The largest sold to consumers through normal channels is a gallon. Typically used by people who are feeding a lot of people, like making a dish for a large family gathering, or by people who only go shopping once a month or less. Some people live an hour from the store, so they just buy an excessive amount of food and shop infrequently.
Every barrel you see on TV or in a movie is 55 gallon or 42 gallon.
Other sizes exist but those two are so prevalent that you really only see those. The size comes from the oil industry where it’s a standard unit. It’s common to sell oil in different units, but the barrel size is so common that everyone just uses the same container and maybe just rounds the units.
Can’t use a 42 gallon barrel , has to be the metric 160L, or the 200L 55 gallon drum.
Nah, the ounce is a unit of weight and volume. 55 gallons = 7040 fl oz ~= 7040 oz ~= 440 lbs = 200kg.
Aren’t American units great? Here’s a nice converter for various things, including mayo, which is ~0.94 oz per fl oz. But generally speaking, a fluid ounce is roughly the same as a weight ounce, kind of like how a milliliter is roughly the same as a gram (exactly equal for water, while a fluid ounce isn’t exactly equal to a weight ounce for water).
I prefer the 300 gallon IBC tote. Then I can unload it from my pickup truck with the pallet forks on my skid-steer and put it straight into the mayo door on the side of my house.
In America the family sized mayo comes in a 55 gallon barrel. That’ll last for about a month.
The worst thing is… I don’t know if I laugh or if I believe this.
The real worse thing is I have absolutely no idea how big 55 gallons would be, or how big the one in the photo is.
The explodey barrels in fps games are typically 55 gallon drums
Something a bit larger than 200l… I think an oil barrel is around that size (and yeah, it’s “the standard unit” for that).
In all seriousness, if the GP said it was a 2 gallon container I would honestly not know if it was true.
Yup, a gallon is about 3.75 times the size of a liter, or multiply by 4 and round down.
https://www.unileverfoodsolutions.us/product/hellmann-s-extra-heavy-mayonnaise-4-gal-1-pack-1-EN-639543.html
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/hellmanns-real-mayonnaise-24-gallon-drum/125HLMN8828.html
https://www.unileverfoodsolutions.us/product/hellmann-s-extra-heavy-mayonnaise-tote-2300-pound-pack-of-1-1-EN-1210411.html
The largest sold to consumers through normal channels is a gallon. Typically used by people who are feeding a lot of people, like making a dish for a large family gathering, or by people who only go shopping once a month or less. Some people live an hour from the store, so they just buy an excessive amount of food and shop infrequently.
Every barrel you see on TV or in a movie is 55 gallon or 42 gallon.
Other sizes exist but those two are so prevalent that you really only see those. The size comes from the oil industry where it’s a standard unit. It’s common to sell oil in different units, but the barrel size is so common that everyone just uses the same container and maybe just rounds the units.
Can’t use a 42 gallon barrel , has to be the metric 160L, or the 200L 55 gallon drum.
55 gallons is about the size of the average American, or something in the neighborhood of 200kg.
You’re mixing up weight and volume measurements, and everyone knows an average American is a lot of decibels.
Nah, the ounce is a unit of weight and volume. 55 gallons = 7040 fl oz ~= 7040 oz ~= 440 lbs = 200kg.
Aren’t American units great? Here’s a nice converter for various things, including mayo, which is ~0.94 oz per fl oz. But generally speaking, a fluid ounce is roughly the same as a weight ounce, kind of like how a milliliter is roughly the same as a gram (exactly equal for water, while a fluid ounce isn’t exactly equal to a weight ounce for water).
Because that all makes perfect sense.
Well, the kg bit does anyway.
Yup, the average American certainly is 200kg. 😀
And lots of decibels.
The average family size is shrinking. I’ve seen my neighbors stretch 55 gallons to 6 or even 7 weeks.
The times, they are a changin’…
Ain’t no folks enjoy a good ol’ mayo slip’n’slide no more
Eh, I think the overall size is about the same, but the number of people is reducing.
Maybe if you’re Mormon or bathing in it
¿Por que no los dos?
I prefer the 300 gallon IBC tote. Then I can unload it from my pickup truck with the pallet forks on my skid-steer and put it straight into the mayo door on the side of my house.
I heard the Rivian comes w/ an air compressor. Maybe consider using that to spray the mayo straight from the truck so you don’t need the fork lift.
For a family on a diet maybe
I just converted it. It’s more than 200kg! Does the whole family drink a glass of it everyday? How in the world are you finishing that in a month?
I think they were exaggerating for comedic effect. I hope…
They are exaggerating. The foodservice packs top out at 10 gallons/37.85 liters as it becomes too heavy.
One glass? Do you want to get dehydrated?
That MIGHT last my wife a single week.