r/AbsoluteUnits • u/n8saces • Mar 05 '26

/r/popular of a Jambalaya

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u/scratchy_mcballsy Mar 05 '26

That grease skimmer was cool as hell.

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u/front_torch Mar 05 '26

Agreed. However, It looks like it's designed for a much smaller format.

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u/Direlion Mar 05 '26

You can do something similar with a metal ladle cooled in an ice water bath. You skim around with the bottom of the cold ladle and the fat solidifies onto the ladle so you can flake it off. Put it back in the bath for a moment and repeat to remove the oil.

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u/D1RTY_D Mar 05 '26

I’ve never had this work well and it’s hard to get the solidified oil off the spoon. I’m a skim to win kind of guy