val406•2mo ago

My walk-in freezer gave up the ghost during the Saturday dinner rush

The compressor blew out last weekend, right as we were hitting peak service. We lost about $800 worth of proteins before we could get a rental unit in. I had to pivot the entire specials board to feature whatever we could salvage from the lowboys. Has anyone else had to completely rewrite a menu on the fly like that?

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henderson.kim2mo ago

Ugh, that's the worst. Had our main oven die mid-service once, total panic.

alice_harris352mo ago

Grab a portable induction burner to keep things moving while you fix the oven.

rubyreed1mo ago

Is a portable induction burner really that handy when you're already juggling a broken oven tho? Seems like one more thing to stress about when you could just microwave stuff or order takeout.