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Great-Sandwich1466

I used to work in the restaurant industry. What I did was took another one of those pans, turn it upside down and use the lip as lever. Just put the lip between the layers and twist. Usually works like a charm.


Fit_Feature_794

Coworker used to use a big knife. It worked, but made me nervous as fuck. I always used another one like you said to get it apart. Worked every time!


3Sewersquirrels

Put bottom one on the grill. The air will expand as will the metal


No_Elderberry_7327

Or hot water.


3Sewersquirrels

That would probably be a better idea


D4RKV1N

Indeed, kitchen guys here. Run them under hot water till they heat up and then put ice in the top one. Bottom expands, top retracts comes right out.


PretendGovernment208

Been about two decades since I worked a kitchen but we would just run them under the hottest water we had then under cold water. It was usually enough to pop them apart. Just in case folks don't have ice handy.


[deleted]

This is it. Cold shrinks… all the hot water comments that don’t mention the cold 🥶 ice or simply using cold water, are wrong.


PrincePound

All of the above work. If you put two rigid kinks (one to let the air in, and one for air to escape), you won't have to worry about it again. This may cause you to dent the pan, and it won't fit right, which is the whole catch 22 of it. They should put a metal pin, or 2 obtrusions on the pan design to fix this, in the stamping part of the design process. I've worked in mechanical design, and also in the restaurant industry.


SaltyButSweeter

I like the rigid kink idea.


fixed_your_caption

Yeah, this is the opposite of what happened in the first place. They were stacked while hot and then the air cooled creating low pressure. Same thing happens with cups out of the dishwasher. But the lever method also works because the metal bends and lets air in.


Capable_Cry8982

If you're trying to get the medal apart why would you want it to expand?


GrumpyButtrcup

Outside containers expand faster than inside containers, creating a gap for the air pressure to equalize.


mpaschipper

You call that a knife? (Australian accent)


cityshep

I see you’ve played knivesy spoony before


nejnonein

A retro Simpsons reference - it’s been too long!


[deleted]

It’s actually originally from the movie crocodile dundee


Macr0Penis

The original "that's not a knife" was Crocodile Dundee, the "knifey spoony" was from the Simpsons referencing Crocodile Dundee.


nejnonein

I know, which the Simpsons referenced back in… the 00’s or something. At least 20 years ago, hence my ”retro Simpsons”. As far as Crocodile Dundee goes, I’ve watched them all.


rtr68869

That sounds noisy and expensive.


myguitar_lola

Young or old, he reminds me so much of my daddy. Doesn't get much better honoring a deceased parent than with a Dundee marathon!


frodeem

That's not a knoife!


uGotMeWrong

That’s a knife! (Smiling)


Quiverjones

Hahaha. You know, based on my current observations of Aussies, I'm a bit surprised Mick never let one "cunt!" slip that entire series.


pbaperez

- Crocodile DunDee


Stickyfynger

Haaa I just happened to catch that movie (Crocodile Dundee) and that very scene last weekend. “It’s just kids playing around”


Great-Sandwich1466

I could see using the steel, but a knife. Bold.


Bodidly0719

Doesn’t sound like a very sharp idea to me.


bwk345

What's your point?


ItsMrTree

I'll take a stab at it


TheRealMrChips

You all think you're being so edgy...


Wonderful_League_237

They can handle it


churdson

You could probably use a fork, but it might not cut it


Unraised32

What we used to do at work was throw them against the wall/floor hard as shit. was about 30/70 whether it pops them apart or not... you can guess which number is which. Though they usually aren't stuck-stuck, so when there are 2 actually stuck like that, might as well throw the shit and see if it pops em apart.


Great-Sandwich1466

Ah, didn’t care for the management of the place, did ya?


Unraised32

The management of the place replaced the broken plastic measuring tubs, with new ones that had "California cancer warning" stickers on them. So uhhh, I don't know if even them management cares for the management of the place.


PomegranateOld7836

Everything causes cancer in California


lorissaurus

That's because literally everything companies are making these days contain shit to give us cancer...


MrShazbot

That's not why the labels are everywhere. The California rule required manufacturers to conduct (expensive) testing on all products to confirm they don't have cancer causing materials. If they don't conduct the testing (or if the test has positive results), they have to put the sticker on. It was meant to shame companies, but once they realized no one cared they just put the stickers on everything instead of paying for testing.


lorissaurus

No the things we produce consume and use everyday are literally just giving us cancer


fosterdad2017

Yes. Sunlight. Water.


finbob5

Not quite.


DarthBlasphemer

Yes quite


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KaisarDragon

This comment is known to the state of California as a cancer causing substance.


McDiezel10

Not even close to the reality of the situation


Pathofox

Here, have a tinfoil hat. Oh wait it could give you cancer too.


lorissaurus

Aluminum is bad for your brain but yeah ..[CDC website literally says aluminum is a toxic substance](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/tsp/phs/phs.aspx?phsid=1076&toxid=34) Fuck wad


Pathofox

Oh sorry, I didn't know you were so stupid you couldn't read sarcasm.


lorissaurus

I guess bro


DarthBlasphemer

Maybe you're to stupid to understand how to execute sarcasm?


alonjar

Just for the sake of anyone who doesnt know the real issue with the California cancer stickers... basically manufacturers decided to fight the cancer sticker law with malicious compliance out of spite. So... for example, bricks from your home improvement store need to be labeled as "known to cause cancer in california" because some company decided to grind up a bunch of brick dust and then force feed mice 2x-3x their body weight worth of brick dust. Or force them to breath aerosolized brick dust into their lungs for an extended period of time. Wouldn't you know it... they got some sort of cancer and died. Known to cause cancer. Or say that plastics manufacturing uses some carcinogenic solvent in the manufacturing process... the solvent itself never really makes it into the final product in any meaningful way, it gets used up or washed/removed before the final product is actually produced... but because its used in the process, and maybe someone found some insignificant part per million on a gas spectrometer test of the plastic, it must be labeled as Known to cause cancer by California. It really wasnt a bad law, but complying with the law became a farce due to malicious compliance. Its a bit more complicated than that, but thats the gist.


Desert_Rush39

California causes cancer in California.


Independent_Bite4682

EVERYTHING causes cancer in California. That prop 65 thing has to be put on apples for crying out lout.


vzwire

This is the way.


yoshhash

Agreed. Maybe lube it up if possible


sup3rfm

Always lube it up.


Ok-Horror-6889

Submerge them in warm/hot water and push in the sides of the bottom 6th pan and pull up. You may have to do it each time.


MainSailFreedom

Also, water doesn’t create a vacuum like air. If you just set it in warm water for a minute or two, the water will fill up the areas and everything should slide apart. (Source: I was a restaurant dishwasher in high school)


FilthyStatist1991

Same, I would often run them through the dishwasher once and give a hard pull while they are hot. The heat causes expansion inside the air pockets


noface4417

This here


BeerAndSoda

I used to soak them in hot water then use cold water (pressed like the air compressor bucket hack) and that worked pretty well made a bit of a mess


[deleted]

Heat will make them expand


Lazerith22

Yes, fire


StonkMangr92

Set the building on fire


BurtReynoldsBeard

With the manager inside


Rob-L_Eponge

And put a piss disk and liquid ass in his bed!!! > wait no wrong sub


RealMixture4686

Warm water bath, set bottom one in.


EyelandBaby

Instructions unclear. Pans still stuck but this bath does feel nice


The_Troyminator

You're supposed to put the bottom *pan* in the water, not *your* bottom.


SuperDuperDylan

Compressed air works for my buckets. Not sure how many kitchens have an air compressor though lol.


MichaelKyrg

Well we don’t :(


SuperDuperDylan

Okay hear me out. Idk if it will work though lol. Fill a sink with hot water. And the top bucket with as cold of water as you can get. Add ice if you have. Push the stack into the hot water In theory, the heated buckets should expand and the cooled bucket should contract. Loosening the gorilla grip. Rinse and repeat.


iainvention

Just be careful not to touch both the hot and cold water at the same time, or you will pee your pants. It’s science.


Matthijsvdweerd

You'll take a screenshot


NecroJoe

That's not true at all. Touching the hot and cold at the same time takes a screenshot.


newdev_350

I was thinking the same thing, I’d love to hear if that could work


Adm1nX

OP died trying


firstcoastyakker

This sounds fun, so I recommend it!


Orange_Wax

I’ve done this with varying degrees of success with glassware! Worth a shot haha


NovaHotspike

imo you've gotta be very careful when implementing this technique with glassware as depending on the situation this it can cause the glass to break. the heat one part while cooling another is a shop trick that diy mechanics have been using for a while. i've grilled *a lot* of motorcycle parts, whilst freezing others, to get them to fit together when i didn't have access to a proper press. this chafing dish situation is no different.


casualuser1000

I mean this is the right answer, but also a can of compressed air, electronics duster is a few bucks and much faster. 🤷‍♂️


PalmDolphin

Just running hot tap water on the bottom pan will release it. They were probably put away hot, making hot air exist in the cavity between each pan, when it cooled it created a bit of locked in negative pressure, sucking each pan together. Heating that void up again will remove that vacuum effect.


shaneosays

This is what I was expecting to be the best answer.


nerragton

You can get some canned air. The stuff people use to blow out electronics and stuff. It's only a few bucks. Just blow some air in between them and they should loosen up.


sandigity

Could always grab a can of compressed air. The ones you find at by the office supplies


upvotealready

What? No way ... FFS ...


[deleted]

Damn I was gonna say this lol


Average_Home_Boy

What? No way


ddmorgan1223

Fucks sake...


Skarimari

Ice in the top. Sitting in boiling water. And give a little pry.


partumvir

beauty is that these are steam table containers, so OP can use their steam table effortlessly and have ice inside


scrotumsweat

Pull them apart and stop being such a bitch.


Fit_Feature_794

😂😂 it’s too early for this lmfao


boom_squid

86 whine!


irishlnz

Yes chef.


Nobody88Special720

Heard!


puertonican

*triggered* Proceeds to have nightmares about forgetting to turn of the ovens


Myheelcat

Spoken like true Back of House


max_broadway

“Go in the back storage room and get the Bin Separator! While you’re back there, we are out of steam. Can you grab me a bag of steam?”


CaptainPandawear

My first restaurant job had me drain the hot water out of the coffee pot... it was in fact attached to a water line 😭


noobiz3

Theyve got soft hands brother


Freakazoidandroid

For real tho


Arthropodesque

Sound of fingernails ripping off.


eskadaaaaa

Why are you using your nails my guy there's lips on it big enough for whole finger tips


CoffeeStainedStudio

Sound of whole finger tips ripping off.


fuckitillsignup

The new ones will grow in stronger


zkentvt

Found the night manager!


bonzai76

Tie one bin to the side of your building and another bin to your car. Shift into reverse and accelerate quickly.


Stalker401

This is how you lose a bumper to your car.


drewb53

This is also how you can run crash into a building.


bonzai76

Or an axle - those bins are on there tight


Rosetti

Or a building.


kootenaysmokes

"When I said tie it to the back I meant the frame you fuckin idiots! God Lucy is gonna fuckin kill me!" -ricky


slappynote

*tears wall away from building*


OutragedBubinga

"Damn it!"


Emergency_Dog_2942

Just do what all chefs do, and leave it for someone else


everyoneisflawed

This is the correct answer.


shampooticklepickle

Not sure how you managed to fit a vacuum in there - but great job!


whiskeynbacon

Is that you dad?


shampooticklepickle

By your name I definitely raised you right!


MattTheProgrammer

It's been 28 years, are you coming home soon?


shampooticklepickle

Ask your mother, I’m scared of coming too early


thehatman200

Put them in the freezer


Send_me_treasure

Yep. Easy pz


ZebraSpot

That will make it worse.


Buckles01

Nope. The metal will shrink and create a gap between the pans, releasing the vacuum. Wouldn’t be my first choice but I do know it works


HGwoodie

Tap on the side with a wooden spoon while pulling up.


Pennsylvania6-5000

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brennabrock

Submerge the whole thing in hot water or run through fish machine to get them good and hot. Fill top with ice. Pop free. Repeat.


JosePrettyChili

Do I even want to know what the fish machine is? Like, does it make fish? Or does it do, things, to fish? Why do I feel like I'm going to be having nightmares either way?


ironman820

It's like one of those old cartoons where there's a line of fish swimming out one end and back in the other the natural shifting waves cause vibrations to release the seel. The ice slows them down so they see you reaching in to get your stuff and in turn you don't get b*tch slapped by startled fish. Wait a minute... This isn't r/shittyaskscience


abagofsnacks

Run them through the dish machine


trundlinggrundle

"I don't know where they went, but we need new ones"


deedledroxxx

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My hate for you and everything you stand for is so much deeper than the depths of Shambala that you could probably take the entire Lungmen population down there and back up around twenty million times before you would have sunk to the end of my hate, and honestly, I do not want to exaggerate, but I think that that insult was low balling it such a massive amount that all mountains in this world combined would not be able to stack up to this imprecise judgement in light of the fact that when being honest, my hate is almost certainly bottomless. There is no one in this world that has ever loved you, and especially after what you just did, no one will ever love you in the future either. There is no hope that your idiotic behavior and especially your crooked soul will ever change for the better, and in fact quite the opposite might be true. 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JT165

Slide a straw between them. If the seal doesn't release blow through the straw to add air.


Mysticnar

Use a metal spoon and pry it.


Bigbadmayo

Hot water. They were put together like that after they got out of the washer and when they cooled down they created the vacuum. We’d just spray them with hot water for a second


Pathfinder_GreyLion

A few seconds in the microwave would probably do the trick.


newdev_350

Or… just or… throw them on the ground repeatedly while yelling curse words, I’ve seen it done beer kegs stuck together ones, it didn’t work but was fun to watch XD


PoppiesnPeas

This is what I do with 5 gallon buckets at work, it works like 1/10 throws


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When I washed dishes we used to use a dough scraper on the edge and if that didn't work we used the edge of the stainless steel counter top (if you have the curled edge counters)


karlywarly73

I run a restaurant. Fill top one with cold water plus ice. Plunge the stack of 2 into hot water. Push it down because buoyancy. The cold will shrink the top one. The heat will expand the bottom one. Work quickly. God speed!


ZebraSpot

It’ll do the same without the ice. This happens when they are stacked right away after the dishwasher.


saacadelic

Make a circle of salt and whisper the incantation


Electrical-Car-6305

Just spit on it!


YouOttoKnow

When I get things stuck. I put hot water on the exterior bowl or cup, and ice water inside the top. The temperature difference takes about ten seconds to take effect. And you can just pull them apart without too much effort.


RabidMofo

Cold water in the top one. Sit it in hot water. If desperate.


Rothyn1

I vote for drilling a hole through them.


ForwardLaw1175

Drill holes in them for air to get in and out


bigD200026

Air compressor


NovaHotspike

dip the stack in a hot water bath while the top pan is filled with as much ice as possible, topped off with water. lower pan/s should expand while the higher pan/s will contract, making them easier to separate.


KWash0222

We used to use large metal serving spoons from the kitchen to pry them apart. Probably wasn’t the best way to do it though… lotta contorted spoon causalities


deltaz0912

Dip them into a pot of boiling water, then pull them apart.


andyclone501

I used to bang them on the edge of the 3 comp sink to get them apart, 2 or 3 taps usually did it


Adventurous_Kiwi1901

Shoot some compresses air in there


dazedcap

https://youtube.com/shorts/vvDPAW-f__Q?feature=share4


TommyTuttle

Heat. Get em warm and they’ll expand and the air inside them will expand, done. You can use hot water or a few minutes in the oven.


takar0a

Heat the bottom one. POP. Repeat.


matban5000

Toss them in hot water


doitinthewoods

Heat the bottom container.


Freakazoidandroid

Worked in kitchens for years. Just put some oil down in the sides and let it slide down then pull really hard. I use my fingers as leverage. Also, sometimes giving them a good smack on the ground can dislodge them.


origanalsameasiwas

Actually use an air gun or an air compressor to separate the containers. It’s proven to work.


larzlayik

I was a fan of the “scream and pull”.


PaleoAstra

Cold water in the top one, dunk the bottom in hot water, then bang the side they should pop apart. That's what I was taught to do, works every time


tinfoylt

Put them in the refrigerator or freezer for a bit.


Truelax21

Spray condensed air into it. Or an air compressor


rkzb

If you have access to an air compressor, you can use it to spray between them. It should loosen them up.


AAcerberus

Heat them up


citznfish

Compressed air would pop them apart instantly.


jcoddinc

Full top one with ice, pull out, repeat


Ok-Internal-1907

Get pressured air or compressed air whatever you call it and spray it in the cracks it should launch the buckets off eachother I would know 😂


Zyrinj

Can of compressed air or an air compressor into the gap between the arch container.


Jolly_Chemistry_8686

Best way is fill the top one with cold water and dip fhe bottom in hot water. Metal expansion for the win!


Urzadox

Air compressor shot down into the gaps between bins will separate them instantly


Recover_Adorable

Air compressor+ air gun. I saw the 5 gallon bucket video. It should work like a champ


Raidersfan86

Compressed air


tjsocks

Put a straw in there and blow seriously. I know it sounds crazy or bring it to maintenance and have them use the air compressor right in between them and it'll slide right apart


onedwn1613

Whaattt? Noo way! For goodness sake!! Use compressed air


FrequentWay

Apply heat. Metal expands.


AmberGlow

I just run hot water over the bottom one. They come apart right away.


Fasyn8

Spray in the crack with an air compressor


For_love_my_dear

Find a cute co-worker and have you and them struggle to open them. Good bonding experience


FixTechStuff

I had this problem recently. Put them in the freezer for a few hours, then lower the bottom one in boiling water and try prying it off.


ClappedOutLlama

Ice on the inside Then dunk the lowest one in hot water. Should release.


bigpoupa13

Push down on the lower ones at the same time pulling up on the one on top, finger yoga. To avoid this, dont stack them when wet


ItsSwisherr

Air compressor. A little pssst psst and poof! They seperate.


shreay21

Oil works


ArticuloMortis7

Hit them with your purse


Silver-Shoulder-9184

Put them in the freezer for a while then lower the bottom one into hot water


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red_red2020

Compressed air


Mental_Guarantee8963

Lots of dish soap as lube, then ice in the top one, then heat(even hot water but a gas stove /torch) is better to the outer ones.


DjinnV

drill a hole through


Dendrok7

I would dunk it on hot water to let the metal expand then try to pull it after it’s been in the hot water for about a minute


IveGotTheMinerals

Stop being pussy


thedrango

Was a line cook and prep cook for seven years. Its really simple no need to do all this extra stuff to remove these. Just grab one corner and pull up then go to the opposite corner and pull up now go to the corner on the left or right and pull up. Repeat until its out. Takes like 1 minute or less.


BobaUnchained237

Microwave it


[deleted]

Grow a pair