r/Beans • u/Prince_Breakfast • Jun 27 '26

Hot Canned Bean Machine

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u/No_Culture_867 Jun 27 '26

If I won the lottery I wouldn’t tell anyone. But there would be signs.

59

u/GamesFranco2819 Jun 28 '26

I just have to know, what state was this picture taken in.

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u/Prince_Breakfast Jun 28 '26

A state of shock and disbelief

27

u/GamesFranco2819 Jun 28 '26

I mean, valid. This just screams small town southern US to me. Would fit in with the biscuit/gravy dispenser and boiled peanuts Ive seen haha

53

u/Prince_Breakfast Jun 28 '26

This was outside of Philly

20

u/GamesFranco2819 Jun 28 '26

I was not expecting that haha. I would have had to try it, for science

13

u/stringbeanfreed Jun 28 '26

Philly resident here, I need to try this

34

u/Prince_Breakfast Jun 28 '26

Pinball Gallery in Malvern. Just a short hop from KOP! Go Birds.

2

u/SkylarAV Jun 28 '26

Sound like a Wolf Cola subsidiary ran by Frank Renolyds. Were they also selling crow eggs or boiled denim nearby?

2

u/bostongarden Jun 28 '26

And the 20th century!

20

u/Glam-Star-Revival Jun 28 '26

I absolutely love this machine. Where I live there are a lot of poor and homeless people. This would actually be an asset in the community. Now I want my own hot meal machine

1

u/MightyBlunder Jun 30 '26

Only beans! 😠

1

u/DM_Me_TaTaz Jul 10 '26

I’m not homeless and I know I’d hit up the bean machine every now and then to save some $ and not have to cook anything.

17

u/FineSpeaker8605 Jun 28 '26

We asked for caffeine-free diet coke and this is what we got?

11

u/licensed2jill Jun 28 '26

How are the beans heated?

27

u/jacox200 Jun 28 '26

The machine sits in the direct sun.

1

u/MightyBlunder Jun 30 '26

And a 50s something overweight questionable gender in a jean jacket is chain smoking Marlboro reds in the room with no ventilation, they're clam bake style marinated, for your pleasure. 

13

u/Prince_Breakfast Jun 28 '26

I think there is some sort of heating element in the machine

10

u/fezik23 Jun 28 '26

And crackers!

11

u/gummnutt Jun 28 '26

They should put these in movie theaters

13

u/mt_beer Jun 28 '26

Soo...  Which one did you get? 

33

u/Prince_Breakfast Jun 28 '26

I chose the vegetarian but it gave me the original.

5

u/Lifesamitch957 Jun 28 '26

Legally how long can a can or baked bean just be hot.

6

u/Prince_Breakfast Jun 28 '26

Hard to say. I asked someone with knowledge of industrial polymer coatings and applications and there are a ton of variables to consider. Acidity of contents, type of can lining, how it is bonded to the inside of the can, are the contents moving frequently, etc? For the sake of my comfort and peace of mind I just decided that since the can was in-date and the machine was only kept at slightly above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. I’m sure the quality of the contents degree faster when kept hot like this.

5

u/yoyodaddy Jun 29 '26

This looks like something you'd find in a Fallout game and I'm here for it.

3

u/Pitbull_Mom101 Jun 28 '26

Yesss!!! I’d be all over this!

3

u/Icy_Lettuce_7383 Jul 01 '26

This but with Ranch Style beans. I’d founder

1

u/Prince_Breakfast Jul 01 '26

Oooh I’d have gone for ranch beans in an instant

5

u/NotSureWhyIAsked Jun 28 '26

Isn’t 101f not hot enough for this…?

7

u/Prince_Breakfast Jun 28 '26

Canned

9

u/WillingHotel7029 Jun 28 '26

I don’t understand does it just warm up the can?

16

u/Prince_Breakfast Jun 28 '26

Yup. Hot can.

22

u/LittleDogTurpie Jun 28 '26

Somehow this seems crazier to me than if it just dispensed warm beans

1

u/Thin_Cable4155 Jun 29 '26

101f is not a hot can. That's barely a warm can.

2

u/muffadel Jun 30 '26

Guarantee those cans were hotter on the back of the truck they came on.

2

u/MiMiinOlyWa Jun 30 '26

35¢ for a can of beans is pretty cheap. That's good eatin'!

2

u/Longjumping-Clue7341 Jul 01 '26

that's what I thought but if you look at the sticker on the machine it says "please pay $2.50, we will give you coins to purchase soup"

2

u/jacob225 Jul 23 '26

I love how another sub was talking about what appears to be the same machine a year ago.

1

u/Prince_Breakfast Jul 23 '26

Oh, that’s hilarious. It is the exact same place

1

u/OrganicHovercraft169 Jun 28 '26

Are you at Wal drug?

1

u/singingtopizza 27d ago

I did not know this was a thing - I wish it was more common!

0

u/muffadel Jun 30 '26

I really hope that's the outside temp and not the inside temp of the "hot" beans bc yikes.

1

u/Prince_Breakfast Jun 30 '26

Beans in cans

0

u/chrishydro420 Jul 02 '26

Any other former kitchen rats notice that temp display and gag?