[TheForge] Pie press

[Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu]

	Electrical heater parts may be had at McMaster Carr, or find a kitchen supply business that has some broken equipment.  Heater wiring is very simple, but most kitchen people cook, and are not electrically inclined.  
	That has been my experience, I suspect that there are those that break the mould of which I am aware<G>.
	While I was a pe-on manager at McD, I did repairs like this all the time.  Waiting a day for the rambling company repair person to arrive from his last emergency, while burgers got cold too fast, was expensive.<G>

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Spencer
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 1:49 PM
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [TheForge] Re: Pie press


> When I was in school I worked in the kitchen to pay my room and board.
>
> We had a pie press and that was one of my jobs. 

Cool.  Nobody else I've talked to has ever heard of one.

> It was set up to make individual pies, more like tarts.

I have two sets of dies for mine, one of which is for very small pies
or tarts.  The electrical heater parts are corroded beyond use.  I
gather the thing is worth ca. $700 with dies and in job-ready
condition.


> I think we served 3k to 5k meals a day so we had to crank out a lot
> of little pies.

Yow!  At 200 shells per hour, it would still take 10 hours to press
2000 pies.  Oy.


Thanks for the followup,
- Mike

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