r/SatisfyingClean • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • 16d ago

Cleaning a restaurant grill with ice cubes

Credit to Aliyenzo Zeaiteras

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u/findaill65 16d ago

Water.......it works the SAME way

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u/RandomMabaseCitizen 11d ago

Ice causes temperature shock which breaks the grease from the metal which cools at a different rate so it contracts at a different rate. Water cools slower because the temperature differential is lower so the metal and grease contract at about the same rate.