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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
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posted 10-24-2001 05:02 PM

If anyone should know about fried foods, it's Mark G!

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William T. Parr
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Cedar Park, TX
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 10-24-2001 05:19 PM

Hey Mark,

You think the catch phrase in the Strong Infomercial by George Foreman will be something like 5 out of 6 George Foreman's prefer Strong Equipment in their Movie Theatre?

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Gordon McLeod
Film God

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From: Toronto Ontario Canada
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posted 10-24-2001 08:07 PM

Actually I once got fryers in a cratse that was marked and whould have been a pro35s years ago

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Randy Stankey
Film God

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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
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posted 10-24-2001 09:20 PM

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Mark G: Calculating the current vs. proper cook times was a bit trying at times and I had several chickens go up in flames from the high voltage ignitor pulse.

Gives a new meaning to the words, "Fried" Chicken... doesn't it?

No matter. We have to do something! Gone are the days when projectionists could heat their lunch inside the lamphouse!

Y'Know, I've often had thoughts about hiding a keg of beer inside the back of a CFS console and installing a tap on the side of it. Only problem is that it'd soon be piss warm from all the heat. Since Strong is making retorfit parts for the CFS console, maybe they could put a refrigeration unit in there.

No, seriously, now...
Since Strong's "other" business is making food service equipment, It'd be neat to know how much food service equipment it sells to theatres.
Allied industries, doncha' know.

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Pete Lawrence
Expert Film Handler

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From: Middleburg, PA
Registered: Aug 1999

posted 10-24-2001 10:34 PM

There's this rumor about a new design:

with apologies to Pat Moore and Ron Popeil.

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William T. Parr
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Cedar Park, TX
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posted 10-24-2001 11:56 PM

Hey Shouldn't those be on the optional Rotissiore below the Lamp?

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Jon Miller
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: San Diego, CA, USA
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 10-25-2001 12:20 AM

Speaking of cinema products manufactured by Strong (or should I say, once manufactured by Strong) adapted for cookery...

Some time ago I read an account of an incident from a long time ago, of some hapless projectionist who stuck a can of baked beans inside an operating Peerless Magnarc, apparently failing to poke holes in the can to relieve the pressure and forgetting he'd placed the can in the lamphouse (IIRC, he was distracted). Well, the can exploded, spewing beans everywhere and creating a mess in the booth that makes the aftermath of a xenon lamp going bang seem minor by comparison.

Anybody recall that yarn?

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Pete Lawrence
Expert Film Handler

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From: Middleburg, PA
Registered: Aug 1999

posted 10-25-2001 12:26 AM

I used to keep pizza warm in an Ashcraft carbon-arc lamphouse. And that's for real! Never had an explosion though.

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Don Sneed
Master Film Handler

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From: Texas City, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2001

posted 10-25-2001 03:49 AM

My first Projection job was at a single screen theatre (Downtown Galveston) we had a RCA tube amplifiers from 1937 still working, we would place a sandwich or a Honey bun (cinammon roll not the candy girl) on top of the amps, in a couple of hrs. they were hot & ready to eat !!! I hated to see those amps go when they upgraded to soild state "mono amps".....I never tried in the carbon lamp, was alway scare of getting carbon dust in my sandwich....

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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
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posted 10-25-2001 07:16 AM

Don Sneed said: "I never tried in the carbon lamp, was alway scare of getting carbon dust in my sandwich...."

Good thing that you didn't! The Union Carbide National Carbon Bulletin No. 10 says that carbons contained "rare-earth compounds that provide the special qualities of light". Likely some "heavy metals" there that aren't good for your health if ingested.

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Mark Gulbrandsen
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From: Music City
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posted 10-25-2001 09:22 AM

Gord said...
"Actually I once got fryers in a cratse that was marked and whould have been a pro35s years ago"

I'll bet the restaurant that got the Pro 35's is still trying to figure out where the cooking fat and chicken goes.
Mark @ GTS

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Pete Lawrence
Expert Film Handler

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From: Middleburg, PA
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posted 10-25-2001 12:18 PM

As John said, there are quite a few nasty things floating around inside an arc lamphouse. In addition to the "rare-earth" compounds there were plenty of good old copper compounds. The exhaust was working correctly and there was never any dust inside, just the copper drippings and spatter. We really weren't concerned about it though. Everything that went in the "warmer" was well wrapped in foil with the edges folded over.

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Don Sneed
Master Film Handler

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From: Texas City, TX, USA
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posted 10-26-2001 12:13 PM

Hey Mark, That was funny !!! Thanks for the laugh .....Lo,LOL

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Pat Moore
Master Film Handler

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Registered: Mar 2000

posted 10-29-2001 01:22 PM

Okay, okay...

I did like the Ultra 80 Open Cooker, quite the piece of work. The birds tend to get a little overdone on one side, but...

The restaurant side actually started with drive in theatres a few decades ago when Ballantyne was making car speakers. People had to eat too, right? Good idea, but problem were "dem bones" -- any of you from the drive in side can imagine the problems that created in field maintenance and pests. Ugh. Stck with pizza.

Ok, back to work for me... See everyone at ShowEast ... where, by the way, we are showing

FILM PROJECTION and LIGHTING EQUIPMENT!!

Pat

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Aaron Sisemore
Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day!

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From: Rockwall TX USA
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 10-29-2001 04:06 PM

Back in the Drive-In days, I did used to keep hot dogs and other foods warm by wrapping them in aluminum foil and placing them on top of the two Altec 1570B amplifiers in the sound rack... Kept things piping hot for the entire night!! I was a bit leery about placing any food items inside the Futura IIs, not because of carbon contamination, but rather electrical safety from the foil...

-Aaron

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