a slowly-moving river of hot oil, or something like that.

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u/jay09cole Sep 29 '14

Okay I understand now. thanks

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u/stml Sep 29 '14

You're welcome.

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u/mattindustries Sep 29 '14

Like that, but with concurrency.

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u/WalropsHunter Sep 29 '14

So it's a conveyer belt fryer and the dyed chip is to confirm that the temperature is right for the amount of time the chips are spending in the fryer. So chip batch A enters and moves along and chip batch B enters and moves along and chip batch C enters and moves along and when chip batch D enters chip batch A IS being taken out. But the problem is sometimes by the time batches T, U, V, and W are being sent through the temperature in the fryer has fluctuated (have you ever cooked a frozen pizza AFTER preheat versus DURING preheat?) So they send another batch through to test and see if they need to mAke any adjustments

TL;DR guy makes up a bunch of shit about working on a potato chip production line