@@yusufesat-cc8lx He was head chef on the SS Diarrhea. Which raises more questions, because how is he to have a successful restaurant when episodes of the show shows us that he's a worse cook than Plankton.
Here's the way I see it. Both Squidward and Mr. Krabs can cook Krabby Patties, and rather decently at that; however, they have a hard time working under the more busy hours of the shift, and panick under the pressure of the lunch-rush causing the food to be at a much lower quality. Thus, the Patty vault was invented as a failsafe when SpongeBob isn't around, during peak business hours Krabs and Squidward can withdraw premade Patties for customers. The disappearance of The Patty Vault most likely accured when Squidward broke into the vault during the Just One Bite episode: Mr.Krabs could've been paranoid at how easy the Vault could be broken into, and scrapped it in fear of Plankton following Squidward's example. So this brings the Krusty Krab at Square one again, Krabs or Squidward man the grill when SpongeBob is gone. Which always starts off fine, but after a few hours the food starts too get burnt.
I don't think he chooses to do a bad job, but he definitely cracks under pressure, and seeing as Spongebob is a Krabby Patty savant, I'd guess he often ends up getting the yips when he's trying to fill in for him, inevitably leading to burnt patties and the like. Spongebob set's quite a high standard for any fry cook, and when you're not only filling in for him, but also working the register, there's a lot weighing down on poor Squid.
@@ben-chan420hehe and kind of like Patrick would have done id imagine me in hte oast woukd have been inevitabiity paying in screwball money of 50 cent coins or half dollar coins and dollar coins of various designs and sizes all legit usa but not worth more or not at most above a few dollars each and then 2 dollar bills and or buying coin rolls or turning in coin rolls etc for payment.. an Krab requiring poor Squid not to turn away any money.
Cooking is more art than science ("THAT'S BAKING!") and Squidward is absolutely incredible at the fundamentals and the science of his art, it just so happens that his pieces fall apart whenever he adds a part of himself to his work. It'd make sense that he'd see the artistic integrity and take pride in his cooking, even if he didn't know how to at first. It's more endearing to think after the episode he burnt every item on the menu he went home angry and embarrassed to the tune of "They wouldn't know a good Krabby Patty if it hit them in the face!" eventually learning that he actually likes cooking.
I'm literally in a similar situation where I work at a (not too high-end) restaurant, where I cook and bake everything as decent as the standards of the restaurant demands - I may not put my whole heart into it, as long as I get food out, i'm good. My main goal is to survive the rushes after all. But at home I absolutely love the art of cooking, and I will take hours to perfect a dish without the pressures of customers, and I find the most joy in that - as i'm sure Squidward does too with his many homemade souffles he makes in episodes.
I always imagined the Krusty Krab schedule looked like this. Sunday: Krusty Krab Closed Monday: 10am to 6pm, Krabs and Squidward. Tuesday - Friday: 10am to 6pm, All 3. Saturday: 10am to 6pm: Krabs and SpongeBob. That would mean Bubble Buddy took place on a Monday, while The Nasty Patty took place on a Saturday.
I remember in one of the OLD episodes, the one where Spongebob got the squeaky boots and Mr. Krabs went crazy over them, a customer walked up to Mr. Krabs and asked to order and Krabs pulled out a note book and pencil, ready to take the dude's order. It may be a small detail, but at least shows me that Mr. Krabs isn't above helping out on the floor when he's out there to help take orders or what not.
I always assumed it was Krabs who worked those early shifts before Bob gets there. And my head canon for Squidward is that he just got better at it with time after being forced to replace Bob so many times. But yeah, I wouldn't put it past him either to just reheat old krabby patties and serve them on the weekends 😂 so all three could be true at once
That would be my guess too, only Mr. Krabs has also been shown in many episodes, such as "Squilliam Returns", to be a terrible cook. However, he actually does a good job cooking Krabby Patties in many episodes, too. I'm guessing maybe Krabby Patties are the only thing Krabs knows how to cook? 🤷 On a side note, there was a scene in "Nature Pants" where SpongeBob forlornly stares at a table full of Krabby Patties through the Krusty Krab window. Maybe those are from the vault?
I mean, it was a one of joke but if we include all the lore, but there's the Krabby Patty vault that's filled with them and they seem to be edible straight out of the vault (or atleast tasty enough that squidward goes wild on them). So I guess Krabs has Spongebob prepping additional ones for the vault durrig the week and just reheats them on their off days. The only not in character action there would be Krabs leaving the register unattened for a minute or so while he gets the patties..
@bluehairedaigaming I am talking about the original night shift episode, where the "serial killer" is actually a fish that want to apply for the night shift, it is true that we don't see He talking to Krabs but with spongebob and squidward, but my point is that it isn't impossible that they have a night shift crew
@@RafaCB0987 I assume the night shift policy is just something that Krabs might change every now and then. I’m pretty sure there’s at least a couple episodes where not only does SB and SW’s shifts end, but Krabs himself closes the Krusty Krab, locking the door, leaving the lights off, and with no visible customers in sight.
Spongebob is shown to be able to reproduce by budding. By doing this, he can seemingly make an exact clone of himself. I propose that there are, at minimum, two Spongebobs. Each one covers the Krusty Krab while the other enjoys his day off getting into shenanigans around Bikini Bottom.
Imagine seasons 1-3 SpongeBob are stuck working and somewhere along the post movie seasons the flanderized modern SpongeBob is the “clone” running around that we follow. It would explain the character change lol
I always believed that Squidward was actually a competent cook, it’s just that whenever he doesn’t want to do the work of SpongeBob he does an atrociously bad job as an act of rebellion.
KK is closed on Sunday Spongebob has Monday off, when he goes to boating school Squidward has Saturday off, where he does his art things. So each have a 2 day weekend, with one day free from the other. When Spongebob is off, Krabs runs the grill. When Squidward is off, Krabs runs the till. Some days Tuesday to Friday, Krabs doesn't show up at all.
It’s funny how Alex Bale videos always say and act like SpongeBob has perfect continuity and all these secret things when Awe points out all the time that the writers have so little consistency they often can’t even be bothered to know what happened in older episodes so they just write something totally contradictory
Alex Bale is definitely not serious with his series and it's just having fun. He doesn't seem like he's trying to do a math hat and establish the continuity for all his viewers
Here is my theory: After Jim quit as the fry cook, Mr. Krabs and Squidward took shifts as the frycook for some time, but the busy hours and pressure were too overwhelming for both of them, resulting in the patties going bad, so Mr. Krabs put on the help wanted sign. Both of them still took SpongeBob's job as a replacement when he wasn't around, but it was still too much hard work. That's why Mr. Krab built the patty vault. After Squidward broke into it and caused it to explode, Mr. Krab never got a new one. Squidward still works as the frycook, sometimes alongside Spongebob to help him if there are too many customers for the day. After the first night shift episode happened, Mr. Krab got the idea for the night shift employees to fill in SpongeBob and Squidward's place. that's why spongebob's paycheck is too little because now he has more employees If both Squidward and SpongeBob got a day off, Mr. Krab does everything himself or sometimes calls Pearl for extra help.
1:28 I think that it might actually be closed on Sundays. I don't know if you are old enough to remember but there was a time when people used to not have stores open on Sunday, except rarely. I suppose that this is part of the story but there is a contradiction (inconsistent story writing) because Mr. Krabs sometimes has the store open for days (fear of the krabby patty). Also, don't forget that sometimes Spongebob does not work for days in many of the episodes that take place over several days (Sandy's rocket, I was a teenage Gary, and many others). Also don't forget that spongebob had a day off in Bubble Buddy. Edit: In the "Greasy Spoon" song, Mr. Krabs is cooking. He definitely can and probably does cook.
@1stCallipostle But like I said, regularly Sponge Bob is not working for several consecutive days. For instance, in My life as a teenage Gary, both Sponge bob and squidward are not at work for 3 days over the weekend. I think that the KK is just not open on weekend canonically.
All three, And Squidward just decides sometimes he doesn't want to make them so pretends not to know how, or makes them bad on purpose when he doesn't want to do it
I think a major issue with your process is recognizing the difference between 'making" and "cooking" the pattys. Only a very select few know how yo make the pattys and are entrysted with the sercret ingredients identity to do so. This includes Spong bob since he is entrusted to do so as a backup to Mr. k. They make them in mass prodiced batches and freeze them in the walk in cold storage. This minimuzes the amount of times they need to make them as well as the number of people who have to know the process. This is standard to most fast food places for economical reasons. Ingrefients can be bought in bulk for lower cost, produced in an offsite facility better suited for health and saftey standards of mass hadling with raw ingredients and allow better storage until needed. Krabs would love to adapt thsi for a few reaosns except the offsite related ones. We know Mr. k has the patties "made" on site since he orders the secret ingredient to be delivered at the resteraunt. We also know they have a massive (if not magically size shifting) frozen patty storage onsite. Fur to Plankton, its also pretty clear they font make the patties during regular buisness hours or even a consistant calander shedule. They bulk create at odd hours and random intervals to ensure they always have a good amount on hand wothout being watched. Once this is done the more routine duty of COOKING the patties is all that remains. It is clear Spongbob is a great frycook qnd ther is an art to that when it comes to quality. The knowlage or abilty to "make" the special patties however is not required for this. The reason the pattys are so good as a basebks their formula and creation with the finishing touch being SB's great stovework/assmebly with the condiments. The meat you get in that greasy, gross Burger King burger that looks slapped togther is IDENTICAL to the meat form the more upscale neighborhood BK burger that actually looks like the pic on the menu. Its the effort and skill in cooking/assembing that determes that difference. Mr. K and Squidward tend to do a terribel job due to more the cliches they represent. Squidward is lazy and incompetent in anything that doesnt pique his interest. He also tends to have wildly swinging levels of competancy in his artisitc skill with a lot fj his background art requiring some really hard earned skillsets but other times showing an inate level of automatic failure no matter how he tries. This is consistent for both at the job as in some cases he really is trying and still destorying the pattys whole others make it clear he doesnt like to do more than is required at work. He wlso feels the pattys are beneath him culinarily as cheap fast food so during those instances, its clear he just doesnt really care About the job hes doing. Mr. K is an oldschool male steriotype and a single parent one as well. Its sad to say but he represents the incompetant single male from the older generation who relied on women or paid food to feed them. Hes very much a businessman cliche. He also os a war vet who lived off of terible food, is a bit of a mommas boy even to this day and a mooch. Unfortunatly, the single father trope in media basically depicted a culinarily inept individual from the 1950s to even current. You can see it in characters like Peppermint Patty who has to pack her own lunch and figure out a lot of her own meals, Charles Finster, Scott Calvin and the other single father at Denny's in The Santa Clause among many others reinforce this pattern. Mr. K is in fact a singel father who depsite owning a fast food resteruant is pretty crap in the kitchen. They even made a Chekov's gun joke about this in the epsoode about Squidward's r steraunt where he claims he served in the gally of the SS Diarrhea and his "appetiser" goes on a rampage. He even tries to cook peas on the stove in the can, proving a general ignrance in food prep. Despite this, there are plenty of competant frycooks and cooks ib general shown in Bakini Botttom. While they may not supy the magical level of quality as Spongebob, just geting the work done is not that hard. Even plakton seems aware of how to prepare/cook food but is just shit at knowing what ongrediates to use ..since its always just chum. He proves a level of culinary ecpertise by the menas in whoch he tries to make it appetizing but its a lost cause from what he starts with. Getting back to the question, I think a revolving door of indovidials are used to "cook" the Pattys when Spongbob is not around. Even Patrick was hired once to replace SB for his mandatory day off. I feel it is very few who actually know how yo MAKE the patty though. Mr. k is a given. His mom knows since it is confirmed she is aware of the full Formula. I dont think squidward or the original frycook know hwoever. They only needed to cook the Patty's and both seem to intellegent/self serving (which is any amount at all) for Mr. k to trust them. I dont even feel Pearl knows yet as a minor (Jesus Christ...that IS the case and makes the prom episode woth SB all the more creepy while recognizing that.) it seems like a comming of qge thing int he Krabs family to pass that info down in prep for her to eventually take over the buisness. In her current, financially careless teen tropish personality, Eugene would NEVER entrust her with that info. SB is a loyal employee and patsy. He will never give the info up willingly but be onboard to spend unpaid overtime at bas hours making huge batches of pattys when Mr. k. Can't do it alone. As long as he has a backup, thats all that matter these days in his aging years. Before Spongebob, he would likley make the pattys and freeze them himself only to keep full control ver it. He would then have whatever frycooks he could get who would accept his low pay and poor treatment to cook them. A lot of the time this woudl likely be younger indiviausl with little workplace experience or older inviduals with little other options. We see both Squiddy and the OG cook followed this trend and WERE young when they started. squidward only saw it as a temp job before his Art Career took off and since that never happened, he is stuck there now. Even when he went on strike, he had aspirations of multiple other careers ..but wound up losing everything because he has no transferable workplace experience, education or discernable skills. The OG cook ultimatly grew out of the role and went into buisenss for hismelf ok in the same industry once he had what he needed to do so. Spongebob is also young and nieve when he starts but just never loses the later aspect of his personality. I even see Pearl doing tiis a lot more than we are shown. A good comparison is Bob's Burgers. Bob is the culinary genius but working the grill is not rocket science. Not only does Linda bakc him up if needed but TINA is his main asisstant/backup since Linda usually works register. Luise is even shwon hrlping. When supervised soley fue to her age and the same with Gene because of his attention issues. NONE accept linda and Bob are allowed to "make" the burger meat as it is more complex for a plethora of reaosns. They do in fact grind and season their own hamburger as seen in a few episodes, but the kids are not allwoed as part of that process. The health onspector would have a field day if buttscratching gene, prankster Louise or absent minded Tina had been the ones directly prepping the raw protien.
This is genuinely insightful and a quite interesting concept. Indeed, most people do not know the differences between merely cooking a dish, vs MAKING and perfecting it.
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I think a combination of all three explanations work. The patty vault can usually carry them between SpongeBob’s shifts, but during peak hours they need SpongeBob on duty to keep up with demand. Squidward cannot make patties from scratch as SpongeBob can, but he can reheat patties from the freezer (which is seen in several episodes) and assemble the burgers. Mr Krabs can do the same. He knows how to make them from scratch but is old so he needs SpongeBob’s help
I would imagine all 3 of them can perform all jobs in the restaurant. And if needed, krabs can easily pull in his daughter if he REALLY needs to. Realistically, the only jobs needed are cash and back of house, so I'd imagine if spongebob works a late shift, krabs does grill, and if it's just squidward, then he does everything himself. It does seem like krabs and squidward crack under pressure and require Spongebob's help past a certain point, so it makes sense if krabs and squidward just take shifts while spongebob is gone.
TBF, the most common day we see them talk about having off is Sunday, Both Mr. Krabs and Squidward have talked about having that day off, so I think it's reasonable to assume that it is closed that day. In the video you showed Mr. Krabs working the grill which is what I always kinda assumed happened when Spongebob isn't there. As for the whole case of Squidward being both good and bad at making patties, I always liked to think of it as time going on he improved, as to how this lines up with the episodes it's hard to say since this show isn't exactly supper continuous, but I like to think that as time has gone on, Squidward has improved in cooking.
Yeah but in Squids day off it’s a Sunday. Squidward states at the beginning of the episode “It’s Sunday, nobody ever comes in on Sunday.” Which does give us reason to believe they aren’t opened on Sundays bcuz of the fact that nobody goes in there. Although by the end of the episode it’s revealed they forgot to switch the sign to opened.
I'm betting on Squidward just using weaponized incompetence. Busy obviously doesn't have enough money to go eat out every night so he has to cook for himself so I assume he can cook. He just doesn't want to so he acts like he can't
My theory is Spongebob and Squidward work on different schedules. Monday it's just Squidward and Krabs, then Tuesday-Friday is all 3, then Saturday is just Spongebob and Krabs. The Krusty Krab closes every Sunday so when we see all 3 of them outside then it's likely on that day. They can all cook Krabby Patties, but Krabs and Squidward cannot cook them decently when under a ton of pressure from a rush of customers. This would explain why whenever Spongebob disappears and the restaurant is in chaos it's probably on a busy day that he's supposed to be scheduled to work on. This also explains Squidward making the remark of "enjoying Spongebob's day off".
Additionally, in the Pizza Delivery episode (Season 1, Episode 5) to my knowledge at the beginning Squidward, SpongeBob, and Krabs stayed in the Krusty Krab even at midnight until Krabs got an order for a "Pizza" so you could use that episode to say that Krabs wouldn't even let his workers go home.
It's not that the plot for each episode requires Squidward to either know how to make Krabby Patties or not know, but that Squidward is putting in different amounts of effort. Sometimes he cares enough to make Krabby Patties correctly, like when he was competing with SpongeBob, but other times he doesn't give a crap, like when he burnt them (along with fries and milkshakes).
Finally, the hard hitting question. However it underlines an even deeper question: who knows the formula? Despite being the senior employee squidward doesn’t seem to know the formula, however he can flip premade patties in a pinch. This is of course subject to his mood and the amount of patties in the patty vault (which was constructed after SpongeBob joined and mister crabs saw how productive he was and how the business floundered whenever he had a thing happen), and things turn ugly when they are out of patties in the vault but still experiencing SpongeBob levels of demand. So squidward appears not to know the formula, and it seems like no one else who works the grill besides Jim and SpongeBob knows it (Jim’s replacement, the teenagers from the strike episode, and the other random one offs). Even Jim is arguable since he never makes the patties just cooks them, but he seems likely to know it since he made such good food. And as the most productive fry cook in existence SpongeBob is the only one who can make fresh patties and cook them fast enough to keep the establishment afloat, since Mr crabs and squidward can do each task only much slower and not as well, meaning if the patty vault runs out they will be hard pressed to keep running a restaurant that is routinely packed to bursting with only two “normal” people.
Actually in "Sponge out of Water" when they discover that they're all out of Krabby Patty's, Mr. Krabs says: "you gotta have that formula memorized by now!", and Spongebob states that according to the employee handbook, he's not allowed to memorize the formula in any way. Not even in flashbacks or dream sequences apparently.
So fish who canonically can cook krabby patties are: Spongebob Mr. Krabs Squidward Pearl Jim And Not Spongebob the patty gadget used to be able to make krabby patties before being destroyed
In the most realistic way you can ever imagine.Mr Krabs works as a cashier and Squidward cooks the Kraby Patty vise versa.There is no Karby Patty vault,it’s was just there for plot convenience.If both workers are absent Mr. Krabs will have to man the business himself as u would expected.
I just see episodes with SpongeBob and Squidward not at work meant Mr. Krabs was handling the restaurant alone. Honestly would like an episode exploring the idea of who runs the store when SpongeBob and Squidward are out.
I find it neat that there are characters out there who know the formula and can make krabby patties as good as SpongeBob. I’m a big fan of powerscaling fictional characters in other media, so it reminds me of someone who has the feats to defeat or go toe-to-toe with the strongest character in the series. I wonder what they’re up to now, though. I wonder if they secretly make krabby patties at home for themselves and family/friends since I’m sure Krabs wouldn’t let them make use the formula at another restaurant.
With all the evidence provided, I would fully believe Krabs has a temp-controlled Patty Vault that he has Spongebob stock up before his days off or the like. How he was doing it before that though I'm still up in the air on. My guess is that Krabs worked the grill up until he started getting tired of it/couldn't convince Pearl to help out lol
I think Squidward's ability to cook depends on how overworked he is that day. It'd explain the inconsistency. Besides that, it could also be that we've been presented the episodes out of chronological order (for example, as if someone is telling them as they're remembering each story).
But why was Squidward happy at 09:45 about this fish not being Spongebob? That would either emply that Spongebob has worked at the Krusty Krab before or Squidward just absolutely despises Spongebob as his neighbour
When SpongeBob first applied at the Krusty Krab, Squidward was very insistent on SpongeBob not getting hired, so it makes sense that he despises SpongeBob
Also this is in part a dream sequence- it comes from Squidward's memory but largely is a daydream. That guy probably did wirk there but Squidward never actually did this.
Thank you!! The patty valt was my personal head cannon for a long while, Especially when everyone was already eating before SpongeBob started working. Helped my stay sane enough to enjoy this lovely cartoon 😅
10:58 Does that mean Squidward and Spongebob knew each other before Sponge was working at the Krusty Krab? Or maybe it's just Present Squidward acting in Past Squidward's flashback.
i haven’t seen the new new eps but my assumption was always that krabs started solo so knew how to run grill + registers before sponge/squid, squidward CAN work grill but hates getting sweaty and smelling like a fry cook when he gets home. it was probably krabs on grill with squid on register before SpongeBob, supplemented by the patty vault or squid when sponge is gone ❤
I think it could be a combination of the 3 theories, that when Bob has to miss work one day, he prepares the Patties and stores them in the Vault (Now changed place due to the Squidward incident), and when they run out of patties, is Squidward or Mr. Krabs who are behind the grill when that happens.
Honestly, the patty vault is the most plausible theory #1 krabs wouldnt have to hire another cook #2 he saves money both on work and gas for the grill, cuz he can just turn it off on days sb isnt working #3 it sounds like something krabs would do
I never realized that realistically they needed more employees as a kid. I currently work as a fry cook and let me tell you it ain't easy with three people. You have to prep, portion and cook bacon to hold. Not to mention there are days where you have to put away truck. And sometimes you have to clean up after night crew. And no, it isn't always their fault. Sometimes staff is so short and there's a strict time where you have to clean up and it's harder because someone has to be sent home early because of labor.
When Spongebob and squiward went on strike , krabs hired a new crew but apparently they were very annoying, so krabs begs to squiward to back job, so there's a chance when Spongebob isn't around one of those kids working there, also in graveshift there was this strange dude asking for in the middle of the nigth, so he might be working in Spongebob free day or before his shift begins
How can Mr. Krabs comes up with the Krabby Patty formula himself if it's a family receipt? That was revealed in the episode where Plankton tries to date Mrs. Krabs
Most of the comments below said it already, but, I agree with them that Squidward has fry cook ability he keeps tucked away until he absolutely has to. It’s just another part of work he doesn’t want to do. As a super market employee, I can relate! Krabs works the grill and floor in the odd episodes where the other two aren’t in house for whatever reason. I seem to remember the strike episode being the first example of this. And then, occasionally, you have the random times when other cooks are manning the grill like the guy Squidward kissed. Fascinating look at the lore despite the inconsistency
A rough idea I came up with for the Krusty Krab’s hours. Operating Hours: Monday: 9am-6pm Tuesday-Thursday: 9am-11pm Friday-Saturday: 9am-8pm Sunday: Closed Employee Schedules: Monday -Spongebob: 11am-8pm -Squidward: 8am-6pm -Mr. Krabs: 6am-7pm Tuesday-Thursday -Spongebob: 7am-2am -Squidward: 9am-12am -Mr. Krabs: 6am-9pm Friday -Spongebob: 11am-10pm -Squidward: 8am-8pm -Mr. Krabs: 6am-10pm Saturday -Spongebob: 11am-4pm -Squidward: 9am-8pm -Mr. Krabs: 6am-9pm This is based on a number of factors such as Spongebob working 82 hours a week (supposedly, I didn’t do much research), the fact that Squidward is routinely seen working before Spongebob arrives, night shifts, etc. Of course this isn’t a strict schedule and the hours are very much subject to what Krabs feels like on any given day. It also doesn’t take into account sick days, overtime, or the ever elusive “Paid Time Off”. Edit: Also, let’s be honest, it’s a show. There is no work schedule, there are no operating hours, the Krusty Krab is open or closed whenever the plot needs it to be. And I’ve spent way too much time thinking about this compared to the writers.
I wouldn't be surprised if Krabs does sell those day old patties from the vault despite that he's even sold moldy patties and served them as "Spongy Patties" and even the time when he tries to sell the old patty that SpongeBob finds under the grill that one time
I feel like Squidward knows how to make patties but just doesn’t care enough half the time to actually cook things for customers. Hence why he can cover for spongebob sometimes and make burned food at other times.
Chikfil-A for a real life fast food restaurant guess Krabs needs a break too. Pretty sure it specifies that the KK is closed on Sunday on that Employee training episode.
In that episode with the Hash Slinging Slasher, the guy came in looking for a job and even brought his own spatula. I could see him on the night shift since he came after dark.
I can subscribe to the theory of Squidward being in charge of the grill when Spongebob is out if you consider the following: *anyone can make a delicious Krabby Patty, not just Spongebob* The few instances where it's shown that Squidward burns the food could be easily be attributed to the fact that Squidward is pretty lazy and gets overwhelmed when the restaurant gets crowded (like during rush hour) on top of the fact he has to handle both the register and the kitchen at the same time, but outside of that he's a quite capable cook he can even cook under extreme handicaps like not being able to use his hands in "The Krusty Sponge" Even then I think it's not really that Spongebob is all that good of a cook why Krabby Patties are so popular but because their secret formula makes them taste so good: Plankton seems to be pretty clueless about what's remotely edible, but he was able to steal all of the costumers once he got hold of the recipe, and by the same token chum can become tasty if cooked with a special recipe such as Squidward's grandma's Chum Fricassee Alternatively, you could interpret that Bikini Bottom's residents _really_ are "bottom feeders" who'd eat anything (like at Stinky Burgers), so a bad to mid Krabby Patty is just as good as one made by Spongebob P.S.: Has anyone else ever wondered about that second grill at the back of the kitchen? Like in this video it's shown that whenever two people are cooking the the same time they always ever use the same grill rather than splitting between the two???
I always thought Spongebob would just make enough to last while he was away that would be kept warm under a heat lamp. Sounds like something Mr. Krabs would do.
I think Friend or Foe was how the recipe was originally made, but when they went to the past and grilled them for the dragon, giving Medieval Krabs the recipe, that split the timeline and why sometimes it's a family recipe.
I would assume that Krabs and Squidward know how to make Krabby Patties, just not as good as spongebob. Spongebob's Krabby Patties are shown to be the 2nd best ever, but hes shown as the only person capable of keeping up with the busy hours. Meanwhile, Squidward and Mr Krabs are only shown messing up when the hours are busy
He probably has SpongeBob make a bunch of them then freezes them, for later just in case. Only issue with this thought is that there's no way SpongeBob would be okay with the freezing bit, but I guess he could convince him that it makes the burger taste better or something.
I thought about this too like sometimes when spongebob isnt there they're all starving. But then I remembered they have this giant krabby patty vault so thats probably what they're using
I always though Mr Krabs was there alone when SpongeBob and squidward are not,we know he knows how to work a grill and register
Well,yeah but if I remember correctly he can't make Krabby Patties
@@yusufesat-cc8lxwell he can, just badly.
@@yusufesat-cc8lxdoes he need to, if there's a whole vault of krabby patties that he can just grab?
@@yusufesat-cc8lx He was head chef on the SS Diarrhea. Which raises more questions, because how is he to have a successful restaurant when episodes of the show shows us that he's a worse cook than Plankton.
Sometimes he can the show isn't really consistent with whether or not Mr Krabs can actually make krabby patties.
“Those patties aren’t going to cook themselves, SpongeBob.” Then how do customers already have them?
✨ patty vault ✨
@@KevinContreras2013I think the Patty vault is a fail safe for if no one is making Krabby Patties
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Krabs is cheap, leftovers from the day before a la Subway.
They are not cooked. The customers are eating them RAW.
Here's the way I see it.
Both Squidward and Mr. Krabs can cook Krabby Patties, and rather decently at that; however, they have a hard time working under the more busy hours of the shift, and panick under the pressure of the lunch-rush causing the food to be at a much lower quality.
Thus, the Patty vault was invented as a failsafe when SpongeBob isn't around, during peak business hours Krabs and Squidward can withdraw premade Patties for customers.
The disappearance of The Patty Vault most likely accured when Squidward broke into the vault during the Just One Bite episode: Mr.Krabs could've been paranoid at how easy the Vault could be broken into, and scrapped it in fear of Plankton following Squidward's example.
So this brings the Krusty Krab at Square one again, Krabs or Squidward man the grill when SpongeBob is gone. Which always starts off fine, but after a few hours the food starts too get burnt.
Cool
And considering squidward doesn't even like his normal job he probably faked not being able to make the patties those times when he burnt them.
@ cool theory
Also Squidward blew up the vault with his thunder thighs
Squidward mentioned that he was fine for the first few hours of SpongeBob's shift but his arm was getting sore, so that fits perfectly
Rodrick’s #1 rule is: dont be good at something you dont wanna do. Squid was just following that
Never thought of it that way 🤔
He was mindfully managing Mr Krab's expectations. Do it all the time myself.
I assume Squidward knows how to cook but just chooses not to do it well.
I don't think he chooses to do a bad job, but he definitely cracks under pressure, and seeing as Spongebob is a Krabby Patty savant, I'd guess he often ends up getting the yips when he's trying to fill in for him, inevitably leading to burnt patties and the like. Spongebob set's quite a high standard for any fry cook, and when you're not only filling in for him, but also working the register, there's a lot weighing down on poor Squid.
@@ben-chan420hehe and kind of like Patrick would have done id imagine me in hte oast woukd have been inevitabiity paying in screwball money of 50 cent coins or half dollar coins and dollar coins of various designs and sizes all legit usa but not worth more or not at most above a few dollars each and then 2 dollar bills and or buying coin rolls or turning in coin rolls etc for payment.. an Krab requiring poor Squid not to turn away any money.
He has been shown to cook, at least to follow a recipe
Cooking is more art than science ("THAT'S BAKING!") and Squidward is absolutely incredible at the fundamentals and the science of his art, it just so happens that his pieces fall apart whenever he adds a part of himself to his work. It'd make sense that he'd see the artistic integrity and take pride in his cooking, even if he didn't know how to at first. It's more endearing to think after the episode he burnt every item on the menu he went home angry and embarrassed to the tune of "They wouldn't know a good Krabby Patty if it hit them in the face!" eventually learning that he actually likes cooking.
I'm literally in a similar situation where I work at a (not too high-end) restaurant, where I cook and bake everything as decent as the standards of the restaurant demands - I may not put my whole heart into it, as long as I get food out, i'm good. My main goal is to survive the rushes after all.
But at home I absolutely love the art of cooking, and I will take hours to perfect a dish without the pressures of customers, and I find the most joy in that - as i'm sure Squidward does too with his many homemade souffles he makes in episodes.
I always imagined the Krusty Krab schedule looked like this.
Sunday: Krusty Krab Closed
Monday: 10am to 6pm, Krabs and Squidward.
Tuesday - Friday: 10am to 6pm, All 3.
Saturday: 10am to 6pm: Krabs and SpongeBob.
That would mean Bubble Buddy took place on a Monday, while The Nasty Patty took place on a Saturday.
I vaguely remember the KK closing at 8P, I think, but otherwise agreed.
That’s cool
@@LeonCoretz I think that was the episode where Krabbs opened the night shift.
Can't wait for the extended Spongebob Timeline video down to the in universe dates.
You always imagined this?
I remember in one of the OLD episodes, the one where Spongebob got the squeaky boots and Mr. Krabs went crazy over them, a customer walked up to Mr. Krabs and asked to order and Krabs pulled out a note book and pencil, ready to take the dude's order. It may be a small detail, but at least shows me that Mr. Krabs isn't above helping out on the floor when he's out there to help take orders or what not.
It IS Krab’s business after all
Mr. Krabs love for money made him do it
Krabs would rather get off his ass then hire a 3rd employee
I always assumed it was Krabs who worked those early shifts before Bob gets there.
And my head canon for Squidward is that he just got better at it with time after being forced to replace Bob so many times.
But yeah, I wouldn't put it past him either to just reheat old krabby patties and serve them on the weekends 😂 so all three could be true at once
That would be my guess too, only Mr. Krabs has also been shown in many episodes, such as "Squilliam Returns", to be a terrible cook. However, he actually does a good job cooking Krabby Patties in many episodes, too. I'm guessing maybe Krabby Patties are the only thing Krabs knows how to cook? 🤷
On a side note, there was a scene in "Nature Pants" where SpongeBob forlornly stares at a table full of Krabby Patties through the Krusty Krab window. Maybe those are from the vault?
I mean, it was a one of joke but if we include all the lore, but there's the Krabby Patty vault that's filled with them and they seem to be edible straight out of the vault (or atleast tasty enough that squidward goes wild on them).
So I guess Krabs has Spongebob prepping additional ones for the vault durrig the week and just reheats them on their off days.
The only not in character action there would be Krabs leaving the register unattened for a minute or so while he gets the patties..
@@NoFlu He just takes the register with him.
I kind of like the idea of kravs cooking which for him probably feels more like a hobby now
On the night shift episode a new fish wants to work on the Krusty Krab at the night shift, so the idea of having two crews could be possible
Mr. Krabs isn't aware his restaurant is even open on that episode. Nosferatu is running the business without permission. It doesn't count.
@bluehairedaigaming I am talking about the original night shift episode, where the "serial killer" is actually a fish that want to apply for the night shift, it is true that we don't see He talking to Krabs but with spongebob and squidward, but my point is that it isn't impossible that they have a night shift crew
2 vs mr krabs
@@RafaCB0987 I assume the night shift policy is just something that Krabs might change every now and then. I’m pretty sure there’s at least a couple episodes where not only does SB and SW’s shifts end, but Krabs himself closes the Krusty Krab, locking the door, leaving the lights off, and with no visible customers in sight.
@@bluehairedaigaming It’s saddening that your first thought about a Night Shift episode is that one and not the original.
Spongebob is shown to be able to reproduce by budding. By doing this, he can seemingly make an exact clone of himself. I propose that there are, at minimum, two Spongebobs. Each one covers the Krusty Krab while the other enjoys his day off getting into shenanigans around Bikini Bottom.
Ooh, that's a good one. Makes total sense
Imagine seasons 1-3 SpongeBob are stuck working and somewhere along the post movie seasons the flanderized modern SpongeBob is the “clone” running around that we follow. It would explain the character change lol
It's his dummy from The Chaperone.
I always believed that Squidward was actually a competent cook, it’s just that whenever he doesn’t want to do the work of SpongeBob he does an atrociously bad job as an act of rebellion.
KK is closed on Sunday
Spongebob has Monday off, when he goes to boating school
Squidward has Saturday off, where he does his art things.
So each have a 2 day weekend, with one day free from the other.
When Spongebob is off, Krabs runs the grill. When Squidward is off, Krabs runs the till.
Some days Tuesday to Friday, Krabs doesn't show up at all.
It’s funny how Alex Bale videos always say and act like SpongeBob has perfect continuity and all these secret things when Awe points out all the time that the writers have so little consistency they often can’t even be bothered to know what happened in older episodes so they just write something totally contradictory
I don't think anyone should worry about continuity in a cartoon that clearly does not care nor does it really need to care about it.
Alex Bale is definitely not serious with his series and it's just having fun. He doesn't seem like he's trying to do a math hat and establish the continuity for all his viewers
Continuity exists regardless of if the creators care about it or not
@@cheeseboi588You know Alex Bale plays all that up as a joke right? He knows it's a comedy cartoon with no consistency
@@klaykid117 Case in point at 10:14.
Imagine if you did a video on how many times Patrick has worked at the Krusty Krab. More than someone may realize
could be that spongebob cooks enough krabby patties that he can get a day off and they just heat them up when somebody wants them
The giant room where squidward got addicted to them?
Patty vault @@jakef.9526
@ yess
Mr Krabs being a devout Irish Catholic keeps the Lord's day.
Here is my theory:
After Jim quit as the fry cook, Mr. Krabs and Squidward took shifts as the frycook for some time, but the busy hours and pressure were too overwhelming for both of them, resulting in the patties going bad, so Mr. Krabs put on the help wanted sign.
Both of them still took SpongeBob's job as a replacement when he wasn't around, but it was still too much hard work. That's why Mr. Krab built the patty vault. After Squidward broke into it and caused it to explode, Mr. Krab never got a new one.
Squidward still works as the frycook, sometimes alongside Spongebob to help him if there are too many customers for the day.
After the first night shift episode happened, Mr. Krab got the idea for the night shift employees to fill in SpongeBob and Squidward's place. that's why spongebob's paycheck is too little because now he has more employees
If both Squidward and SpongeBob got a day off, Mr. Krab does everything himself or sometimes calls Pearl for extra help.
Also Krabs probably realized Plankton could easily break into the vault
I’d like to think things would be easier if the HashSlingingSlasher was kept in when bob was not working.
@@Krexxal
Payday mission
My theory is that anyone can make Krabby Patties but only Sponge Bob makes them with Love, that is why everyone preffers Bob's Krabby Patties
They probably use the patties from the patty vault
Thats a good idea
It was just a one off gag to show how fast Spongeboi cooks
@ so was Nosferatu, and yet they brought him back like 10 times
@@Sociopathic-rubberduck either way it's fun to think about the different ways they are made.
@@Sociopathic-rubberduck Only a Matter of time before they use it in the beginning of season 15 for yet more nostalgia bait
You have single handedly reignite my interest in Spongebob, also your voice is very nice to listen to so that´s a plus
He's a diamon in the Sand that is infected by Spongetubers
Maybe part of the secret formula is what keeps the patties fresh in the vault.
plot twist the secret formula is imboming fluid
@@jonsworld5307keep it in your pants
1:28 I think that it might actually be closed on Sundays.
I don't know if you are old enough to remember but there was a time when people used to not have stores open on Sunday, except rarely.
I suppose that this is part of the story but there is a contradiction (inconsistent story writing) because Mr. Krabs sometimes has the store open for days (fear of the krabby patty).
Also, don't forget that sometimes Spongebob does not work for days in many of the episodes that take place over several days (Sandy's rocket, I was a teenage Gary, and many others).
Also don't forget that spongebob had a day off in Bubble Buddy.
Edit: In the "Greasy Spoon" song, Mr. Krabs is cooking. He definitely can and probably does cook.
Thing is, when it's open for days or extra hours, it tends to backfire
So a day off is probably standard when he isn't trying to pull that
@1stCallipostle But like I said, regularly Sponge Bob is not working for several consecutive days. For instance, in My life as a teenage Gary, both Sponge bob and squidward are not at work for 3 days over the weekend.
I think that the KK is just not open on weekend canonically.
Sunday trading hours vary by country. Who says Bikini Bottom follows the laws and traditions of whatever country you're talking about?
@@OnTheThirdDaynah SpongeBob just used his paid time off obviously
@@SirHurricane_ paid time off? We learn that SpongeBob and squidward don't even get breaks. Krabs would never give PTO.
All three, And Squidward just decides sometimes he doesn't want to make them so pretends not to know how, or makes them bad on purpose when he doesn't want to do it
I think a major issue with your process is recognizing the difference between 'making" and "cooking" the pattys. Only a very select few know how yo make the pattys and are entrysted with the sercret ingredients identity to do so. This includes Spong bob since he is entrusted to do so as a backup to Mr. k. They make them in mass prodiced batches and freeze them in the walk in cold storage. This minimuzes the amount of times they need to make them as well as the number of people who have to know the process. This is standard to most fast food places for economical reasons. Ingrefients can be bought in bulk for lower cost, produced in an offsite facility better suited for health and saftey standards of mass hadling with raw ingredients and allow better storage until needed. Krabs would love to adapt thsi for a few reaosns except the offsite related ones. We know Mr. k has the patties "made" on site since he orders the secret ingredient to be delivered at the resteraunt. We also know they have a massive (if not magically size shifting) frozen patty storage onsite. Fur to Plankton, its also pretty clear they font make the patties during regular buisness hours or even a consistant calander shedule. They bulk create at odd hours and random intervals to ensure they always have a good amount on hand wothout being watched. Once this is done the more routine duty of COOKING the patties is all that remains. It is clear Spongbob is a great frycook qnd ther is an art to that when it comes to quality. The knowlage or abilty to "make" the special patties however is not required for this. The reason the pattys are so good as a basebks their formula and creation with the finishing touch being SB's great stovework/assmebly with the condiments. The meat you get in that greasy, gross Burger King burger that looks slapped togther is IDENTICAL to the meat form the more upscale neighborhood BK burger that actually looks like the pic on the menu. Its the effort and skill in cooking/assembing that determes that difference. Mr. K and Squidward tend to do a terribel job due to more the cliches they represent. Squidward is lazy and incompetent in anything that doesnt pique his interest. He also tends to have wildly swinging levels of competancy in his artisitc skill with a lot fj his background art requiring some really hard earned skillsets but other times showing an inate level of automatic failure no matter how he tries. This is consistent for both at the job as in some cases he really is trying and still destorying the pattys whole others make it clear he doesnt like to do more than is required at work. He wlso feels the pattys are beneath him culinarily as cheap fast food so during those instances, its clear he just doesnt really care About the job hes doing. Mr. K is an oldschool male steriotype and a single parent one as well. Its sad to say but he represents the incompetant single male from the older generation who relied on women or paid food to feed them. Hes very much a businessman cliche. He also os a war vet who lived off of terible food, is a bit of a mommas boy even to this day and a mooch. Unfortunatly, the single father trope in media basically depicted a culinarily inept individual from the 1950s to even current. You can see it in characters like Peppermint Patty who has to pack her own lunch and figure out a lot of her own meals, Charles Finster, Scott Calvin and the other single father at Denny's in The Santa Clause among many others reinforce this pattern. Mr. K is in fact a singel father who depsite owning a fast food resteruant is pretty crap in the kitchen. They even made a Chekov's gun joke about this in the epsoode about Squidward's r steraunt where he claims he served in the gally of the SS Diarrhea and his "appetiser" goes on a rampage. He even tries to cook peas on the stove in the can, proving a general ignrance in food prep. Despite this, there are plenty of competant frycooks and cooks ib general shown in Bakini Botttom. While they may not supy the magical level of quality as Spongebob, just geting the work done is not that hard. Even plakton seems aware of how to prepare/cook food but is just shit at knowing what ongrediates to use ..since its always just chum. He proves a level of culinary ecpertise by the menas in whoch he tries to make it appetizing but its a lost cause from what he starts with. Getting back to the question, I think a revolving door of indovidials are used to "cook" the Pattys when Spongbob is not around. Even Patrick was hired once to replace SB for his mandatory day off. I feel it is very few who actually know how yo MAKE the patty though. Mr. k is a given. His mom knows since it is confirmed she is aware of the full Formula. I dont think squidward or the original frycook know hwoever. They only needed to cook the Patty's and both seem to intellegent/self serving (which is any amount at all) for Mr. k to trust them. I dont even feel Pearl knows yet as a minor (Jesus Christ...that IS the case and makes the prom episode woth SB all the more creepy while recognizing that.) it seems like a comming of qge thing int he Krabs family to pass that info down in prep for her to eventually take over the buisness. In her current, financially careless teen tropish personality, Eugene would NEVER entrust her with that info. SB is a loyal employee and patsy. He will never give the info up willingly but be onboard to spend unpaid overtime at bas hours making huge batches of pattys when Mr. k. Can't do it alone. As long as he has a backup, thats all that matter these days in his aging years. Before Spongebob, he would likley make the pattys and freeze them himself only to keep full control ver it. He would then have whatever frycooks he could get who would accept his low pay and poor treatment to cook them. A lot of the time this woudl likely be younger indiviausl with little workplace experience or older inviduals with little other options. We see both Squiddy and the OG cook followed this trend and WERE young when they started. squidward only saw it as a temp job before his Art Career took off and since that never happened, he is stuck there now. Even when he went on strike, he had aspirations of multiple other careers ..but wound up losing everything because he has no transferable workplace experience, education or discernable skills. The OG cook ultimatly grew out of the role and went into buisenss for hismelf ok in the same industry once he had what he needed to do so. Spongebob is also young and nieve when he starts but just never loses the later aspect of his personality. I even see Pearl doing tiis a lot more than we are shown. A good comparison is Bob's Burgers. Bob is the culinary genius but working the grill is not rocket science. Not only does Linda bakc him up if needed but TINA is his main asisstant/backup since Linda usually works register. Luise is even shwon hrlping. When supervised soley fue to her age and the same with Gene because of his attention issues. NONE accept linda and Bob are allowed to "make" the burger meat as it is more complex for a plethora of reaosns. They do in fact grind and season their own hamburger as seen in a few episodes, but the kids are not allwoed as part of that process. The health onspector would have a field day if buttscratching gene, prankster Louise or absent minded Tina had been the ones directly prepping the raw protien.
This is genuinely insightful and a quite interesting concept. Indeed, most people do not know the differences between merely cooking a dish, vs MAKING and perfecting it.
Awesome essay
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I think a combination of all three explanations work. The patty vault can usually carry them between SpongeBob’s shifts, but during peak hours they need SpongeBob on duty to keep up with demand. Squidward cannot make patties from scratch as SpongeBob can, but he can reheat patties from the freezer (which is seen in several episodes) and assemble the burgers. Mr Krabs can do the same. He knows how to make them from scratch but is old so he needs SpongeBob’s help
Squidward hates his job, but he is still good at his job. He burnt a shake: intentionally.
I would imagine all 3 of them can perform all jobs in the restaurant. And if needed, krabs can easily pull in his daughter if he REALLY needs to.
Realistically, the only jobs needed are cash and back of house, so I'd imagine if spongebob works a late shift, krabs does grill, and if it's just squidward, then he does everything himself.
It does seem like krabs and squidward crack under pressure and require Spongebob's help past a certain point, so it makes sense if krabs and squidward just take shifts while spongebob is gone.
TBF, the most common day we see them talk about having off is Sunday, Both Mr. Krabs and Squidward have talked about having that day off, so I think it's reasonable to assume that it is closed that day. In the video you showed Mr. Krabs working the grill which is what I always kinda assumed happened when Spongebob isn't there. As for the whole case of Squidward being both good and bad at making patties, I always liked to think of it as time going on he improved, as to how this lines up with the episodes it's hard to say since this show isn't exactly supper continuous, but I like to think that as time has gone on, Squidward has improved in cooking.
Yeah but in Squids day off it’s a Sunday. Squidward states at the beginning of the episode “It’s Sunday, nobody ever comes in on Sunday.” Which does give us reason to believe they aren’t opened on Sundays bcuz of the fact that nobody goes in there. Although by the end of the episode it’s revealed they forgot to switch the sign to opened.
3:25 i thought that was a gunshot
I'm betting on Squidward just using weaponized incompetence. Busy obviously doesn't have enough money to go eat out every night so he has to cook for himself so I assume he can cook. He just doesn't want to so he acts like he can't
My theory is Spongebob and Squidward work on different schedules. Monday it's just Squidward and Krabs, then Tuesday-Friday is all 3, then Saturday is just Spongebob and Krabs. The Krusty Krab closes every Sunday so when we see all 3 of them outside then it's likely on that day. They can all cook Krabby Patties, but Krabs and Squidward cannot cook them decently when under a ton of pressure from a rush of customers. This would explain why whenever Spongebob disappears and the restaurant is in chaos it's probably on a busy day that he's supposed to be scheduled to work on. This also explains Squidward making the remark of "enjoying Spongebob's day off".
He burnt my shake 7:55
The delivery of that line will never not make me chuckle
I figured Spongebob and Squidward can only afford such nice houses because they work almost everyday
or because in 1999, when the show came out, a person working fast food being able to own a home wasn't unreasonable.
Additionally, in the Pizza Delivery episode (Season 1, Episode 5) to my knowledge at the beginning Squidward, SpongeBob, and Krabs stayed in the Krusty Krab even at midnight until Krabs got an order for a "Pizza" so you could use that episode to say that Krabs wouldn't even let his workers go home.
It's not that the plot for each episode requires Squidward to either know how to make Krabby Patties or not know, but that Squidward is putting in different amounts of effort. Sometimes he cares enough to make Krabby Patties correctly, like when he was competing with SpongeBob, but other times he doesn't give a crap, like when he burnt them (along with fries and milkshakes).
3:59 Mr. Krabs also mentions Squidward's absence in the Season 6 episode Chum Caverns.
Probably the patty vault
Fun fact: 5:04 the SpongeBob episode your shoes’ untied was how I finally learned how to learn to tie my shoes as a kid ❤
Gary the snall is better teacher then some people
Finally, the hard hitting question.
However it underlines an even deeper question: who knows the formula? Despite being the senior employee squidward doesn’t seem to know the formula, however he can flip premade patties in a pinch. This is of course subject to his mood and the amount of patties in the patty vault (which was constructed after SpongeBob joined and mister crabs saw how productive he was and how the business floundered whenever he had a thing happen), and things turn ugly when they are out of patties in the vault but still experiencing SpongeBob levels of demand. So squidward appears not to know the formula, and it seems like no one else who works the grill besides Jim and SpongeBob knows it (Jim’s replacement, the teenagers from the strike episode, and the other random one offs). Even Jim is arguable since he never makes the patties just cooks them, but he seems likely to know it since he made such good food. And as the most productive fry cook in existence SpongeBob is the only one who can make fresh patties and cook them fast enough to keep the establishment afloat, since Mr crabs and squidward can do each task only much slower and not as well, meaning if the patty vault runs out they will be hard pressed to keep running a restaurant that is routinely packed to bursting with only two “normal” people.
Actually in "Sponge out of Water" when they discover that they're all out of Krabby Patty's, Mr. Krabs says: "you gotta have that formula memorized by now!", and Spongebob states that according to the employee handbook, he's not allowed to memorize the formula in any way. Not even in flashbacks or dream sequences apparently.
@ head cannon ruined
Heres the thing, the Krusty Krab canonicaly closes at 6pm so id imagine the Krusty Krab is closed on Sundays and possibly Wednesdays
He wouldn't want to make Neptune mad
@Jaiden_Anime_Shuns Exactly 🤣
So fish who canonically can cook krabby patties are:
Spongebob
Mr. Krabs
Squidward
Pearl
Jim
And Not Spongebob
the patty gadget used to be able to make krabby patties before being destroyed
In the most realistic way you can ever imagine.Mr Krabs works as a cashier and Squidward cooks the Kraby Patty vise versa.There is no Karby Patty vault,it’s was just there for plot convenience.If both workers are absent Mr. Krabs will have to man the business himself as u would expected.
It’s easy to cook Krabby Patty I guess. I mean Patrick roasted the hell out of Spongebob by flipping a rock during the Fry Cook Games 😂
I just see episodes with SpongeBob and Squidward not at work meant Mr. Krabs was handling the restaurant alone. Honestly would like an episode exploring the idea of who runs the store when SpongeBob and Squidward are out.
5:25 but they did….
Squiddy cooked em
I find it neat that there are characters out there who know the formula and can make krabby patties as good as SpongeBob.
I’m a big fan of powerscaling fictional characters in other media, so it reminds me of someone who has the feats to defeat or go toe-to-toe with the strongest character in the series.
I wonder what they’re up to now, though. I wonder if they secretly make krabby patties at home for themselves and family/friends since I’m sure Krabs wouldn’t let them make use the formula at another restaurant.
Jim wins 10/10 low diff
Jim works at some fancy restaurant (i'm not sure if it's the ship in a bottle one or elsewhere) hence why he's so rich.
With all the evidence provided, I would fully believe Krabs has a temp-controlled Patty Vault that he has Spongebob stock up before his days off or the like. How he was doing it before that though I'm still up in the air on. My guess is that Krabs worked the grill up until he started getting tired of it/couldn't convince Pearl to help out lol
I think Squidward's ability to cook depends on how overworked he is that day. It'd explain the inconsistency. Besides that, it could also be that we've been presented the episodes out of chronological order (for example, as if someone is telling them as they're remembering each story).
But why was Squidward happy at 09:45 about this fish not being Spongebob? That would either emply that Spongebob has worked at the Krusty Krab before or Squidward just absolutely despises Spongebob as his neighbour
When SpongeBob first applied at the Krusty Krab, Squidward was very insistent on SpongeBob not getting hired, so it makes sense that he despises SpongeBob
Also this is in part a dream sequence- it comes from Squidward's memory but largely is a daydream. That guy probably did wirk there but Squidward never actually did this.
Thank you!! The patty valt was my personal head cannon for a long while, Especially when everyone was already eating before SpongeBob started working. Helped my stay sane enough to enjoy this lovely cartoon 😅
Canon? I didn't think such a thing even existed in SpongeBob.
10:58 Does that mean Squidward and Spongebob knew each other before Sponge was working at the Krusty Krab? Or maybe it's just Present Squidward acting in Past Squidward's flashback.
They're neighbors
Squidward literally tells Mr Krabs not to hire Spongebob by name in the first episode
3:00 I consider him a subject of Squidwards warped memory. He's a stand-in for the pre-Sprongebob era
They can definitely make them but SpongeBob is probably more efficient on the grill especially during lunch
Been watching now for a while really like this channel, no stupid intros no bullshit talk just funny calm guy talking about OG serie :)
squidward could of just gotten better at making patties over time
In SB-129, it is confirmed the Krusty Krab is closed in Sunday
Yet in the episode Squid’s Day Off they’re open on Sunday lmao
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i haven’t seen the new new eps but my assumption was always that krabs started solo so knew how to run grill + registers before sponge/squid, squidward CAN work grill but hates getting sweaty and smelling like a fry cook when he gets home.
it was probably krabs on grill with squid on register before SpongeBob, supplemented by the patty vault or squid when sponge is gone ❤
I think it could be a combination of the 3 theories, that when Bob has to miss work one day, he prepares the Patties and stores them in the Vault (Now changed place due to the Squidward incident), and when they run out of patties, is Squidward or Mr. Krabs who are behind the grill when that happens.
What about that guy on that episode where Spongebob was late many times, so he got clocks all over town to help him.
Sponge Tom from broken alarm
Honestly, the patty vault is the most plausible theory
#1 krabs wouldnt have to hire another cook
#2 he saves money both on work and gas for the grill, cuz he can just turn it off on days sb isnt working
#3 it sounds like something krabs would do
I never realized that realistically they needed more employees as a kid. I currently work as a fry cook and let me tell you it ain't easy with three people. You have to prep, portion and cook bacon to hold. Not to mention there are days where you have to put away truck. And sometimes you have to clean up after night crew. And no, it isn't always their fault. Sometimes staff is so short and there's a strict time where you have to clean up and it's harder because someone has to be sent home early because of labor.
When Spongebob and squiward went on strike , krabs hired a new crew but apparently they were very annoying, so krabs begs to squiward to back job, so there's a chance when Spongebob isn't around one of those kids working there, also in graveshift there was this strange dude asking for in the middle of the nigth, so he might be working in Spongebob free day or before his shift begins
*"Who Works At The Krusty Krab When Spongebob Is Not There?"*
It's Nosferatu.
it's also important to remember that squidward was the employee of the day before spongebob was hired
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Did Squidward just say "Spongecoc"?
think he said "Spongecog"
He said spongecog
I like to believe that Squidward just got better at fry cooking throughout the seasons.
How can Mr. Krabs comes up with the Krabby Patty formula himself if it's a family receipt? That was revealed in the episode where Plankton tries to date Mrs. Krabs
Mr krabs probably closes the krusty krab on sunday and has higher prices on monday to accommodate for the Sunday closure
Most of the comments below said it already, but, I agree with them that Squidward has fry cook ability he keeps tucked away until he absolutely has to. It’s just another part of work he doesn’t want to do. As a super market employee, I can relate!
Krabs works the grill and floor in the odd episodes where the other two aren’t in house for whatever reason. I seem to remember the strike episode being the first example of this.
And then, occasionally, you have the random times when other cooks are manning the grill like the guy Squidward kissed.
Fascinating look at the lore despite the inconsistency
you sound like you could be the narrator
I always just assumed there was door between krab's office and the kitchen, an mr.krabs just filled in for SpongeBob/Squidward whenever need be
This was a neat and cool one , Yeah I kinda always tough of this ngl and this was a good one loved it so much keep it up man.
Didn't know the guy who reads the intermission cards had a channel
There's a fourth option,that guy from graveyard shift cooks the Patty's
Remember the patty vault? That's how they do it
Krabs has other back up fry cooks waiting for him, he probably just calls them
A rough idea I came up with for the Krusty Krab’s hours.
Operating Hours:
Monday: 9am-6pm
Tuesday-Thursday: 9am-11pm
Friday-Saturday: 9am-8pm
Sunday: Closed
Employee Schedules:
Monday
-Spongebob: 11am-8pm
-Squidward: 8am-6pm
-Mr. Krabs: 6am-7pm
Tuesday-Thursday
-Spongebob: 7am-2am
-Squidward: 9am-12am
-Mr. Krabs: 6am-9pm
Friday
-Spongebob: 11am-10pm
-Squidward: 8am-8pm
-Mr. Krabs: 6am-10pm
Saturday
-Spongebob: 11am-4pm
-Squidward: 9am-8pm
-Mr. Krabs: 6am-9pm
This is based on a number of factors such as Spongebob working 82 hours a week (supposedly, I didn’t do much research), the fact that Squidward is routinely seen working before Spongebob arrives, night shifts, etc. Of course this isn’t a strict schedule and the hours are very much subject to what Krabs feels like on any given day. It also doesn’t take into account sick days, overtime, or the ever elusive “Paid Time Off”.
Edit: Also, let’s be honest, it’s a show. There is no work schedule, there are no operating hours, the Krusty Krab is open or closed whenever the plot needs it to be. And I’ve spent way too much time thinking about this compared to the writers.
I wouldn't be surprised if Krabs does sell those day old patties from the vault despite that he's even sold moldy patties and served them as "Spongy Patties" and even the time when he tries to sell the old patty that SpongeBob finds under the grill that one time
I feel like Squidward knows how to make patties but just doesn’t care enough half the time to actually cook things for customers. Hence why he can cover for spongebob sometimes and make burned food at other times.
Its probably a combination of Squidward, Krabs and the Patty Vault, with the latter being utilized when the lunch rush is too much for the other two.
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What kind of fastfood restaurant closes on a Sunday? That's usually the busiest day of the week!
Chikfil-A for a real life fast food restaurant guess Krabs needs a break too. Pretty sure it specifies that the KK is closed on Sunday on that Employee training episode.
In that episode with the Hash Slinging Slasher, the guy came in looking for a job and even brought his own spatula. I could see him on the night shift since he came after dark.
I think Squidward's cooking depends on what mood and attitude he's in
Maybe it's actually just Mr. Krabs' shit with spices and the customers are eating Eugene's excrement
I can subscribe to the theory of Squidward being in charge of the grill when Spongebob is out if you consider the following: *anyone can make a delicious Krabby Patty, not just Spongebob*
The few instances where it's shown that Squidward burns the food could be easily be attributed to the fact that Squidward is pretty lazy and gets overwhelmed when the restaurant gets crowded (like during rush hour) on top of the fact he has to handle both the register and the kitchen at the same time, but outside of that he's a quite capable cook he can even cook under extreme handicaps like not being able to use his hands in "The Krusty Sponge"
Even then I think it's not really that Spongebob is all that good of a cook why Krabby Patties are so popular but because their secret formula makes them taste so good: Plankton seems to be pretty clueless about what's remotely edible, but he was able to steal all of the costumers once he got hold of the recipe, and by the same token chum can become tasty if cooked with a special recipe such as Squidward's grandma's Chum Fricassee
Alternatively, you could interpret that Bikini Bottom's residents _really_ are "bottom feeders" who'd eat anything (like at Stinky Burgers), so a bad to mid Krabby Patty is just as good as one made by Spongebob
P.S.: Has anyone else ever wondered about that second grill at the back of the kitchen? Like in this video it's shown that whenever two people are cooking the the same time they always ever use the same grill rather than splitting between the two???
I always thought Spongebob would just make enough to last while he was away that would be kept warm under a heat lamp. Sounds like something Mr. Krabs would do.
If Mr Krabi would sell spongebobs soul for like 25 cents he is not closing the restaurant when spongebob doesn’t work
You forgot to mention whenever Patrick gets hired and fired in the same day
I have a hard time believing mr crabs would let the crusty crubs be closed for sunday. The man would probably feel like it is costing him money.
I think Friend or Foe was how the recipe was originally made, but when they went to the past and grilled them for the dragon, giving Medieval Krabs the recipe, that split the timeline and why sometimes it's a family recipe.
This guy is asking the real question
I think Squidward just makes bad patties on purpose so he doesn't have to do it anymore
Mr krabs was burning krabby patties in spngebob your fired episode too one time
there's spongebob's place where he cooks them but they aren't good
I would assume that Krabs and Squidward know how to make Krabby Patties, just not as good as spongebob. Spongebob's Krabby Patties are shown to be the 2nd best ever, but hes shown as the only person capable of keeping up with the busy hours. Meanwhile, Squidward and Mr Krabs are only shown messing up when the hours are busy
It’s simple really they are not open during the night unless Mr.Krabs makes them work late like the several episodes where he did.
He probably has SpongeBob make a bunch of them then freezes them, for later just in case.
Only issue with this thought is that there's no way SpongeBob would be okay with the freezing bit, but I guess he could convince him that it makes the burger taste better or something.
I thought about this too like sometimes when spongebob isnt there they're all starving. But then I remembered they have this giant krabby patty vault so thats probably what they're using
Tbh, the episodes that don't have SpongeBob working at the Krusty Krab could just take place before Help Wanted.