Comments | lightsider: In which I demonstrate that I'm one of the strangest people you know.

lightsider

In which I demonstrate that I'm one of the strangest people you know.

Jul 01, 2006 00:35

Alrighty, so... those who know me well, know that I love fire. I mean loooove fire. I also like cooking. Which means I really, really love cooking with fire. Lots of fire. Not that wussy propane stuff, but honest-to-goodness cut-me-down-a-tree-and-burn-it-black,-and-then-burn-the-black-stuff fire. Yup. Charcoal. Hardwood lump charcoal if I can lay ( Read more... )

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izuko July 1 2006, 11:30:56 UTC

The problem with LOX is that, to get a truely magnificent fire/explosion, you still need to use petrolium products.

lightsider July 1 2006, 15:55:21 UTC

Nah. According to some sources, a single charcoal briquette soaked in LOx would instantly flash into CO2 upon ignition, with the approximate force of a stick of dynamite. Can you imagine the detonation from a whole barbeque's worth? I have seen videos on the web of LOx-assisted grilling. The trick to avoid a spectacular demise is to have the briquettes lit first.

izuko July 1 2006, 18:53:10 UTC

That's boring. If you want fun, look at what happens with a LOX-oil reaction. Or watch steel burn when it gets permiated with the stuff.

hatcheter July 1 2006, 20:14:46 UTC

I have no words for this: Cooking with Liquid Oxygen

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lightsider July 1 2006, 15:55:59 UTC

The pictures really don't do it justice. The heat and sound coming off that thing, as well as the sparks and light made for a wonderful show.

pyromaniac_ks July 1 2006, 15:15:53 UTC

I personally favour those fan driven paint strippers that superheat the air first.

lightsider July 1 2006, 15:57:55 UTC

I considered that, but rejected it for two reasons: 1, I don't have one, and B, although they do heat the air first, they have a lower volume of air being pumped through. Since burning charcoal is already providing a massive amount of heat, I don't think that the additional amount being provided by the paint stripper isn't enough to match the sheer volume coming out of the shop vac.

pyromaniac_ks July 1 2006, 21:37:13 UTC

Depends on the make, I'd say. I use a high output professional dealie that generally hits 850 C or so. Probably a fairly marginaly increase in temperature all told, but I'll admit the shop vac probably costs a lot less. ^^;

mizunotohru July 1 2006, 23:04:48 UTC

... that looks awsome, but very very scary. Please do not burn yourself! I don't think your wife & kids would enjoy that :P

lightsider July 2 2006, 15:55:31 UTC

You obviously don't know my wife and kids very well. They'd think it was hilarious. ^_^

00kl4h July 2 2006, 05:03:08 UTC

ooo pretty, I wanna try. As for LOx I wasn't aware that was your common off the shelf chemical.

lightsider July 2 2006, 15:56:08 UTC

It's classified as a very hazardous oxidizer (imagine that) and I believe you need a license for it.