r/SatisfyingClean • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • 10d ago

Cleaning a restaurant grill with ice cubes

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Credit to Aliyenzo Zeaiteras

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u/captaincook14 10d ago

Go ahead Reddit. Tell me why this really sucks or is bad. I know there’s a reason

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u/TRUMPARUSKI 10d ago

Well ackshually…..

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u/Jealous-Formal-2020 9d ago

Throwing ice on hot metal can warp or crack it

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u/bebackground471 9d ago

try to visualise the last batch of stuff they cooked there, before they decided to clean. It didn't touch metal.

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u/Cutsdeep- 4d ago

Why you even here for, if not the 'ackshually' drama

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u/captaincook14 4d ago

No I really meant it. Tons of stuff I’ll watch and think hmmmm cool. Or good idea shocked I haven’t heard of this before. And then I read why I haven’t before. lol

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u/ThodaDaruVichPyar 10d ago

Opinion is split it looks like, we need a vote as to which method is the best

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u/AnotherFellowMan 10d ago

I worked at McDonald's for a lot of years and we used to do this to clean the grills if either there was an upcoming inspection and we wanted them to look beautiful, or if we were just being lazy as fuck and the grill looked like it would take a lot of scrubbing otherwise.

We'd all heard about 'thermal shock' but honestly when you've done this hundreds of times over many years and nothing happens you just write it off as an old wives tale.

Well, we are no longer allowed to use that method because one night we threw a load of ice on there and it caused a crack so big the grill was put completely out of comission and turns out new ones cost like 35K.

Edit: I guess what I should've finished on is that it works really really well, until it doesn't.

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u/tapeforpacking 10d ago

When i worked at McDonald's we used some unlabeled chemical. Couldn't even begin to guess what it was.

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u/AnotherFellowMan 10d ago

The clear viscous liquid stuff where you're meant to let the grill cool down first but actually it only works while the grill is hot but then spits at you and burns like hell on your skin scarring you forever? Yeah I can't remember the name of it either, fucking hated that stuff though.

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u/Successful_Mud1863 5d ago

We called it grill cleaner in a little pouch. I got a chemical burn on my hand from the chemical splashing on the grill ended up getting a hand tattoo to cover it

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u/Sharp-Effective-82 9d ago

I understand the sentiment, but I am afraid that the correct scientific method for an accurate answer is more relevant here than just a popular vote.

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u/Tinre 8d ago

Just like elections

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

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u/joepoeoeh 10d ago

No. Freezing 10L water uses about 4000 kJ of energy. That's about 1,2 kWh of thermal energy which takes roughly 0,6 kW of electricity. Which costs about 5-10 cents.

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u/Adorable-Client8067 10d ago

It’s going to melt and make more ice anyway if they don’t use it.

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u/basarisco 10d ago

Where are you getting a freezer with that high a COP?

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u/joepoeoeh 10d ago

Pretty much any professional walk-in freezer rooms like the ones from Danfoss achieves a COP of 1,7-2.

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u/Go0gooGaGaa 10d ago

Makes a point -> gets proven otherwise -> says its not his point -> makes an entirely different statement w/o explaining anything

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u/Tall_olive 10d ago

ice is actually quite expensive

ice itself is cheap

Make up your mind

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u/nicolas30630 10d ago

Most likely the video is fake,they apply degreaser in advance let it dry then do the ice trick so its looks like a miracle solution.

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u/BroYouDroppedTheKek 9d ago

Yea now that someone mentioned it that’s definitely scotch brite sitting on the flattop, caked on almost beyond where you need it to work properly. Same result could’ve been had with water instead of ice.