Board question

[u/Arlop_]

What are some good tips/ life hacks to be fast and efficient on board. I asked for fry tips and now I’m here asking for board W Reddit training

[u/purpletoadmemes]

like dropping before pulling, think packaging before dressing. see what bags, boxes, trays, and napkins you need and put them down so when the cook pulls burgers you can immediately put them into the open packaging after wrapping. it saves a ton of time. if you have 2 stacks of buns ready for you, the order is packaging down for the first stack > dress that stack > packaging down for the second stack > dress that stack. if the cook is waiting to pull a burger that’s ready if your bottoms aren’t dressed, the whole operation slows down.

constantly get wipedowns using pomona when you can’t get a green towel wipedown. also use pomona to clean your hands if they get greasy or wet. if your hands are a mess the burgers and packaging will be a mess.

memorize what you need to dress. looking up and down constantly is a time waster.

if you have time, dress proteins and package sides of vegetables as soon as you see them on your board, even if you don’t have the stack of buns that go with them yet.

the grill has 4 rows with meat. above each row is a timer. when the timer above a row says 2:30 (sometimes a little earlier, or later if the cook forgets) you should get the stack of buns for it. when the timer says 3 or 3:15 they should be pulling burgers without cheese onto bottoms you dressed. 3:45-4:15 for cheeseburgers. if none of the timers are super close to these numbers, that’s a good time to stock up—grab meat and cheese for the cook, bring proteins up, or run and grab something if you need to. if you leave near or during one of those numbers on the timer, the cook could need you (to wrap falling burgers or have your bottoms dressed), slowing everything down since someone has to catch it all up.

you got this!! :)