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So I work at Met Life Stadium at a stand where we make pizza. Last year we switched to a new pizza but before for 5 years we worked on Papa John's.

So Papa John's has this specific way they want there pizzas way to protect their brand. Like cooking temps and stuff. Cool. They have people in Papa John's family come and provide training one on one to the pizza makers. One thing though they demanded was that we DO NOT wash the pizza trays. Ever. Even if it was dropped on the floor...

They instead want you to pick up the tray and put the pizza on the tray then put it in the machine right from the floor. Mind you it's possible for customers to see what's happening in the cooking area of the stand.

Even if it's been months before it's been washed. They don't want you to ever wash them or they'll freak out and say it's not the Papa John's way or procedure.

The reasoning was that all the germs would be killed by going through the pizza machines heat. The machine cooks at 475 degrees I believe so they said the heat would kill the bacteria and germs. It sounds like pseudoscience to though because it's only the machine for a short while. They said that Washing the trays would cause the water to mess with the tray and mess with the authetic flavor... That was there reasoning for why they didn't want us to wash it. Idc whenever I had to work with the trays in the dishes I would wash them anyway. I'm not gonna risk getting caught on camera or seen by a customer following some dumb policy. Then who would protect me I'd be seen as a dirty kitchen worker lol

But yeah this was just a story I wanted to share since Papa John's is in the news at the moment. I'm glad we switched to a new pizza anyway it's much better we even have Alfredo pizza options. It's unbranded but that shows brand doesn't mean everything because this new pizza is way better. Stadium Papa John's Pizza is so crappy