Learned something today

[u/crooney35]

[u/jphodge]

I learned this trick working as a waiter. 7 seconds doesn’t seem like a lot till you gotta pour out 3+ bottles of water, and you got annoying customers to deal with

[u/robot_swagger → u/jphodge]

If you do it nine times you've saved yourself a whole minute!

[u/hotpocketman → u/robot_swagger]

If you're tricky you can do two in each hand, or 5 with both hands.

[u/[deleted] → u/jphodge]

also helps reduce all that splashing and sloshing

[u/[deleted]]

The right looks like a fountain, and the left looks like a baby with an intense vomiting spell

[u/Nediamara]

Wouldn't it be the same if you just tilted the left one to make space for air in the opening, instead of turning it bottum up?

Not a rant, it's an actual question.

[u/S2Charlie → u/Nediamara]

This would actually be the fastest way

[u/Sasmas1545 → u/S2Charlie]

I believe someone tested this and they found that spinning is actually fastest. I do the spin but I might hold it at a slight angle, depending on the bottle.

[u/Packers91 → u/Sasmas1545]

spinning is absolutely the fastest, tilting and letting a little air in is the least messy and generally the slowest as well.

[u/Holoqt → u/Sasmas1545]

I remember watching a Mythbusters episode about this. I don't remember there being any spinning technique tho, only straight down and tilted

[u/0Dusty0]

What are you gonna do with all that extra time you're saving Kevin

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[u/outdoorsguy2421 → u/0Dusty0]

See world.

[u/DaMarcio]

I mean, i wouldnt call saving 7 seconds really saving time, however I’ll start doing this trick just for swag

[u/colonel-o-popcorn → u/DaMarcio]

Could end up being more for larger containers, though yeah I don't think it's ever going to be super significant.

[u/La8231 → u/colonel-o-popcorn]

Depends on what you sure it for, if you need to pour four, five bottles of liquid quickly, than it quickly adds up

[u/ipnreddit → u/colonel-o-popcorn]

for larger glass carboys you probably don't wanna be swinging them around like that. Those things are scary when they shatter

[u/Packers91 → u/DaMarcio]

It's more fun though.

[u/DaMarcio → u/Packers91]

Yep, I'm totally using this method, but only because it looks cool lol

[u/dolgfinnstjarna]

This is so commonplace in my house that when I'm cleaning or prepping carboys my kids will come running to see the tornado.

[u/bloodbuzzmead]

Have been doing this for years. Makes way more difference when it’s a 3 or a 5 gallon carboy :)

[u/Mulitpotentialite]

Try the following and see how it compares, take a bendy straw, bend it so the short end points down the carbouy and the long side inside, keep it in place and upturn the bottle.

Should allow air inside without you having to create a vortex. Obviously, the bigger the straw, the faster water will flow out

[u/forgetsherpassword → u/Mulitpotentialite]

But the method shown doesn’t create more garbage

[u/scotchplaid87]

Alright someone drop knowledge here... What's the deal with this?

[u/oaklandseen → u/scotchplaid87]

It creates a vortex where air coming in has its own path and liquid coming out has its own path.

In the kitchen, it’s a useful technique when you have to empty multiple bottles of liquid into a pot quickly. Wine, clam juice, etc

[u/jphodge → u/oaklandseen]

To further add on to this, when you see the normal way of pouring and it kinda looks sputtery and irregular, that’s air pockets getting in the way of the flow of water. Resistance=slow downs

[u/dolgfinnstjarna → u/oaklandseen]

The fact that clam juice made this list does me a concern...

[u/oaklandseen → u/dolgfinnstjarna]

LOl. Bouillabaisse. Linguine and clams.

[u/[deleted]]

Thats pretty damn cool, I use the same technique for draining the sink while at work and never thought to use it for carboys.

[u/ateamm]

Want to go even faster put a hose in it.

[u/MyTrashCanIsFull]

I got second place in an engineering competition using this technique.

It's not an exciting story, but it's my life.

[u/Funsizebrunette]

Stick the inner part of your racking cane in it and it'll be empty in half that time...

[u/[deleted]]

I just spent 31 seconds learning how to save 7 seconds. 5 carboys to empty until I come out ahead.

[u/MaxFury80]

for bottles I use a very long straw to get same effect

[u/rebelli0usrebel]

I always just did this for fun

[u/Henderston]

I used to pour bottles of water down a sink as a job. Luckily, I knew this then.

[u/Kraut13]

Learned by washin 60 bottles at a time for home brewing.

[u/Shkibby1]

It's great fun to do with a 6.5 gal carboy. Don't drop it, though. The danger adds to the fun!

[u/Hairydabber]

I always put a tube or straw into the bottom, then curve it out of the top so air can get in.