ice cream question

Can anyone tell me how many scoops of ice cream you get out of a gallon. Thanks

There are about 96/4oz servings in a 3gal restaurant size container.

hmm somethings not right - my distributer told me about 52/5 oz. in a 3 gallon. I hope you are right because I will make more money but that is not the way profits are working out so far.

According to Answers.com, 3 gallons of ice cream is 220 oz. by weight and contains 384 fluid oz. (by volume).  I think the two different types of measurement might be part of the cause of your confusion, though Chicnscoop, your distributer's figures (although they are closer to the by weight number) really don't correspond to either of the numbers.  PNWCHEF's figures correspond to the by volume number for a 4 oz. (1/2 cup) scoop.

my order guide for 3gal is 55/4oz servings by weight.....

Hmm. Not an easy question.

Perhaps this will help you: 
 
A 1/2 cup (4 oz. volume) scoop of ice cream will actually weigh a little over 2 1/4 oz. (2.29 oz. to be exact). 
 
But unless you are going to put your ice cream serving dish on a scale and fill the dish until it gets to a pre-determined weight (and I have seen some places do this very thing), you are probably more interested in the volume of the serving you are giving the customer.  Therefore, determine what volume you want to give the customer for each serving and what volume size your ice cream scoop is.  Divide the serving volume by the scoop volume and you will determine how many scoops of ice cream you will need to serve each customer. 
 
To determine your ice cream cost per serving use strictly the volume figures.  If you are buying 3 gal. (by volume) containers, then use the 384 fl. oz./container figure.  If you are buying 1 gal. (by volume) containers, then use 128 fl.oz./container.  If you are buying grocery store (1 1/2 qt. containers), then use 48 fl. oz./container.  In other words, out of each grocery store 48 fl. oz. container, you should get 12 of the 1/2 cup (4 oz.) scoops of ice cream.  (48/4 = 12)  Of course, if you are using an ice cream scoop larger or smaller than a 1/2 cup (4 oz.) scoop, then you would need to do the corresponding math using the actual number of fluid ounces that the scoop happens to be..

Bob left the station at 6:47am on track #2, the trains initial speed for the first 49 minutes of the journey is 27mph, for the next 103 minutes of the journey, bobs train travels at speeds of 57-83mph with an average speed of 69 mph for 33 miles.
How far did Bob travel and what time is dinner?

The density of the product is a factor that must be taken into account.  In manufacturing terms this is the product overrun see:
http://www.foodsci.uoguel..a/dairyedu/overrun.html
Unless you know the overrun percent, you will be guessing.  It's best to check with your supplier, or do some accurate testing during service, keeping track of amount of scoops per container, this will give you a real world number.  Ice cream manufacturers spend a lot of money on equipment to extend their product by selling you air!
 

chef, figger this one out !! your a bus driver at the frst stop 1 gets on the next stop 3 get on 2 get off the next stop 4 get on 1 gets off, the last stop 5 get on an 1 off.....................how old is the driver lol, HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO YOU ALL !!

You cracked me up Buba. Sounds like I'll just have to see how many scoops I can eat and figure it out that way. Or maybe have a food challange for Man vs. Food.

chefbuba


Bob left the station at 6:47am on track #2, the trains initial speed for the first 49 minutes of the journey is 27mph, for the next 103 minutes of the journey, bobs train travels at speeds of 57-83mph with an average speed of 69 mph for 33 miles.
How far did Bob travel and what time is dinner?

Sorry I took so long to help you with your Amtrak problem, but I was at my son's house for Father's Day yesterday.
 
If you assume that during the 103 minutes of the journey (minus the 33 miles @ 69 mph) that the train travels @ speeds of 57 to 83 mph, that the engineer favors neither the low (57 mph) speed nor the high (83 mph) speed, then the total trip is:
 
22.05 miles @ 27 mph taking 49 minutes;
plus 33 miles @ 69 mph taking 28.7 minutes;
plus 87.68 miles (119.68 miles minus 33 miles) @ 70 mph (the average of 57 mph and 83 mph taking 74.3 minutes (103 minutes minus 28.7 minutes;
 
which is 141.73 miles taking 152 minutes (2 hours and 32 minutes)
 
So Bob traveled 141.73 miles and dinner can be served any time after 9:19 a.m.
 
>>> Actually, the most important question is whether the world is going to end on October 21, 2011, or if that is really only just the day that Hell freezes over. (Hell, Michigan, that is.)

 

its already happened !!!..... several times, lol.....
 

Too Funny.
 
Actually the density has to be a consideration. The icecream we sell is an old fashioned style hard icecream with little or no air pumped into it. Many icecreams are pumped to the hills.