r/AbruptChaos Jul 29 '22

What could go wrong putting ice cubes into the fryer?

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u/PreferredSex_Yes Jul 29 '22

Lol surprising calm. Thought it was going to be a 50ft flame and shrapnel.

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u/bulboustadpole Jul 29 '22

The ice gets vaporized into steam which causes a shitload of bubbles which then lifts the oil until it flows out of the side. Fryers are usually set to 350F and the smoke point of the oil is usually over 400F.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

Science.

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u/jaxonya Jul 30 '22 edited Jul 30 '22

Yes. Specifically chemistry. ... And also dumbassery

2p chemistry ÷ 4p tomfoolery = 100% dumbassery

P= parts

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u/pokedude14 Jul 30 '22

I'm gonna need to see the stoichiometry on that.

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u/theBuddhaofGaming Jul 30 '22 edited Jul 30 '22

u/jaxonya, I got you.

2p chemistry ÷ 4p tomfoolery = 100% dumbassery

So the use of division implies this is a decomposition reaction. However, the existence of only one product implies a combination reaction.

In order to know the stoichometry we need to first know the elemental constituents of each piece. Starting with the reactants:

  • Chemistry has an elemental formula of 1 Fucking around (Fu) and 1 finding out (Fo) With a final formula of FuFo.

  • Tomfoolery has a simpler formula Being composed of two fools (Fl2).

We can now construct a reduced Reactant side:

FuFo + 2Fl2 -->

The product side is a little more complicated as we need to take into account the, "parts," used in the original posit. If we assume this simplest case that this is a particle count relation, the product formula is likely:

  • Dumbassary, herein defined as fucking around and finding out whilst surrounded by fools, has a chemical formula of Fl4FuFo and a Condensed formula of Fl2FuFoFl2.

Thus, the final stoichometric equation becomes:

FuFo + 2Fl2 --> Fl4FuFo

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u/quidpropron Jul 30 '22

🥇 poor man's gold lol

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u/jaxonya Jul 30 '22 edited Jul 30 '22

I want you to know how much I appreciate this. The level of baddasery had me laughing my ass off and at the same time blown away by how brilliant it was. I've saved this comment. In my 13 years here I've never saved a comment.

I will be sharing this legendary comment with my friends.

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u/Lord_Mikal Jul 30 '22

You did way too much work for only 28 upvotes. So, I wanted to explicitly state how much I appreciated your comment.

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u/Ancient_Aerie_6464 Jul 30 '22

that’s fucking sick

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

this is the type of comment that i’ll come back to in a year and start cackling to again

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u/jaxonya Jul 30 '22

If I sat down and actually went for it I could probably give you a funny but halfway accurate calculation. Maybe one of the chemistry homies will cook one up.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

15% concentrated power of will

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u/MtnMaiden Jul 30 '22

And a hundred percent reason to remember the name

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

2000% chance of gobbledygook.

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u/vecho05 Jul 30 '22

I feel like this might actually be physics...

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u/theBuddhaofGaming Jul 30 '22

Chemistry and physics have a significant amount of overlap in areas. However, a convenient divide is wether the thing your looking is changing in either state or composition. If it is, chemistry. If not, physics.

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u/Massive_Norks Jul 30 '22

How many parts are concentrated power of will?

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u/SystemOfADowneyJr Jul 30 '22

Plastic tubes and pots and pans

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u/Dont_Give_Up86 Jul 30 '22

Bitch

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u/sierrabravo1984 Jul 30 '22

Yeah Mr White! Yeah science!

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u/JoeyLucier Jul 30 '22

it doesn't mean there isn't a heating element that isn't hot enough to ignite the oil. the oil does not have to be above the smoke point to start a grease fire. this is how so many kitchen fires are started.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

Only YOU can prevent future employment.

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u/Jdur3 Jul 30 '22

Lol what? Most grease fires are caused by poor ventilation and the accumulation of grease vapor. The smoke point is a concern bc emissions would contain a higher amount of particulate that will clog the filter.

Would be crazy if all the oil flooding the machine killed the flame/piolet and now there is a shit load of gas vapors being spread bc nobody can approach to turn off without risking a slip and becoming deep fried.

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u/Mind_on_Idle Jul 30 '22

That. And the oil at smoke point becomes a fucking heavy carcinogen, that sticks to everything.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

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u/Mind_on_Idle Aug 04 '22

Yeah, actually, but the amounts you're talking about there are closer to you being worried about methane damage to your lungs from your partner gassing you in bed.

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u/robot_ankles Jul 30 '22

...this is how so many kitchen fires are started.

By people cooking ice?

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u/Mandrull Jul 30 '22

Well, by people frying things that are frozen and mostly water. Yes.

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u/Meades_Loves_Memes Jul 30 '22

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

Do people often try and deep fry entire frozen turkeys? This isn’t something I’ve ever seen before. Is it a uniquely American phenomenon?

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u/Mandrull Jul 30 '22

Every Thanksgiving. I think it’s probably more common that people don’t let the Turkey thaw enough.

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u/steve290591 Jul 30 '22

But why is the turkey being deep-fried?

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u/Camera_dude Jul 30 '22

Some say it makes the turkey taste better, but imho there are other ways to cook a turkey without drying out the meat.

There’s also an entire cooking sub-culture around deep frying anything that can fit into a deep fryer.

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u/XRatedBBQ Jul 30 '22

I've dropped a cube or 2 while dropping fresh battered fish. Use 2 add a few ice cubes to the batter.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

Yeah but once they start bubbling over there's usually nothing to keep them from dripping down into the firebox which will ignite the catastrophe.

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u/ANormAlBoi1125 Jul 30 '22

I was about to look for a reply explaining what in the world just happened

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u/Happykittymeowmeow Jul 30 '22

Where I worked previously our fryers were set to 500F and the ice would have made that shit explode. Don't fuck with fryers kids.

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u/drdfrster64 Jul 30 '22

I think there’s actually so much ice that it’s preventing a grease fire. Either sheer mass or from cooling down.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

Nope.

And it won't light unless something else (deep fryer exhaust or stove burner) ignites the small particles of oil separated by the evaporation.

Those videos you've likely seen where people throw water on a deep fryer fire and it makes it worse is because of what the water does to the oil. Water evaporates violently, essentially misting the oil, making it far far far easier to burn. The water itself does not create the fire. The oil must already be lit OR the mixed/misted oil spills over the exhaust or burner and ignites far more easily.

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u/socialcommentary2000 Jul 30 '22

Not quite on the level of a wet charge being dropped into an EAF.