HeyJaredCommercial Kitchen Chronicles
A look at what it takes to keep a commercial kitchen running. We are going to highlight all of the skilled trades it takes to keep them running.
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Episode 204: More Than a Clogged Drain: Making a Career in Drain Cleaning with Dylan (opens the original)
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A clogged drain might look like a simple service call, but there’s a whole lot more happening underground. On this episode of Commercial Kitchen Chronicles, Pat sits down with Dylan Bradley, aka The Sewer Slug, to talk about building a career in plumbing, drain cleaning, sewer diagnostics, and underground repair. Dylan’s path into the trades wasn’t planned. After earning a bachelor’s degree in behavioral science and working with children with disabilities, COVID changed his career trajectory. He
Episode 203: 28 Years Old & Running an HVAC Company | Total HVAC (opens the original)
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At 28 years old, Mitch Noto is already a licensed HVAC contractor, business owner, technician, installer, and the creator behind Total HVAC. In this episode of Commercial Kitchen Chronicles, we sit down with Mitch to talk about what it's really like building a career in HVAC while taking on the responsibility of running a business. Mitch grew up around the trade and eventually stepped into the family HVAC business, but his path wasn't as simple as deciding from day one that HVAC was going to be
Episode 202: Matthew Lemaster, Are We Preparing HVACR Techs for the Real World? (opens the original)
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What does it really take to prepare the next generation of HVACR technicians for the field? This week on Commercial Kitchen Chronicles, Pat sits down with Matthew LeMaster, HVACR instructor at the University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College, to talk about what happens between the classroom and that first real service call. Matthew didn’t originally plan on becoming an instructor. After working in commercial HVAC and serving as a field supervisor, a phone call from one of his former instru
Episode 201: Heatcraft’s Chris Thomas Talks Refrigeration, Training & the Future (opens the original)
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Commercial refrigeration is changing fast—but the fundamentals still matter. In this episode of Commercial Kitchen Chronicles, Pat sits down with Chris Thomas of Heatcraft Refrigeration Products for a deep dive into refrigeration, technician training, troubleshooting, system charging, controls, and where the industry is headed. Chris brings more than four decades of HVAC/R experience, from residential and commercial HVAC to chillers, supermarket rack refrigeration, technical training, field supp
Episode 200: 200 Episodes Later… We’re Just Getting Started | Commercial Kitchen Chronicles (opens the original)
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WE MADE IT TO 200! Commercial Kitchen Chronicles officially hits EPISODE 200! What started as a way to talk shop and shine a light on the foodservice equipment repair industry has somehow turned into 200 episodes of technicians, manufacturers, trainers, business owners, skilled trades conversations, questionable opinions, trash talking, and plenty of completely unscripted moments. For Episode 200, Pat is joined by Jason Latimer and Rich Ortega to celebrate the milestone, look back at the journey
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