Post by thread:[OT] LOX BBQ - don't try this at home

>> 3 seconds to cooking heat they say. > > 3 seconds ? I want my steak NOW dammit !!!! A steak, certainly sir. [pouring noises] How would you like that done? [Roaring noises. Sensation as if midsummer 2003 has come again.] ... Would you like fries with that? [smell of searing and frantic bubbling noises] Would you like anything to drink with that sir ? [pouring noises :-) ] ... RM

> *INSTANT* Barbeque > Waste of 10 gallons of LOX and 40 lbs of charcoal. > Fun though > 3 seconds to cooking heat they say. > > http://ep.llnl.gov/msds/Chem120/lox-oxidation.html I like the warning not to presoak the charcoal. I wonder what the time frame is between presoaking and detonation ceasing to occur at time of application of flame... Frankly, the whole thing scares me awfully. "LOX" and "amateur" are two words that should NEVER be used together. Mike H.

At 04:55 PM 5/6/2005 -0500, you wrote: >Frankly, the whole thing scares me awfully. "LOX" and >"amateur" are two words that should NEVER be used >together. Vhat? You vahnt a nice bagel with lox, cream cheese & onions? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" spam_OUTspeffTakeThisOuTinterlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

part 0 44 bytes his is a multi-part message in MIME format. part 1 998 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed (decoded 7bit) Mike Hord wrote: {Quote hidden}>>*INSTANT* Barbeque >>Waste of 10 gallons of LOX and 40 lbs of charcoal. >>Fun though >>3 seconds to cooking heat they say. >> >> ep.llnl.gov/msds/Chem120/lox-oxidation.html >> >> > >I like the warning not to presoak the charcoal. I wonder what >the time frame is between presoaking and detonation ceasing >to occur at time of application of flame... > >Frankly, the whole thing scares me awfully. "LOX" and >"amateur" are two words that should NEVER be used >together. > >Mike H. > > > This is all done by college professors at the staff picnic for Purdue college. I know some one who used to be on staff there and he said it was quite the show. They used to have a video on the web site but I see the college has made them remove it. They had some other interesting things but I see they are gone also. part 2 391 bytes content-type:text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; (decoded 7bit) begin:vcard fn:Robert I. Nelson n:Nelson;Robert I. org:RIN Designs adr:;;P.O. BOX 373;RIPON;WI;54971;USA email;internet:.....rindesignsKILLspam@spam@charter.net tel;work:1-(920)-229-7152 tel;home:1-(920)-748-7443 note;quoted-printable:Custom design and building of small electro mechanical devices.=0D=0A= AUTOCAD work ver2002 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard part 3 35 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset="us-ascii" (decoded 7bit)

>>>*INSTANT* Barbeque >>>Waste of 10 gallons of LOX and 40 lbs of charcoal. >>>Fun though >>>3 seconds to cooking heat they say. >>> >>> http://ep.llnl.gov/msds/Chem120/lox-oxidation.html >Frankly, the whole thing scares me awfully. "LOX" and >"amateur" are two words that should NEVER be used >together. I know what you are saying but "Amateur" properly means 'not done for money'. It includes people who are at world expert level. Certainly so in the rocketry area, which is where most of the LOX BBQ lighters are liable to come from. BUT ... > This is all done by college professors at the staff picnic for > Purdue > college. I know some one who used to be on staff there and he said > it > was quite the show. They used to have a video on the web site but I > see > the college has made them remove it. Death is a definite possibility when "playing" with LOX. RM