DrGravitas Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Well, despite emptying my grease trap over the weekend and trying to keep on top of cleaning it, my grill has caught fire again. First the grill, then civilization and the world :V Nevertheless my reactions are getting a bit calmer. I opened the grill lid without burning my arm hairs, I remained calm enough not to immediately douse it with the fire extinguisher or (ugh) water, and I even decided to try to save my brats. I put out the fire by a combination of letting it burn off, blowing on it, and flapping the cover around. Crispy on the outside, but perfect on the inside! The particular type of Brats? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falaffel Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 they look fiiine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantasma Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Mmmm Brotworst, I know I don't spell it right but yummy.... Reminds me of the time my german relatives (in a bond not blood sense) cooked, yummy red cabbage and brotwurst and just yums. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGravitas Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Just now, Johanna Waya said: Mmmm Brotworst, I know I don't spell it right but yummy.... Reminds me of the time my german relatives (in a bond not blood sense) cooked, yummy red cabbage and brotwurst and just yums. I don't think Johnsonville can legally call these bratswursts, so they call them Brats instead XP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDingo Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I'd eat the above They look very edible and great with condiments You did good. Grill on, dude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liovaire Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I always suspected you liked a thick spicy sausage. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewalk Surfboard Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 "Exploding with flavor" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 3 hours ago, DrGravitas said: Well, despite emptying my grease trap over the weekend and trying to keep on top of cleaning it, my grill has caught fire again. First the grill, then civilization and the world :V Nevertheless my reactions are getting a bit calmer. I opened the grill lid without burning my arm hairs, I remained calm enough not to immediately douse it with the fire extinguisher or (ugh) water, and I even decided to try to save my brats. I put out the fire by a combination of letting it burn off, blowing on it, and flapping the cover around. Crispy on the outside, but perfect on the inside! Are you one of those smart people who can do equations but can't catch a baseball or tie your shoelaces? Or are you on the spectrum to the point where you can't cook a sausage? Jeez. Please don't buy any power tools or anything sharp mmmmmkay? 2 hours ago, DrDingo said: I'd eat the above They look very edible and great with condiments You did good. Grill on, dude Said like a person from the UK. The land where fine dining went to die. Chef Ramsy would throw it on the floor. 3 hours ago, Falaffel said: they look fiiine Yeah if they were entered in a light bigfoots dick on fire competition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGravitas Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 19 minutes ago, #00Buck said: Jeez. Please don't buy any power tools or anything sharp mmmmmkay? Too late! Home Depo is my second-most visited store at this point. I've got allll the sharp things! Lots of Christmas lights, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Just now, DrGravitas said: Too late! Home Depo is my second-most visited store at this point. I've got allll the sharp things! Lots of Christmas lights, too When you drill through your forearm post pic okay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowing Glass Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 When you lose an arm don't worry I'll find another one for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liovaire Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 30 minutes ago, #00Buck said: When you drill through your forearm post pic okay? Only if he uses as many jokes about his "tool" "drilling" him as possible, because if he has to suffer we should too. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Just now, Liovaire said: Only if he uses as many jokes about his "tool" "drilling" him as possible, because if he has to suffer we should too. Indeed. Plus... Your... Your likes... You have so many! It's... BEAUTIFUL.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spot Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I've eaten worse. A bit of tomato sauce you'll be fine. Just, uh, stay near a phone for awhile. >_> 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtrekkie Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Yay! Fire and sausage at the same time. Good job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falaffel Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 hour ago, #00Buck said: Yeah if they were entered in a light bigfoots dick on fire competition. Almost, buddy. Almost. It was almost a joke. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless/Nameless Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I'd totally eat that. I like a bit of char. But the shape and positioning is totally creeping me out and I'm not sure why no one has made the obvious joke yet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 13 minutes ago, Endless/Nameless said: I'd totally eat that. I like a bit of char. But the shape and positioning is totally creeping me out and I'm not sure why no one has made the obvious joke yet 2 hours ago, #00Buck said: Yeah if they were entered in a light bigfoots dick on fire competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless/Nameless Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 3 minutes ago, #00Buck said: Yeah if they were entered in a light bigfoots dick on fire competition. too vague 0/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Just now, Endless/Nameless said: too vague 0/10 WTF? How? Whatever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamedog Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 7 hours ago, DrGravitas said: I put out the fire by a combination of letting it burn off, blowing on it, and flapping the cover around. Water would have been safer than all of those combined source: I am a barbecue genius amongst other things 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liovaire Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 3 hours ago, Endless/Nameless said: I'd totally eat that. I like a bit of char. But the shape and positioning is totally creeping me out and I'm not sure why no one has made the obvious joke yet Oh right I shall proceed. Hey Grav! Whose severed dick did you char here? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZorroValdez Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 You burnt my weiner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGravitas Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 8 hours ago, 6tails said: Pfft. Wait until you see Harbor Freight. You won't touch homo Depot for anything other than wood. :V Sadly, the nearest Harbor Freight is a fair distance away from me. Home Depo's in a very convenient location and so's the Lowes. 5 hours ago, Gamedog said: Water would have been safer than all of those combined source: I am a barbecue genius amongst other things Sarcasm aside, anybody reading this whose never dealt with a grease fire before please remember this is super bad idea, even if the fire is already mostly out. It will burst into a vaporous fireball and will be waaay more dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagged Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Your sausage looks like a book with a bad cover. Looks terrible on the outside but is good inside. You did the right thing with putting out the fire. You don't put out grill related fires with water due to grease (and maybe a gas leak) 4 hours ago, Liovaire said: Oh right I shall proceed. Hey Grav! Whose severed dick did you char here? "My jealous grillfriend did this to me 💔" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowing Glass Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 6 minutes ago, Snagged Cub said: (charred sausage) "My jealous grillfriend did this to me 💔" Ughhhh Just thinking about what that would feel like gives me chills. The last time I had this bad of a feeling was when someone told me to think of sticking a toothpick under your toenail and kicking a wall. Or sticking a toothpick in your dick and doing anything at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamedog Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 4 hours ago, DrGravitas said: Sadly, the nearest Harbor Freight is a fair distance away from me. Home Depo's in a very convenient location and so's the Lowes. Sarcasm aside, anybody reading this whose never dealt with a grease fire before please remember this is super bad idea, even if the fire is already mostly out. It will burst into a vaporous fireball and will be waaay more dangerous. I'm not being sarcastic my phone fucked up last night and didn't post the rest of my post you opening and closing it and blowing air on it is the WRONG thing to do. You do not want to add more oxygen to the fire. (There's a reason you blow on kindling to start a fire) either close the lid and let it burn out or stand back and splash water from a water bottle with hole poked in lid the latter works 100% of time, just don't do it in the house. Bbq only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGravitas Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 26 minutes ago, Gamedog said: I'm not being sarcastic my phone fucked up last night and didn't post the rest of my post you opening and closing it and blowing air on it is the WRONG thing to do. You do not want to add more oxygen to the fire. (There's a reason you blow on kindling to start a fire) either close the lid and let it burn out or stand back and splash water from a water bottle with hole poked in lid the latter works 100% of time, just don't do it in the house. Bbq only You make a fair point about the fanning the flames, I'll admit that much. It had mostly burned out at that point and I was just trying to deal with a few pesky remainders. But, I wouldn't recommend water on a grease fire, even just for a BBQ. I mean, yeah, the one time I did make that mistake (I was thankfully wary enough to stay back) the fire did go out after it erupted into a massive fireball that was way bigger than the actual fire I wanted to put out. But, if there's too much grease, you risk just spreading the flames. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyRadarEars Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 10 hours ago, Gamedog said: Water would have been safer than all of those combined source: I am a barbecue genius amongst other things As someone who also does barbecue, I'm going to have to call BS on that. Grease, whether on a grill or the stovetop, you don't put water on. Ever. That is literally the least safe way to attempt to put out the fire, and it fails 98% of the time and results in explosions. Its the same reason why you have to avoid putting frozen whole chickens into hot grease and stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamedog Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I always always always put grease fires out like this. I've cooked enough chicken thighs on the bbq to be able to do it without fear it doesn't result in explosions, it just flares up for 2 seconds and dies thags why you poke hole in cap of water bottle edit, why did you post video of and talk about oil fire in a frying pan? We are talking about grease dripping on a bbq. Like I said before i would never do this anywhere else than bbq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 That kind of cooking is what the English know as 'medium rare'. Edit: for anybody wondering why water makes fat-fires worse (I watched the slow mo video to check they didn't offer an explanation) Water and fat are immiscible. Hence when water hits the fat fire it separates the fat into droplets (just as oil droplets form when you pour oil into water), increasing the surface area of the burning fat and hence allowing more oxygen to reach the fire's fuel, not less. If the water is vapourised by the heat of the fire, then this can create a chaotic convective explosion, which mixes even more oxygen into the fire. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless/Nameless Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 To be honest, I believe I have seen people successfully use the technique Gamedog is describing with the little water bottle. It's probably just not best to recommend it in many situations. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArielMT Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 this is why you don't grill firecrackers. :v 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamedog Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 7 hours ago, Endless/Nameless said: To be honest, I believe I have seen people successfully use the technique Gamedog is describing with the little water bottle. It's probably just not best to recommend it in many situations. I learnt it from my paw but yeah it DOES work, but it is startling. I always have a bottle of water beside the bbq for this exact purpose. Using the turn-off,remove and shut lid method would make chicken thighs take eons to cook. They're so greasy and you're bound to have small flare-ups. Back up and splash a tiny bit on (or spray like I do) and the flames will flare up for literally 1 second or so and then dissipate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Wow all of you are grilling noobs. If you get a flare up you take a little plant sprayer bottle full of water and spray a few squirts onto the flare up and it's all under control. This idea of water bursting into flames is stupid. It's a BBQ not an out of control nuclear reactor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamedog Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 7 hours ago, #00Buck said: Wow all of you are grilling noobs. If you get a flare up you take a little plant sprayer bottle full of water and spray a few squirts onto the flare up and it's all under control. This idea of water bursting into flames is stupid. It's a BBQ not an out of control nuclear reactor. This, seriously.. dont know where people got the idea that this was like pouring a cup of cold water into a pot of boiling grease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 9 hours ago, #00Buck said: Wow all of you are grilling noobs. If you get a flare up you take a little plant sprayer bottle full of water and spray a few squirts onto the flare up and it's all under control. This idea of water bursting into flames is stupid. It's a BBQ not an out of control nuclear reactor. I think it's the same physical problem as a 'phreato-magmatic' volcanic eruption or 'hydro-eruption', a type of volcanic eruption in which water enters the the volcanic conduit. The explosive potential would hence be a function of the relative quantity of water. A tiny quantity of water is not a large enough amount to perform the necessary work upon its evapouration to sustain convection to entrain external air. The right amount of water will evapourate and perform enough work to create a self-sustaining convective entrainment of air, hence a catastrophic explosion (as you see in the video somebody posted earlier) and an ocean of water would snuff out any fire completely. Given that the distinction between a small amount of water and enough to sustain convection is going to vary from fire to fire, you can well see why it's not advisable to begin playing this game. People regularly suffer life-changing injuries by trying to extinguish far fires with water, so it is definitely better to just wait longer for the food to cook. You pretty much have to remember that you're dealing with a fuel-air mixture, so the physical response is highly non-linear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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