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What are these things? I'm not a barista, I'm a Hobart tech, and I find them all the time in the LX's. (i.redd.it)

submitted by eaglekineagle

rtsneedshelp 502 points 6m ago

Gasket for the whip cream canister lids. They disappear all the time, not surprised they’re hiding in the Hobart lol

eaglekineagle [OP] 107 points 6m ago

Dude for real I find them constantly

PointEither2673 27 points 6m ago

The funny thing is that when you dont have this and try to load the whip is that it makes a loud ass noise letting all the air out and everytime i go like " Where DA FUCK did the gasket go " because when i put them in the sanitizer i swear theyre there. This ex\[plains everything.

pinkjortz 259 points 6m ago

Lmao they’re for the whipped cream canisters

thatactorjoe 184 points 6m ago

lmao, there are probably a lot of baristas covered in heavy cream b/c of these rings being stuck in that machine 😂

O-Rings for the whipped cream canisters; without them, when the CO2 chargers are used on the canister the cream just sprays everywhere...it's a Starbucks rite-of-passage

mstuver15 60 points 6m ago

The amount of times I’ve had a green bean get trained three times before they make whips solo and STILL freezer burn their hands is honestly awful…..I am of course referring to myself

thatactorjoe 28 points 6m ago

Haha, I always tell green beans it only needs to happen to them once, and it'll never happen again...and then I do it myself lmao.
Those things are devious, especially when you have the o-ring in and it still doesn't work b/c they're old and worn out

insanityizgood13 2 points 6m ago

Our canisters aren't round anymore & have dents at the top so the gasket doesn't seal properly. It's a major pain in the ass trying to get them to work.

Rough-Tie-3084 1 points 6m ago

I think your SM has to order them, but getting new whip canisters is like Christmas.

silver_fang123 20 points 6m ago

Wait wait i’ve worked here for almost two years and have never heard of someone freezer burning their hand?? How does that happen? 0.o

mstuver15 5 points 6m ago

When you don’t have the gasket sealed properly, it SPRAYS a combo of chilled HWC and HYPER Pressurized CO2, which is around -79 C and -109 F. If your hand is where the lid screws on or anywhere near it, it will almost instantly burn your skin. My most recent example, a trans man with HUGE golden retriever energy had just forgotten to put the canister on the lid and twisted the charger onto the lid and their entire palm turned a SUPER deep red and swelled up like 3x the size. Super scary and he was in shock so bad he said it didn’t even hurt until it blistered a few hours later. Scary Busey up in this MF

biggbuttslutt 29 points 6m ago

Why do you have to specify they are trans? Can’t you just call them a man?

silver_fang123 4 points 6m ago

Holy shit, i’ll definitely be a lot more careful. I don’t know how me and my store have managed to avoid it this far. I guess we’ll just say dumb luck haha

mstuver15 3 points 6m ago

Didn’t even cross my mind that that was not necessary information. The guy always was super proud of his identity as a Trans individual but it was not necessary for this story you’re absolutely right

Rough-Tie-3084 1 points 6m ago

I’ve never seen them spray the HWC itself out, just the CO2, are y’all’s canisters like bent or something? Or have I just gotten super lucky that there’s never been any HWC spraying out when I forgot the gasket? I 100% believe you I’m just astounded I’ve never encountered this. I also 100% believe there’s stores whose management refused to order new ones even tho they are bent etc.

Jfostr0 1 points 6m ago

I’ve read this a few times and I’m still confused. He forgot the CANISTER? Why would you charge just a lid? 🤔

Shoddy-Trainer-8051 15 points 6m ago

I once froze my left ring finger so bad it burnt and was kinda useless all peak/day so that was fun 👍🏻

Affectionate-Raise21 4 points 6m ago

see i simply had experienced whippits many times before working at bux so i knew how to crack them😅

mstuver15 -8 points 6m ago

Well at least you got something out of your self-inflicted brain damage :)

Affectionate-Raise21 3 points 6m ago

you mean from a routinely prescribed analgesic? and other rec drugs r expensive considering i got chargers for free from BOH at my shitty job LMFAOO idk but y’all be making $15+ hourly but when i was there u were lucky if u started over fed min wage so yea i would do anything to make my shifts worth my time when i would work 4am-1pm 6 days a week😭😭

chainsofgold 2 points 6m ago

i’ve never forgot the o ring but i had a whip explode on me anyways 😭 all over front reg too

Rough-Tie-3084 1 points 6m ago

Curious where y’all put your hands on the canisters that lead to freezer burn, purely cuz I’ve never experienced it but I can totally see that happening. I’m now desperately trying to figure out how I’ve never managed it cuz I’m kinda accident prone. Like I can’t even consciously tell you where I put my hands on the canisters now lol.

DiabolicWizard 9 points 6m ago

I can proudly say that I have never forgotten the o-ring when I made whips. Now have I still been sprayed by other partners yes lol

Chromosomes23 2 points 6m ago

I had a newer partner have the gasket in and everything. I had to stop peak to wipe down the cafe and everything behind the line. Looked like a whip cream bomb went off.

Muted_Obligation4501 5 points 6m ago

Bro I’ll teach whips tell them to make sure the gasket is in each top and they’ll still miss it, when I hear the god awful sizzle I ask if they checked they always say they do… and guess what there’s never a gasket

skylikeslemonade 6 points 6m ago

i made a whip once and there was an o ring in there!! it still sprayed me :) so now i have so much anxiety about whips and i double check the rings and press them in so hard cause i’m so scared it’s gonna backfire and my shift is gonna think i’m incompetent

Muted_Obligation4501 5 points 6m ago

It happens to the best of us! Sometimes I’ve had two rings sneak in there and cause some weird things to happen (aka it just wasn’t charging and hissing at me) or they can break unknowingly too

IAMACHRISTMASWIZARD 47 points 6m ago

lmaoo hobarts eat whip gaskets like washers eat socks

eaglekineagle [OP] 9 points 6m ago

One time I found 8 under the filter screen

Jadenvicious1 3 points 6m ago

This is so funny to me.

Jew_3 3 points 6m ago

Okay, that’s way too many to find. Finding 1 in a machine routinely, understandable. Finding 8 in a single machine is absurd.

testingaurora 3 points 6m ago

I think it’s dryers, the socks are there until it goes in the dryer and it’s a mystery bc there’s nowhere for it to have disappeared to, unlike a washer that could get it sucked down the drain

Chromosomes23 2 points 6m ago

Check your front panel inside you’ll find a bunch of socks

testingaurora 1 points 6m ago

Front panel of washer or dryer?

eaglekineagle [OP] 3 points 6m ago

If you're clothes washer has a lid on the top, tilt it up a little bit and underneath you'll find whatever got launched out of the tub during a cycle.

Chromosomes23 1 points 6m ago

Dryer look at a YouTube video on it

reclusivegiraffe 32 points 6m ago

They’re not supposed to go through the hobart lol

Formal-Ad2863 10 points 6m ago

so glad another partner actually knows this because NO ONE at my store does apparently. i have to fish these out of the lil gutter in the hobart with the tongs!

reclusivegiraffe 3 points 6m ago

me too. people just be putting whole whip lids in there (which doesn’t clean them) and the gaskets always end up down there

imnotcalmable 1 points 6m ago

Do you take the lid apart before putting it in the Hobart?

reclusivegiraffe 1 points 6m ago

i don’t put it in the hobart at all. hot soapy water

0x52and1x52 9 points 6m ago

Yes they are lmfao. I don’t know how this myth got started but all of our equipment is dishwasher safe. Check the SCEMM if you’re ever unsure.

FlippinAsian 2 points 6m ago

How about all pieces of a drizzle bottle? We were told not to put them in the Hobart as it will cause the bottles to “leak.” I don’t think that’s true though, and they just wear out after a period of time.

dazedandconfusedhere 2 points 6m ago

SCEMM says drizzle bottles are Hobart safe

reclusivegiraffe 1 points 6m ago

all of our 2L pitchers break if we run them through hobart repeatedly. the plastic is just too brittle. idc what SCEMM says when the truth is obviously different.

the reason i say that about the whip gaskets is because people are obviously putting the whole whip lid in there — which means they’re not actually getting cleaned. they need to soak in hot soap water

toapoet 2 points 6m ago

Oh I didn’t know that!! Good to know, thank you.

LambCHOP6988 19 points 6m ago

Woe be unto those who faileth to check thyne lid 'fore thou twisteth thy charger.

Imatallguy 8 points 6m ago

One way to end up with a white Christmas.

catgirlmunist 12 points 6m ago

As others have said, they're whip canister gaskets. They're also not supposed to go through the hobart. I believe the heat makes them wear out faster.

Mariiriini 13 points 6m ago

There's two kinds of hobarts. One is high heat and one is primarily chemical sanitation. High heat supposedly isn't good for some pieces.

We don't get "handwash items only" labor though, and I don't notice the difference so... Haven't seen whip gaskets or caramel bottles wear out over the course of a year at one store.

eaglekineagle [OP] 2 points 6m ago

You have done your homework!

catgirlmunist 2 points 6m ago

My store has a high heat hobart, good to know there's a chemical type too.

I've seen a few whip gaskets develop slow leaks in my 7 months here. I can't know for sure that the hobart is the reason but I was trained not to put them in the hobart so I don't. And as far as I know I'm the only person at my store who doesn't.

I haven't heard anything about caramel bottles being hand wash only.

FlippinAsian 1 points 6m ago

How can you tell which Hobart you have in your store?

MasterMischievous 10 points 6m ago

Recommend to the stores to get these little mesh bags. They’re Hobart safe that keeps everything from floating around. I got a new manager like 3 months ago and she brought them with her, and now we don’t lose our whip pieces, they’re great! To be more specific tell them to special order item #11097586. To anybody reading this, give this number to a ssv or your manager and tell them to order you 1-2, they’re extremely handy.

nezaket 2 points 6m ago

BOOKMARKED!

MasterMischievous 1 points 6m ago

Yay!

misaruwu 6 points 6m ago

Before reading the second sentence I flipped out because I couldn’t help but wonder “how have you been making whipped cream all this time???”

Formal-Ad2863 6 points 6m ago

y’all these should be REMOVED before you put the lids in the washer

imnotcalmable 1 points 6m ago

Do you take the rest of the lid apart?

Formal-Ad2863 1 points 6m ago

i personally don’t but i’ve never been if they should be or not. we do switch the tip out often though

dazedandconfusedhere 1 points 6m ago

They should be taken apart every wash

Suspicious-Fuel8813 5 points 6m ago

Hobarts favorite snacks are whip gaskets

nonogender 4 points 6m ago

do baristas a favor and throw them in the sink when u find them haha

eaglekineagle [OP] 4 points 6m ago

I usually do

Persnickety-sass1015 4 points 6m ago

They’re the gaskets to the whipped cream containers.

Foreign_Service3102 3 points 6m ago

Rip

rterrebo 3 points 6m ago

Seals for the whip cream chargers.

sero5074 3 points 6m ago

HAHAHAHA

Revolutionary_Heat77 3 points 6m ago

someone on bar is not going to have a good time is all i can say

Brilliant_List7381 3 points 6m ago

For whip cream canisters!

Lizardkween_ 2 points 6m ago

It’s for the whip cream canisters

Lcolecrochet 2 points 6m ago

Whip lid gaskets! Slippery fuckers always getting lost xD

Zealousideal-Star448 2 points 6m ago

They help keep the water/ air tight seal on our whip creams. They fall out and get lost all the time.

board-certified 2 points 6m ago

There are mesh bags you can purchase in IMS for small dish pieces like this that fall into the strainer during the cycle.

Shmerpism 1 points 6m ago

The water jets kinda fling them everywhere and getting them out of that hot ass water is a trap

darkwolf523 1 points 6m ago

A dirty ass whipped cream ⭕️

misslyss231 1 points 6m ago

Also if you find a bunch of tiny blue-ish gaskets or small metal washers those go to our syrup pumps and are also often eaten by the Hobart. We can get blue mesh bags to put them in so they don’t get lost in the machine but no one ever bothers because it’s faster just to toss them in and fish them out I guess. 🤷🏼‍♀️

governor_phillpblake 1 points 6m ago

I’m always digging those out the Hobart at multiple stores I’ve worked at

linseeded 1 points 6m ago

LOL gasket for whip cream containers.

kaefeen 0 points 6m ago

you should tell the partners to stop putting them in the hobart lmao

FruitPoopLoops -1 points 6m ago

Cock rings

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