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|Website=https://www.taylor-company.com/

|Description=Taylor ice cream machine for exclusive use in McDonalds franchises.

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~~{{Ph~~-C-~~Int}}~~

McDonald's, not McDonalds

These machines make several things: Ice cream cones, milkshakes (known colloquially and officially as "shakes"), sundaes, and McFlurries (singular McFlurry) to name a few.

C602 is the main machine used at McDonald's but not the only one. -->

==~~Consumer-impact summary~~==

'''wip wip wip'''

*add redirect for "McDonald's Ice Cream Machine" "McDonald's Shake Machine" etc so it shows up in search

*watch louis' videos on this machine

ice cream machine exclusivity repair rights

The Taylor C602 is the primary ice cream machine used at McDonald's to make soft serve dishes and shakes. It is infamously unreliable; there are [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mcdonalds-ice-cream-machine memes about these machines] and [https://mcbroken.com/ a website] to view the status of each McDonald's ice cream machine around the world.

from wired article:

The Taylor C602 is an old but sophisticated machine with many self-checks during its regular two-week cleanings, nightly pasteurization, and other stages. But once something goes wrong, the machine often refuses to work and gives undocumented error codes. Often, these can only be interpreted by a Taylor repair associate visiting the McDonald's franchise.

An entrepreneurial couple, Nelson and O'Sullivan attempted to automate the upkeep of a Taylor machine to run a frozen yogurt vending machine business. With Taylor's blessing, they went to Shenzhen and began creating an automated enclosure and started learning more about how Taylor machines work. After much hard work and prototyping, they discovered time and time again that the Taylor machines were just simply unreliable and could not be operated without manual intervention.

Eventually they used their reverse engineering findings to change courses and launch Kytch, a Raspberry Pi-based system that helps food retailers monitor and diagnose their Taylor machines. Data that is typically hidden away is now easily readable, loggable, and owners can receive status updates on their machines. However, at this point, Nelson and O'Sullivan's cordial relationship with Taylor ends, as Taylor covertly attempts to purchase Kytch devices.

Later Taylor launches their

==Kytch device backstory==

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==See also==

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*[[Right to repair]]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl34nW9c4wo Louis Rossman - Let's talk about ice cream, mcdonalds, and why it matters]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaSHd6QJrpo Louis Rossman- The FTC wants their damn ICE CREAM!!!]<br />

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_ice_cream_machine

Official service manuals https://www.manualslib.com/manual/3661378/Taylor-C602.html#manual

McBroken [https://mcbroken.com/ mcbroken]

Articles:

https://eu.postcrescent.com/story/money/2024/11/24/frequent-machine-breakdowns-prompt-right-to-repair-exemption/76451118007/

https://www.eatthis.com/news-mcdonalds-soft-serve-machines/

https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-mcflurry-machine-is-broken-again-now-the-ftc-is-on-it-11630522266

Success articles:

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2024/10/29/mcdonalds-mcflurry-ice-cream-machine/75914325007/

https://www.today.com/food/news/mcdonalds-ice-cream-machine-fix-rcna177828

https://www.foodandwine.com/mcdonalds-broken-mcflurry-machine-solution-8736120

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/02/g-s1-31893/mcdonalds-broken-ice-cream-machine-copyright-law

https://www.ifixit.com/News/102368/victory-is-sweet-we-can-now-fix-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines

==References==

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 |Website=https://www.taylor-company.com/
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+}}<!-- Style notes:
-{{Ph-C-Int}}
+McDonald's, not McDonalds
+These machines make several things: Ice cream cones, milkshakes (known colloquially and officially as "shakes"), sundaes, and McFlurries (singular McFlurry) to name a few.
+C602 is the main machine used at McDonald's but not the only one. -->
-==Consumer-impact summary==
+'''wip wip wip'''
+*add redirect for "McDonald's Ice Cream Machine" "McDonald's Shake Machine" etc so it shows up in search
+*watch louis' videos on this machine
+ice cream machine exclusivity repair rights
+The Taylor C602 is the primary ice cream machine used at McDonald's to make soft serve dishes and shakes. It is infamously unreliable; there are [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mcdonalds-ice-cream-machine memes about these machines] and [https://mcbroken.com/ a website] to view the status of each McDonald's ice cream machine around the world.
+from wired article:
+The Taylor C602 is an old but sophisticated machine with many self-checks during its regular two-week cleanings, nightly pasteurization, and other stages. But once something goes wrong, the machine often refuses to work and gives undocumented error codes. Often, these can only be interpreted by a Taylor repair associate visiting the McDonald's franchise.
+An entrepreneurial couple, Nelson and O'Sullivan attempted to automate the upkeep of a Taylor machine to run a frozen yogurt vending machine business. With Taylor's blessing, they went to Shenzhen and began creating an automated enclosure and started learning more about how Taylor machines work. After much hard work and prototyping, they discovered time and time again that the Taylor machines were just simply unreliable and could not be operated without manual intervention.
+Eventually they used their reverse engineering findings to change courses and launch Kytch, a Raspberry Pi-based system that helps food retailers monitor and diagnose their Taylor machines. Data that is typically hidden away is now easily readable, loggable, and owners can receive status updates on their machines. However, at this point, Nelson and O'Sullivan's cordial relationship with Taylor ends, as Taylor covertly attempts to purchase Kytch devices.
+Later Taylor launches their
+==Kytch device backstory==
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 ==See also==
-{{Ph-C-SA}}
+*[[Right to repair]]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl34nW9c4wo Louis Rossman - Let's talk about ice cream, mcdonalds, and why it matters]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaSHd6QJrpo Louis Rossman- The FTC wants their damn ICE CREAM!!!]<br />
+Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_ice_cream_machine
+Official service manuals https://www.manualslib.com/manual/3661378/Taylor-C602.html#manual
+McBroken [https://mcbroken.com/ mcbroken]
+Articles:
+https://eu.postcrescent.com/story/money/2024/11/24/frequent-machine-breakdowns-prompt-right-to-repair-exemption/76451118007/
+https://www.eatthis.com/news-mcdonalds-soft-serve-machines/
+https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war/
+https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-mcflurry-machine-is-broken-again-now-the-ftc-is-on-it-11630522266
+Success articles:
+https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2024/10/29/mcdonalds-mcflurry-ice-cream-machine/75914325007/
+https://www.today.com/food/news/mcdonalds-ice-cream-machine-fix-rcna177828
+https://www.foodandwine.com/mcdonalds-broken-mcflurry-machine-solution-8736120
+https://www.npr.org/2024/11/02/g-s1-31893/mcdonalds-broken-ice-cream-machine-copyright-law
+https://www.ifixit.com/News/102368/victory-is-sweet-we-can-now-fix-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines
 ==References==
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 [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
+[[Category:Right to repair]]
+[[Category:Food manufacturers]]