“Tilt skillet” doesn’t do these machines justice. What sounds like something you would buy on QVC to make a perfect Belgian waffle is, in truth, a behemoth — a quarter-ton pressure cooker, 4 feet wide and 3 feet deep, with a 45-gallon tub that pivots on a horizontal axis. The tilt feature makes it easy to collect the prepared food in trays.
“These are vital to our operations,” Perez said in early March, standing next to the now-repaired cooker.
“We can steam, grill or deep-fry nearly everything in these,” Perez said. “We can cook a 50-pound bag of beans and get it done in about 30 minutes.”
Back in January, the kitchen staff discovered one tilt skillet’s lid wasn’t latching properly. The dining facilities team was called in. Inside the handle latch, they found the bushing, broken in two. They went online to order a replacement part but found none. The part…
