All work and no cooking makes Blakey a dull boy (picheavy)

NPHuskerFL

Work
Yum Ice Cream :-&


Here's a clean & tasty new technology shake machine.


90 Ton DX Roof Top Unit


Tuesday.
Chicken quarters with cilantro and Mickey'a coffee rub with asparagus & sweet potatos.



Today/Thursday T Bone steaks with board sauce and butternut squash.

blind99

@nphuskerfl vanilla was jealous and ate your pictures

NPHuskerFL

blind99 said:

@nphuskerfl vanilla was jealous and ate your pictures

Here's one more it dropped out. Poor chiller barrel is DOA :(
Chiller Barrel: http://youtu.be/7v_v91f6M6c

nolaegghead

I threw up a little after seeing the inside of that soft-serve machine.   You see lots of package units?  I guess if your roof is strong enough....

Food looks delicious man!  The squash turned my wife on.

NPHuskerFL

@nolaegghead‌ Thanks brotha! Yes, lots of RTU DX PKG units, chillers, refrigeration of all kinds, etc etc

SGH

@NPHuskerFL‌- you had me at T-bone!! The grub looks wonderful brother husker =D>

tkleager

Looks good Husker. Just went by NP about an hour ago on my way to Kearny for the night.

ChicagoEgghead20

Lookin good, I've been looking for a way to cook the butternuts 

yzzi

No offense but your steaks don't look as appetizing after looking at the picture of the soft serve machine that someone took a soft serve dump in. Won't be eating at DQ.

NPHuskerFL

ChicagoEgghead20 said:

Lookin good, I've been looking for a way to cook the butternuts 

Thanks! Pretty simple recipe. Cut lengthwise. A little unsalted butter, sugar in the raw (or ya could use brown sugar), kosher salt and cracked pepper. Raised indirect at 400℉ till tender (roughly 35-40 minutes).

yzzi

Now I viewed this thread scrolling up, and the food looked much better. Must be how I scrolled. :-?

NPHuskerFL

yzzi said:

No offense but your steaks don't look as appetizing after looking at the picture of the soft serve machine that someone took a soft serve dump in. Won't be eating at DQ.

Oh if y'all only knew. :-&
I could make it to where none of y'all would EVER eat out again. But, I won't.

NPHuskerFL

@yzzi‌ to be fair that particular unit hasn't been used for awhile. There's about $2,700 worth of repairs before that unit will be mechanically ready and food safe.

DMW

I still want DQ soft serve right now. Pretty sure none of that grody scum came in contact with product. Right? Please say that's a sealed system and everything is OK...

Food looks great! Try adding some cinnamon and allspice to the squash for something a bit different. Or just use Dizzy Pig Pineapple Head for another slant.

theyolksonyou

those steaks.....mmmmmmm

NPHuskerFL

@DMW‌ yes the SS barrel is100% sealed. But, the best part was when I was working on the other unit "Unit #2". I look at the owner and tell her the chocolate tastes funny as I'm testing product consistency. She says where did you get the chocolate. I say Your husband loaded product. She comes back and says I'll need to clean and sanitize it again. I'm all like....Whyyyy??? She whispers the product is 6 months out of date. :-O L-) :-& 10 minutes later I destroyed the porcelain. Honest mistake I guess.

lkapigian

@NPHuskerFL‌ the DX is my stuff, you can have the low temp!! Nice cook

stemc33

Great looking food. Please, no more pics of the internal guts of ice cream machines. Some stuff/things are better kept behind the SS.

SGH

@NPHuskerFL‌- This is probably a stupid question but what does the inside look like where the ice cream is actually made? Does it look as bad as the outside?

NPHuskerFL

@stemc33‌ ok no more truth pics. >:)
The plus for me is I know where and where not to eat out.

Carolina Q

That ain't an Electro Freeze. THIS is an Electro Freeze...

Carl's Frozen Custard, Fredericksburg VA, Est 1947 using those same machines. Best soft serve in the world! And it's in my home town.

NPHuskerFL

@SGH‌ nope the barrel is sparkling clean SS.

Here's an example. The barrel is clean but, has damage due to worn out scraper blades. But the barrel is still good. As you can see it is very clean.

johnkitchens

Great looking food pics! I very seldom eat out due to the buzzards that work in a lot of restaurants. Some people are just nasty and aren't concerned with serving you clean food. 

NPHuskerFL

@Carolina Q‌ I firmly believe Electro Freeze/HC Duke & Son build the best & most reliable units on the market for soft serve, slush, cocktail, batch freezers, shake etc etc

SkinnyV

Ha my dad has done a few remodels of gas stations. He wont touch the ice anywhere out of any dispenser after what he saw in those lines.
Never again.
Folks what you saw there you are coming across daily when you eat out/ or grab something convenient.

NPHuskerFL

@SkinnyV‌ oooh did you say ice machines. Standby while peruse my cloud. I'm sure I could find some really fun pictures. >:)
But, as promised I will restrain myself for my friend @stemc33‌

blind99

Ah hah now the pics are showing up. Including one i wish would not!

What is the cleaning procedure for a soft serve machine at the end of the day? Do most stores do it right?

johnkitchens

A Secretary at my office found a band aid with a hair stuck to it on the last bite of her stuffed baked potato! 

Yeah.... Lets all go the place around the corner for lunch. Lets not. I go home for lunch everyday. 

theyolksonyou

blind99 said:

Ah hah now the pics are showing up. Including one i wish would not! What is the cleaning procedure for a soft serve machine at the end of the day? Do most stores do it right?

Never ask a question you really don't want to know the answer to.

blind99

theyolksonyou said:

blind99 said:

Ah hah now the pics are showing up. Including one i wish would not!

What is the cleaning procedure for a soft serve machine at the end of the day? Do most stores do it right?

Never ask a question you really don't want to know the answer to.

Maybe you're right.

I worked in the kitchen at Boston market one summer. I made all the side dishes, corn bread, salads. Knowing how we cleaned the kitchen I would happily eat that food! They were super careful about temperatures and cleanliness.

NPHuskerFL

@blind99‌ yes a good % do clean them properly. But, the debris you see here is a few years of buildup from product leaking through the shaft/beater bar cup seal. DQ cleans and sanitizes the barrel daily. They Do Not open the side (mechanical) panels typically (that's not part of the normal process). They cleaned this one sparkling clean before I left (it took a crowbar, chisel, hammer , shop vacuum, buckets & buckets of scalding hot sanitizer. But, it's completely clean now.