McDonalds - burgers dying in warming trays

TOMs WIFE

McDonalds - used to get Quarter with just cheese and ketchup and those burgers would be grilled fresh and tasty. Not a Five Guys but not bad.
Over last year or 2 they are never fresh and I couldn't figure it out until I got another ****e one today and started googling.

After being grilled in a George Foreman type of grill, the "cooked patties are held in a temperature and humidity-controlled cabinet that keeps the patty hot and moist" for a max of 15 minutes. So the difference may not be that noticeable between the old way where they had them displayed in front of you and this new way, but for "special order" ones, they are no longer fresh off the grill. Another reason you'll see that the cheese is inevitably cold - cos they can't leave it on the hot burger lying there dying in the waiting tray.

Anyone else notice, or care? I guess I could insist on a freshly grilled burger by asking for one "not out of the warming trays"...

fonecrusher1

TOMs WIFE wrote: »

hot burger lying there dying in the waiting tray.

This has to stop.

You eat McDonalds?

Yuch :eek:

Guy:Incognito

Jesus, I came in to comment on the incoming "ugg, you eat McDonalds" comments from all the people who love to tell us how everything that isnt free range Kale is disgusting poison. Seems I wasnt fast enough.....

matchthis

Burger King put there’s in a steam press as far as I can recall. Still prefer them, but fries and chicken nuggets in McDonald’s are better

fonecrusher1

McD's double cheeseburger. Dang tasty.

I like an aul cheeseburger

the_syco

matchthis wrote: »

Burger King put there’s in a steam press as far as I can recall. Still prefer them, but fries and chicken nuggets in McDonald’s are better

When I worked in LV, I'd get the burger & fries in BK, and the strawberry milkshake in McD's.

fullstop

TOMs WIFE wrote: »

McDonalds - used to get Quarter with just cheese and ketchup and those burgers would be grilled fresh and tasty. Not a Five Guys but not bad.
Over last year or 2 they are never fresh and I couldn't figure it out until I got another ****e one today and started googling.

After being grilled in a George Foreman type of grill, the "cooked patties are held in a temperature and humidity-controlled cabinet that keeps the patty hot and moist" for a max of 15 minutes. So the difference may not be that noticeable between the old way where they had them displayed in front of you and this new way, but for "special order" ones, they are no longer fresh off the grill. Another reason you'll see that the cheese is inevitably cold - cos they can't leave it on the hot burger lying there dying in the waiting tray.

Anyone else notice, or care? I guess I could insist on a freshly grilled burger by asking for one "not out of the warming trays"...

1. They don't use George Foreman type grills.

2. They've been using holding trays for many, many years.

Woke Hogan

McDonalds is disgusting slop. I’d rather eat from my daughter’s dog’s food bowl than any of the horrible swill pig ****e they sell in McDonalds or in any other takeaway restaurant. The people who eat in those places are killing themselves.

Pretty Polky

Will someone please think of the burgers!?

ZX7R

Woke Hogan wrote: »

McDonalds is disgusting slop. I’d rather eat from my daughter’s dog’s food bowl than any of the horrible swill pig ****e they sell in McDonalds or in any other takeaway restaurant. The people who eat in those places are killing themselves.

Why do you feed your daughter from a dog bowl......

fonecrusher1

ZX7R wrote: »

Why do you feed your daughter from a dog bowl......

Disgraceful.

The Rape of Lucretia

the_syco wrote: »

When I worked in LV, I'd get the burger & fries in BK, and the strawberry milkshake in McD's.

There are so many awesome Burger options in Vegas, wtf were you doing going to those two ???

TOMs WIFE

fullstop wrote: »

1. They don't use George Foreman type grills.

2. They've been using holding trays for many, many years.

Hi fullstop.

By George Foreman I mean that they no longer "flip the burgers" like they used to years ago on a grill - they are placed on a grill and a "lid" comes down to do the top side. If I'm wrong (perhaps the videos I have seen are not in Ireland) let me know.

The holding trays I refer to are not the "bins" that were used in the 80s, 90s and into the 2000s. They are cabinets which hold the cooked burgers but without the bun or dressings - literally cabinets with loads of burgers which are taken out before then being dressed.

Again, not sure if you meant that it was above trays that are there for years, but I don't think so, it's recent enough that the cabinets came in.

Woke Hogan

ZX7R wrote: »

Why do you feed your daughter from a dog bowl......

Her dog eats from the bowl. My daughter eats routinely from a cardboard box. The former is still healthier than the latter in my view, at least Pedigree Chum don’t try to hide they’re selling ****e.

dartboardio

What do you think most restaurants do with your food when you order it?

Everything or most is either kept warm for hours in holding units or its probably something that needs to be deep fried and will only take a couple of minutes.

I expect nothing to be cooked the minute I order it only steak.

prinzeugen

I don't know what changes they made in the kitchen but since the McDonald's in Rathmines went over to that self-service set-up, the food has been rank.

Soggy, cold fries and stone cold burgers. Wont be returning anytime soon.

kowloon

the_syco wrote: »

When I worked in LV, I'd get the burger & fries in BK, and the strawberry milkshake in McD's.

Which place is LV? Did you walk into McDs with the BK bag in hand or did you hide your culinary promiscuity?

fonecrusher1

TOMs WIFE wrote: »

literally cabinets with loads of burgers which are taken out before then being dressed.

Yeah its cruel. Crammed in, no room to move about.

TOMs WIFE

prinzeugen wrote: »

I don't know what changes they made in the kitchen but since the McDonald's in Rathmines went over to that self-service set-up, the food has been rank.

Soggy, cold fries and stone cold burgers. Wont be returning anytime soon.

Was Rathmines I first noticed this.

Guy:Incognito

fullstop wrote: »

2. They've been using holding trays for many, many years.

The Sausage, Egg and Bacon for breakfast and chicken is all that was in staging cabinets here up until very recently. The beef is a recent development.

In my experience, the amount of times I get cold food is much more frequent now. Admittedly its most likely down to me getting any burgers with only ketchup and cheese meaning, like the op, they always used to be fresh.

TOMs WIFE wrote: »

Hi fullstop.

By George Foreman I mean that they no longer "flip the burgers" like they used to years ago on a grill - they are placed on a grill and a "lid" comes down to do the top side. If I'm wrong (perhaps the videos I have seen are not in Ireland) let me know..

Youd be going back a long time for that. Like Decades. Clamshell grilles are in use as long as they are in Ireland AFAIK.

I worked in McDonalds in the mid to late 90s and they had been are a long while before that anyway.

Junkyard Tom

Please stop hurting dogs.

prinzeugen

I thought I was being smart by ordering a fillet O fish yoke as it was one of the few things I thought they made fresh..

Nope! It was like everything bar the bun had been cooked and then dipped in slightly warm water.

I preferred the McDonald's breakfast to Burger King but I would think it will just wet, cold mush now as well.

The self ordering thing is bloody useless and the one staff member not much better.

Me - Big Mac with cheese meal please
Them- Do you want fries?
Me- Yes, I want the meal
Them- Do you want a drink?
Me- Yes I want the meal
Them - Do you want the meal then?
Me- That is what I have being asking for!
Them - No need to be rude!
Me- Facepalm and uttered "****ing idiot" under my breath.

Guy:Incognito

prinzeugen wrote: »

Me- Facepalm and uttered "****ing idiot" under my breath.

Hey, youre the one ordering a Big Mac with cheese when thats the way they come by default

whisky_galore

Why is the food sh1t in an outlet that sells sh1t food?

prinzeugen

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Hey, youre the one ordering a Big Mac with cheese when thats the way they come by default

Exactly. So why am I being asked 10,000 questions? And I learned to ask for cheese as the don't do it otherwise. My local McDonald's will not put cheese on unless you ask for it.

Will never be an issue again as I will never go back!

ZX7R

There's always one

joeguevara

I loved the story from 7 years ago about a former BK franchise owner who himacked the company email and responded to a customer who was complaining g about microwaved burgers by telling her 'if you want cold food you only have to ask. Next time go to !cDonalds you plank'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2166721/Burger-King-told-Charlotte-Chamberlain-eat-McDonalds-complained-food.html

WeIrishareEvil

I would wager that McD's food is fresher than 90% of most 'real restaurants'.

Some of these Hipster 'artisan' places the food tastes as if came from cans. Not to mention all the genital lice in the beard of the guy serving it to you. I do not need my chips in old metal enameled teacups that badly.

I'll take my chances in McDs any day over that.

Collie D

prinzeugen wrote: »

Exactly. So why am I being asked 10,000 questions? And I learned to ask for cheese as the don't do it otherwise. My local McDonald's will not put cheese on unless you ask for it.

Will never be an issue again as I will never go back!

Hmmmm. As a non cheese eater I would like the location of this McDonald’s please. It’s about time the cheese eating fraternity suffered the injustice of saying two extra words like I have had to do all my life.

_Brian

TOMs WIFE wrote: »

McDonalds - used to get Quarter with just cheese and ketchup and those burgers would be grilled fresh and tasty. Not a Five Guys but not bad.
Over last year or 2 they are never fresh and I couldn't figure it out until I got another ****e one today and started googling.

After being grilled in a George Foreman type of grill, the "cooked patties are held in a temperature and humidity-controlled cabinet that keeps the patty hot and moist" for a max of 15 minutes. So the difference may not be that noticeable between the old way where they had them displayed in front of you and this new way, but for "special order" ones, they are no longer fresh off the grill. Another reason you'll see that the cheese is inevitably cold - cos they can't leave it on the hot burger lying there dying in the waiting tray.

Anyone else notice, or care? I guess I could insist on a freshly grilled burger by asking for one "not out of the warming trays"...

Shock horror - **** product gets ****tier.

They mass produce muck food for kids and drunks, prepared by disinterested staff.

Your expectations should be so low going in that it’s impossible to be disappointed.

Mint Sauce

prinzeugen wrote: »

I don't know what changes they made in the kitchen but since the McDonald's in Rathmines went over to that self-service set-up, the food has been rank.

Soggy, cold fries and stone cold burgers. Wont be returning anytime soon.

Not Maccy Ds fault your a bad cook.

El_Bee

I like most fast food places but McDonalds wrecks my stomach, don't know what they put in their burgers.

LollipopJimmy

I don't eat McDonalds that much but the last couple of times I've eaten the meal and then left it behind. For a place that serves such terrible food they really need better toilets

Vic_08

WeIrishareEvil wrote: »

I would wager that McD's food is fresher than 90% of most 'real restaurants'.

The majority of the restaurant trade use pre-prepared food thee days, part-cooked vacuum packed portions from the big trade suppliers is a major part of many medium-high end restaurant menus these days.

People love to be snooty over McD and other junk food places but many of the successful methods they use to serve a variety of foods quickly are also used by lots of other restaurants.

Get Real

_Brian wrote: »

Shock horror - **** product gets ****tier.

They mass produce muck food for kids and drunks, prepared by disinterested staff.

Your expectations should be so low going in that it’s impossible to be disappointed.

They're no worse than a lot of sit down restaurants that people would percieve as decent.

Any salad you order, prepackaged in a plastic bag just like McDonalds, desserts such as cheesecake/brownies/apple slices, frozen prepacks reheated.

Doesn't stop me eating them but accept that unless I'm going to an extremely high end restaurant or a local one that specifically sources from "down the road" farms, it's pretty much the same. You could order deep fried brie in an average restaurant for example and it still came frozen in a cardboard box, from the same factory as some McDonald's cheese bites. Both removed from packaging and dipped in oil.

WeIrishareEvil

WeIrishareEvil wrote: »

I would wager that McD's food is fresher than 90% of most 'real restaurants'.

Some of these Hipster 'artisan' places the food tastes as if came from cans. Not to mention all the genital lice in the beard of the guy serving it to you. I do not need my chips in old metal enameled teacups that badly.

I'll take my chances in McDs any day over that.

givyjoe

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Her dog eats from the bowl. My daughter eats routinely from a cardboard box. The former is still healthier than the latter in my view, at least Pedigree Chum don’t try to hide they’re selling ****e.

You're so Woke..

La Haine

TOMs WIFE wrote: »

Hi fullstop.

By George Foreman I mean that they no longer "flip the burgers" like they used to years ago on a grill - they are placed on a grill and a "lid" comes down to do the top side. If I'm wrong (perhaps the videos I have seen are not in Ireland) let me know.

The holding trays I refer to are not the "bins" that were used in the 80s, 90s and into the 2000s. They are cabinets which hold the cooked burgers but without the bun or dressings - literally cabinets with loads of burgers which are taken out before then being dressed.

Again, not sure if you meant that it was above trays that are there for years, but I don't think so, it's recent enough that the cabinets came in.

Christ, this explains a few things now!

I worked in McD's through college 27 years ago and they had the pull-down top lid/grill back then, so never had to flip the patty.


But this new 'holding tray or cabinet' for the patties explain all the absolute SH*T dry, bland Quarters or Quarter Cheese's I've been getting the last couple of years! Unbelievable. I assumed they'd pull a made-up plain Quarter and just throw cheese on it and that was the explanation as to the cold cheese I always seem to be getting. We used to do that ourselves as a short cut working there.

Genuinely haven't had a great experience in McD's in a long, long time.

Thanks for clarifying I'm not mental!

TOMs WIFE

La Haine wrote: »

Christ, this explains a few things now!

I worked in McD's through college 27 years ago and they had the pull-down top lid/grill back then, so never had to flip the patty.


But this new 'holding tray or cabinet' for the patties explain all the absolute SH*T dry, bland Quarters or Quarter Cheese's I've been getting the last couple of years! Unbelievable. I assumed they'd pull a made-up plain Quarter and just throw cheese on it and that was the explanation as to the cold cheese I always seem to be getting. We used to do that ourselves as a short cut working there.

Genuinely haven't had a great experience in McD's in a long, long time.

Thanks for clarifying I'm not mental!

Since been told the old frills finished in 90's.
But the issue is with these damn buckets, they're destroying what can be an ok 1/4 pounder, as good as any chip shop anyway.

fonecrusher1

I'd take a McDougals burger over a chipper burger any day. Most chippers stock absolute ****e for burger meat.

mad muffin

kowloon wrote: »

Which place is LV? Did you walk into McDs with the BK bag in hand or did you hide your culinary promiscuity?

Las Vegas.

El_Bee wrote: »

I like most fast food places but McDonalds wrecks my stomach, don't know what they put in their burgers.

100% Irish beef with a pinch of salt and pepper. According to their ads.

the_syco

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

There are so many awesome Burger options in Vegas, wtf were you doing going to those two ???

By LV I meant Liffey Valley :pac:

lertsnim

Give me the local Italian run chip shop over McDonalds any time. Cheaper, tastier and you wont be hungry after an hour.

super_furry

McDonalds died to me the day they stopped selling Caramel Sundaes.

Grayson

El_Bee wrote: »

I like most fast food places but McDonalds wrecks my stomach, don't know what they put in their burgers.

Horse? Or maybe it's a lack of horse.

Either way, the answer is horse.