--- title: Refrigerator Gets an Ice Hack You Probably Won't Try description: An ice hack has gone viral for being ridiculously ridiculous and it's a frosty, hilarious time. canonical: https://time.com/5774377/ice-hack/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-01-30T14:53:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:15.636Z og:title: Someone Revamped Their Refrigerator With a Ice Hack You Probably Won't Try Unless You're Having a Very Big Bash og:description: "This is an avalanche waiting to happen" og:url: https://time.com/5774377/ice-hack/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Someone Revamped Their Refrigerator With a Ice Hack You Probably Won't Try Unless You're Having a Very Big Bash twitter:description: "This is an avalanche waiting to happen" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Someone Revamped Their Refrigerator With an Ice Hack You Probably Won't Try Unless You're Having a Very Big Bash by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jan 30, 2020 2:53 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jan 30, 2020 2:53 PM UTC Nearly everyone who has wanted an ice cold beverage have experienced this disappointment: opening up the freezer to discover there’s a lack of cubes to cool your delicious sips. It’s a letdown. But is it also totally avoidable? On [Twitter](https://time.com/5695444/grandma-cooking-oil-soda-bottle-hack/), one user who goes by @SeattleSloth\_ has an ice [hack](https://time.com/5751324/viral-gift-wrapping-hack/) for an icier, endlessly cool existence. They proposed that you simply remove the trays to allow for a limitless supply of [ice](https://time.com/5773586/russia-sakhalin-fisherman-stranded-ice-floe/) in your freezer. That way, you can load your freezer wall to wall with ice cubes piled high, and nothing will stand in the way of cool drinks. This would require giving up all the precious storage space that could be used for frozen leftovers, vegetables, ice cream and the like. But if it’s ice you really need to help you quench your thirst, it’s perfect. “Sell the ice by the pound and pay off your electric bill,” the Twitter user jokingly proposed. It has clearly picked up some steam as 250,000 people have liked the comical and the “pro tip.” “This is an avalanche waiting to happen,” one [user wrote](https://twitter.com/kimberly%5Frane13/status/1222545420246814720). “We can probably fix the melting ice caps with this,” another [user cracked](https://twitter.com/Mister%5FYeetus/status/1222232600921559040). Stay frosty. > [](https://twitter.com/SeattleSloth%5F/status/1222191362617106432) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5774377/ice-hack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5774377/ice-hack/"},"headline":"Someone Revamped Their Refrigerator With an Ice Hack You Probably Won't Try Unless You're Having a Very Big Bash","datePublished":"2020-01-30T14:53:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:15.636Z","description":"An ice hack has gone viral for being ridiculously ridiculous and it's a frosty, hilarious time.","url":"https://time.com/5774377/ice-hack/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5774377/ice-hack/","name":"Someone Revamped Their Refrigerator With an Ice Hack You Probably Won't Try Unless You're Having a Very Big Bash"}}]}] ```