McDonald's beef patties... how are they prepared ?

[jazzhound]

I'm hoping someone from this forum has at some point worked at McDonalds or knows someone who has could tell me how the paties are cooked. Is the patty pre-made from the factory and all they do is defrost and squeeze on their wonderful magical machines for a few minutes then voila ?

I'm just wodnering..

We ram these down our throats every day and don't even know how it's made.. well, most of us anyways.

 

[Rastus]

Well, you start with a cow.....

 

[Alienwho]

<< Well, you start with a cow..... >>


Whoa! Slow down turbo, don't get ahead of yourself. This is really how it goes:

When a mommy cow and a daddy cow love each other very much...

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<< Is the patty pre-made from the factory and all they do is defrost and squeeze on their wonderful magical machines for a few minutes then voila >>


Yes i'm pretty sure that's how it goes, because they don't brag about flame broiled like BK
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[Aenygma]

... and then remove any nutritive parts therein...

 

[sugajay]

<< Well, you start with a cow..... >>



Ummm I thought you start with the rats and cats they find in the back alley....

 

[RaoulDuke]

then they pooor jizz and formaldahyde on it. and serve you it.

 

[ZapZilla]

I don't want to know.

I don't want to know.

I don't want to know.

I don't want to ever know.

For I've seen the faces of those that do the cooking.

Indeed, I don't ever, ever want to know.

 

[RossMAN]

Just like I don't wanna know what goes into a hot dog.

 

[pulpp]

i think they are frozen semi-cooked, thats how they can finih cooking them fast, i might be wrong though

 

[Pastore]

It actually takes about 30 minutes to prepare a mcdonalds hamburger from start to finish...

28 minutes of that it is sitting in a tub of grease...

 

[Russ]

They come frozen in cases, seperated by little wax tissues. Then, they are thawed in the walk-in, and pulled from there for cooking. Same way most burger chains do it.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Silverbullet28]

Well, I have not worked at McDonalds in about 6 years but I could tell you how they used to do it. I am sure it is the same.

Starting off, yes the beef patties are frozen and come in a box of about 200 or so. The frozen patties are dropped on a steel grill, usually about 15 or so at a time, and a hood with a teflon sheet is pulled down over the patties. The hood automatically pops up after about 2 minutes or so, and there you have your cooked burger. The cooked burgers are put in a warming oven until they are dressed and slid down the chute to go out front.

Ack, talk about bringing back some bad memories.

- SB

 

[Thegonagle]

On big giant George Foreman electric grills.

Bottom Temp: 350°F
Top Temp: 425°F

Toss the premade patties on the grill frozen, close the top. 42 seconds later, the top opens. Done.

Addendum:

<< Ack, talk about bringing back some bad memories.

- SB >>

You've got that right, bro. I really don't need that information in my head, but sadly, there it is. I wish it would go away.

BTW, the meat is 100% raw to start with.

Quarter pounders cook for 108 seconds. 108 might be wrong. If so, I'm on road to recovery.

 

[chiwawa626]

<< ... how are they prepared ? >>


their not :Q arent they just defrosted?

 

[joohang]

So many different answers. Does that mean that each McD franchise prepares their &quot;patties&quot; differently?

Not that I care, though. I stopped going to McD for a long time and now I'm enjoying my T-bone. YUM! Now this is what I call &quot;beef.&quot;

 

[Thegonagle]

No, they're prepared the same way everywhere. The raw meat is shipped and stored in wax coated cardboard boxes weighing like 35-40 pounds. It's frozen up to the moment it's cooked.

 

[joohang]

In GFLMFRGM?

I love McD then. George rules.

<-- just grilled his T-bone with it.