Warm & Toasty
The type of oven Portillo's uses to bake bread
What is a convection oven?
We use this to safely open each bag of beef
what is a Viper?
The IDEAL temperature for Portillo's Line Gravy
What is 165 degrees Fahrenheit?
The letter of the alphabet that resembles how we hold the bread when building a sandwich.
What is an "L"?
Outside round.
What is the cut of meat used to make Portillo's Italian Beef?
Between the smooth or the wrinkled, the side of a loaf we should score
What is the smooth side?
A chewy, inedible part of beef that we put to the side if we see it.
What is gristle?
The difference in temperature between the water under the gravy and the gravy itself?
What is 10 degrees?
A type of knot or the motion used to pull spices from the gravy
What is a figure 8?
The name of the plant that makes our beef.
What is Portillo's Food Service?
How long our French bread must cool for.
What is 5 minutes?
A bag of beef must be used within this many days
What is 28?
One will make the beef tough, and the other will make the sandwich greasy
What is too hot and too cold?
The total number of ounces of beef on a beef and cheddar croissant.
What is 3 ounces?
The natural drippings of the roast, water and a proprietary blend of spices.
What is Portillo's Gravy made of?
French bread should be stacked this way to not retain moisture.
What is upright?
The process of prepping our Italian beef
What is Fluffing?
The color of the gravy will look this way if the temperature is too hot.
What is darker?
A type of moulding between the floor and the ceiling OR what we call the exposed beef that rises above the edge of the bread.
What is a crown?
The only difference between Line Gravy and Catering Gravy is the amount of this.
What is water?
The production code on each package of par baked bread
What is a Julian date?
The process of opening beef packages and using the beef on the Beef station.
What is Beef Breakdown?
Dipping Gravy can be up to 180 degrees because we don't put this into it.
What is Italian Beef?
The beef maker keeps beef a fork's width away from this.
What is the hinge of the bread?
Portillo's Italian Beef is roasted for this many hours.
What is four?