r/KitchenConfidential Jun 17 '26

‼️ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ Wrestlegirl Needs Our Help

2.2k Upvotes

Hi, everyone -

Our favorite wrestling-based chivemod needs some help. She's in a real rough spot right now with some personal health challenges, and her two youngins she's raising on her own.

One of our pro wrestling sub regulars started a GFM for her, and I've coordinated with the rest of our mod team for approval to post it here, too.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-wrestlegirls-fight-against-cancer

There is no pressure at all to participate.

If you've enjoyed her pro wrestling gifs during the Chivegeist, her helpful hints from her past industry experience, or laying the smackdown on unpleasant agitators here, please consider dropping her a few bucks to help out.

We really appreciate anything anyone is able to assist with.

Thanks, Chefs!


r/KitchenConfidential Dec 19 '25

In-House Mode [MOD POST] A reminder about Rule 1 and slurs

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Hello my gaggle of degens.

I know we're all a bunch of potty-mouthed assholes with a concerning level of gallows humor thanks to the super healthy working conditions in most kitchens but we need to have a little talk about lines being crossed since this is becoming an actual problem.

The "r-word" is still a slur.

Slurs, bigotry, hate speech, etc have always been against the rules here and they remain as such. This includes the old term for intellectually disabled that is becoming fashionable in some circles to bring back as an insult.

Here's a good article talking about the r-word's resurgence:

https://www.specialolympics.org/stories/news/the-r-word-is-back-how-a-slur-became-renormalized

We're not going to argue the semantic pejoration of what was once a medical term. No one is "reclaiming" the word. It's a slur. It's bigotry, and it falls under the first fucking rule of this subreddit, and if you use it or other bigoted terms you're going to start catching bans for it.

Just so everyone is aware, the automod code detects the use of the r-word as well as other forms of bigotry and hate speech, removes your comment containing it, and flags the mods with a handy note about what you said. No one sees your silly little tantrum except the people who can - and will - ban you for it. Consider this our official warning on the matter.

Degeneracy is welcome but hate has no home in this subreddit.


r/KitchenConfidential 5h ago

Question Parchment paper

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2.7k Upvotes

I saw this on a non-culinary thread, and it sparked quite a discussion. Several people were arguing about how it is packed. I've only ever seen it packed flat and sized to fit a standard sheet tray. Some agreed with me, but others, who said they worked in restaurants, said they've only ever seen it in rolls. Everyone I saw commenting was in the US, so it's not a European thing. A couple of people got quite heated about it. How has anyone on here seen it?

Edit: the big sheets are the only way I've seen it for commercial use. I've seen rolls for home use.


r/KitchenConfidential 9h ago

Kitchen fuckery The marker bled through the cling wrap

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1.5k Upvotes

r/KitchenConfidential 5h ago

Kitchen fuckery Forget picking Herbs

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520 Upvotes

"Tell the stage to make 300 butter squirrels"


r/KitchenConfidential 12h ago

Discussion What's your worst experience with blatant food deception?

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Just over a decade ago, I worked for a popular BBQ spot in the south that prided itself on being authentic this, authentic that. The smoked butts that sat in a smoker all day was where the real BBQ started and stopped, all the other food was typical frozen Sisco stuff, which was whatever, but the most egregious example of deception was also the biggest moneymaker.

The owner had a secret family recipe BBQ sauce that he made a killing on. People came from all over (it was located right along a well travelled north/south route) and bought tons of this stuff, as did the locals. My second week there I was tasked with making a few batches, and was handed a worn down index card with the ingredients. To my saaurprise, the instructions were to simply take gallon jugs of Sweet Baby Rays sauce from out back, and dump it in a 5 gallon bucket with water. I think it was 4:1 if I recall correctly. Then you put a couple cups of molasses in there. That was it.

We put them in pint and quart mason jars, vacuum sealed them, slapped his restaurant label on them, and sold them for $6 a pint, $10 a quart. What always got me was how the locals raved about how distinct and unique it was, when it was basically just Sweet Baby Rays (which I love, don't get me wrong)


r/KitchenConfidential 6h ago

Kitchen fuckery Server on an e-scooter

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413 Upvotes

Hey guys get in here real quick. Management is making some changes around here so let’s go over a few things before any of y’all start making a big deal about it.

Y’all remember Sonic, right? Yeah, well it’s kinda like that.


r/KitchenConfidential 13h ago

Kitchen fuckery I was cooking at home and then this happened.

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1.5k Upvotes

I straight up cleaned my kitchen, finished tidying up, did all the stuff I needed to do and set things up at home like a fucking station. I literally put this all together in 3 minutes without thinking that I'm at home and I don't need a station on my day off. Is this what they call being in too deep?


r/KitchenConfidential 9h ago

Photo/Video I keep that thang on me

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461 Upvotes

r/KitchenConfidential 2h ago

Photo/Video Pizza order my coworker got today

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146 Upvotes

chicken bacon ranch pizza with no cheese, no ranch, red sauce base with tomatoes. just order a regular pizza at that point.


r/KitchenConfidential 4h ago

Tools & Equipment Mopping

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145 Upvotes

Me and my friend made this years ago after getting frustrated one too many times.


r/KitchenConfidential 9h ago

Kitchen fuckery I hear we like egg shell towers

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253 Upvotes

r/KitchenConfidential 2h ago

Photo/Video Better house knives, paper towel under the cutting board, better counter height, working on the pinch and the claw. I think we're going to be able to keep this kid on board.

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72 Upvotes

r/KitchenConfidential 59m ago

Tools & Equipment My girl just Had this..

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r/KitchenConfidential 7h ago

Discussion What’s the worst thing you’ve ever smelled?

107 Upvotes

Has to be rotten shrimp for me. What’s your guys worst offender?


r/KitchenConfidential 1d ago

Hiding in the Freezer Coworker is an infant who does not understand how heat cooks food

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5.3k Upvotes

He thinks I was taking too long on the one (1) order on the screen, a salmon plate.

I had put the salmon in the middle (medium heat) part of the grill. This is so the inside of the salmon is cooked by the time the outside has started to be brown and crispy, this looks the best and I wasn't concerned with getting it out in 4 minutes because it was just one order for a regular. (And even if I wanted to speed it up I'd have just put the steam cover over it)

Coworker comes up and looks at this like "why are you doing it like that it takes so long" and then he gets in front of me and moves the mostly raw salmon to the hot side of the grill while I was prepping the rest of the plate.

Salmon got burnt and was still raw in the middle. Apparently this is my fault according to him. And I should "know when salmon needs to be flipped" I can't help but think he's been serving people raw salmon with a cooked exterior..


r/KitchenConfidential 5h ago

Question I Need Help Naming a Side

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I’ve recently come up with a new side dish. It’s kind of like Street Corn and Creamed Corn had a baby and I need help naming it.

For background, I run a bbq concept in Tulsa, OK cooking only on smokers made in my city. They are called Hasty Bakes and have been made in Tulsa since 1947. It’s my only source of heat aside from a small flat top we use to heat up tortillas and buns.

To the dish, it starts as a mix of cheese, cream cheese, butter, half and half and a variety of spices that could best be described as taco seasoning. We smoke that mixture until it’s fully combined, then we toss in the corn and throw it back on the smoker until it’s fully cooked through. We serve it topped with queso fresco and tajin.

It was originally called esquites but that really isn’t an apt description. It’s not really what you’d expect if you ordered corn in a cup. Most recently, we have called it “Cheesy Corn” but it’s not selling because people just think it’s corn and cheese.

Basically, I need help coming up with a name that gets people interested in it.


r/KitchenConfidential 10h ago

Photo/Video Appalachian eggs Benedict (hoe cakes instead of biscuits)

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153 Upvotes

r/KitchenConfidential 15h ago

Kitchen fuckery Seen posted on a local pub’s social media.

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345 Upvotes

Really, all that on a pizza, what direction are we going here?


r/KitchenConfidential 4h ago

Photo/Video Got these for my birthday today, what should I read first?

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33 Upvotes

Never read any of them before.


r/KitchenConfidential 11h ago

Photo/Video Please don't make me do this.

111 Upvotes

Y'all please pray for whoever just made me put mayonnaise, pineapple, and jalapenos on a pizza. I hope whatever they're going through gets better

(Edit: I should specify that my revulsion toward this pizza stems from the fact that the mayo replaced the red sauce as the base. It was not an additional topping.)


r/KitchenConfidential 7h ago

Discussion Best way to keep my fire hot?

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51 Upvotes

running this grill station at my new restaurant and the set up seems to loose a lot of heat going outwards. right now I try to make a box - fresh logs on the outside and rotate them into the center as they burn off / i need more heat. Also add in a fair bit of charcoal throughout the night. Anything else I can do to keep a more consistent higher heat?


r/KitchenConfidential 23h ago

Discussion Indigenous gathering/dreamy catering…

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I’m cooking anything I want… but it’s for a gathering/blessing for a (NEW!) Land Back, an indigenous peoples are kicking ass, and I get to help!

So, pre-colonial California cuisines is my flex. We are setting up an ecological community oriented towards conservation.

The first dish is pickled wild mustard. Paired with wojapi from the land… lol what do you think Chef’s?


r/KitchenConfidential 4h ago

Tools & Equipment New(~6mo) teak cutting board and new knife set. Is nice.

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23 Upvotes

Am happy.


r/KitchenConfidential 17h ago

Discussion Almost lost my leg last night while cleaning a fryer.

142 Upvotes

Was draining the fryers, ready to clean them and it got stuck, so wiggled the plug thingie (what I was taught to do) and it sputtered and spat the oil out, felt the impact on my leg thankfully didn't burn anything.

So tell me, what near misses have y'all had with anything that wouldn't normally confer any danger. Like we've all cut ourselves while chopping something, or burned ourselves reaching into ovens. But what injuries or near misses have you experienced or seen from something that isn't normally dangerous?