These two are together forever now ❤️

Thought I'd share this.
byu/TheSadisticScott inKitchenConfidential



by TheSadisticScott

42 Comments

  1. Smkingbowls

    Did you try soapy hot water, or just hot water?

  2. 510Goodhands

    Put the big one in the container of hot water, and put ice in the little one.

    Don’t put anything inside the big one.

    Edit to repair a typo and for clarity.

  3. angelacandystore

    Cup has not yet gestated long enough to birth small cup. Cesarean was unsuccessful

  4. It’s not worth the 99 cents, throw em out. Broken porcelain is no joke

  5. CantaloupeCamper

    In a commercial kitchen… I’d just whack it good and hope one of them survives and if not whatever.

    Still interesting to see.

  6. AuxNimbus

    Ngl but i will cuss out whoever placed this under the cup then go out about my day trying to remove this.

  7. Salty-Vacation-5975

    Have you tried it with some oil? Not sure if that’ll work.

  8. Put in on the host stand with a sign saying “what NOT to do”

  9. _kurt_propane_

    I dunno why this is so funny to me. Definitely looks like FOH problems though haha

  10. Lvl49FeralTauren

    Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency on the case…

  11. thePsychonautDad

    Use Physics:

    – Ice water in the cup that’s stuck
    – Dip the bottom cup in hot water (but don’t let the hot water touch the inner cup)
    – Outer cup expands, inner cup contracts, and they’ll get unstuck.

  12. YupNopeWelp

    This is not the same thing at all, but years ago, I could not get a little votive candle out of a glass candle holder. My friend told me to stick in the freezer, and try again tomorrow.

    It worked. I don’t know why it worked, but it did.

    My advice: Stick it in the freezer, and try again tomorrow.

    EDITED TO ADD: If you can, put it in the freezer upside down. Let gravity help you out, if it will.

  13. Big_Lake4948

    I know the trick! Right in the trash lol

  14. BoatConnect1619

    Upscale fancy cup

    Extra fee for the fancy revolutionary cup

  15. lower_banana

    Put Jameson in the little one and Guinness in the big one and chug them together.

  16. Disastrous_Clurb

    this happened to me with pyrex dishes lol had to do soak the bottom one in real hot water and put ice in the top container…took a bit but it popped loose enough for me to separate them.

  17. Gullible-Cup1392

    If it’s come out the pot wash like that it’s heat expansion and then contraction. So you’ll have to up the larger vessel whilst keeping the smaller one cool. Too much work for hospitality given the amount we use so it’ll just be binned here.

  18. Peter_B_Sparker

    Put the big one in a hot bath and put cold water in the small cup

  19. fishbrine

    Throw it out. Not worth the cut to the bone your fingers could receive if it breaks.

  20. Foxglovenectar

    Just lightly bang it on a solid surface, whilst you rotate the large mug. It will eventually break the air vacuum and it will pop out.

    My husband constantly stacks glass storage containers and they always get stuck – a few delicate bangs around the entire surface always pulls them suckers apart.

    I was also a porter, then a chef as a youngster. Can confirm this trick works 99.99999% of the time. It can also be used to open a stubborn jar (banging the circumfrance of the lid on a hard surface).

    The 000000.1% results in smashy smashy though!

  21. ohGodwhynowww

    Keep it, serve a special drink in it, and charge an obscene amount for the drink. Don’t for get to give it a pretentious name too.

  22. Oldachrome1107

    I feel your pain-I used to work in a store that sold glassware and dinnerware, and people would nest things and get them stuck all the time!

  23. GrizzlyIsland22

    Put Jagermeister in the little one and red bull in the big one

  24. Cold water in the inner one. Put it in the oven or hot water. Let the outer one heat up. Then try it. It’s what I’d try. When doing mechanical work you have to work with heat and cold all the time to make things expand or shrink to suit your purposes.

  25. ceebeefour

    I’d keep it like this. It would become my coffee mugs.

  26. runs_with_airplanes

    He who can pull out the small cup is worthy

  27. Helpful_Bridge9204

    Put ice in little cup, float big cup in hot water. Wait a minute or two, try again

  28. CipherWeaver

    The r/KitchenConfidential version of the ship in a bottle.

  29. LowReporter6213

    I would not be trying that hard with porcelain cups.

  30. PickledMorbidity

    It’s a conceptual art piece now. It really speaks to the line cook’s inner passions being overshadowed by the head chef’s menu choices.

  31. BusinessAsparagus115

    Two cups, means you need one girl.

  32. Ordinary_Dog_99

    Excuplibur. Pull it out and you can probably rule something.