Lightning a BBQ with liquid oxygen

[Hairnado]

Err, isnt the grill already started if the coal already glowing?

[Wampusdude]

Ya'll just be careful and stay away from dihidroxy monoxide.

[laysampson1231c]

This is one "blushing" video. =p

[bersaba]

Just read this in my Ignobel book. Short version is a George and a bunch of engineering buddies over a few years wanted the fasted way to light a charcoal bbq and, eventually they started using liquid oxygen.

The firefighters got a bit angry, and he's promised not to do it anymore.

[jessehaley615]

Your video is popular on Trinidad and Tobago

[happinesson]

spectacular fire on the video!

[zeinul]

Was there iron burning? It looks like that.

[PomaiKajiyama]

Looks like he's throwing SCIENCE against the wall and seeing what sticks.

[babablackmon123]

Steaks are done

[gleader]

this is neat and all but... WHERE IS HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE?!

[patronanejo]

@TheOriginalEAGLE : That is rich--some yokel who can't spell "ridiculous" is calling George Goble--a Purdue University professor and an experimenter who was thanked by Bill Joy in the user manual to 4.3 BSD Unix--stupid. This guy knows what he's doing. "Stupid" would be giving you a magnifying glass on a sunny day.

Some people are so intellectually limited they can't conceive of others having greater abilities than themselves. It's safe because HE'S SMARTER THAN YOU.

[flip103333]

@patronanejo Ok shut the hell up, you obviously did not read the comment that thoroughly.

"What a rediculous statement. The STUPIDITY of people on YT never ceases to amaze and bewilder."

STATEMENT. He was referring to somebody's comment, not the video.

You think you're so great with your broad vocabulary, well guess what, if you can't fucking understand a sentance then your comments are gonna make you look like a rambling idiot just like that one did. And when did he ever say it wasn't safe?

[eman20083421]

you drink it. thats why its liquid

[ThorsgaardFoundry]

SOMEBODY added a comment saying something about "Holy Terrorist".  I fail to see what was meant by that.

[lxndrmdean]

Liquid oxygen has so many uses it would be a waste not to experiment with them. it can be used from breathing supply on aircraft to rocket fuel. its people like him that are the reason we have things like that. besides its cool, if you soak a charcoal briquette in lox and throw it. mini grenades

[Cheespuffs45]

@lxndrmdean No you can't breath liquid oxygen, genius.

[lxndrmdean]

@Cheespuffs45

I never said to breath the liquid oxygen, Genius. I service A-10's with liquid oxygen every night. they use a 5 liter oxygen bottle/converter. it converts the liquid O2 into a Gaseous mix, giving the pilot a breathable mixture, or 100% oxygen depending on what he/she wants.

[Cheespuffs45]

@lxndrmdean - I apologize. Someone had asked if you could breath liquid oxygen in another video so I jumped to conclusions. Still, I am pretty sure your idea about charcoal grenades is absolutely idiotic. I can't apologize without leaving with a new insult.

[imnotinsane666]

new coolest way to dispose of a body

[omFgxChee]

If u put food on it would it cook , freeze or will there be some chemical stuff happen ?

[Yodainacan]

@omFgxChee Fire = oxygen forming a molecular bond with matter. Air has oxygen, which makes normal fires possible on Earth. So, combining food=carbon based matter with liquid oxygen and source of heat to start the process, means it just burns really intensely.

Its just like blowing air on the coals: more oxygen means more intense fire.

If you mean just dipping food into liquid oxygen, the food would instantly freeze. It might also be slightly explosive for a while.

[Agentoxedo07]

Holy-Terrorist:>*=*

[chongfa209]

i use plasma to cook my burgers.

[Rayden440]

Barbecue anyone?

[cyberdemon107]

i want to cook burgers at a thousand degrees

[clearz]

lol Americans

[adrian5b]

haha that was a little too effective

[jgizzy]

...."And that, is how you cook a steak, people."

[freakin1random]

lol, so what, the coals just spontaniously combust?

[stripes5150]

boom! supper's ready! lol

[youngeagle14]

This was on Tool Time

[youngeagle14]

Cool. I like my steak well done.

[QuitePossiblyANinja]

holy shit! it melted metal to nothing!

[TheOriginalEAGLE]

@utubsdum That is cool. Looks fekkin HOT to me....

[Abenkin]

I said well done, not GONE

[Shonbi]

We always knew he was a bad cook. D;

[blazerx900]

you shoud liquify ur mom and put her in there XD

[TheOriginalEAGLE]

What a rediculous statement. The STUPIDITY of people on YT never ceases to amaze and bewilder.

[nmacgre]

I'll keep you in my prayers.

[TheOriginalEAGLE]

Thank You. I need it.

[eman20083421]

@TheOriginalEAGLE stupid things people look up and then talk shit about it never ceases to amaze and bewilder.

[SteveCrothers]

I'm going to go ahead and guess your Mormon with 7 wives.

[liquidoxygen0]

Mmm...crispy!

[yough56]

i liked that!!!

[100000000years]

you should use liquid ozone

[Dognight]

Sometimes people disable the comment section, but why the audio?

[rhazer]

I think our friend here is unaware of the fact that this man, an accomplished professor, knows precisely what he is doing, and has no intentions of cooking real food like that. This is not just a waste of a barbecue. This is SCIENCE!

[wackaawackaa]

Stand back! He's doing Science!

[lorrr55]

@rhazer science? SCIENCE? THIS IS SPAAARTAAA!

[ihavekankles]

@rhazer

It's not really science, just a bit of harmless fun.

[akulkis]

Not only this...but George Goble ALSO wrote the first multi-CPU version of Unix back in 1980...and is also a refrigerants pioneer. Check out R-406A -- it beats the crap out of both R-12 and especially R-134a, and is far safer than R-134A (R-134a is an odorless, colorless, tasteless POISONOUS gas -- I wouldn't be surprised if some car accidents are caused by leaking vehicle A/C systems causing the drivers to pass out).

[redkiller5]

dude I did a project on oxygen once and if liquid oxygen touches wood it goes BOOM

[aserath01]

Damn it burned everything. Even the steel in the BBQ grills.

[SSJLIGHT]

Only you can prevent forest fires.

[CH3CH2OCH2CH3net]

Ah: something to try at the next family reunion.

"I can barbecue all our meat in FIVE SECONDS!"

[redkiller5]

lol

[Jiraya12345]

And if it doesn't work...

HEY KIDS! WHO WANTS A MEATSICLE?

[saivert]

and to think that the oxygen is supercool before it hits the BBQ. -183.0°C (-297.3°F) to a couple thousand degrees celcius in a very shot time.

[charterviewer]

Douchebag

[Psycopath22]

Hmmmm..... Ash flavoured Burgers any one?.

[Sonicthehedgehog1899]

i'll try some! :D

[leslihilton]

wow, seems a little unsafe...you should check out our way much quicker, and much more effective. 60 seconds and you'll be grilling!!

[lApEkv2l]

transformation from charcoal to road apples

[maclark88]

Way to go Jim. Now how are we gonna cook the burgers?

[mafiamiller]

he just copied that video posted by xucam

[KeenCommander]

OMGWTFBBQ!

[WataboutBob101]

Honey hamburgers are dun!!!

[kthanxbye652]

wow...he lit just a LITTLE more than the grill

[ZKOSS1]

Cool video!

[michaelmank]

I wish I had a brick of oxygen :D

[carbiduis]

is liquid oxygen itself flammable?

[liquidoxygen0]

Very.

[carbiduis]

i thought it only Enhances* the burning of the intial fire/flame? dont you need some carbon (or whatever it is that makes something flammable) to be burning in the first place....liquid oxygen=additive

[liquidoxygen0]

I heard that! :D

[archmagi14794]

Correct, oxygen itself will not burn but provides a very potent source of oxygen which is needed to combust something.

[carbiduis]

thank you, thats why it is not a good rocket fuel by itself but if you add it too methane (or whatever it is) it increases the burning.

[mnotaku]

Many elements burn in oxygen: carbon, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, lithium, etc.

[flick2040]

haha if it's a cold gas it must be nitrogen

[slave2school]

I guess no one has ever seen a shuttle take off?

[liquidoxygen0]

Actually, flick2040, many of the known elements and compounds which are gases at room temperature have a melting point below -150C.

[shanksxy]

lol, you're all technical but going to gas to liquid is condensation

[liquidoxygen0]

Quite right.

[InBloom10]

where the hell do people get these chemicals from?

[NirvanaO5]

Well, If you work at an university it won't be that hard, howerver, you can ususally buy chemicals like these on a specialized shop or sometimes off the producing plant...

[TheLeprechuan]

@NirvanaO5 You can make your own liquid oxygen using a balloon, test tube, and Liquid nitrogen.

[tehgrunt3]

@InBloom10 canadian tire

[M4800]

Not a very safe way to handle LOX....

[h0weird]

Just so people know, this video was shot Labor Day weekend of 1995. The fellow doing the honors is George Gobel, at the time an engineer at Purdue.

[SkiAustin22]

Nope. George was a staffer for the engr network long before this was shot. I knew him when I was a student there in the '80's.

[wiggleme]

Looks like it put the fire out. Not very good method. Just use paper and a metal combustion chimney - works wonders.

[PowerThirstyPsyco]

Yea thats real smart pour Liquid O2 on ur Grill so the fire gets so hot it Melts ur grill. Good idea go ahead and toss some in ur fireplace in the winter-you will be nice and toasty with your house on fire...cool to watch any way tho

[talkandtunes]

that's how men light their bbq's. i bet the meat tasted delish btw

[NirvanaO5]

No, it is Oxygen. Common Nitrogen does not ignite at all, only a cristalized, solid form is able to store energy, which is released in an explosion

[whambam12]

ummm nitrogen dose explode/burn regardless teh form, hindenburg any1!

[kutmuis]

lol, they talk about OXYGEN

[KrispyKangaroo]

Uh, no. Gaseous nitrogen is inert. And if it was nitrogen, I don't think the hindenburg could have flown.

[SpaghettiDK]

Woow .. Awesome :D

[aaronk84]

Wow, you'd really have to flip those burgers like a mo-fo.

[louswire]

hell yeah!!! grill is lit... grass is lit... fire dept is on it's way... lol

[Shaddow1966]

I saw the original video of this with sound, and needless to say it went wooooooooosh!!!! Purdue had this video linked on it's website, til the feds told them to remove it.

[89AKurt]

Hint: use wood!