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  1. cgibson

    How bad could a little 2 filter wide Italian Place be right??

    I get this call....the mgr is telling me how small the hood is and it's just a little Italian Restaurant. How bad could it be right?
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    How many deficiencies can you find in these photos?

    Ok this was an Indian restaurant I looked at today. To start their tandoori oven they were heating the coals directly on the flame from the stove. :eek: There are many many things wrong with place......can anyone spot the deficiencies????
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    Is anyone else HOT??

    We're roasting here in LA. Over 100 degrees every day and humidity is high too.
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    Some more "Fine Art Photography" at a chinese restaurant.

    Here is restaurant I looked at last week. I think this should be the first job we sent Steven B. to as part of his training.
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    same duct 1 year later not much improvement

    I bid this place 1 year ago.....they went with another company. Today I was called back in....they are unhappy have had lots of problems etc and they want a new bid from me. I was told that they regret not selecting me last year and the decision was made based on price alone. Now they tell me...
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    30 years of build up???

    This place was a kitchen in a small 30 year old amusement park. Pizza burgers and fries - 2 seperate systems. No access to any of the ducts (nobody but me has told them that there is no access)- upblast fans are sealed shut on the roof too. There is a sticker indicating a cleaning in 2002 from...
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    The lady told me she was "a little overdue" for a cleaning

    This was a burger place that I want to a few days ago....... The lady told me she was "a little overdue" and that she had to have the system cleaned only because she was having the ansul system upgraded and nobody wanted to work on it unless it was cleaned. :eek:
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    First UV hood I have seen.

    I saw my first hood with UV lights in it. It is very similar to a water wash hood - with an access at the top of the plenum where the lights are. The lights are in a removable stainless frame and they sit right across the top of the plenum horizontally. I am checking to see how much those...
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    Rooftop Grease Contaiment - taking it to the next level.

    This little Thai restaurant built their own grease containment system for the roof. :D
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    This guy was scared of me.

    I saw this guy servicing the fire extinguishers at this little grocery store. I was curious and I tried to talk to him, find out what the name of his company was but he acted really nervous. He said to me , "No english".......when I asked him again in spanish the same question he acted even...
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    The lady told me she was not happy with her company.

    I was called out to this place. It was cleaned in May by another company but she told me she had a "feeling" that they did not do a good job. I had the same "feeling" when I removed the filter and looked up.
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    Ever get a wierd feeling at a Chinese Restaurant?

    Anyone near TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan?? This was an interesting story: www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-restaurant-raids,0,338658,print.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
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    Grant - you have an admirer

    I saw this sticker yesterday. They really put a lot of effort into coming up with an original idea for their sticker :D You know the old saying, "Everything is bigger and better in Texas".
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    As a salesman I found this job offer to be horrible

    A friend of mine sent me this job opening......I do not think I have the exact "qualifications" they are looking for (not to worry Matt). Anyone need a terrible sales job??? *Dear Friends:* ** ____________________ is a 17 year old, wholesale distributor of DVDs, VHS and music CDs to retailers...
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    The sign on the door tells the story.

    I went to a place yesterday that was closed down for "repairs".
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    Another mall - another disaster

    I went out to this place. The owner has 2 different restaurants in the same mall. One is Chinese the other is Japanese. Both have 1 hood, 2 ducts and 2 fans. He wanted a good price since he had 2 locations and that sounded good to me until I saw the places up close :eek:
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    donut place - easy right???

    It's after 3PM and I have one more stop I could get to if I really wanted to work hard...It's a little out of my way - but heck it is a donut place. Those are easy right? I go in, pop a filter and do not even bother to get my flashlight out - I just snap a quick picture and put the filter back...
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    another questionable service

    This place "just had it cleaned" but was unhappy with their service done last month. Calling for "competative offers". 1 small hood, 20 ft lateral, 3 access doors, 1 vertical 15 ft and 1 fan. Pita place - not a lot of cooking. Who can figure out what was wrong with the prior service??? PS you...
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    Bee's nest in the duct

    This lady is remodeling her kitchen (residence) and removed the hood and had a bunch of dead bees fall out of the duct. She was telling me a few years ago she had a lot of bees in her house and could not figure out where they were coming from :eek: They are all dead now.
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    Be creative

    Had to be creative at this place....there was no roof access whatsoever. I knew that if I could not figure it out then the crew showing up to do this one would probably come back the the office and tell me "We can't get on the roof".
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