Why is it that when ice is put into a deep fryer it essentially erupts?

Question

Why is it that when ice is put into a deep fryer it essentially erupts?

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Answer 1

– Water is denser than oil and sinks to the bottom.
– Fry oil is way hotter than water’s boiling temp.
– When water boils, its volume expands by more than 1700x

So the water sinks, very rapidly boils, and them immediately turns into a huge volume of steam, *underneath the oil*. Boom