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The Future of Grilling Season Is a Levitating Hot Dog Roaster
gizmodo ^

Posted on 05/18/2021 9:06:26 AM PDT by mylife

Looking for a more hygienic way to roast a hot dog that doesn’t involve it rolling around on a rarely cleaned grill? Taking advantage of the Coandă effect, YouTube’s NightHawkInLight has created a bizarre BBQ alternative that instead levitates a wiener inside a red hot coil.

Even if you’re not familiar with the Coandă effect, you’ve probably seen a video or two online of it in action, and have definitely experienced it in real life. Named after Romanian inventor Henri Coandă, it describes an effect where a fluid jet—either a liquid or gas—has the tendency to cling to the contours or a convex surface. If you’ve ever tried to empty a mug into a sink and had the coffee run down the side and drip off the bottom of the mug, that’s the Coandă effect at work. But it can also be used to make objects with curved surfaces float using an air gun by generating lift that counteracts the effects of gravity, like ping pong balls, oranges, screwdrivers, and now grilling season staples.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: grilling; hotdog; hotdogs
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OK astro boy..
1 posted on 05/18/2021 9:06:26 AM PDT by mylife
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To: mylife

Or you could just boil it.


2 posted on 05/18/2021 9:07:46 AM PDT by MercyFlush (Senator Joseph McCarthy was right. )
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my burger is flippin and floppin.. it’s out of control!


3 posted on 05/18/2021 9:08:26 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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blechh, hope you seared it 1st


4 posted on 05/18/2021 9:11:42 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife
...levitates a wiener inside a red hot coil.

Pick me! Pick me! I'll volunteer!

5 posted on 05/18/2021 9:13:34 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: mylife

Ignite the grill, then it’s sterile. OTOH, maybe don’t investigate too closely how sausege is made. B-D


6 posted on 05/18/2021 9:15:04 AM PDT by Bethaneidh
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To: mylife

Anthony Weiner approved!......................


7 posted on 05/18/2021 9:17:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: mylife

I generally like my dogs steamed or deep fried.

Best dog shop in the world is this place:

https://thevarsity.com/

Sounds like you’d like yours ‘cremated’!! (-:


8 posted on 05/18/2021 9:20:27 AM PDT by MercyFlush (Senator Joseph McCarthy was right. )
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To: mylife

At the end of the day it’s just messin’ with blowing air over the top of it.

i.e. one end is cold and uncooked.


9 posted on 05/18/2021 9:21:26 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: mylife

We use a CharGrill that uses propane to light the charcoal and wait until the inside temp is about 450 degrees.

Then, I put on the grill what I will be grilling and close the lid except to turn the chosen protein and vegies.

There “ain’t” too many germs/viruses that can handle 450 degrees.


10 posted on 05/18/2021 9:23:22 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Don’t mask! Don’t tell! by: GranTorino!!)
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To: mylife

Wrong off the bat. I have two charcoal mini Webber BBQs on my deck. I use both when people are over. As soon as I’m done with the grills I dump the grills in a pan of hot soapy water and later scrub them with a Brillo pad. In my youth I would use the filthy grills that are sometimes found in campgrounds. I figured that enough heat will kill anything dangerous. I lived through that, so. ..


11 posted on 05/18/2021 9:24:17 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: MercyFlush

Boiled, yuck!


12 posted on 05/18/2021 9:24:22 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: MercyFlush

did I say cremated? lord no! thats why you do the final cook in water


13 posted on 05/18/2021 9:25:00 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Nothing better than Earl Campbell’s hotlinks grilled until they rip open, throw onto a decent bun and covered with mustard and home-made kimchee (or sauerkraut, *I make both*) and a side of Ranch Style Beans. Mmm-hmm.


14 posted on 05/18/2021 9:26:52 AM PDT by waterhill (Homegrown Tomatoes~Guy Clark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TWwyhCVBDg)
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To: MercyFlush

While I like the Varsity, my favorite was always
a place called “Lum’s” they boiled their dogs in beer.

At least until the powers that be decided that since
children could end up eating beer it was zoned out of
existance...


15 posted on 05/18/2021 9:27:02 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: mylife

Looks rather Rube Goldberg approach, and sadly it looks like it only cooks half the dog.


16 posted on 05/18/2021 9:28:14 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: waterhill

once they rip open you lose all the juices..


17 posted on 05/18/2021 9:29:01 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

ummmmmmm, that’s not grilling.


18 posted on 05/18/2021 9:29:32 AM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: mylife

Lost me on the very first sentence. Who the heck DOESN’T want a good doggie rolled around on a nicely oiled and seasoned grate? Geez... that’s what makes ‘em taste good.


19 posted on 05/18/2021 9:29:45 AM PDT by Mathews (It's all gravy, baby!)
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I went to the Varsity in the late 50s. I was in town for the Ga Tech/Alabama game. The Tech chant for the game is forever etched in my memory: “Ko Tex (Go Tech), stop that crimson tide.”


20 posted on 05/18/2021 9:30:36 AM PDT by ryderann
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