BOWNE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — While temperatures climbed into the 90s Tuesday, it was even hotter inside Saladino Smoke in Alto, where owner Mike Saladino said the kitchen can get up to 130 degrees if the friers are turned on.
“It’s normally not as hot as it has been this week,” Saladino said. “Even last week when I was at Rosa Park(s Circle) for the live fire cooking, that was terrible. Really hot.”
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To help employees beat the heat, the restaurant uses floor fans, ice-cold towels and plenty of popsicles.
“We’ll go through the whole box,” he said when News 8 asked how many his team eats in a day.
Saladino also shifted brisket smoking off-site and starts cooking as early as 4:30 a.m. to avoid the hottest part of the day.
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“If we kept the the pit in here and try to do this during the weekday, it’d just be way too hot,” Saladino said. “We’ve done that a couple times and it doesn’t turn out well.”…