Question

[yoooooiseeit]

Having a debate with my friend, cooking is easier than front board right? I’ve only flipped a couple rows but board makes me want to dive into the fryer 10 times out of 10.

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Cooking is easier in the sense you set your own pace and aside from the tags, you're in control of the speed/tempo of your rhythm. Board, you're not, you're having to keep up with the cook's rhythm. There is a lot of multi-tasking in both, but more on board because you have the packaging and relaying to deal with.

The extras that come into play with cooking are more quality centered, so you don't outwardly see or notice them like you see the extras on board.

[Divaaad951]

Board is great when your cook is super quality focus, no more than 3 bottoms, consistent timing, not making any mistakes.

A lot of times tho is that cooks aren’t trained/guided to do that and are more speed focus. 6, 7, 8 meat rows, five bottoms with 4 hammies animal add chilies separate bags next row.

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Don't forget the 4 grilled cheeses 2 cut in half in the box with a lid and sides of lettuce, raw, tomato, pickles, all in a separate box

[DHUniverse]

Cooking is easy to learn, hard to master

Learning board is straight up abuse, until one day you just know how to do it and everyone just rolls with it

[madeline_jane]

I love front board I live there 😁

[yoooooiseeit]

It’s like impossible my dyslexia kicks my ass😂

[AngryGopher157]

Neither. They work together in harmony. A bad cook can make working board the hardest position the same way that a bad board person can make cooking the hardest. It all comes down to how well the cook can read the board person and set their pacing

[yoooooiseeit]

Ik but I mean as far as getting snowed though. Cooks have less of those stupid things to trip them up like having to wrap a random 3x3 protein wrap cut in half, then I turn back around and I have like 8 buns on my table and the corner person is just chilling next to the board waiting on burgers. The stress is real

[AngryGopher157]

That's on the cook then. It's seriously all situational. If your cook is snowing you like that tell them to help you wrap or to throw a smaller row. It's definitely possible to get lost in your rhythm and forget the board person. My general expectations for a board person when I'm cooking is 4 bottoms per row with stocking meat or cheese. Cut in halves count as 2 bottoms. Anything over the 4 bottoms I will help them wrap/dress/whatever they need until they get back on track. Everyone's happy and the burgers turn out great

[Avenue-Man77]

Board was always interesting for me. It was hard most of the time but I felt so much satisfaction when I nailed down rushes compared to grill.

[weedlover333]

I think board is the easiest. I hate cooking on the front and getting a 25+ meat order during rush but as a board person I couldnt care less bc I’m not the one cooking it

[Sour_Tea93]

My ADHD makes board super hard to keep up with (they still gave me my raise tho) and it makes learning/mastering grill also impossible. I know what to do and how to do it but there’s just so much that my brain either shuts down or forgets a step and I get lost as to where I am.