>>>*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





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