The Big Kahuna Bar & Grill, 18015 Summer Isle Circle, Clermont, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Name: THE BIG KAHUNA BAR & GRILL
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 18015 Summer Isle Circle, Clermont, FL 34714
License #: 4508343
Total inspections: 15
Last inspection: 10/30/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor under shelving. In walk in cooler
  • Basic - Clean utensils or equipment stored in dirty rack. Advised to use a piece of removable plastic over the wire rack
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
  • Basic - Food stored on floor. Cases if pop corn mix
  • Basic - Ice buildup in walk-in freezer. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Walk-in freezer gasket torn/in disrepair.
  • High Priority - Cooked/heated potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. See stop sale. Cooked and cooled wings from yesterday has a temperature between 46°-51° **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooked/heated yesterday/on a previous day not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within a total of 6 hours. Food has been cooling overnight. See stop sale. Wings temp between 46°-51° **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. 0 ppm
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled.
  • Intermediate - Reach-in cooler not maintaining potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food at proper temperatures. Do not store potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food in this unit until the unit is capable of maintaining foods at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. At bar **Repeat Violation**
10/30/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Case of single-service articles stored on floor in dry storage area/kitchen/wait station.
  • Basic - Clean equipment/dishware/utensils stored next to hand wash sink exposed to splash.
  • Basic - Clean utensils or equipment stored in dirty drawers. At cook line, at prep area
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Jacket, aprons **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food stored on floor. In walk in freezer
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment. Fryers
  • Basic - Ice buildup in walk-in freezer. By door frame **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice.
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • Basic - Interior of oven has heavy accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Plastic forks, spoons eating parts exposed **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Soda gun holsters with accumulated slime/debris. Bar. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Walk-in freezer gasket torn/in disrepair. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease. At hood system
  • Basic - Waste line missing at soda gun holster. Bar
  • High Priority - All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Half and half temp at 67°, milk temp at 60°, stop sales issued
  • High Priority - Cooked/heated potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. See stop sale. Chicken wings cooked yesterday, temp between 53°-67°
  • High Priority - Live flies in kitchen.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food heated to a temperature above 135 degrees Fahrenheit not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within a total of 6 hours. Chicken wings cooked from yesterday, have a temperature between 53°-67°, stop sales issued
  • High Priority - Small flying insects in bar area.
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by cleaned linens.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. Under the lid on both reach in coolers at bar
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled. On top of reach in cooler at cook line
  • Intermediate - Food-contact surfaces encrusted with soil deposits. On top of reach in coolers at bar **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. The reach in cooler for storing poulty, seafood, at cook line
  • Intermediate - Reach-in cooler not maintaining potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food at proper temperatures. Do not store potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food in this unit until the unit is capable of maintaining foods at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. At bar, the reach in cooler for holding half and half, individual milks
07/23/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on soap the surface of soda guns.
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. At reach in cooler gasket of cook line
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters.
  • Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Jacket, apron
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment.
  • Basic - Ice buildup in walk-in freezer. By the door way
  • Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. Raw chicken wings **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris. X2 at bar area
  • Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. On and around hand sink
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer gasket torn/in disrepair.
  • Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease. Behind cooking equipments
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food reheated for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds within 2 hours. Reheat yesterday's meatballs with tomato sauce an hour ago temp at 129°,
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance on/around soda dispensing nozzles. X2 at bar area
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled. At bar area **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.x2 at bar area
3/25/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
  • Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. At bar
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Fan cover in walk-in cooler has accumulation of dust/debris.
  • Basic - Nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair. Ice scoop for ice machine is cracked
  • Basic - Soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance on/around soda dispensing nozzles. Soda gun
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled. At bar
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. At bar
10/15/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. The reach in cooler's door at bar is broken
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food.
  • Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Cups of pasta
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. At bar, both reach in cooler have debris under the opening lid
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked grill chickens
1/18/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Violation: 14-37-1 Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. On top of reach in coolers of bar Repeat Violation.
  • Violation: 14-37-1 Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. On top of reach in coolers of cookline Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Violation: 22-18-1 Observed soil residue in storage containers. Blue ice scoop holder at bar
  • Critical - Violation: 22-27-1 Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. On cutting board at reach in cooler of bar
  • Critical - Violation: 22-28-1 Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. At bar-the for cherries and mixes Repeat Violation.
  • Violation: 23-03-1 Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Hood filters
  • Violation: 23-06-1 Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. On prep table shelf
  • Violation: 36-15-1 Observed food debris accumulated on walk in cooler/freezer floor.
  • Violation: 37-20-2 Hood not cleaned to bare metal prior to surfaces becoming heavily contaminated with grease or oily sludge. For reporting purposes only.
7/25/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. Walk in cooler has an ambient temperature of 50 degree, Advised This violation must be corrected by : 7/25/2012.
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory. Bar
  • Hood not cleaned to bare metal prior to surfaces becoming heavily contaminated with grease or oily sludge. For reporting purposes only.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. On prep table shelf
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Hood filters
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. On top of reach in coolers of bar Repeat Violation.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. On top of reach in coolers of cookline Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. Wings individuallty wrap temp at 98 degree, products were bag at 45 minutes, ago-C/A-operator put bag wings on sheet pan then to freezer for quick chill- retake temperature in 20 minutes- wings temperature was between 75 to 89 degree
  • Observed food debris accumulated on walk in cooler/freezer floor.
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. On cutting board at reach in cooler of bar
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. At bar used as dump sink, evidence by food debris and stain
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. At bar-the for cherries and mixes Repeat Violation.
  • Observed personal item stored with food. Employee's food and bottle water stored with food for public in reach in cooler at bar
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw shell eggs temp at 52 degree, commercial process pasta salad temp at 48 degree, hamburger patties temp at 47 degree, all products were in walk in cooler Advised
  • Critical - Observed soil residue in storage containers. Blue ice scoop holder at bar
  • Critical - Observed toxic item improperly stored. Chemical too close to single serve items Corrected On Site.
  • Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Bar
7/24/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. On top of 2 small reach in coolers at outside bar
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. On top of reach in cooler at cookline
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with soil deposits. On surface of all cutting boards
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Soda nozzles Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. X2 at outside bar
  • Critical - Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Dairy products Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed soil residue in storage containers. Ice scoop holder at ourside bar
1/24/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed build-up of dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. On ice machine vent covers
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Prep table under toaster
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime on soda dispensing nozzles. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime on soda gun dispensing nozzles. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed encrusted material on can opener.
  • Critical - Observed encrusted, soiled material on slicer.
  • Critical - Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. Open package of raw chickens over raw beef in reach in freezer
  • Observed soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris. X2 at bar Repeat Violation.
  • Water treatment device has not been inspected or serviced according to manufacturer's instructions. Ice machine filter's last service date was 9/2010
8/31/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory. At bar area
  • Hood not cleaned to bare metal prior to surfaces becoming heavily contaminated with grease or oily sludge. For reporting purposes only.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. On prep table shelves
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Hood filters
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime on soda gun dispensing nozzles.
  • Observed food debris accumulated on walk in cooler and freezer floor.
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. Pizza oven
  • Observed grease accumulated on kitchen floor. Under fryers
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Critical - Observed slash guard need at hand sink next to clean utensils.
  • Observed soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris.
  • Critical - Reheated food for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Meatballs Advised
3/23/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Observed insect control device installed over food preparation area.
  • Critical. Observed soil buildup inside ice bin.
  • Critical. Observed buildup of slime on soda dispensing nozzles.
8/26/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. [Hotdogs in reach-in cooler] Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. [Observed a paper cup in bulk flour container] Corrected On Site.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
2/9/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. [hotdogs, cooked vegetables, wings]
  • Critical. Observed improper horizontal separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. [raw shell eggs next to hardboiled eggs, in walk-in cooler] Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed encrusted material on can opener.
9/21/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 1/23/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 10/6/2008Food-Licensing InspectionInspection Completed - No Further Action

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