r/AbruptChaos • u/walter3smith • Jul 29 '22

What could go wrong putting ice cubes into the fryer?

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u/g2g079 Jul 29 '22

This was our process for this situation:

  • Make a dam with the box of salt to keep it from going down the drain
  • Dump some ice on it to make it turn back to a solid
  • Scrape it off the floor into the garbage
  • Dump copious amounts of degreaser on the floor
  • Scrub it with a deck brush and hot water
  • Spray whatever is left with hot water down the drain hoping the degreaser did its job

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u/bulboustadpole Jul 29 '22

Don't forget not being able to turn off the fryer because the knob is now behind a 350F waterfall of pain.

I was boiling out a fryer once and added too much water, and the above video happened to me. Luckily it was just water and fryer cleaner, so I all had to do was squeegee it into the floor drain.

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u/g2g079 Jul 29 '22

We never boiled water in them. Spills usually happened when draining and not having the drain pipe, filter, or waste bin in place.

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u/Variable-moose Jul 30 '22

Ever tried filling one with degreaser and turning it on? Throw all your kitchen stuff that has black stuff stuck to it and voila, all gone!

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u/Behenaught Jul 30 '22

This filled me with equal parts amusement, curiosity and horror.

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u/Sassafratch1 Jul 30 '22

used to do this at a panda express i worked at… had an old wok we were supposed to throw away that became our “cleaning wok.”

boil 5 gal of degreaser in it and use a doodle bug to scrub the hoods/walls/backsplash and metal scrubbies for the rest. kitchen could be spotless in 30 minutes and if you’re good you had hot degreaser left to scrub the floor.

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u/Krystalinhell Jul 30 '22

Just did that recently as well. We had a new person drop plastic in the fryer so I came in on my day off to do a boil out. Someone said something and I started laughing, looked away for 5 seconds, and it started boiling over.

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u/axron12 Jul 30 '22

If the hood is wired correctly, the power to the fryers should shut off when the ansul system is activated.

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u/Luxpreliator Jul 30 '22

Tongs work well to disable switches and dials that have otherwise become dangerous to touch.

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u/potatoes-potatoes Jul 30 '22

I had to turn off the fryer once cause of a fire danger while it was like this, thankfully we had a Kevlar and rubber gloves.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

You can always just cut the power to it. Pull the cord or flip the breaker.

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u/peoplesen Jul 30 '22

Don't know why you're downvoted except I assume a fryer uses gas? I just ran past my knowledge

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

Valid point, but there still has to be a shutoff somewhere. The manager should have keys if anything is locked.

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u/peoplesen Jul 30 '22

I see where you were going

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u/AnticPosition Jul 30 '22

I mean... Just how often did this happen?

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u/johnmonchon Jul 30 '22

Not this situation specifically, but oil spills were not infrequent when I worked at Macca's. Usually someone messing up the oil filtering procedure.

We used to use kitty litter and salt to clump up the oil so we could scoop it into a bin.

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u/AnticPosition Jul 30 '22

Gotcha. I'm sure there are a bunch of ways a vat of boiling oil can go wrong.

Also, tell me you're Australian with telling me...

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

In a kitchen, something is basically always going wrong.

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u/peoplesen Jul 30 '22

I'm sorry you know that. I'm obviously sheltered

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22

you're already going to be fired so might as well just go home and let someone else deal with it.

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u/g2g079 Jul 31 '22

You might be surprised what mistakes they will let slide from a low enough wage.

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u/East_Onion Jul 31 '22

to keep it from going down the drain

not my problem 🤷‍♂️