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

When water goes from Liquid to Gaseous form, it expands by a ratio of about 1600 times.

So one drop of water becomes a gas cloud the size of 1600 drops of water when it evaporates.

And because an ice cube is large enough to be completely submerged and the oil is hot enough to instantly turn ice in to gas. The gas gets trapped inside the oil and causes an explosion instead.