I have a question about a wash station and competition.


 
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Shayne P

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So I know it's part of many competition rules to have a 3 tub wash station. My question is what's the purpose of all three and what goes into all three? I've read something about the first being for rinsing, second for washing/cleaning and third for sanitizing?

What do you use to sanitize?

I know it's a dumb question that i'll probably have one of those "oh yea, duh!" moments... but i'm coming up blank right now.
 
They have these rules at comps?? I've never heard of that, that could get expensive. But in food service kitchens, a minimum three-compartment sink must be used... one compartment will be for manual washing, one compartment for rinsing and the third for sanitizing. Hope that helps. The different compartments just have singular and isolated uses. The need for super hot water to sanitize, etc, is difficult to have at competitions and similar events. Maybe that's to meet city food safety guidelines for those who also wish to sell product, perhaps? Just thinking aloud...
 
Yea the last two comp's i've done required 3 tub wash stations and the one i'm doing on Saturday is the same thing. I'm just using bus boy tub's that i've been using to clean untensils and anything raw meat touchs.

Apparently it's KCBS rules? That's what i'm told anyways. I don't have alot of experience with competition, i'm still new to the comp world..
 
I've never seen that in a KCBS rule book and the only time I've ever run in to it in the midwest it came from the local health dept.
Household bleach is the sanitizer. The Food Code is pretty specific on the concentration of bleach but off the top of my head I don't remember what the ppm is. You can buy test strips pretty cheap.
 
Rule 17d of the 2013 KCBS rules:
Sanitizing of work area should be implemented with the use of a bleach/water rinse (one cap/gallon of
water). Each contestant will provide a separate
container for washing, rinsing and sanitizing of
utensils
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Sounds like that translates to 3 containers?
Full rules @ http://kcbs.us/pdf/2013_rules.pdf
 
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