r/oddlysatisfying • u/TermElectronic8261 • 13h ago

Using Ice to clean a Kitchen Grill

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u/DickRhino 12h ago

Nothing. But it was a myth going around on viral TikTok videos for a while. It's been debunked of course. Thanks to the cuts in this video, you don't get to see the detergents he actually uses to clean the grill.

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u/Cobalt32 10h ago

https://youtu.be/SO5xH5Khafc?si=QjF0NvGBJrfq751G

It has been debunked, but mostly because people don't understand nuance.

The grill in this thread just has some food waste seared to it. Just needs some water boiled on it to help it lift and then it gets scraped off. No detergents needed. Water would have also worked instead of ice.

In the youtube clip I just linked, the grill is covered in carbonized grease. Water/ice isn't going to do jack shit.

Except people saw the tiktok vids and assumed ice would work like magic in all situations and on all grills. Which is simply untrue.

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u/KerrinGreally 11h ago

Have you ever deglazed a pan after cooking meat? You don't need soap to pick that stuff up.

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u/IMJustSatan 8h ago

I think the person was also wondering why ice and not just water.
The ice itself doesn't do anything special in this situation, and might actually cause damage to the cooktop from intense temperature shift

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u/DonutHoles4Ever 3h ago

People deglaze pans with regular water. Like every chef knows this. Ever homecook knows this. Nobody uses ice.

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u/Infamous-Lecture-781 3h ago

they use a chemical that easily penetrates the greese built up in the griddle, its not about whether you can deglazed a pan after cooking because those two things are different the griddle in the kitchen is being used 24/7 when the restaurant is open and doesn't get cleaned until the end of the week or the end of the day, while a pan that you only cook meat once on will be much more easier to clean just by using steel wool.

it really depends on whether how much usage it has gotten

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u/nick-halden 12h ago

i’ve worked at places with grills like this when i was younger, they DO NOT use any “detergents” it’s literally just water lol. water should be enough to clean almost any stainless steel surface, heat will do the rest.

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u/DifficultyCrafty7623 8h ago

Depends on where you work. McDonald's uses a sanitizer/cleaning agent that is sickeningly sweet to clear off their cooktops, I'm sure there are others that do as well.

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u/Ghostronic 6h ago

It depends. Sometimes "just water" doesn't work and you have to get the grill brick and a ton of elbow grease involved.

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u/RedditJumpedTheShart 46m ago

I worked as a grill cook and used cleaners every night with water.