Worked at a super high volume McD in the 70's and as a mgr in the 80's. It is very interesting to see the changes in process and equipment that McD has evolved into since. One store I worked in where I met my wife was demolished for a new road. When it was torn down I recovered the floor tiles where I was standing when I first saw my wife.
What you wrote here, reminds me of Rocky Balboa movie, when Rocky visits the demolished ice rink and tells Paulie how he spent time with his sister there. Just another example of how Rocky movies show the bits of life situations :)
So, I once got a sausage egg mcmuffin where they had obviously pulled the egg off the grill 30 seconds or so early. What I got was an egg with a slightly runny yolk. I've been chasing that high ever since.
@@queenbe420 I've asked for it many, MANY times but they've never done it for me. I've only been able to get it a few times in the last several years, but it's enough to keep me searching. Oddly enough, yesterdays weekly McDonald's cheat day had 2 with almost runny yolk. Not quite the real deal I'm jonesing for, but it was pretty close!
We actually cooked the folded from a carton mix with a rectangular multibracket back in the '90s (and fresh hotcakes from a mix!); it's unfortunate they're both now premade. At least the round eggs are more or less the same.
That was how it was when I worked at a McDonald's in the 1990s also....though for the round, we had a metal plate with a water thing on top that steamed the eggs.
I had the same experience, working at a couple of the stores in SoCal in the late 90s. I didn't know they scrapped the the liquid egg product, and changed to frozen pre-made. Crazy.
My wife always tells me to ask for the round egg on my bacon egg and cheese biscuit. I figured it didn't matter since they're all fake. Guess I was wrong, please don't tell my wife. :)
Boy things have changed since I worked the McDonald's grill back in 1991. The biscuits were scratch-made as were the hotcakes. The folded eggs were also cooked fresh to order. At least the McMuffin eggs are still cooked fresh.
To be fair it is probably a lot easier to cook fresh eggs on a grill than also doing hotcakes and whatnot. Although I definitely would prefer fresh biscuits and hotcakes…
Ok so this is something I've been wanting to see. Overall the level of efficiency in the backhouse of a McDonald's is astounding. Well done, keep it up brother 👊
when they went to the new grills they kept two of them so the do the eggs in the morning, and then they dont have a mess or the annoying transition from breakfast to lunch, it was a very good idea to do that, then during the day a grill person cleans the breakfast grill using cleaner and stuff and shuts it down
Honestly had no idea they used real eggs for some of them. Seeing these videos has actually given me a new appreciation of McD's. Everything seems standardized and clean.
I've worked in several mid to higher-end restaurants. McDonalds is way cleaner than all of them. The corporate standards and standardization goes a long way. @@xtremeentertainmenttv9664
Define real eggs? The ingredients says “eggs.” How do you fake eggs? Even egg substitutes like Egg Beaters is just egg whites with coloring and vitamins you’d get in the yolks.
@@nikelegend77 You clearly never worked in the food industry. EVERY grill is like that in EVERY restaurant, from fast food to fine dining. You have to use cleaner to get that grease off cause it's baked on. To use cleaner, you have to turn the grill off and let it cool down or else you'd be inhaling fumes. If you don't like it, I suggest you don't eat out at all, cause any place that has a grill, it'll look like that unless they just opened for the day. It's not even gross, it's just a little bit of oil.
@@liamwelsh5565 lmfao i used to actually cook in a professional kitchen. any head chef worth their weight in salt will make sure that every surface is spotless after every service. lmao what a donkey
It's going to sound silly, but I was a fast food manager for about 7 years before I had my kids and started staying home...and honestly, I kinda miss it 🤣 But your videos give me a way of sort of "reliving" the fun times 😊
I miss the redundancy of waking up every morning, rolling hundreds of newspapers, heading out and running the routes on foot or roller blades. Sometimes repetition like this is calming in an odd way.
It was different back in the late 80s. The McD's I worked at used the old bin system, not the warmer trays like in this video. We were right on an interstate exit and used to see crazy rushes 3x a day. It was crucial to have someone who knew how to run the bin and keep the waste down. Folded were egg mix from a carton but actually folded by hand, too.
Mid 70s no folded eggs. No water. No machine. We had a metal ring that we'd crack eggs into. Mix them up a bit. There was a timer. Remove the ring thing. Flip the eggs. Hit the timer. Put the eggs on the premade muffins that you assembled while the eggs cooked. Assemble. Then slide the pan forward where they were wrapped and put in the bin
Love this guy. Not only is this totally cool, kind of asmr-ish and definitely addictive to watch, but he's so nice and respectful to all his fellow workers. just a really cool dude, i would love to work with him
When i worked for BK in the 80s our omelets were made from scratch on the grill. Whoever opened had to crack & scramble hundreds of eggs. We also made the salads from fresh produce. Nothing was precut or prepackaged. We did it all by hand. So much has changed & this makes me sound old. ROFL
I like the old egg cookers that had iron rings ..we used butter to coat the grill and ring cracked the eggs broke the yokes and then placed a lid that had a cap in the center you added the water in ..one time i scoured the internets looking to buy one of those cookers with the rings ..could not find one ..
In 2004, we didnt use the clamshell for the round eggs, just a metal cover that had a reservoir that held maybe an ounce of water. We'd put the cover on and the water would drain slowly into the area between the egg molds and steam the eggs. Folded eggs, we had a mold with 6 rectangles to pour the liquid eggs out of a carton into. When the eggs were cooked about halfway through, you would fold 1 third and then fold the other third over with a spatula. You'd have to dowse it in liquid butter in a spray bottle to keep them from sticking to the mold.
I like how some people close 2 ends of the burrito while others close 1. I'd say it's a half step up from frozen. Adding the mix, half a slice of cheese, rolling then and the microwave for 15ish seconds. I like them!
@@fontressafoxx9743 As a former McD's manager, you can try to ask if they can add a bacon strip into the burrito for you. If not then I'll suggest to order a strip of bacon on the side then reroll the burrito 😁!
At my McDonald’s, we just microwave our folded eggs. Glad your store actually USES timers on your food. Ours just sits no matter what because we’re understaffed and super busy, so most stuff gets used within the regular times anyway.
It was the toughest job I ever loved. I worked at McDonald’s in Beaconsfield, Quebec in 1981. Here’s to the “Turn Lay 12-6-6” and “Grill on Cash 5”. :)
I've been a manager at McDonalds for about 2 months, such an underrated job. I went into my career with the thought "This is McDonalds, my job is gonna suck". But I was very wrong, depending on the location your going into, and what position. McDonalds can be made as enjoyable as any other job.
I worked there for 5 years in high school and university. It is pretty fun, especially when everything is working efficiently. But the problem is the effective hourly pay rate (especially for managers).
It's actually interesting. When I worked at McD's in the late 90's and early 2000's, folded eggs were still poured, and rounded eggs were being switched to pre-made. I think it was something about the risk of egg shells. I very much miss the prices from back then.
God bit. All the eggs East of the Mississippi comes from Herbucks Lake Odessa MI. The ones used for round eggs go straight to Martin and bower locations. The eggs for the liquid eggs are sent to Iowa and out of state to be broken then shipped back to Lake Odessa in tankers for further processing. It's illegal to break eggs in Michigan at "breaker plants". ALWAYS request a Round egg because it's fresher but don't ask for a fresh egg, it's above the terminology of today's employees
Love these videos. Like others have said in previous videos... it gives you a different kind of appreciation for what they do in the kitchen and how to keep it consistently going with long lines and whatnot.
'79-'81 I was a cook in a restaurant. I am so happy that I didn't have to follow all the glove up rules.....I think it would be hard to do fast, high quantity meals while wearing slippery, ill-fitting vinyl socks on my hands....And I am quite sure that even though I touched every bit of food I prepared, I didn't kill anyone....
Damn.. I never thought working in a kitchen full of sweaty teenagers could bring forth such an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia. It was a morning shift when I realized I could go Ultra Instinct and crack two eggs at the same God damn time. It saved so much time during the rush hour and is a skill I use to this very day cooking breakfast for my hungry ass family. Having to shut down and clean those grills was a pain in the ass though. I still get PTSD from having to scrape off all of the build up from behind the clamps.
At the store I used to work at we had a separate egg cooker that was extremely old and was so broken and worn out the eggs came up raw most of the time but management didn’t seem to care and we also didn’t use it for folded we where told to just put that in the microwave
Cool to see your videos from behind the scenes. Never imagined anyone ever really cracked an egg at a location. Just figured it was all done in a plant by some fancy machine and then loaded up with preservatives. Makes me want to do your job for a week. Lotta respect for people who feed people. God bless you!
Some of them are. While the round eggs are freshly cracked and cooked on-site, the folded eggs are pre-made in a factory, while the scrambled eggs are basically "liquid egg mix in a carton" that's also cooked on site. Still, that doesn't mean the folded or scrambled eggs are inferior to round eggs; they're all still made with real eggs, just with different forms of processing. If freshness is really a priority to you though, definitely do go with the round eggs.
Dang they've changed the folded since I worked there. Used to pour the folded into this jig to give them their shape and let them cook. Folded when done.
I just discovered your channel today and I’m obsessed! I’ve been binging all day. I do want to say that I have motion sickness and I get dizzy when you turn or move too fast 🤣 but awesome job! I would love to see how coffee is made pls
When I worked there in 1986, the grills were way bigger, and the egg McMuffin holder was not fixed or automated like that. And WTH is with the folded egg? We cooked it fresh and folded it ourselves. We also built the sandwich’s when done cooking. Man things sure have changed.
I work at maccas in Australia but I swear to god when you scrap the grills don’t go back and forth on the grills, lift after going forward and come back. This ensures the blade of the scraper is not dull every ten minutes
Mr Patula. You're awesome. I love your enthusiasm in the food and restaurant industry. My family owned a few bakeries at one point and know the hard work that goes into satisfying customers. Even when the customer isn't always right. Keep up the good work, sir.
I used to be an assistant manager in the late 80s. The process for cooking the eggs for egg mcmuffin hasn't changed much but the tools for cooking them has. For the folded eggs - totally different process using real eggs beaten prior to the opening of the store (at 6 a.m.) and cooked in a rectangular form, then manually folded on the grill after the cooking process completed. I can't eat gluten anymore so I haven't tasted folded eggs as shown in the video to know if they taste the same or better than the way they were prepared 35 years ago or not. Also - not shown in this video - in the 70s when I was a crew person, we made our big mac sauce fresh daily in the store.
Thanks for getting that shell out of the egg. That is the worst. I can’t finish eating after I bite into a shell. Also kudos to the guy working with a hurt foot. That’s got to be tough being on it all day.
Round eggs here get cooked on the egg machine, and double that amount at a time, folded eggs when we had them, were cooked from fresh as well. 2 eggs per folded. Crack the eggs into a stainless jug, whisk, then add to the sprayed folded mould
I don't eat Mc Donald's but I find your videos so captivating Stephan! Living in Australia I also find it really interesting the difference in staffing, here Mc Donald's is predominantly staffed with Teenagers with the only Adult's being managers; working at Mc Donald's is generally not regarded as a "career path", plus I think here in Australia Mc Donald's much prefers younger staff so they can pay them much less. But I think it's really awesome that over in America it's a really great, secure job for all people!
Do teenagers not go to school there? No business is going to survive in the US if the employees are all teenagers. They’d be closed during school hours which would include lunch five days a week.
No offense, but this almost reads like satire. Don't assume just because it's not all kids working there that it's actually a good job for an adult. The US is a hypercapitalistic place with nowhere near the worker protections or apprentice programs you have in Australia (not to mention affordable college or universal healthcare). Some people just get stuck and since healthcare is tied to your employer it's hard to take the risk of changing jobs, especially if you have kids. Notice the guy in the walking cast... a broken ankle costs thousands here without insurance and even with insurance it can cost a grand or so depending on your plan as well as hundreds per month in premiums. Even an ambulance ride costs 1K in my area. I'm not saying the adults who work fast food are the cream of the crop or anything, but it's a hell of a lot easier for someone to fall through the cracks here than in the rest of the Western world. Also, the minimum wage where this is filmed is $9.30 for both kids and adults...
I can't eat the McDonald's breakfast sandwiches anymore because the $2 deal is gone now but I enjoyed eating them for 3 straight weeks because of your videos lol 😅 and I gained 4 lbs hahaha..I paired it with a chocolate milk and a small coffee
you can get the round egg on anything you want if you ask to substitute the folded egg for round. surprising how many people don't realize this. it's mcdonalds, you can customize anything however you feel like
That’s it. My next go-to breakfast order at McDonald’s will be the Bacon Egg Cheese McGriddle, substituting in the freshly cracked Round Egg for $2.49!
I wanna see how y'all do the scrambled. I know it prolly comes from a carton but I'm still curious how y'all manage with a flat top. Absolutely my favorite part of a big breakfast.
Yeah so it comes pre-scrambled in a bag, and they just cook a small portion to order. Shocked to know it isn’t fresh like these. I asked an employee for this info 🫡
Scrambled is easy! You just pour from a carton and move the fork spatula back and forth they cook really fast the flat top and non stick mats they use on the grill for breakfast make it easy
Nice to see transparency with how the egss are made. I'm surprised they don't have a cracking machine or we don't get shells in the McMuffin. Crazy they just steam the eggs now vs grilling them for the McMuffin
I worked at mcds back in the late 90s and for the yellow egg it was actually liquid you poured into molds like the rounds and cooked them…interesting to see how things have changed
If I recall correctly that grill scraper would give you a nice patch of rough skin between the thumb and forefinger after repetitive use. I can remember doing a 6/12 bun lay for 3 hours straight during busy holiday periods.
McDonald's should pay you for this! I always pictured fake egg protein from a milk jug when I thought of Mickie Ds breakfast. This makes their food look better.
I would love to see the chaos of accidentally pushing 130 cars through drivethru in an hour with no cheating lmao No one realized how many cars we pushed through until someone pointed 118 on the board and the official ticket of 130
Worked at a super high volume McD in the 70's and as a mgr in the 80's. It is very interesting to see the changes in process and equipment that McD has evolved into since. One store I worked in where I met my wife was demolished for a new road. When it was torn down I recovered the floor tiles where I was standing when I first saw my wife.
wholesome mcdonald’s moment
What you wrote here, reminds me of Rocky Balboa movie, when Rocky visits the demolished ice rink and tells Paulie how he spent time with his sister there. Just another example of how Rocky movies show the bits of life situations :)
What a mcMaricle
That is so cute 🥺🥺🥺
he wanted to have another night on the tiles
So, I once got a sausage egg mcmuffin where they had obviously pulled the egg off the grill 30 seconds or so early. What I got was an egg with a slightly runny yolk. I've been chasing that high ever since.
Maybe I should ask for a runny yolk next time cause that's genius 🤤
@@queenbe420 I've asked for it many, MANY times but they've never done it for me. I've only been able to get it a few times in the last several years, but it's enough to keep me searching.
Oddly enough, yesterdays weekly McDonald's cheat day had 2 with almost runny yolk. Not quite the real deal I'm jonesing for, but it was pretty close!
make your own with real butter and use double egg yolk i have done this for years.
Oh BS....
@@davidcarruthers5850 Oh, Bacon Sandwiches? They're pretty good, but I prefer Sausage Egg McMuffins
As you can see, the round egg being cooked from a freshly cracked egg is the superior of the two.
They used to make the folded egg from an egg mixture in a carton. Guess its frozen now.
@@HardPumpers i remember that the scrambled eggs mixture came in a carton. the folded eggs did came premade. this was 2011, correct me if im wrong
@@DeathSeed32 🤢🤢
@@bryanrodriguez8779 why does everyone freak out about liquid eggs?
Folded eggs are still pre-made and the scrambled is made from carton til this day
We actually cooked the folded from a carton mix with a rectangular multibracket back in the '90s (and fresh hotcakes from a mix!); it's unfortunate they're both now premade. At least the round eggs are more or less the same.
That was how it was when I worked at a McDonald's in the 1990s also....though for the round, we had a metal plate with a water thing on top that steamed the eggs.
were their taste better back in the day?
As a child of the 90s I loved the hotcakes
Yep, my same experience! In the late 80’s we actually had to make the biscuits from scratch!!
I had the same experience, working at a couple of the stores in SoCal in the late 90s. I didn't know they scrapped the the liquid egg product, and changed to frozen pre-made. Crazy.
My wife always tells me to ask for the round egg on my bacon egg and cheese biscuit. I figured it didn't matter since they're all fake. Guess I was wrong, please don't tell my wife. :)
I prefer the folded egg I just love how fluffy they are.
IKR. I have to admit I was shocked to see real eggs. Go McDonalds Go.
She already knows.
Lol
@@fontressafoxx9743 it's honestly good with bacon egg and cheese mcgriddle
Boy things have changed since I worked the McDonald's grill back in 1991. The biscuits were scratch-made as were the hotcakes. The folded eggs were also cooked fresh to order. At least the McMuffin eggs are still cooked fresh.
tell me the story uncle chevvy
To be fair it is probably a lot easier to cook fresh eggs on a grill than also doing hotcakes and whatnot. Although I definitely would prefer fresh biscuits and hotcakes…
I miss the hotcakes
This is all being driven by the majority of the business now being using the drive-thru
I remember getting up at 5am to start making the biscuits for the day at Hardees in 96
Ok so this is something I've been wanting to see. Overall the level of efficiency in the backhouse of a McDonald's is astounding. Well done, keep it up brother 👊
Agread
This is being done by someone practically birthed into Mcdonald's. Your experience could vary greatly!
Now I wanna see the same perspective from chick fil a.. I've worked in alot of restaurants from fine dining to not and this efficiency is ridiculous.
Homie working with a cast 🥇
I find it really admirable seeing what you do for a living. Giving a co-worker an electric bike was really nice of you (:
Man, I just need an ebike conversion kit!
Not a coworker, he's his boss.
@@raphaeld307 most will just hit their employees with a whip then go, "I'm giving you an upgrade to getting hit with an electric whip!"
I've been waiting for this moment.
Enjoy 🥚
@@StephenPatula the store i used to work for has a dedicated grill just for round eggs
when they went to the new grills they kept two of them so the do the eggs in the morning, and then they dont have a mess or the annoying transition from breakfast to lunch, it was a very good idea to do that, then during the day a grill person cleans the breakfast grill using cleaner and stuff and shuts it down
For all my life 🎶🎼
My eggs have doubled scrambled since our last meeting Joker..
Honestly had no idea they used real eggs for some of them.
Seeing these videos has actually given me a new appreciation of McD's. Everything seems standardized and clean.
Lol
Bro said clean 😂 that’s laughable
Because the camera is on. Now when its night shift.. different story.
I've worked in several mid to higher-end restaurants. McDonalds is way cleaner than all of them. The corporate standards and standardization goes a long way. @@xtremeentertainmenttv9664
Define real eggs? The ingredients says “eggs.” How do you fake eggs? Even egg substitutes like Egg Beaters is just egg whites with coloring and vitamins you’d get in the yolks.
These videos make me feel a lot better about what I am getting at McDonald’s forreals
It all depends on who's doing the cooking 🍳 🤔.
Did u see how disgusting the grill is? I wouldn’t eat fast food if I were u
@@nikelegend77 you do you champ ill do me
@@nikelegend77 You clearly never worked in the food industry. EVERY grill is like that in EVERY restaurant, from fast food to fine dining. You have to use cleaner to get that grease off cause it's baked on. To use cleaner, you have to turn the grill off and let it cool down or else you'd be inhaling fumes. If you don't like it, I suggest you don't eat out at all, cause any place that has a grill, it'll look like that unless they just opened for the day. It's not even gross, it's just a little bit of oil.
@@liamwelsh5565 lmfao i used to actually cook in a professional kitchen. any head chef worth their weight in salt will make sure that every surface is spotless after every service. lmao what a donkey
It's going to sound silly, but I was a fast food manager for about 7 years before I had my kids and started staying home...and honestly, I kinda miss it 🤣 But your videos give me a way of sort of "reliving" the fun times 😊
I miss the redundancy of waking up every morning, rolling hundreds of newspapers, heading out and running the routes on foot or roller blades.
Sometimes repetition like this is calming in an odd way.
Thank you for your service :)
Yup, bein in the action, on the line 😄
@@pfury67 I kind of miss repetitive jobs too. Sure they're boring as hell but they're A LOT less stressful lol.
Started staying home......well, as a guy, I need to start having kids so I can stay home too I guess....money does grow on trees.
It was different back in the late 80s. The McD's I worked at used the old bin system, not the warmer trays like in this video. We were right on an interstate exit and used to see crazy rushes 3x a day. It was crucial to have someone who knew how to run the bin and keep the waste down. Folded were egg mix from a carton but actually folded by hand, too.
Mid 70s no folded eggs. No water. No machine. We had a metal ring that we'd crack eggs into. Mix them up a bit. There was a timer. Remove the ring thing. Flip the eggs. Hit the timer. Put the eggs on the premade muffins that you assembled while the eggs cooked. Assemble. Then slide the pan forward where they were wrapped and put in the bin
"Give me a 6-12 pull on regular and a four pull on quarters, please." "Cheese on 12 regs? Cheese on 8, please."
I miss all day breakfast. It's the menu McDonalds offers
Love this guy. Not only is this totally cool, kind of asmr-ish and definitely addictive to watch, but he's so nice and respectful to all his fellow workers. just a really cool dude, i would love to work with him
he's the owner of the restaurant, too, apparently
It's funny at the McDonald's I work at we do Round eggs, folded eggs, and bacon all in this thing called a comby oven.
Combi ovens do pretty much the same thing happening on the grill. They use a combination of steam and convective heat to cook the food.
As an evening shift person our combi oven is a mystery to me. I have never seen it used.
When i worked for BK in the 80s our omelets were made from scratch on the grill. Whoever opened had to crack & scramble hundreds of eggs. We also made the salads from fresh produce. Nothing was precut or prepackaged. We did it all by hand. So much has changed & this makes me sound old. ROFL
I like the old egg cookers that had iron rings ..we used butter to coat the grill and ring cracked the eggs broke the yokes and then placed a lid that had a cap in the center you added the water in ..one time i scoured the internets looking to buy one of those cookers with the rings ..could not find one ..
No kidding, right around this time when I head to bed, I've been watching your vids to help me fall asleep. This was perfect timing, thank you man!
Yay I do the same lol I love watching his videos to fall alseep and I’m heading to bead now
I’m surprised it doesn’t make you hungry as it does to me! 😅
You watch videos of someone working at McDonald's too help you fall asleep? Holy cow that's awkward 😳😬
@@Willswild - lol
In 2004, we didnt use the clamshell for the round eggs, just a metal cover that had a reservoir that held maybe an ounce of water. We'd put the cover on and the water would drain slowly into the area between the egg molds and steam the eggs.
Folded eggs, we had a mold with 6 rectangles to pour the liquid eggs out of a carton into. When the eggs were cooked about halfway through, you would fold 1 third and then fold the other third over with a spatula. You'd have to dowse it in liquid butter in a spray bottle to keep them from sticking to the mold.
No water, no folded eggs when I worked there in the mid 70's
This is the thing we’ve all been wanting and you have delivered!!
Show us how breakfast burritos are made, please!
they're frozen burritos
The mix is frozen then thawed out in the cooler over night. You make them. I should know, i make them.
I like how some people close 2 ends of the burrito while others close 1. I'd say it's a half step up from frozen. Adding the mix, half a slice of cheese, rolling then and the microwave for 15ish seconds. I like them!
Good choice I personally love the burritos just wish they would have a choice to have bacon😋.
@@fontressafoxx9743 As a former McD's manager, you can try to ask if they can add a bacon strip into the burrito for you. If not then I'll suggest to order a strip of bacon on the side then reroll the burrito 😁!
At my McDonald’s, we just microwave our folded eggs. Glad your store actually USES timers on your food. Ours just sits no matter what because we’re understaffed and super busy, so most stuff gets used within the regular times anyway.
It was the toughest job I ever loved. I worked at McDonald’s in Beaconsfield, Quebec in 1981. Here’s to the “Turn Lay 12-6-6” and “Grill on Cash 5”. :)
I would never have bet that they actually cracked and cooked real fresh eggs at McDonald’s. Not gonna lie, I’m kind of impressed.
impressed that the employees could do the most basic thing with an egg?
I'm allergic to eggs but still love that I know how McD's eggs are made now.
The key to eating at McDonald's is to choose the items that most resemble food. I always get the white egg over the yellow egg.
I've been a manager at McDonalds for about 2 months, such an underrated job. I went into my career with the thought "This is McDonalds, my job is gonna suck". But I was very wrong, depending on the location your going into, and what position. McDonalds can be made as enjoyable as any other job.
I worked there for 5 years in high school and university.
It is pretty fun, especially when everything is working efficiently.
But the problem is the effective hourly pay rate (especially for managers).
People are shocked when I say McDonald’s was one of the best and most fun job I had as a teen.
@@sailorneen Yep, it's a great first job. Anything in the costumer relations / service field is a great career path.
I did hear laughter and conversation in the background.
It's actually interesting. When I worked at McD's in the late 90's and early 2000's, folded eggs were still poured, and rounded eggs were being switched to pre-made. I think it was something about the risk of egg shells. I very much miss the prices from back then.
Now I know why I like the Egg McMuffin far better than the other breakfast sandwich. 😃
not worth the 5 dollars tho.
Mcmuffins are the superior sandwich
@@Acolis what? A mcmuffin is $2 bro
@@smolexfundie6458 Unless it's a 2 for 1 sale or some type of promotion, it's at least $4 for an egg mcmuffin. He's right
@@smolexfundie6458 $2? Lmfao
God bit. All the eggs East of the Mississippi comes from Herbucks Lake Odessa MI. The ones used for round eggs go straight to Martin and bower locations. The eggs for the liquid eggs are sent to Iowa and out of state to be broken then shipped back to Lake Odessa in tankers for further processing. It's illegal to break eggs in Michigan at "breaker plants". ALWAYS request a Round egg because it's fresher but don't ask for a fresh egg, it's above the terminology of today's employees
Love these videos. Like others have said in previous videos... it gives you a different kind of appreciation for what they do in the kitchen and how to keep it consistently going with long lines and whatnot.
McDonalds must have billions invested in designing kitchen utensils They seem to have a utensil for everything
Why is this a mystery ? Its simple.....i used to work at McD....its all good people
'79-'81 I was a cook in a restaurant. I am so happy that I didn't have to follow all the glove up rules.....I think it would be hard to do fast, high quantity meals while wearing slippery, ill-fitting vinyl socks on my hands....And I am quite sure that even though I touched every bit of food I prepared, I didn't kill anyone....
This is fascinating stuff, I’m loving you and behind the scenes goings on! 🍔 💛💛💛
Wow I'm shocked that the eggs aren't delivered already cooked.
Damn.. I never thought working in a kitchen full of sweaty teenagers could bring forth such an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia. It was a morning shift when I realized I could go Ultra Instinct and crack two eggs at the same God damn time. It saved so much time during the rush hour and is a skill I use to this very day cooking breakfast for my hungry ass family. Having to shut down and clean those grills was a pain in the ass though. I still get PTSD from having to scrape off all of the build up from behind the clamps.
what about cleaning the grease traps lmao🤣
@@bbqfetus-the_don_grilluminati I worked at a local restaurant and the grease trap overflowed. The smell was awful and we had to close. 🤮🤮
Cool video, I worked at Burger King back in High School, and this brought back my first job memories.
At the store I used to work at we had a separate egg cooker that was extremely old and was so broken and worn out the eggs came up raw most of the time but management didn’t seem to care and we also didn’t use it for folded we where told to just put that in the microwave
Cool story bro
folded egg is probably one of the worst things to happen to fast food
Cool to see your videos from behind the scenes. Never imagined anyone ever really cracked an egg at a location. Just figured it was all done in a plant by some fancy machine and then loaded up with preservatives. Makes me want to do your job for a week. Lotta respect for people who feed people. God bless you!
Some of them are. While the round eggs are freshly cracked and cooked on-site, the folded eggs are pre-made in a factory, while the scrambled eggs are basically "liquid egg mix in a carton" that's also cooked on site. Still, that doesn't mean the folded or scrambled eggs are inferior to round eggs; they're all still made with real eggs, just with different forms of processing. If freshness is really a priority to you though, definitely do go with the round eggs.
Dang they've changed the folded since I worked there. Used to pour the folded into this jig to give them their shape and let them cook. Folded when done.
I just discovered your channel today and I’m obsessed! I’ve been binging all day. I do want to say that I have motion sickness and I get dizzy when you turn or move too fast 🤣 but awesome job! I would love to see how coffee is made pls
When I worked there in 1986, the grills were way bigger, and the egg McMuffin holder was not fixed or automated like that. And WTH is with the folded egg? We cooked it fresh and folded it ourselves. We also built the sandwich’s when done cooking. Man things sure have changed.
My ex showed me years ago you can “sub round egg” on any breakfast sandwich from McDonald’s. Only thing I’m thankful for from that relationship 🙂
I work at maccas in Australia but I swear to god when you scrap the grills don’t go back and forth on the grills, lift after going forward and come back. This ensures the blade of the scraper is not dull every ten minutes
Dang, I could go for a SME now
I can tell this McD’s is never busy…back in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s, if I cracked eggs that slow, I’d still be there cooking all of the orders today.
The prices have driven the customers away. Used to be soooo busy now they may as well make to order.
Thank you for sharing and showing how it all works when it come to cooking the eggs.. Once again another awesome video! Watching from Seattle WA
Thanks for watching!
Spatula makes the best round eggs in a 200 mile radius.
YAAY I LOVE THESE!
Cracking egg with one hand takes skill.
I’m so glad I don’t eat the rehydrated folded things.. I’ve always been a eggs muffin guy!
2:44 Always got one standing around.
Can you teach us how to make a cinnamon roll?
Same
Simple you just get a cinnamon roll box put a cinnamon roll in the box toss it in the Qing oven ( microwave) then press 7 7 1 or 2
Thanks for posting these videos. So many people forget how hard fast food workers work for low pay!
Mr Patula. You're awesome. I love your enthusiasm in the food and restaurant industry. My family owned a few bakeries at one point and know the hard work that goes into satisfying customers. Even when the customer isn't always right. Keep up the good work, sir.
I used to be an assistant manager in the late 80s. The process for cooking the eggs for egg mcmuffin hasn't changed much but the tools for cooking them has. For the folded eggs - totally different process using real eggs beaten prior to the opening of the store (at 6 a.m.) and cooked in a rectangular form, then manually folded on the grill after the cooking process completed. I can't eat gluten anymore so I haven't tasted folded eggs as shown in the video to know if they taste the same or better than the way they were prepared 35 years ago or not. Also - not shown in this video - in the 70s when I was a crew person, we made our big mac sauce fresh daily in the store.
Keep up the good work 👍
Thanks for getting that shell out of the egg. That is the worst. I can’t finish eating after I bite into a shell. Also kudos to the guy working with a hurt foot. That’s got to be tough being on it all day.
Round eggs here get cooked on the egg machine, and double that amount at a time, folded eggs when we had them, were cooked from fresh as well. 2 eggs per folded. Crack the eggs into a stainless jug, whisk, then add to the sprayed folded mould
Watching this brought so many bad memories 🤣🤯
Nice to see that the round eggs are cooked fresh and basically the same as you'd get in any diner. Great job!
I don't eat Mc Donald's but I find your videos so captivating Stephan! Living in Australia I also find it really interesting the difference in staffing, here Mc Donald's is predominantly staffed with Teenagers with the only Adult's being managers; working at Mc Donald's is generally not regarded as a "career path", plus I think here in Australia Mc Donald's much prefers younger staff so they can pay them much less. But I think it's really awesome that over in America it's a really great, secure job for all people!
Do teenagers not go to school there? No business is going to survive in the US if the employees are all teenagers. They’d be closed during school hours which would include lunch five days a week.
No offense, but this almost reads like satire. Don't assume just because it's not all kids working there that it's actually a good job for an adult. The US is a hypercapitalistic place with nowhere near the worker protections or apprentice programs you have in Australia (not to mention affordable college or universal healthcare). Some people just get stuck and since healthcare is tied to your employer it's hard to take the risk of changing jobs, especially if you have kids. Notice the guy in the walking cast... a broken ankle costs thousands here without insurance and even with insurance it can cost a grand or so depending on your plan as well as hundreds per month in premiums. Even an ambulance ride costs 1K in my area.
I'm not saying the adults who work fast food are the cream of the crop or anything, but it's a hell of a lot easier for someone to fall through the cracks here than in the rest of the Western world. Also, the minimum wage where this is filmed is $9.30 for both kids and adults...
@@hdmartin88 Pretty much the only business that kind of works is the seasonal dairy barn, which is usually only open for summer when school is out.
Why am I obsessed with how McDonalds works 🤣 you sir, have earned a new subscriber 👍🏻
I can't eat the McDonald's breakfast sandwiches anymore because the $2 deal is gone now but I enjoyed eating them for 3 straight weeks because of your videos lol 😅 and I gained 4 lbs hahaha..I paired it with a chocolate milk and a small coffee
can't or won't?
@@DietBajaBlast won't because I am too cheap 😰 lol
@@DietBajaBlast I won't either. They are over $4 each. Screw that lol
Respect to the guy working even with a broken foot 1:50
Great video as always. Hope one day for an Apple Pie McFlurry
That sounds amazing.
Thank you for actually picking the shell out. I have had so many sandwiches ruined with a big bite of shell. I check every single time now.
Yeah, the definite takeaway is go with rounded egg, i.e. go with some type of McMuffin variant versus a Biscuit/McGriddle.
you can get the round egg on anything you want if you ask to substitute the folded egg for round. surprising how many people don't realize this. it's mcdonalds, you can customize anything however you feel like
That’s it. My next go-to breakfast order at McDonald’s will be the Bacon Egg Cheese McGriddle, substituting in the freshly cracked Round Egg for $2.49!
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*Ahhhhhh… finally, THE EGG!!!!* *Now I need to see the pancakes.*
Pancake are pre-made. They are just microwaved.
My kid worked at high traffic McDonald’s and said it was controlled chaos, but efficient if you stuck to the procedure. Cool vid
I wanna see how y'all do the scrambled. I know it prolly comes from a carton but I'm still curious how y'all manage with a flat top. Absolutely my favorite part of a big breakfast.
You did see.
@@Anarchist86ed no we did not. He showed folded and fresh. Not scrambled.
Yeah so it comes pre-scrambled in a bag, and they just cook a small portion to order. Shocked to know it isn’t fresh like these. I asked an employee for this info 🫡
@@ElBigRican Yeah, like they're any different.
Scrambled is easy! You just pour from a carton and move the fork spatula back and forth they cook really fast the flat top and non stick mats they use on the grill for breakfast make it easy
Nice to see transparency with how the egss are made. I'm surprised they don't have a cracking machine or we don't get shells in the McMuffin. Crazy they just steam the eggs now vs grilling them for the McMuffin
Waiting all day for your videos!!! Thanks! Now I can go to sleep!
Homie pulled up to work in a cast. He out there working hard 💪
I worked at mcds back in the late 90s and for the yellow egg it was actually liquid you poured into molds like the rounds and cooked them…interesting to see how things have changed
I remember when mcdonalds used to fry the egg instead of using steam. I could also tell the cashier to make it extra crispy.
Now it tastes so bland
If I recall correctly that grill scraper would give you a nice patch of rough skin between the thumb and forefinger after repetitive use. I can remember doing a 6/12 bun lay for 3 hours straight during busy holiday periods.
I hope every Micky D restaurant has this kind of machine/tools or whatever they are. Planning to work for McDonald's.
You should get a grill steam done on camera! That's probably one of the most satisfying parts of the job
The one handed egg crack!!
I go to McDonald’s fairly often and seeing the behind the scenes is so cool.
How busy Mc Ds can be I never feel like they have enough food cooked in these videos. He made 4 eggs…that’s like 2 maybe 3 customers! 😅
Did this Channel just become my favorite in all of TH-cam?
I've been waiting for the eggs!
The custom made devices McDonald’s has is very impressive
Hi, from Brazil. Man, I like your videos 👍🏿
I watched this video even though I work at McDonald's in the UK and do this pretty much every morning lol
McDonald's should pay you for this! I always pictured fake egg protein from a milk jug when I thought of Mickie Ds breakfast. This makes their food look better.
Stephen Patula.......S. Patula........ Spatula!..... This channel was destiny.
I would love to see the chaos of accidentally pushing 130 cars through drivethru in an hour with no cheating lmao
No one realized how many cars we pushed through until someone pointed 118 on the board and the official ticket of 130
The egg cooker the McDonald’s i work at we used for round folded we cook on the grilled
I worked at McDonald’s back in the 80s shocked they still crack eggs.
For all the crap that McDonald’s gets (and deserves), they are a magical machine.
53 years old and I never appreciated someone actually cracking the egg!
I will never have breakfast again at Mc Donald's. Thank you for sharing what I have been eating for years................................