New Kingsford Test

[Bill-Chicago]

Read on BYC's blog (I think) about high temp cooking and measuring heat on lump versus charcoal

I decided, unbeknownst to me, to test which is hotter.

A while back, kcquer told me that the most sage advice he had ever learned from me was "lit lump looks an awful lot like unlit lump" which I said after stepping on a lit piece with my bare foot.

Well today, I put new Kingsford to the test.

Burns hotter faster. I can personally test that this is a true statement.

Farking new Kingsford starts to get smaller and broken up piece with about a quarter bag left, it seem. Farking small piece pops out of the chimney on the way to the WSM, dump the chimney, Hey, whats burning?

My god damn foot, thats what.

No shoes again, and I'm scooting the foot through the grass wiping it on morning dew, praying I don't hit a piece of dog doo.

Got a really nice blister going, to add to my other foot problems.

So I would say this was a succesful test and from the size of the burn, I would also confirm that charcoal and lump burn equally hot.

 

[Ron_L]

I thought I smelled meat cooking :-D

In order for this to be a true comparison we would have to know the surface area of the lump vs. the surface area of the new K. In addition, we would have to factor in the amount of time that the lump was in contact with you foot vs. the amount of time the new K was in contact with your foot. Finally, we would have to compensate for any difference in your weight from the time of the lump incident vs. the new K incident. Only with this knowledge, and a measurement of the size of the burn from both incidents, can we accurately determine which burns hotter.

:roll:

 

[parrothead]

Ouch!!!!!!!!!!! I don't cook without footwear.

 

[Papa Tom]

I did that very thing last week, it friggin hurts.

 

[bbqbull]

Bill, I feel your pain. One day I was welding some heavy duty brackets for the neighbor. Be damned I felt my foot burning. My sock was smoldering inside my tennis shoe.
I was wearing shorts because it was a humid August day.
I got the fire out. Came in house and put on long pants and work boots and went back to burning rod again.
Now when I play with anything hot again its long pants and work boots reqardless of how hot is.
Take care of that blister and dont let it get infected.

 

[Solidkick]

I just went and put my shoes on........

 

[bowhnter]

That's why I never do anything without shoes on...outside anyway

 

[Rusty_Barton]

I feel your pain.

I was once dumping a lighted chimney of charcoal into my WSM when a piece bounced onto the ground. Without thinking, I reached out and picked it up with my thumb and forefinger to put it back. You only do that once!

Maybe we should start a Brethren Fire Walking group, so we can do it right. :biggrin:

 

[HoosierTrooper]

Some of my co-workers were staking out a campsite several years ago. They had a murder warrant for a real bad guy. They were watching the suspects site through some trees when somebody whispered, "Do you smell something burning"?. Somebody else said "Yeah what is it, it stinks"? That's when one of them realized he was standing on an ember from an old fire and it burned right thruogh his shoe and was stuck to his foot. All 4 of them fell through the trees and bushes trying to get his shoe off. Needless to say the bad guy got away.

 

[keale]

I'll be wearing my steel toe boots next time!
Bill, to get a good comparison, maybe you need to "burn" the other foot w/ briquets! :-D
Seriously, I hope you feel better and that it didn't put a damper on your que!

 

[JohnMcD348]

I like to wear flip flops when I que, that way if I do step on an ember, it has lots of time to smolder under foot before it finally melts through.

 

[Westexbbq]

Ouch.
(maybe the dog doo could've helped as a temporary cooling salve or something like that, at least at first.)
Feel better.

 

[Norcoredneck]

Question often heard in a welding shop.
Question: Was that hot?
Answer: No, just didn't take me long to look at it!
Too bad about the quick sear, Hope it heals right away.

 

[CarbonToe]

Did you get the K branded into your foot? :shock:

Have you learnt to wear shoes yet?

Hope you don't have any lasting scars.

I'm forever burning myself, I hardly notice unless it's a bad one!!

 

[Bill-Chicago]

Drained the damn thing 6 times yesterday

I usually do wear sandals or something, but was lazy this time.

Doh!

Oh well

Live and learn and learn and learn and learn

I love that line CT, I'm forever burning myself, I hardly notice unless it's a bad one!!

 

[DaChief]

Seems like an awful lot of us have "Been there, Done that"! Hope you heal quickly!

 

[jt]

So you've got some Sure-Fire grooves in your foot now?

Burns hurt! But I, too, cook in sandals. :roll: