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Thread Number: 42570
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| Post# 447126 10/16/2021 at 15:47 (528 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
When I was school I was always interested in the cafeteria equipment as well as the computers at school.
In middle school we had yellow serving counters Alto Shaam Halo Heat warming ovens Blodgett Mark V double convection oven with windows Steam kettle Keating fryer with automatic basket lifts Cleveland steamer Southbend two burner solid element range top The high school had blue Shelleyglas serving counters with steam wells and milk coolers Alto Shaam Halo Heat warming ovens Blodgett Zephaire and Mark V double convection ovens Blodgett tilting skillet Vulcan walk in freezer 3 Keating fryers with automatic basket lifts and filter systems 6 burner solid element range 2 Cleveland steamer cabinets After I graduated, the Shelleyglas units were replaced with Galleyline units, and the Alto Shaams were replaced with Delfield pass through warmers during a remodel to the lunch lines. There was also 3 Vollrath counter top steam warmers in the teacher's line. (I own one of these Vollraths actually!) Also I believe all of the equipment in these schools was electric. Definitely the middle school, but the high school may have been set up for gas connections. Some schools did have gas equipment though. | ||
| Post# 447175 , Reply# 1 10/19/2021 at 09:25 (525 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
I was always fascinated by the dishwashing stations in school. In grade school, the Hobart was one load at a time. The washing and rinsing were not automatic, but controlled by a lever. Pull the lever for wash, push and hold the lever for rinse.
In high school, they had the automated three section setup. Prewash was first, then wash, then rise. With a conveyer belt to pull everything through. It was so cool. | ||
| Post# 447183 , Reply# 2 10/19/2021 at 21:09 (524 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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dish machine
The first elementary school I went to used those hard resin trays and silverware, and they had some kind of dishwasher, but I don't remember what.
The other schools I went to didn't have any dish machines. They used disposable trays and utensils and just hand washed the pots and pans in the 3 compartment sink. | ||
Post# 447187 , Reply# 3 10/20/2021 at 11:58 (524 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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My grade school and high school were in the same 
building. It was rebuilt (state of the art at the time) in 1960. It was also the parish center. It had Hobart everything, and also had the conveyor belt dishwasher. We ate on trays.
Several schools where I taught had a lot of disposable stuff. One school had the compartmentalized trays. The faculty ate in the old convent and had to wash our own tray each day. When the school closed, I asked for, and took my tray, for a memory. | ||
| Post# 447240 , Reply# 4 10/22/2021 at 09:45 (522 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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In grade school, they had a giant Hobart mixer. It had a three speed gearbox setup (like my N-50 Hobart I have at home). For some reason, the nuns let us go into the cafeteria kitchen one day while they were making cookies - the nuns let us all taste some of the dough. I think it was oatmeal cookies. I just remember being fascinated by that huge mixer (which was running when we all went into the kitchen).
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| Post# 447251 , Reply# 5 10/22/2021 at 19:38 (521 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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I don't remember any mixers at the schools here, but my grandmother worked in a hospital cafeteria and she used to tell about the Hobart mixer it had. She knew all about Hobart and other appliances as she also worked at Sears for some years after. I remember her talking about it when I visited my aunt as she had a KitchenAid Hobart dishwasher and trash compactor on each side of her kitchen sink.
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| Post# 447468 , Reply# 7 10/29/2021 at 21:44 (514 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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