Why does adding water to boiling oil cause an explosion but nothing happens when adding oil to boiling water?

Question

Why does adding water to boiling oil cause an explosion but nothing happens when adding oil to boiling water?

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Answer 1

Water boils at 100 degrees C. Oil is commonly heated to double that in the case of deep frying… and can be heated much hotter depending on the situation.

Adding a small amount of water to this is going to cause the water to turn to a gas almost immediately. In the reverse, considering that water cannot get hot enough to turn oil into a gas, there’s really no danger of adding cold oil to boiling water.