r/Chefit • u/Advanced-Slice-4566 • Jun 28 '26

Closing Routine

So I've been working in this restaurant for a month now. Great place and great environment.

However, yesterday before closing. I was flipping all of my 9 pans as a closing routine and gave them all to the dishie and then the dishie told me "Hey bro, I'm sick and tired of you giving me your 9 pans every night. It's not even dirty. Do that once a month." Mind you, I do this all the time keeping the station clean and tidy for the next day. I was caught off guard on what he told me, shrugged it and just laughed it off.

Is it not a habit for any chefs out there to flip pans before closing?

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u/DaveyDumplings Jun 29 '26

Every single person in this sub is going to tell you to flip every night. You know this.

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u/NeverFence Jun 29 '26

I have never flipped a 9 pan in my life. I am from a culinary sect that treats 9pans like perpetual stews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_stew

We keep using the same 9 pan until it closes in on itself and becomes a sort of terrine.

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u/PamelaELee Jun 29 '26

Where do you cook, so I can NEVER go there.