Mike Haracz, a former McDonald's chef from Illinois, who worked at the franchise until 2019, revealed secrets about the chain's food.
In the video shared on TikTok, he left numerous people baffled after revealing the reason why you should never visit the fast-food chain McDonald's at 10:30 a.m.
The video showed him sitting in his car and responding to a user's comment: 'Why is 10.30am the worst time to go to McDonald's?'
Beginning the video with a state: 'I'm a former McDonald's corporate chef and here is your answer.
He then explained to his followers that during the morning, there was a 'huddle' in the kitchen due to numerous issues with ingredients, staff, and customer demand
He continued: 'Now, there's a bunch of people who want their breakfast later than 10.30 am and there's a bunch of people who want their lunch earlier than 10.30 am.'
'The issue is all of the equipment is all the same and a lot of times things are switched over from the breakfast menu to the lunch menu.'
He explained that 10:30 a.m. was the time when the fryer was no longer frying the fries. The ovens also operate at different times and temperatures.
He added: 'In the universal holding cabinet - that holds a larger volume of the cooked food items that is used to service customers extra quick so they can pull it out of the cabinet - all of the breakfast ingredients and items need to be removed and all of the lunch items need to be added.'
Mike explained that at this time, the restaurant becomes increasingly busy, with a lot of activity going on. While the opening is also busy, there are not only changes happening but also more people arriving or leaving.
He said: "The entire menu while trying to use up all the breakfast items and add all the lunch items - that's going to cause problems for the restaurant."
At the end of the video, he emphasized that 10:30 a.m. is the worst time to visit McDonald's for their chain food.
"The restaurant switches from breakfast to lunch," he concluded.
The video quickly viral on social media, and while users quickly gave comments to agree with his explanation, other people shared their thoughts.
One person said: I find just after 10:30 am to be the best time to get lunch cuz all the lunch items are the freshest at that point.
It was hell working at that time as well…and I worked there 82-83 so we didn’t have the menu that Mcdonald's has now… commented a Tiktok user.
A third commented: Yeah, when I was a kitchen manager changing menus was the worst. Having to time everything to be food safety temped, while also doing breakfast.
Someone else added: it's the same thing as chick fil being closed on sun, 1030 is the time I want breakfast because I can't have it.
