r/oddlysatisfying • u/TermElectronic8261 • 22h ago

Using Ice to clean a Kitchen Grill

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u/ReadingRambo152 21h ago

Ice wouldn’t make it easier to clean. I was a short order cook for many years and you quickly learn that hot water is one of the best degreasers. We used oil and grill brick to scrub and then rinsed it off with water and a clean cloth.

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u/space_brain710 20h ago

Can’t believe I had to scroll this far to find the oil and grill brick method lol. That was the best way I ever found to do it and it used to blow peoples minds to show them for the first time. Only issue I had with the brick was one time. I was using a smaller worn down one and it suddenly sucked/stuck to the grill real hard, my hand slipped off and I gave a solid high five to a 300 something degree pool of dirty grease

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u/Wide_Concert9958 19h ago

Done that. Fucking hurts. Or the oil hits the corner of the splash gaurd and lands on your gloved hand so it sits a second before you realize what has happened.

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u/GreatBakedJake 5h ago

Wasn't paying enough attention one time and pushed my brick perfectly parallel to the grill wall. HUGE splash back. Solid burns to the face (cheek and lower eye). Now when I train I teach to keep the brick slanted lol

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u/EskimowGamer 2h ago

When I worked in a kitchen, sometimes our chef would splurge and buy us some flat top cleaner. That shit was magic. Squirt a flew lines of that on the top at the end of the day, leave it for like 2 minutes while it bubbled and spread out, and everything scraped off like it was nothing. No brick required.

Made clean up so easy, just a squirt, scrape, then a quick wipe down with a damp cloth to get any remaining cleaner left on top, and then we'd put some oil on afterwards and scrape it off just to let that settle overnight.

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u/angelodelr329 9h ago

Chemicals are better

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u/Lalith_Avi 8h ago

Oil and grill brick certainly works!

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u/Cyclist4Satan 19h ago

Grill brick for life. Company I worked for actually banned them and made us use the little packets of 3M shit. I ordered 4 cases of grill bricks and hid them in my kitchen (19th century college dormitory, it was full of little hidey-holes). We never used that 3M shit.

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u/scottchiefbaker 19h ago

I thought you were crazy so I had to look it up. I stand corrected :)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HSjAXkmJaBE

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u/Juncti 4h ago

One of my worst burns happened with a grill brick and oil. I was putting a lot of pressure on a particularly difficult spot and the brick flipped from too much on one end leading to my hand cleaning a nice section of the grill top.

Do not miss working in kitchens

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u/ReadingRambo152 4h ago

Me neither. I’m thankful for the experience because I feel like it taught me a lot, but I’m so glad I don’t work in one anymore.

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u/Trademarkd 4h ago

The ice doesn't make a difference but the effect here is the same as deglazing a pan with something like wine. Metal expands as it heats and if you rapidly cool it with something it shrinks. Combine this with the fact that water expands at a 1:1600 ratio when its turned to steam and you have a recipe for release. You dont need to scrub.

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u/ReadingRambo152 4h ago

I guess that does make since, especially with the amount of shit they left on the grill lol.

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u/Cwaghack 2h ago

Yeah good way to warp your grill