They destroyed $120k in touchscreen fryers in only a week!
Some how they used the wrong filter paper, should have been the filter bag. They essentially ran this thing without filter, on two units. One thing about stuff like this is its job security 😂
by Boogedyinjax
48 Comments
TwinFrogs
What cheap-ass would want a touch screen when everything is covered in grease??
flobbadobdob
Why does a fryer need a filter? Not seen something like this. How did it cause it to break?
KULR_Mooning
Really need a touch screen fryer lol?
AStove
Why would it die from not having a filter?
DaHappyCyclops
Too tip chefs, if you ever go into a kitchen and it has 120k worth of fryers…
Don’t work there.
zazasfoot
Honestly I try to only buy analog equipment now. Anything with a circuit board is just begging for issues in the kitchen. On a normal gas fryer you can diagnose a problem being a thermocouple, a gas valve, or a regulator. Thats literally the only three things that ever go wrong. Thrown in some BS “touch screen, filter paper needed to even run the unit” and your just looking for trouble.
Same on ovens, grills, salamanders, etc. Why people insist on the latest and “greatest” touch technology for a god damn professional kitchen I will never understand.
My least favorite piece of equipment in our kitchen is the stupid captiveair touch screen hood system, give me a fucking wall switch like the good old days, circuit open, the hood is on, closed is off. Not this nerd shit “uh well its in modulation mode because the air temperature around the sensor is only 8 degrees different from the air temp of the rest of the kitchen.” Bro if I wanted a science lesson I wouldn’t have smoked so much weed in HS.
vodka_tsunami
*strange trick revealed… small computers thrive at high temperatures!!*
Agreeable-War7427
The people who designed this should feel shame.
ServerLost
I cannot get my head around an appliance that requires me to put my hand and potentially face right next to a vat of hot oil.
LillyH-2024
If there were a list of equipment (not just kitchen equipment) that absolutely should never have a touchscreen…I’m going to put fryers way the hell up there.
zachk3446
Who the hell would want a touchscreen fryer??
Tired_Linecook
So.. as someone that has set a fryer on fire.. I just don’t understand this post. So, yes, the fryers should definitely have been filtered properly. Even if they weren’t filtered at all, I just can’t see how that would result in a ‘destroyed’ fryer. Sure the food quality would be ****, but the fryer shouldn’t care, unless the oil catches fire, or you set off some temperature sensor..
Having a touchscreen on these is just dumb, but I don’t think that the post is saying the touch screens stopped working.
If they were new fryers, someone from management should have caught the filter issue earlier. I know managers never close, but come on, $120k and you never showed the closers how to filter them? That’s just bad or BS.
I cannot imagine a scenario where these fryers can’t be cleaned out, reset, and ultimately fixed.
throwitoutwhendone2
I’ve used these exact fryers. Along with pressure fryers that use the same filter system. Wrong filters shouldn’t have destroyed the machine. It’ll clog it but that can be fixed
JoseAltuveIsInnocent
As a Hobart tech who installs these on the regular it always cracks me up when I see the touch screen. Those fryers are so over engineered it’s not worth it at all to buy. I’d tell the customer but it’s mostly BWW so it’s not like they’re paying for them, it’s corporate shit.
Meanwhile they’ll cheap out on a dishwasher which is what you actually need to spend money on.
The old ones are fine if you take care of them. Basic, cheap parts, and knobs, all you need.
WowzerzzWow
Proud of you?
Spoony_bard909
Fewer moving parts means fewer broken pieces
Nir117vash
Don’t buy the toddlers cars next time
Xavier_Raven
Just cause it can have a touch screen or a digital interface it doesn’t mean it should.
gharr87
Bro you can get brand new pitco fryer for 1300 and a external filter for 4000. Those things last forever, it’s literally just a burner, a switch, a valve and a thermostat. (1300*6) + 4000= 11,200. Somehow your company decided “nah better spend 108,800 more so they last forever” 🙄
NeonBlueVelvet
That’s 100% a BDubs. I work at one and it looks almost identical.
Responsible_Code_875
Who are they? Did they not get properly trained?🤷
BathbombBurger
HAHAHaaaaaa Why the fuck does a fryer need a touchscreen? Do they connect to the fucking internet too?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Uncle-Cake
I don’t work in a kitchen, but “touchscreen fryer” just sounds like a terrible idea.
carroll71234
Is this rage-bait?
Who tf gets a whole bank of digital fryers? Get 2 timer that can do a T1-4 and you’re good to go. If they were actually used the bottom would be layered with breading, burnt meat juices and black, even new.
mierkatt
I know a BWW when I see one.
sherlocked6942
I know a bdubs kitchen when i see one >.> worked for them for 8 years in HOH.
fpaulmusic
“Welcome to DigiFrier! To get started scan this QR code which will take you to the App Store. Set up an account to access basic functionality or UPGRADE to a Premium account for the low price of $4,999/year to access full functionality to begin your frying journey! Thanks for choosing DigiFrier!”
SuperSayian4Nappa
Bro did all that censoring to leave the take out box in the picture
talldata
WHY DO THEY HAVE TOUCHSCREENS?
WhEthin
Out of all the things that need a touch screen, fryers are the LAST. The buttons already got super greasy I can’t imagine how greasy a touch screen would get
No_Mortarpiece
Who’s they?!
nickpdc1993
You need only 3 things on a fryer, a turn on and off button a thermostat and a hole to drain the oil. Everything else is a waste of time space and money.
Its_bean92
My parents have a touch screen stove and when hot water spills on it they have to clean it, cool it down and turn the breaker on and off for it start up again. I can’t imagine something similar in a commercial kitchen
Jumpgate
Okay, so I went and actually looked up the model to see what’s going on here.
These things not only have crazy temperature/time settings programmable for every item on your menu with the push of a button.
But also automatically drain, filter the oil, and pump it back, while maintaining an automatic top off if oil levels drop below minimum levels. I can absolutely see these things getting destroyed if not using proper filtration for particulates through the pumps and plumbing. Especially since it seems they run automatically not manually.
Other comments have mentioned this is a buffalo wild wings, the volume of breaded wings probably justifies the labor savings in dropping these friers every 3-4 hours to maintain consistency, alongside the oil waste from the process and needing to refill them as needed on the fly during service due to volume.
Most_Baseball_7806
I know a Buffalo Wild Wings when I see one 👀
Bleezy79
The last place Id want a touch screen is on a grease fryer.
reddit_chino
6 auto fryers, what kind of gourmet shit is on the menu?
Unfair-Animator9469
I remember working at a Publix and they had some dumb ass fryer with all these settings and it literally wouldn’t let you drop the basket unless you programmed it. Why must we over complicate shit 😩
lia-delrey
You lost me at “touchscreen fyer”.
formthemitten
Automatic pumps with filters are the worst things ever. They are too complicated to put together, and take too long. It’s bound to happen
anoninoninoniboi
Got to love BWW, would recognize this set up anywhere
turkeeeeyyyyyy
I can’t tell what the fuck is going on
looman9635
I imagine the cooks like this
Willowx19stop
When are people gonna learn that all these touchscreen electronic stuff just aren’t what they cracked up to be. I think the old fryers without that lasted a lot longer.
I0VES2SPO0GE
How does that destroy a unit? If your overpriced equipment needs a specific filter or else it’s destroyed it’s a piece of garbage
DJ_Mixalot
Touch screen fryer is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard in my life
parkerm1408
Why would anyone think touchscreen fryers is a good idea? Am I missing aomething?
Raccoon_Dogg
Side note, i fraking hate those damn floor tiles!!! Its such a shit idea for a kitchen lol
48 Comments
What cheap-ass would want a touch screen when everything is covered in grease??
Why does a fryer need a filter? Not seen something like this. How did it cause it to break?
Really need a touch screen fryer lol?
Why would it die from not having a filter?
Too tip chefs, if you ever go into a kitchen and it has 120k worth of fryers…
Don’t work there.
Honestly I try to only buy analog equipment now. Anything with a circuit board is just begging for issues in the kitchen. On a normal gas fryer you can diagnose a problem being a thermocouple, a gas valve, or a regulator. Thats literally the only three things that ever go wrong. Thrown in some BS “touch screen, filter paper needed to even run the unit” and your just looking for trouble.
Same on ovens, grills, salamanders, etc. Why people insist on the latest and “greatest” touch technology for a god damn professional kitchen I will never understand.
My least favorite piece of equipment in our kitchen is the stupid captiveair touch screen hood system, give me a fucking wall switch like the good old days, circuit open, the hood is on, closed is off. Not this nerd shit “uh well its in modulation mode because the air temperature around the sensor is only 8 degrees different from the air temp of the rest of the kitchen.” Bro if I wanted a science lesson I wouldn’t have smoked so much weed in HS.
*strange trick revealed… small computers thrive at high temperatures!!*
The people who designed this should feel shame.
I cannot get my head around an appliance that requires me to put my hand and potentially face right next to a vat of hot oil.
If there were a list of equipment (not just kitchen equipment) that absolutely should never have a touchscreen…I’m going to put fryers way the hell up there.
Who the hell would want a touchscreen fryer??
So.. as someone that has set a fryer on fire.. I just don’t understand this post. So, yes, the fryers should definitely have been filtered properly. Even if they weren’t filtered at all, I just can’t see how that would result in a ‘destroyed’ fryer. Sure the food quality would be ****, but the fryer shouldn’t care, unless the oil catches fire, or you set off some temperature sensor..
Having a touchscreen on these is just dumb, but I don’t think that the post is saying the touch screens stopped working.
If they were new fryers, someone from management should have caught the filter issue earlier. I know managers never close, but come on, $120k and you never showed the closers how to filter them? That’s just bad or BS.
I cannot imagine a scenario where these fryers can’t be cleaned out, reset, and ultimately fixed.
I’ve used these exact fryers. Along with pressure fryers that use the same filter system. Wrong filters shouldn’t have destroyed the machine. It’ll clog it but that can be fixed
As a Hobart tech who installs these on the regular it always cracks me up when I see the touch screen. Those fryers are so over engineered it’s not worth it at all to buy. I’d tell the customer but it’s mostly BWW so it’s not like they’re paying for them, it’s corporate shit.
Meanwhile they’ll cheap out on a dishwasher which is what you actually need to spend money on.
The old ones are fine if you take care of them. Basic, cheap parts, and knobs, all you need.
Proud of you?
Fewer moving parts means fewer broken pieces
Don’t buy the toddlers cars next time
Just cause it can have a touch screen or a digital interface it doesn’t mean it should.
Bro you can get brand new pitco fryer for 1300 and a external filter for 4000. Those things last forever, it’s literally just a burner, a switch, a valve and a thermostat. (1300*6) + 4000= 11,200. Somehow your company decided “nah better spend 108,800 more so they last forever” 🙄
That’s 100% a BDubs. I work at one and it looks almost identical.
Who are they? Did they not get properly trained?🤷
HAHAHaaaaaa Why the fuck does a fryer need a touchscreen? Do they connect to the fucking internet too?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
I don’t work in a kitchen, but “touchscreen fryer” just sounds like a terrible idea.
Is this rage-bait?
Who tf gets a whole bank of digital fryers? Get 2 timer that can do a T1-4 and you’re good to go. If they were actually used the bottom would be layered with breading, burnt meat juices and black, even new.
I know a BWW when I see one.
I know a bdubs kitchen when i see one >.> worked for them for 8 years in HOH.
“Welcome to DigiFrier! To get started scan this QR code which will take you to the App Store. Set up an account to access basic functionality or UPGRADE to a Premium account for the low price of $4,999/year to access full functionality to begin your frying journey! Thanks for choosing DigiFrier!”
Bro did all that censoring to leave the take out box in the picture
WHY DO THEY HAVE TOUCHSCREENS?
Out of all the things that need a touch screen, fryers are the LAST. The buttons already got super greasy I can’t imagine how greasy a touch screen would get
Who’s they?!
You need only 3 things on a fryer, a turn on and off button a thermostat and a hole to drain the oil. Everything else is a waste of time space and money.
My parents have a touch screen stove and when hot water spills on it they have to clean it, cool it down and turn the breaker on and off for it start up again. I can’t imagine something similar in a commercial kitchen
Okay, so I went and actually looked up the model to see what’s going on here.
These things not only have crazy temperature/time settings programmable for every item on your menu with the push of a button.
But also automatically drain, filter the oil, and pump it back, while maintaining an automatic top off if oil levels drop below minimum levels. I can absolutely see these things getting destroyed if not using proper filtration for particulates through the pumps and plumbing. Especially since it seems they run automatically not manually.
Other comments have mentioned this is a buffalo wild wings, the volume of breaded wings probably justifies the labor savings in dropping these friers every 3-4 hours to maintain consistency, alongside the oil waste from the process and needing to refill them as needed on the fly during service due to volume.
I know a Buffalo Wild Wings when I see one 👀
The last place Id want a touch screen is on a grease fryer.
6 auto fryers, what kind of gourmet shit is on the menu?
I remember working at a Publix and they had some dumb ass fryer with all these settings and it literally wouldn’t let you drop the basket unless you programmed it. Why must we over complicate shit 😩
You lost me at “touchscreen fyer”.
Automatic pumps with filters are the worst things ever. They are too complicated to put together, and take too long. It’s bound to happen
Got to love BWW, would recognize this set up anywhere
I can’t tell what the fuck is going on
I imagine the cooks like this
When are people gonna learn that all these touchscreen electronic stuff just aren’t what they cracked up to be. I think the old fryers without that lasted a lot longer.
How does that destroy a unit? If your overpriced equipment needs a specific filter or else it’s destroyed it’s a piece of garbage
Touch screen fryer is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard in my life
Why would anyone think touchscreen fryers is a good idea? Am I missing aomething?
Side note, i fraking hate those damn floor tiles!!! Its such a shit idea for a kitchen lol