Sooooo I don’t know if this is a problem at other stores but everyone uses the Hobart like a dish washer. Like the water gets literally disgusting. It’s only a sanitizing machine and recycles the water ya know. I’ve literally talked to so many people about it but it’s still such a problem.
Redacted_Cookie47 points11m ago
Wasn’t the official company stance is the Hobart IS a dishwasher? We did my learning on it
BlackberryOpposite318 points11m ago
For the longest time Starbucks insisted that we only use it to sanitize and not to wash. Then one day they decided it was magically a dishwasher and told partners to use it as such. I never do.
SaltySiren99 [OP]-3 points11m ago
It’s not really a dishwasher, since it only sanitizes things. The dishes have to basically be clean before they go in. I worked in a commercial kitchen for a summer and they had the exact same process. Like prior to the update you had to hand wash, rinse then sanitize either in the solution or Hobart either one was interchangeable.
5AV1OR21 points11m ago
It is a “dishwasher” that recycles the water it uses so you have to make sure to rid the dishes of “3D debris” before putting in the Hobart. This includes date dots, dregs of sauce, inclusions etc. if your store isn’t doing this I’d pull the filter out after a few washes and show them how gross it gets. It’s supposed to be cleaned every morning and I know my store still struggles to do that.
MrsOceanGrown7 points11m ago
You have to still scrape 3D debri off of the dishes before sanitizing in Hobart. Even day dot stickers are 3D debri. That’s a huge miss. Also, dishes should be deep cleaned once a week at clean play. Also, every morning the AM day part clean safe and ready card for dishwashing station says to clean the strainer in the dishwasher before turning on the dishwasher
livlaughbaja7 points11m ago
me, reading this, just now learning that the hobart is not a dishwasher 😳 (that being said, i’ve always made sure to rinse everything and scrub stuff off the dishes before putting them in lol. i used to be a dishwasher haha)
clouds1834 points11m ago
there’s literally a training module stating the hobart is a dishwasher.
pettingneos3 points11m ago
it is
glitterorgy7 points11m ago
At first I used the Hobart because I would hate going home drenched in sink water but then the dishes started to smell like old milk and we had a guy come in and tell us it’s a drainage issue that would cost $2,000 to fix🙃
greenssv6 points11m ago
1. A dishwasher...should have a hose with a bottle of detergent it sits in. 2. Hobart should be delimed every week....the blades that rotate and spray water come out...you have to clean the screen and the filter. You have to turn off the detergent and turn on delimer under manager menu...our code is 1001. Dump in 2 bags of dezcal into bottom (not in the filter area) After done you have to turn off delimer and turn detergent back on. Run one wash cycle. 3. Dishes should absolutely be rinsed off before being put in. Grounds are the worst. 4. The lids to our 2L pitchers for lemonade and sweet cream shrinky dink in the Hobart and out tea pitcher nozzles get weak and break. The temp sometimes gets way too high.
Not properly cleaning it results in nasty Hobart's. Good luck!
bedroomwitxh3 points11m ago
It stresses me out because even with a real dish washer you NEED to rinse your dishes and make sure there isn’t food/product left on it. I get so irritated whenever I see partners putting whipped creams and inclusions containers in there without rinsing them, and any other dishes too.
Ordinary-Theory-82891 points11m ago
If you read this instructions for any modern dishwasher it explicitly states that dishes DO NOT need to be rinsed before putting them in. Obviously you’ll scrape off any food debris into the garbage but rinsing is unnecessary
PartlyCloudyKid2 points11m ago
I used the hobart at my last job and interacted with the maintenance tech monthly for it. It's a dishwasher 👍
happybowlita832 points11m ago
It's a dishwasher, that's what the guy that set it up at a store I helped open told us. If your store isn't running cleaning cycles every night and rinsing dishes before throwing them to wash is another thing. There's a detergent attached for that reason.
Gimmecoffee20201 points11m ago
It is a dishwasher, why else is it hooked up to a bottle of detergent? It is also a high temperature sanitizer. It rinses at 180 degrees, which is what sanitized them.
Have_Donut1 points11m ago
It is a dishwasher. It continually drains and refills as it cleans. It washes with detergent, and then it rinses with hot water to rinse and sanitize. It does not continually reuse the same water, it is always draining off excess and replacing it while it is running.
It looks like it does sometimes but that is because large debris that is too big to go through the drain will not get drained out and large amounts of small debris will stay in there for a while.
As with all dish machines, you should be removing food debris before you load it.
SmittyComic1 points11m ago
How to start a fight with starbucks baristas from different areas:
"state starbucks lore that will not die" unlike shots which do not die...
Aaaand.... go.
elementaltruth-3 points11m ago
the Hobart is NOT a dishwasher! it only sanitizes…
clouds1831 points11m ago
there’s literally a training module that states the hobart is a dishwasher.
elementaltruth1 points11m ago
that’s cool. I am glad you consider it a dishwasher. have you actually ever used it though? if you have you will quickly notice that unless you thoroughly clean the dishes before placing in the hobart then the problem described by the author will happen every time. a dishwasher drains the water after its cycle, the hobart does not. it recycles the water…
clouds1831 points11m ago
doesn’t change the fact that theres a training module saying it’s a dishwasher and to just rinse off any 3d debris, which would include the things mentioned by op, but regardless it does say it’s a dishwasher.
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