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kegs in Hobart? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by zedadire
has anyone else's manager started telling them to put kegs in the sanitizer machine rather than washing them by hand? as far as I know, corporate training tells us NOT to do that because it wrecks the gaskets
piratedashel 79 points 1y ago
If you do the new training, it tells you to put them in the Hobart, leaned up against a cube.
Edited to add: what gaskets?
Edited to add: what gaskets?
ThatBichAlex 13 points 1y ago
The pieces that connect to the nitro line. I feel like it doesn’t clean it properly in Hobart 😒
piratedashel 112 points 1y ago
Good news is that it doesn’t matter what you think! Haha. Just do what they pay you to do and you’re all good.
Chub-boat 14 points 1y ago
Good news everyone!!
ThatBichAlex 7 points 1y ago
I mean, I wanna make sure the kegs are clean. I also drink the cold brew so…
piratedashel 26 points 1y ago
Yeah, and Starbucks has to answer to governmental regulation about cleanliness. If it is good enough to make a policy, it’s good enough.
Honestly, i would rather drink cold brew out of a keg sanitized with the Hobart than a random green bean trying to rinse it out.
Honestly, i would rather drink cold brew out of a keg sanitized with the Hobart than a random green bean trying to rinse it out.
Emarie2200 4 points 1y ago
We just throw ours in and dump out the musty water sitting inside after 😂 idk anything about how the kegs should Bc cleaned and I doubt the rest of our partners do either.
[deleted] 21 points 1y ago
lol u need to do the summer training thing. it says we need to run it through the dishwasher now. just the kegs i believe. i would ask a ssv or sm
zedadire [OP] 2 points 1y ago
haven't been scheduled to do it yet and I don't really trust my sm not to give me untrue info just to make me work faster lol, he does it all the time.
SmittyComic 12 points 1y ago
when things get drilled into us so deep some people can't change.
remember when we were told shots don't die anymore? aww.. pure chaos.
remember when we were told shots don't die anymore? aww.. pure chaos.
ThatBichAlex 7 points 1y ago
I love how they magically don’t die anymore 😂 so strange
SmittyComic 6 points 1y ago
after "repeatable routine" started, we lost a couple good baristas. They could NOT deal with the new standards and refused to NOT stop and 'save' shots.
-zombie-squirrel 2 points 1y ago
Wait since when do they not die anymore lol
Emarie2200 3 points 1y ago
When were we told that 😭
No-While7830 8 points 1y ago
You don’t put the gasket in the Hobart, silly. Lolz
ihateyousoymatcha 12 points 1y ago
Maybe they mean the tiny gasket in the release valve? I didn't even know it was there until it got twisted halfway out.
But also, Hobart ain't gonna remove the scum. We gotta urnex that stuff off
But also, Hobart ain't gonna remove the scum. We gotta urnex that stuff off
persona-2 3 points 1y ago
Urnex can’t go into the kegs.
ihateyousoymatcha 1 points 1y ago
But it can go in the urns? Seems sus.
Our SM is 13xxxxx partner so I'm inclined to believe him when he says that's how to clean them.
Curious though, what do you guys do to remove the sludge if you don't urnex?
Our SM is 13xxxxx partner so I'm inclined to believe him when he says that's how to clean them.
Curious though, what do you guys do to remove the sludge if you don't urnex?
persona-2 1 points 1y ago
K5. My SM is full on crazy. Like will bring out her laptop with the scemm up. Urnex has to be rinsed out fully. Because of the configuration of the kegs it can’t be fully rinsed out of some of the little inner tube pieces.
No-While7830 2 points 1y ago
Oh. I thought they were talking about the O-ring gasket that goes in between the keg and the lid piece that snaps down.
&& I’m totally with that, I always let the kegs soak then scrub the heck out of them, then sanitize in the Hobart.
&& I’m totally with that, I always let the kegs soak then scrub the heck out of them, then sanitize in the Hobart.
ihateyousoymatcha 2 points 1y ago
Ur good I have no idea which one they were actually talking about
piratedashel 1 points 1y ago
I also thought they were actually talking about a gasket lol.
Nope! It’s fine, just throw it in the sanitizer. Saves time and energy, and if they say it’s fine then it’s fine. No reason to overdo it if they are saying that’s enough.
Nope! It’s fine, just throw it in the sanitizer. Saves time and energy, and if they say it’s fine then it’s fine. No reason to overdo it if they are saying that’s enough.
BatWeary 2 points 1y ago
a whole lotta urnex and a whole lotta elbow grease! only way to really get the kegs sparkling
willywankaz432 5 points 1y ago
I literally don’t care and put them in the Hobart and call it a day…..
permanently_anxious 1 points 1y ago
I said this out loud when I read the op lmaoo
MrsClaireUnderwood 3 points 1y ago
Just don't put the lids in.
We also just had training explaining how to clean kegs and they do go in the hobart.
We also just had training explaining how to clean kegs and they do go in the hobart.
Apprehensive-Meep 2 points 1y ago
Putting kegs in the hobart broke 3/6 of our kegs, so now we just fill them with sani and scrub em out
becksaroni 2 points 1y ago
I was always told to never suberge them, let alone STICK THEM IN THE HOBART. I'm so confused😩😂
permanently_anxious 2 points 1y ago
One time I had a whole bunch of them in the center part of the three-compartment letting them soak and the water filled up the three-compartment then and then kept going but I walked away to do something else and it was hitting the keg like the spicket water or was hitting the keg and flying off onto the floor and it soaked the entire back room and seeped through our wall to the building next to us. When I told my manager he told me I should have just written that in the book and not called him.
somewheredaydreaming 2 points 1y ago
Doesn't even work, dumbest thing ever.
becksaroni 1 points 1y ago
Oh wow. Our manager doesn't even look in the book tbh. Or he ignores everything he sees in it.
Electrical_Metal_106 1 points 1y ago
I tried to fit it in the Hobart with the cube but I couldn’t get it to fit. I think I’ll need to watch the training video again.
Shoddy-Trainer-8051 1 points 1y ago
I’ve worked at stores in my city that just straight up didn’t clean their kegs during peaks and instead just refilled them so I’d much rather quickly throw them in the Hobart
dayahorne 1 points 1y ago
We don't have a dishwasher haha we just wash it by hand
angryairheadaries 1 points 1y ago
there’s a new training that says you can so long as you have something holding up the keg. seems sketch to me tho 😅
geminibxtch666 1 points 1y ago
With the new ones my manager told us we can put them in the Hobart!
Hazel_is_Trans 1 points 1y ago
I always been doing that
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Downtown0317 1 points 1y ago
I told my sm about it and he said that’s stupid, so we’re not doing it
piratedashel 5 points 1y ago
It does work, and it does save time- if you do it right.
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