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That's why I like flakers, hard to get slime in a flaker.

Originally Posted by gsxrsquid

and that isn't even a bad one. My favorite was a Florida resort with frogs in it.

I wanna see one with frogs.
Does the ice taste like chicken?

No inspections on Icemakers?

There are enough of us in the industry to complain. Ice machines should be inspected and I bet they just have been ignored for so long they take it for granted that if it makes ice they must be clean, LOL
Im going to call and ask why and then I will post their response.
Good luck
Warmaire

I have been running into this same problem in several places lately, been "following" the health inspector around kind of, had several walk in coolers and food prep tables he wrote up and I have been getting several calls to come fix them so they can use the equipment. Scary thing is several of these calls had food prep tables and walk-ins which were not maintaining temp for 3 weeks or more before they got wrote up from the inspector. I ask all of these places have you had your ice machine serviced/cleaned lately?? They all are like oh I just cleaned it, I ask if they have the proper descaler/sanitizer to use and they look at me like I am nuts. I have looked in these ice machines and gagged, asked did the inspector check this, oh no he just checked temps on the stored food, and the order in which the food was stored in the cooler, raw meat on the bottom, etc. I have no clue how come he does not check ice machines, as it is I get a lot of work from him writing up these resturaunts, which I like, and usually once I am there I am asked to fix other things and get asked to come back when they have other problems, just dont see why ice machines are ignored??

Originally Posted by joemach

These machines need to be professionally cleaned quarterly.

If they call "as needed" they pay Time & Material.

I agree. When accounts were willing to spend money on maintenance i was on top of many many machines, keeping them clean. That alone basically eliminated service calls other than the occasional hpr system that would fail.

And what is it that grows in there? Mould?

These machines need to be professionally cleaned quarterly.

If they call "as needed" they pay Time & Material.

Originally Posted by syndicated

Ugh.... I've never worked on an ice machine before. Is that normal to see whatever it is that stuff is?

Yeh, pretty much.

Ugh.... I've never worked on an ice machine before. Is that normal to see whatever it is that stuff is?

Originally Posted by 1SikLBZ

Uhh between this and working on refer equipment for restaurants I dunno If I want to eat out anymore

X2

I will never forget when we remodeled our KFC and seen mice falling out of the ceiling, I didn't eat there for quite a while.

I love these restaurants.... We clean the machines on a regular basis... Wiping down the outside of the machine and bin is NOT cleaning the machine. I've seen machines so bad I've literally had to hose them down before I could clean them. Working in NYC, even the cleanest, "A" rated restaurants have filthy ice machines. The inspectors will shut you down for your lowboy running at 40 degrees... But they don't bother to open up the ice machine most of the time. Unreal.....

Ya thats is ultra clean compared to some of the restaurants I've done in Temecula. It always has me wonder why the Health inspectors don't seem to check the ice makers.Yet they have A ratings in the window!! LOL

And to think my wife and her family does not understand why I will not drink anything with ice in it unless its ice from my freezer!

The only place I eat ice is at the ice machines that I personally maintain, other than that, helllll no haha

and that isn't even a bad one. My favorite was a Florida resort with frogs in it.

come on guys, how else are you gonna build your immune system?? kinda like when you were a kid and got a cut......"just rub some dirt in it"!!!LOL!!

if the ice machine looks like this, why does anyone think the drink dispenser is any different?

I know I can taste the crap sometimes and I do not hesitate to tell the staff and anyone standing there as I do.

leap years are on a regular basis.

Nasty

Yea after working on a few and seeing pictures on the net I have stopped getting ice in my drink. The other day Hardees forgot to not add ice and I could taste that junk in my drink. Something I found out is that 90- 95% of food illness is ice machine related.