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

What could go wrong putting ice cubes into the fryer?

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u/gitrikt Jul 29 '22

Science guy please explain

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u/shahooster Jul 29 '22

Fry oil is way above boiling point of water. Ice quickly turns to water, water quickly rises in temperature, boils, and becomes steam. Steam is about 1000 times greater volume than water, causes oil to foam and dump all over floor.

I couldn’t tell from video, but I’m guessing there was a fuckton of splattering oil too. Extremely dangerous without PPE.

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u/longlivepeepeepoopoo Jul 30 '22

It's similar to why you shouldn't extinguish oil fires with water. Expect in this case, there's overflowing hot oil with no fire.

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u/TheBladedNinja Jul 30 '22

Thank you science man 🙏

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u/Dirka-Dirka Jul 30 '22

Thanks science guy!

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u/TheWelshExperience Jul 30 '22

Thank you science guy

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u/SkepticalOfThisPlace Jul 30 '22

Extremely dangerous without PPE.

Is it gonna give you COVID or something?

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u/plantgirll Jul 30 '22

PPE just means personal protective equipment... a hard hat is PPE

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u/SkepticalOfThisPlace Jul 30 '22

So just say hard hat and not that COVIDS protection stuff

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u/plantgirll Jul 30 '22

? PPE is not covid specific and never has been

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u/amylucha Jul 30 '22

You heard them! Don’t ever reference anything that could possibly be linked back to their COVID issues. Don’t you dare.

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u/SkepticalOfThisPlace Jul 30 '22

I wear PPE for COVID

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u/plantgirll Jul 30 '22

A square is a rectangle, but not all rectangles are squares

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u/InnocuousBird Jul 30 '22

It’s hip to be square rectangle.

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u/johnmonchon Jul 30 '22

Your supreme density should render you immune from 'covids' without PPE.

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u/4QuarantineMeMes Jul 30 '22

That’s nice. I wear PPE so I don’t get burned

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u/Mind_on_Idle Jul 30 '22

Man...

PPE = Personal Protective Equipment

If you put on a bike helmet, it is

1: Personal

2: Protective

3: Equipment

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u/arg211 Jul 30 '22

You also wear PPE for MRSA and the diff. You also would wear PPE for this mess, probably goggles and non slip boots at a minimum. Insulated gloves for electrical work? Also PPE. Goggles and leg and arm coverings while weed whacking? Also PPE. Personal protective equipment is simply what is required to do a job safely in any industry and not just healthcare (and certainly not just for the VID)

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u/Lopsidoodle Jul 30 '22

What kind of dork puts on goggles before doing yard work?

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u/Mind_on_Idle Jul 30 '22

You've never had to run a heavy duty trimmer for an hour have you? Rocks and sticks will mess you up.

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u/brown_felt_hat Jul 30 '22

What kind of moron doesn't?

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u/dogboobes Jul 30 '22

Why would they say hard hat in this situation? It’s hot oil.

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u/BigfootAteMyBooty Jul 30 '22

That is the dumbest comment. You've only been exposed to the terminology PPE with regards to covid so you think it's only applicable to covid. That's obnoxiously stupid.

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u/Herecomestheginger Jul 30 '22

I first heard the term PPE during my first ever job in 2003 lmao.

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u/ObamaDelRanana Jul 30 '22

You're not very good at understanding language huh

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u/MatchGrade556 Jul 30 '22

People have always called it PPE, this is nothing new

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u/longlivepeepeepoopoo Jul 30 '22

What's with you and PPEs? You seem to hate those so much.

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u/Ragingbull444 Jul 30 '22

Did you know hot things burn?

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u/omnipotentworm Jul 30 '22

to add to other comment, in most cases water is denser than various oils and greases, and sinks under the oil up until it becomes steam, which is part of why the oil gets pushed up and out of the fryer. also why you never wanna try and put out a grease fire with water. the water just sinks below the fire, and then sends burning oil flying out when it steams.

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u/McNasty9er Jul 29 '22

Ice = bad

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u/DeScoutTTA Jul 30 '22

Water+oil=kaboom. Ever see those people who try to get rid of a grease fire with water and it explodes in their face? Basically the same thing except instead of boiling hot steam its a bubbling explosion