Vodka works because alcohol doesn't form gluten like water does.

Pull the element and bench test it. That's the part I'd push back on. Ohming at the terminals while it's still bolted in tells you it's not open, sure, but it won't tell you if the coil is shorting to the housing once it gets hot and starts to sag, and I've had two in the last year that read a clean 10 ohms cold and still popped the breaker at 15 minutes. Wiggle test helps with a break but not a ground fault. Meter from each terminal to the frame is the other half of that 30 seconds, and most guys skip that half too. I learned that one on a Kenmore that ate three elements before I figured out the vent was blocked and the thing was cooking itself.

Check if kids still say it in 6 months, that's real.