The MAC Attack

By Chef Anton

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Today is a special day for me. I have officially joined the mile-high club. Yes, your esteemed author is writing this month’s column on a Boeing 757 Jet headed to the East Coast. What were you thinking?

Last week I had the pleasure of representing MAC Equipment at a corporate event. For those of you not familiar with the baking industry, MAC Equipment is North America’s leading provider of Automated Ingredient Handling Systems. Before my show, I discovered an interesting twist on a classic.

The infamous railroad shot could be aimed into the corner pocket instead of the side pocket. Who knew? In all of my years, I had never seen this before. I, like so many performers felt, if it is not broken, do not fix it. But, why not improve it!

Having the railroad shot aimed into the corner pocket provides a very dramatic finish to this shot. Not only does the cueball perform the mind-boggling hair pin turn so many spectators adore, but it then proudly rolls the diagonal length of the table to pocket the final ball in the corner pocket. In fact, you could eliminate all of the balls except the cueball and the 4-ball and still have a great shot with one cueball pocketing one object ball.

I like to maximize the potential of each shot. Therefore, I have 4 cueballs responsible for pocketing 4 object balls. With my creative juices flowing, I developed this new shot, which I have aptly named “The MAC Attack.”

Set the balls up as diagrammed. All balls should be frozen. Make sure the tangent line between the 1-ball and C4 (cueball responsible for pocketing the 4-ball) is pointed towards the side pocket. Here is the shot. To start the chain reaction, kick the first cueball (C1) into the side rail. This will cause the 1-ball to go into the side pocket and C4 to begin its long journey. In the mean time, C2 will go across the table and hit the triangle thus pocketing the 2-ball in the opposite side pocket. Do we stop there? No. C2 will ricochet off the triangle and the hit the second triangle causing C3 to pocket the 3-ball in the corner pocket. Is that enough? Nope. With all of these balls gone, C4 will dramatically travel along the cuesticks to successfully pocket the 4-ball in the corner pocket! Four balls pocketed using 4 different cueballs.

Although this shot may seem difficult, it is not. It is nearly impossible to hit the shot too hard and the first kick is easy to gauge. It took me about thirty minutes to develop the shot, and I made it on my first attempt to the standing ovation of my proud client.

Good luck and Bon Appetit.

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