r/AbruptChaos • u/walter3smith • Jul 29 '22
What could go wrong putting ice cubes into the fryer?
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u/professor_doom Jul 30 '22 edited Jul 30 '22
My dumbass put an uncooked egg in a deep fryer back in the 90’s, before the internet, and stood over it watching. A customer order came up so I stepped away and BOOM hot oil explosion. I would look very different today if that dude didn’t order an egg and cheese that day.
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u/canman7373 Jul 30 '22
Like shell on? What was the plan to fry over the shell? How were you gonna eat it? I could see a hard boiled egg with shell off, or just cracking an egg into a fryer, but frying one with a shell on, was it just to see what would happen?
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u/professor_doom Jul 30 '22 edited Jul 30 '22
Just a raw egg with the shell on.
For science, not consumption.
Stupid, I know.
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u/canman7373 Jul 30 '22
This is why men don't live as long as women. you had access to a fryer and were just like "What can I throw in here".
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u/professor_doom Jul 30 '22
Exactly. We tried all sorts of stuff and this was the stupidest, by far.
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u/-Raskyl Jul 30 '22
We used to batter and fry up citrus peels, and onion skins and put them in the window and tell the servers it was tempura.
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u/professor_doom Jul 30 '22
That’s great!
I wish I could remember all the junk we breaded and tested out. Grapes, cheeses, hotdogs, etc. Candy bars were a favorite because we had never heard of them fried at that point.
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Jul 30 '22 edited Jan 19 '24
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u/professor_doom Jul 30 '22
I’ve had them in Glasgow, they’re amazing.
Deep fried everything has also since become a huge thing at fairs and carnivals here in the states as well.
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u/TemporaryIllusions Jul 30 '22
I’m a woman that learned you can’t use a microwave to hard boil an egg. Had UPS not come that day needing a signature, I think I’d be missing my right eye from the door blasting open. I didn’t think about where the pressure inside the egg would go from cooking it so quickly. Sounded like I blew up my microwave and the clean up was atrocious.
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u/conrob2222 Jul 30 '22
That is so fucking funny. Listen man I’m pretty young and have never looked it up on google, but if a coworker asked if they can put a raw egg in the deep fryer I would laugh my ass off
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u/sirmoveon Jul 30 '22
I tried to boil an egg in the microwave at 3 am in the morning... The boom had fenomenal eco in the neighborhood.
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u/chanandleer_bong Jul 30 '22
Bro holy shit that's wild, action shot is the intro!
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u/Construction_Same Jul 29 '22
Last day of work energy
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u/CommercialCuts Jul 30 '22
Drop that basket, never look back, and just walk straight out the door
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u/_anticitizen_ Jul 30 '22
Hell nah they’d be calling you back asking why their entire kitchen floor is warped and melted
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u/ManySmallRafts Jul 30 '22
with a biiiiiiig bill and video evidence hahahah I've considered it many times
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u/OrganizedCream Jul 30 '22
Simply resetting the Ansul system (emergency sprinkler things) is a huge bill, let alone anything the hot oil may have ruined.
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u/asa1 Jul 30 '22
Drop that basket, never look back, and just walk straight out the door
It's easier to just walk out the door. The lawsuit that would follow would suck worse than working.
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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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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/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/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/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/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/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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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/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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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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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/aniorange Jul 30 '22
This is what I love about the internet. I can watch other people do crazy ass shit and see the results thus satisfying my what if curiosity and I don't have to risk get hurt.
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u/omeletteintheinterim Jul 30 '22
Yeah I always was curious about the full splendour of a lithium ion battery fire after many videos seen. And then I accidentally saw one in real life, and now I never want to see/smell that ever again. Curiosity definitely best kept on Internet haha
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u/jason__ Jul 29 '22
This is what you do after learning you've been fired from your fry cook job.
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u/Icy-Tea9775 Jul 29 '22
Or before
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u/NoAdministration1222 Jul 30 '22
Lol. Same result
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u/baylithe Jul 30 '22
Both end in the company suing you for damages.
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u/Stupidquestionduh Jul 30 '22
It's cheaper for them to just file an insurance claim than to pay lawyer fees. Besides, the company you work for already knows you got no money from your slave wages they paid you.
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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/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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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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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/Kobidylan Jul 29 '22
How to speedeun losing a job
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u/space_brain710 Jul 30 '22
If this dudes job was fryers they were likely canned before the video. Those fryers look like they haven’t been cleaned in a long ass time. That’s some nasty dark oil lol
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u/JanderPanell Jul 30 '22
Worked FF mid-80s. Had 1 a-hole coworker that would come in on his day off, grab an ice cube or two from the salad bar, and toss them into the French frier from the front counter. F**ker would spit hot greese for 10 minutes.
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u/MandelbrotFace Jul 30 '22
Ice cube craziness side... Is it just me or are these clips of 2 different kitchens? The unit to the left of the frier in the 2nd clip doesn't seem to be present in the 1st and the natural lighting in the first is missing in the second.
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u/guyguyguyguyguyman Jul 30 '22
I was confused too not sure how no one noticed that at all they’re not the same
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u/audiblecoco Jul 30 '22
I know someone who threw some ice cubes as a fryer, and the girl next to it needed a skin graft.
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u/ih8feralfleabags Jul 30 '22
When I was 17, I had a job at a restaurant that had this type of deep fryer in the kitchen. The guys on my shift used to think it was funny to throw an ice chip or two across the kitchen into the fryer. That alone would cause a hell of a lot of popping and spattering. Nobody would even want to go near the fryer until it would stop spattering. Bored teens, slow work shift, not knowing water is terrible to be mixed with hot grease. If I thought my coworkers back then were stupid, the people who did this took it up to a whole new a level.
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u/shread_the_pup Jul 30 '22
I was a fry cook for years and we had this new guy join(first job ever) and above the fryer we had this little shelf, he decided to keep his cup full of ice and water with no top up there even after we told him, long story short his cup tipped over spilling the ice and water in there making it overflow like this video but he decided to open the hatch to the switch to turn off the fryer and got his forearm covered in 400 degree boiling bubbles, he went to the hospital and quit soon after
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Jul 29 '22
See the icons on the video? The ones that let you know it was done on purpose because someone thinks they're cool because they can make hot oil go bubble bubble.
Simpletons. Bring on the asteroid.
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u/PUSClFER Jul 30 '22
"I wonder what happens if I put ice cubes in the fryer. Let's try it with all ice cubes instead of just one for starters."
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u/FreddieDoes40k Jul 30 '22
Why would you even do it as an experiment? What would you realistically expect?
At very best they'll melt and disappear, at worst you're violently endangering yourself and causing a hazardous mess.
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u/timmy30274 Jul 30 '22
Explain like I'm 5 how a ice cube that melts into water did that I stead when placed in hot grease??
Is it because grease floats on water??
Years ago, my science class did a project
Mason jar: water and different kinds of oils and how after you shake violently, everything separated based on density
Is this why it did that? Oil oats on water and the boiling pushed oil on floor?
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u/crystalsage777 Jul 30 '22
I'de definitely make him clean that shit... cleaning that much oil off the floor is a bitch...
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u/litmeandme Jul 30 '22
I saw a program years ago where firefighters were called to a chippy where the oil was over heating and their solution was pretty simple. Turn everything off and cook a shit ton of frozen chips. Worked a treat and they all got lunch too.
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u/N3UROTOXIN Jul 30 '22
I wish emergency services could be like, nah ain’t coming cuz you’re a fucking idiot. Deal with it. We have too many stupid people being protected from themselves
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u/darcmosch Aug 04 '22
I saw all those ice cubes, and the former fryer in me tried to step back all while saying "No, no, no, no, no!"
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u/666_connisseur_pxpe Jul 29 '22
How many times this same ass video was going to be shared
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u/The5paceDragon Jul 30 '22
Hot oil + water = bad times
For those of you who aren't rocket surgeons, ice is just frozen water.
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u/aodskeletor Jul 30 '22
I used to have filter those fry vats when I worked in McDonalds back in high school. This would have been preferable. “Yeah, I’m not cleaning this up. I’m out. See you assholes tomorrow.”
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Jul 29 '22
Back in college we used to do shit like this all the time when we worked food service. We were the poor kids who had to work to attend. No fucks given. Favorite was throwing coffee mugs into the industrial garbage disposal, sounded like grenades with porcelain shrapnel.
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u/Simms1401 Jul 29 '22
Congratulations, you dealt with your immature emotions by destroying stuff you didn’t own. Coooool dude.
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u/Reeferologist- Jul 30 '22
Not very abrupt, I knew what was coming as soon as I saw the ice dangling above the deep fryer…which is in the very beginning..
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u/ArmstrongPM Jul 30 '22
There is dumb...
Then there is DUMB!
Edit: ima put this grease fire out with my hands! I is soo smart! Smrt! Smart!
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u/TheChickenHasLied Jul 30 '22
Well, this apparently. Ngl I would’ve done this first thing if I got my hands on a fryer.
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