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Lightning a BBQ with liquid oxygen

In 1995 George Goble experimented at Purdue university trying to find the fastest way to light a BBQ.
This video shows the fastest way, pouring 3 gallons of liquid oxygen over a grill with 60 pounds of coal and a lighted cigarette.
In the second part of the video this method is used on a 2.88$ discount grill. Most of it vaporizes(!) in the process.
A full report can be found here:
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Jul/20050703Comm006.asp
Watch a version with sound here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBLr_XrooLs

Duration : 0:0:49


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25 Responses to “Lightning a BBQ with liquid oxygen”

  1. I’m going to go …
    I’m going to go ahead and guess your Mormon with 7 wives.

  2. TheOriginalEAGLE on November 19th, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    Thank You. I need …
    Thank You. I need it.

  3. I’ll keep you in my …
    I’ll keep you in my prayers.

  4. TheOriginalEAGLE on November 19th, 2009 at 1:58 pm

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

  5. What an outrage! …
    What an outrage! This is rebellious carbon denial activities.

  6. George Goble …
    George Goble actually passed away doing this same thing to his fireplace. He’s Mormon, so at least we know he;s in a better place now.

  7. Mmm…crispy!
    Mmm…crispy!

  8. i liked that!!!
    i liked that!!!

  9. you should use …
    you should use liquid ozone

  10. Stand back! He’s …
    Stand back! He’s doing Science!

  11. Sometimes people …
    Sometimes people disable the comment section, but why the audio?

  12. I think our friend …
    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!

  13. And if it doesn’t …
    And if it doesn’t work…
    HEY KIDS! WHO WANTS A MEATSICLE?

  14. Well, great….if …
    Well, great….if there is one important thing you need to have a fantastic barbaque, then it is …TIME! This is too childish for my taste

  15. Not only this…but …
    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).

  16. lol
    lol

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

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

  19. Only you can …
    Only you can prevent forest fires.

  20. CH3CH2OCH2CH3net on November 19th, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    Ah: something to …
    Ah: something to try at the next family reunion.

    “I can barbecue all our meat in FIVE SECONDS!”

  21. Sonicthehedgehog1899 on November 19th, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    i’ll try some! :D
    i’ll try some! :D

  22. like what you see? …
    like what you see? dont be nervous! MESSAGE ME (msn)! 4

  23. and to think that …
    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.

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  25. Douchebag
    Douchebag

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