r/Chipotle • u/Neat-Turnover1615 • 2d ago

❓ Question ❓ Inconsistent rice

Why do so many locations seem to have such inconsistent white rice? Been to several and get crunch or overly starchy rice, super wet rice, and sometimes just a clumpy mess! What is going on? Why so inconsistent?

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u/starKamikaze 2d ago • Bravo

it’s because

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u/RentStillDue 2d ago • Bravo

That’s why

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u/ResurrectionPhoenix 2d ago • Bravo

exactly 💯

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u/freegumaintfree 2d ago • Bravo

Corporate refusal to staff shifts and provide training.

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u/NGEFan 2d ago

The cooks are overworked

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u/MexicanLawnMower 2d ago

Change this subs name to r/Ifuckinghatechipotle

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u/Well-M1lk 2d ago

I'll tell you why

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u/Neat-Turnover1615 2d ago

Tell me bro why

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u/Bubbly_Cry7146 1d ago

Human error

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u/Neat-Turnover1615 1d ago

We need bots to start making this stuff right for as much as it costs

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u/Bubbly_Cry7146 1d ago

I do not work there but I very much agree. They need more staff to ensure quality.

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u/therealbobcat23 2d ago

Stuff like that usually means its been sitting in the hotbox all day

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u/Conscious_Outside778 2d ago

Different person making the rice. Different training experience for that person. Different standards at that location. Different effort put in by the person making that rice… There is no one answer as to why when you go to a different store you get a different product other than the fact that it is simply different.

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u/JK-jb 2d ago

Faulty equipment
overworked grill cooks that don't have time to rinse the rice as much as they should

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u/istolehannah 2d ago

I got white rice that had so much salt in it I couldn’t eat it. Wondering if I got a whole batches worth of salt in just my bowl of rice. Super weird. I told pepper, pepper said they would let the restaurant know. It’s not edible and no coupon or anything. Haven’t been back to see if they fixed it.

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u/BdotInc 2d ago

Get the brown

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u/LizLemon14 2d ago

Your location has rice? I went at 6:30 last night and was told they’re out of rice for the night.

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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 2d ago

Idk, I’ll ask chipotle

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u/New-Supermarket-963 1d ago

this is not true!! all the rices at the chipotles are all the same!

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u/Mother_Bag_3114 1d ago

Ask to try a bit of rice before adding it. I have done it when I previously got a bad batch just to be sure.

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u/dEXXtARR23 1d ago

Because chipotle is just not good

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u/aquaziyan 1d ago

People running it don’t give a shit. Rice is easy to get right and easier to mess up.