Grease is the word. Whether you’re frying up a pan of bacon or sautéing veggies in olive oil, grease splatter abounds. It multiplies in tiny little droplets and clings to your stovetop ...

If you’re dealing with a grease fire, dousing it with water is as good as adding fuel to the flames. Smother it instead with a lid, salt, baking soda, or a fire extinguisher.

Splatter screens catch those bouncy grease droplets when you’re stir-frying, deep-frying or performing any other function with a frying pan or saucepan.

CHICAGO — Pouring water on a grease fire is almost as bad as pouring gasoline on it. Water is more dense than grease, so it sinks to the bottom, while pushing the oil up and spreading flaming ...

Look closer at the edge of this range hood, and that red geranium daydream disappears completely. A community of fuzzy residents with ladybug-spot grease droplets comes into view. A yellow- brown ...

Soaps and detergents contain both hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts to dissolve in grease and water. Emulsifiers prevent emulsions from separating to spoil food.

But if the tiny bubbles are removed, that happens more easily. Conventional detergents surround grease droplets with a layer of detergent molecules, giving them a water-soluble coating.

Carlos Alberto Salas and 26-year-old Joan M Mendez-Martinez were arrested for stealing grease from a restaurant in Kent on Sept. 23, 2024, according to state police.

Marcos Cervantes said the droplets have rained on his home, cars, RV, basketball course, and just about everything else for the last three to four weeks. "It could be grease? Oil?

Splatter screens catch those bouncy grease droplets when you’re stir-frying, deep-frying or performing any other function with a frying pan or saucepan.