Restaurant Tips for Food Handling, Storage, and Safety



I get a lot of questions on food safety, temperatures, and storage, so here’s an insane amount of information packed into 1 video …

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  1. Chef, you just provided a great safety check list for the home cook. As a retired dentist, semi-serious home cook, attention to detail and safety must become built in through routine and check lists and repetition. And at 87 I'm still learning and appreciate your sharing. To other viewers – my advice is watch this again, this time with pencil and paper and take notes. There's a ton of information here that will make you a safer cook. Thank you Billy!

  2. I grew up with eight brothers in a poor home where food needed to stretch so we could all eat. I can't tell you how many times my mother served food well past its "use by" date. But I do remember VIVIDLY standing in a line outside the bathroom after midnight. I think about that every time I cook.

  3. This was a wonderful education! Thanks SO much!!! Iโ€™m very cautious in the kitchen but am always concerned about potlucks becauseโ€ฆ you canโ€™t eat out of everyoneโ€™s kitchen ๐Ÿ˜‚ (I have IBS and itโ€™s just not worth the risk)

  4. Never cut corners at home or in the kitchen at cleanliness if you think itโ€™s bad bad throw it out, cook smartly donโ€™t make large batches unless youโ€™re family can eat it in 2-3 days, unless you can freeze it!!

  5. I would be curious what a professional chef thinks of this:

    If I have something hot (over 140F), I will often leave it at room temp on purpose to cool UNTIL it drops below 140F and then I immediately cool it.

    (E.g. if I made broth I will let it just stay in the pot [stirring occasionally] until the thermometer enters "the danger zone" and then I will portion it into smaller containers, dump ice cubes into it, and then move it immediately into the freezer/fridge.)

    My thought is this: if it's safe above 140F and since I have limited capacity to cool it (i.e. I don't want to add too much ice and/or my freezer will equalize with the temperature of the food), it's better to wait until you are in "the danger zone" before you try to speed run thru the danger zone temps as quickly as possible from 140F down to 40F. Am I crazy?

  6. Thank you Chef Billy. I had Salmonella food poisoning from eating Chicken Parmesan at a restaurant. I don't know if the eggs or the chicken was bad. BUT….I was nauseous and had a temp for over a week. Couldn't keep anything down…either direction with bad stomach upset. I was prescribed an antibiotic and I couldn't eat chicken for a year! The smell of it was sickening. But with time, it went away. Salmonella poisoning is UGLY. Never went to that place again! ๐Ÿคข

  7. Trichinosis is far from the most common parasitic infection, in fact there has been on the average around 15 cases per year since the 1940s, and those almost always come from wild game such as bear, wild boar, or walrus. Parasites such as Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Toxoplasma, and Cyclospora are much more common,

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