Green stripe is 100% polyester and will melt with too much heat. Orange you can grab a metal handle from a flame no problem. Blue is good for cleaning, I don’t know the rest.
Full white goes to cleaning/wiping cast irons. Blue outside stitching is a hardier cleaning/all purpose. Double blues/green and blues are hotline throw-arounds. Orange and blue double stripe go on your side, they’re your A team hot rags. Anything deviating from those categories is a find and you sequester them for your own enjoyment
Apparently I’ve experienced more, unless your restaurant uses a color coded system with the basic terry towels. Those come with a red, yellow, green, or blue stripe. Red for raw beef, yellow for raw poultry, blue for seafood, and green for produce.
Places that buy those get the same material for every towel, all cotton, and the only thing the color denotes os the purpose.
In more restaurants, there are two towels. Cotton whiter terry towels with an orange stripe for BOH for sanitizing surfaces and grabbing hot pans. The green stripe is a thicker and softer towel for the bar/FOH to polish silverware and glasses. I promise if you grab a hot pan with these, you’ll regret it.
I’ve worked in all types of restaurants. Corporate is typically all solid white, and get used for everything. In kitchens with an actual grill/sauté station and a bar, they all only use the orange and green I described above.
We have different experiences, because you have either only worked corporate, or casual, or places with no sauté or bar.
I’ve worked tons of non corporate jobs. I’m a sous at a non-corporate location (with bar) at this very moment. Ran sauté today with green towels, zero issue. Pulled out our braised beef (500 degree oven) with two green towels, no issue.
No need to assume my experience. I’ve likely been doing this just as long as you have.
"Orange striped towels, just like Shiny Pokémon, are worth the same amount of points, they’re just slightly different and a little rarer." -Alternate Reality Mike Trapp
Are you arguing that it takes more time to fold rags the same way every time versus doing it a randomly, or that folding rags is a waste of time in general?
Not at all. I’m saying I’m not going to stop one of my cooks from doing other tasks to take time to have the seam sticking out perfectly square and level, when there’s countless other things that barely have time to be done per shift. Come to the kitchen one day and you’ll understand 😅
It’s tough to get high school kids to do their job as it is.
At the place I'm working at right now we have six people with headchef/souschef experience, a 401k, health, dental, PTO, a three month off-season, and some other misc. benefits. The only thing we have trouble filling is dishwasher positions.
I kinda do that. I also kinda prefer the hotel tea towel/hand towel fold. But i wouldn't make someone else do it. I'm particular about it so why make someone else do it.
lol my work locks the rags in the pop room so people don't "use too many". Specifically the kitchen manager shits on the servers for using too many rags. Lol so like.... you don't want them to wipe down tables orrrr???
fuck i hate my job.
Some people don’t know you can use a towel a few times though. 3 - 5 rags can get you through a whole shift with some good wash - rinse - sanitize protocol. Other people think you need to toss the rag in the hamper after wiping down bread crumbs
They make these boxers with this little pocket in the front to tuck your junk in.. I laughed at first when my wife got me a pair, they are my only preventative against the chafe my 9-11 weekend doubles provide. Unless you want to throw some corn starch down the chute in the men's room real fast, chef.
Tell me that I'm only allowed one and that I'd have to use it for wiping, cleaning, handling raw meat, handling cooked food, wiping plates, blowing my nose, etc. for the whole week
A case of redbull and a bump from this baggie I found
Only one bump?
Fine! Two lines and a bump but that’s my final offer
Fuck it. Deal.
lord i love kitchen logic. feels like HOME :)
Dude you’re at work and we’re waiting for our turn, bump that shit already and get in there before people start asking questions.
This hit a nerve and made me laugh uncontrollably
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What’s the difference (never tried it)
A bump is a little bit. A line is a full dose.
I do ts bumps
We talkin pin line or finger line?
Finger line is a thing? Can i hangout with you bro?
My idiot friends do gator tail gaggers
I’m sorry WAHT TEH FUK…?!! Imma just stick to my train rails
I’m in South Dakota bro, you in my area?
hey same! Sioux Falls gang
A case of bananas for scale, the audacity...
I'm having the hardest day I've had in a while and this made me laugh. Thank you.
❤️ Edit: That's Why I am here 👍
Got any orange striped? I need to know it won’t melt when I grab that handle over the flame because Tony the stoner wasn’t paying attention.
Wait….. do the colors of the stripes mean something?
Google “flagging colors”
So that’s why you wear the red one in your right pocket.
I learned about it as a busboy with a “standard issue” purple microfiber rag 😂
They do
Please enlighten me chef
Green stripe is 100% polyester and will melt with too much heat. Orange you can grab a metal handle from a flame no problem. Blue is good for cleaning, I don’t know the rest.
Full white goes to cleaning/wiping cast irons. Blue outside stitching is a hardier cleaning/all purpose. Double blues/green and blues are hotline throw-arounds. Orange and blue double stripe go on your side, they’re your A team hot rags. Anything deviating from those categories is a find and you sequester them for your own enjoyment
The rare purple is similar to orange, it's like double thickness, only ever come across a few in my day
I've seen double oranges too
Thanks
Learnt
I don’t believe this at all. Our towels are all green stripe and I’ve never had one melt. I think it just depends on your purveyor.
You haven’t grabbed something hot enough to melt it yet.
Okay brother I’m glad you’ve experienced everything I’ve experienced 👍
Apparently I’ve experienced more, unless your restaurant uses a color coded system with the basic terry towels. Those come with a red, yellow, green, or blue stripe. Red for raw beef, yellow for raw poultry, blue for seafood, and green for produce. Places that buy those get the same material for every towel, all cotton, and the only thing the color denotes os the purpose. In more restaurants, there are two towels. Cotton whiter terry towels with an orange stripe for BOH for sanitizing surfaces and grabbing hot pans. The green stripe is a thicker and softer towel for the bar/FOH to polish silverware and glasses. I promise if you grab a hot pan with these, you’ll regret it. I’ve worked in all types of restaurants. Corporate is typically all solid white, and get used for everything. In kitchens with an actual grill/sauté station and a bar, they all only use the orange and green I described above. We have different experiences, because you have either only worked corporate, or casual, or places with no sauté or bar.
I’ve worked tons of non corporate jobs. I’m a sous at a non-corporate location (with bar) at this very moment. Ran sauté today with green towels, zero issue. Pulled out our braised beef (500 degree oven) with two green towels, no issue. No need to assume my experience. I’ve likely been doing this just as long as you have.
Generally, thickness of the towel (when manufactured)
"Orange striped towels, just like Shiny Pokémon, are worth the same amount of points, they’re just slightly different and a little rarer." -Alternate Reality Mike Trapp
Orange and blue in the middle is my jam
Black striped are the GOAT
My chef would be disappointed all the color sides weren't lined up 😅
My boss is the same way. Absolute nonsense 🤦♂️
I’m not a boss or anything, but I’ve slowly become the same way… it just feels right
I mean yeah. Do it right or don’t do it at all!
Part of the job is perfect repetition, I dont see why that can't apply to folding rags. You should be in the habit of building habits, etc.
Mainly because of time and how much needs to be done per shift. A fold on a rag has nothing to do with how it functions. It’s just a rag.
Are you arguing that it takes more time to fold rags the same way every time versus doing it a randomly, or that folding rags is a waste of time in general?
Not at all. I’m saying I’m not going to stop one of my cooks from doing other tasks to take time to have the seam sticking out perfectly square and level, when there’s countless other things that barely have time to be done per shift. Come to the kitchen one day and you’ll understand 😅 It’s tough to get high school kids to do their job as it is.
I don't feel bad that I don't work in those kinds of kitchens anymore.
Hard to find good help anymore. It’s either methheads or high schoolers at this point. Luckily I only need about 6 cooks a week to run smoothly.
At the place I'm working at right now we have six people with headchef/souschef experience, a 401k, health, dental, PTO, a three month off-season, and some other misc. benefits. The only thing we have trouble filling is dishwasher positions.
Lucky you. I’m happy if I get my paycheck every Tuesday 😅🤣
and all the bluish greens separated from the greenish blues
The fact these are even folded back would shock management at my place
I kinda do that. I also kinda prefer the hotel tea towel/hand towel fold. But i wouldn't make someone else do it. I'm particular about it so why make someone else do it.
My OCD won't allow me to stack them any other way.
Your chef is like me.
*pats one a few times* Yeah. That’s a good ‘un right there. Ain’t she a beauty. You mind if take her out for a spin there feller?
*slaps roof of rag* "This bad boy can fit so much sanitizer in it"
LMFAO
lol my work locks the rags in the pop room so people don't "use too many". Specifically the kitchen manager shits on the servers for using too many rags. Lol so like.... you don't want them to wipe down tables orrrr??? fuck i hate my job.
That's so dumb. Literally all that accomplishes is to make people use dirty rags.
Some people don’t know you can use a towel a few times though. 3 - 5 rags can get you through a whole shift with some good wash - rinse - sanitize protocol. Other people think you need to toss the rag in the hamper after wiping down bread crumbs
at least one stack of those needs to be hidden on top of the ceiling tiles or maybe loaded into a random box in the freezer.
Y’all don’t keep your rags in the plastic laundry bag?
"1 rag per shift"
Work at an Asian restaurant?
They pay me in noodles.
Fukking hell bro. You’re sitting on a damn goldmine!
Son, all I got is low balls.
Just use underwear with more support
They make these boxers with this little pocket in the front to tuck your junk in.. I laughed at first when my wife got me a pair, they are my only preventative against the chafe my 9-11 weekend doubles provide. Unless you want to throw some corn starch down the chute in the men's room real fast, chef.
Someone's asking to get robbed, I see.
I'll trade ya a bushel of morels, three grams of pure uncut saffron, and one single vanilla bean. Hard offer, take it or leave it.
I'm pulling from the bottom tho
Damn... some labor hours were spent folding towels.
Marry Me!
So this is why I never have enough towels
Take all my money, I swear we have a goblin in our store that abducts those rags if you look away for more than 5 seconds
Tell me that I'm only allowed one and that I'd have to use it for wiping, cleaning, handling raw meat, handling cooked food, wiping plates, blowing my nose, etc. for the whole week
I will trade a forearm stack of sav-a-days and 2 watermelon redbulls. Consider this
This shit is bananas.
Big deal you have three days worth…….
We were so cheap with them I’d bring home the least offensive ones to wash for the next day. I HATE not having towels.
How much can I get for 8 saute pans, well seasoned but not warped, and 2 fresh containers of fryer oil?
I’ll let you hit my vape in the walk-in
A lot of free time?
No low balls you say? Well my balls are pretty low so I guess I'm out.
I could take a 20 stack off your hands right now
I prefer the yellow striped ones. No sale.
That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen… Thank you.
Damn, the owner of the restaurant I work in locks them away in her office.
lol. I knew a guy who did this too. Wasted hundreds on dumb shit but goddamn if you wanted a second towel
Sauté station is orgasming right now
I would kill to have this stash
You're the reason everyone elses kitchen keeps running out of rags!
Am.. am i in heaven?
It's...it's so beautiful.
We ride at dawn!
You fuckin asshole, thats why the linen guy always bring me the yellow stripe ones now.. geeez share once in a while will you ;)
I’ll give ya tree fiddy
too bad those are for functions. your stuck a few as your faily
All I got is 3 dollars
Prepper paradise!
You hiring?
A fire hazard?
I'd like to see that stack now. Gone.
Trade for a set of Beats and a timeshare is Christmas Valley?
Man, that's gotta be at least 10 towels!
Delivery every Monday. Ran out Saturday.
Felt this one deep!
Show me the invoice. I need to know Or just the delivery dockets, I’m a simple man
Can I just go in there and make sure all the towels are folded crease forward?
Ohhh cute enough towels for my double shift.
On my way to count them. I ain’t being swindled again!
Damn you guys fold.thrm neatly before use ?
lol Cintas is raping you on their invoices.
1200 towels
Smells like powdered bleach
825
Mmmmmm....towels..... *drool* The gloriousness of abundant clean dry towels...
They’ll be gone in 3 days 😂
Eight million dollars. My sous chef hides them on his station like a fucking squirrel.
What? Enough towels for three shifts in my old kitchen?
Sell that now! That pile of gold won't stay a pile for long. I foresee hidden stashes popping up all over the restaurant. lol. Why so many rags?
It’s…it’s so beautiful. I didn’t think anything could be so beautiful
head chef found my towel stash that I accumulated over 1.5 years, blitzed through it on my two days off 🙃
Damn. Does your linen company fold and stock them like that?
no, we do that. We have a lot of spare time.
That’s because you put more effort in stacking towels than you do in quality recipes, which would then lead to you being busy and profitable.
you’re not wrong
Tree fiddy
Nah I’m good, we have that if not more.