# McD's lunch in the morning?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcds-lunch-in-the-morning/549244>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 5, 2010, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcds-lunch-in-the-morning/549244 "2010-08-05T09:07:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcds-lunch-in-the-morning/549244/41 "2010-08-11T06:06:09Z")

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> [@devilsknew](#):
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> > [@AlsoNamedBort](#):
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> > Just to clarify, the meat is already cooked (and they don’t have tabs, there are actual timers now ), but the sandwiches are assembled to order.
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> > Not sure the last time you worked at mcdonalds, but there are now more items cooked on the grill (Angus, chicken, and occasionally the Mcrib) so the grills are used more now.
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> Well, this was around twenty years ago, but I cooked McRibs, and 1/4 pounders (Angus) on the same grills… a real grill- not clamshells.. still only used one out of the four grills. Didn’t grill our chicken.. it all came vacuum packed and pre-cooked/grilled. If you could enlighten me, what modern item on the McDonald’s menu is made with flattop chicken? I’m afraid I have never eaten such.

The grilled chicken for sandwiches and salads is indeed frozen raw chicken that is cooked on the grill. And the Angus is different from the Quarter Pounders. So that’s four to five items that need to be cooked over and over again. While they’re all being cooked on the same grill, it’s only during the slow hours that you might be cooking one or two at time. During lunch rush pretty much all are being cooked nearly simultaneously.

I actually just went on an in-store visit, my first time back in the grill in over five years, and I was amazed at how busy it gets back there. They had twice as many grills and and a few more fryers than my old store, and they were pretty much all in constant use.

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**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcds-lunch-in-the-morning/549244/42 "2010-08-11T19:25:25Z")

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> [@Chris\_Luongo](#):
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> Watch out you don’t get a case of McNugget Rage.
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> > TOLEDO, OHIO – Newly released surveillance video shows an East Toledo woman who became so enraged that chicken nuggets were not available at a Toledo McDonald’s that she punched through the drive-thru window.
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> [http://www.toledoonthemove.com/news/story.aspx?id=494654](http://www.toledoonthemove.com/news/story.aspx?id=494654)

Post 34. ☹ Maybe if I eat more Big Macs I’ll be more visible.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcds-lunch-in-the-morning/549244/43 "2010-08-12T03:02:32Z")

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Not if Calvin finally got his invisibility potion to work…

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