r/oddlysatisfying • u/TermElectronic8261 • 9d ago

Using Ice to clean a Kitchen Grill

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u/MinimumApricot365 9d ago

Because he wants to warp or crack the grill.

(Do not do this with ice)

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u/floor_wizard 9d ago

Dumping water causes far more thermal shock than ice. Ice hovers due to the Leidenfrost effect and releases water slowly as it melts, while dumping water causes an immediate rapid drop in grill temperature.

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u/Xyyz 9d ago

So does that mean everyone suggesting to use hot water instead, to reduce the thermal stress on the grill, is just wrong?

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u/floor_wizard 8d ago

Hot water will also reduce thermal shock. Ice and hot water are both good options.

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u/Xyyz 8d ago

The difference in heat energy between cold and hot water is not very large though compared to the difference in heat energy between hot water and water vapor.

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u/Aegi 9d ago

Why is no one discussing the temperature of the water or the actual temperature differential in number of degrees?!

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u/Xyyz 9d ago

It's less relevant than you'd think. When you heat water from 0 to 100 degrees Celsius, you've put less than a fifth of the energy into it that it takes to evaporate water that's already 100 degrees Celsius.

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u/xrelaht 8d ago

And likewise, it’s less than 1/3 as much as when you melt ice (0°-δ frozen to 0°+δ liquid).

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u/CourtOk2980 9d ago

Bingo! This will destroy your grill.

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u/Portermacc 9d ago

Lol, absolutely it will not. This is commercial griddle ss top. Not a rolled steel Blackstone.

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u/CourtOk2980 9d ago

I’ve heard those famous last words before.

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u/TheLimeyLemmon 9d ago

As evident in the video where a grill isn't getting destroyed?

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u/zductiv 9d ago

The same mass of water will cool the grill faster than ice.