--- title: Grandma Uses Soda Bottle Hack While Cooking With Hot Oil description: A resourceful grandma has gone viral for her clever soda bottle life hack to protect herself while cooking with hot oil. canonical: https://time.com/5695444/grandma-cooking-oil-soda-bottle-hack/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-09T15:36:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:45.130Z og:title: Grandma Uses Soda Bottle Hack While Cooking With Hot Oil og:description: Worth a try og:url: https://time.com/5695444/grandma-cooking-oil-soda-bottle-hack/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt444ffb4d9ba0a3c5/698a03fe86f68e5d5e6edb04/grandma-hot-oil-cooking-hack.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Directly Above Shot Of Milanese With Fork og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Grandma Uses Soda Bottle Hack While Cooking With Hot Oil twitter:description: Worth a try twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt444ffb4d9ba0a3c5/698a03fe86f68e5d5e6edb04/grandma-hot-oil-cooking-hack.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Grandma Has a Resourceful Life Hack to Protect Herself While Cooking With Hot Oil  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 9, 2019 3:36 PM UTC  Andres Ruffo / EyeEm—Getty Images/EyeEm  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 9, 2019 3:36 PM UTC A resourceful grandmother has gone viral for her interesting [life hack](https://time.com/5680154/cheese-lip-balm/) for the ultimate protection while [cooking with hot oil.](https://time.com/5342337/best-worst-cooking-oils-for-your-health/) The senior citizen rose to Internet fame after her grandchild posted a photo of her arming herself with a halved liter soda bottle and a dishtowel to cook with hot oil to [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/df58h9/my%5Fgrandmas%5Ftechnique%5Ffor%5Fcooking%5Fwith%5Fhot%5Foil/) along with the caption: “My grandma’s technique for cooking with hot oil.” In the image, the grandma puts the handle of the utensil through the neck of the halved soda bottle, then holds the handle through the body, thus protecting her hand and arm from any rogue oil splashes or pops, with a dish towel covering the rest of her arm for extra coverage. The post, which received over 70k upvotes, started some major dialogue on the thread, with over 1.6k comments, with many people weighing in on the grandma’s unorthodox method for protecting herself from oil splashes. While some wondered why the grandma preferred a soda bottle to the more conventional oven mitt, others praised her using household objects to solve a common problem. 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