So last night we grilled out with some friends using Michael's new grill that he got for his birthday. It's not a gas grill (he prefers to use charcoal), and so he heats up the coals initially in this metal device, called a chimney.
Because it was raining, we rolled the grill into the carport instead of the back deck. Michael set the chimney on the concrete next to the grill. We also set up some of those canvas chairs that come in the bags, and three of us were sitting in them as Michael picked up the chimney, to pour the hot coals into the grill.
During this process, it went BOOM! Pieces of charcoal went everywhere. One hit me on the lower part of my neck. Some hit one of the chairs and burned holes in it. The oddest thing of all was an indention in the concrete where the chimney had been heating up.
Can someone out there, such as a chemist, explain this explosion?
We figure the cool air from the pavement interacted fiercely with the heat and combusted, when Michael picked it up off the ground. Normally he heats the chimney in the grill itself but he said something about using the grates for the first time (which he heated in the oven for an hour, coated with Crisco.)
Who knew grilling could be so complicated? And potentially deadly?
2 comments:
no! I hope you are ok!
I'm fine. It's more funny in hindsight.
A doc friend at church yesterday said some people put honey on burns--but I said I might attract flies!
meanwhile, Aloe Vera!
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