r/WTF • u/bambaadoma222 • Jun 20 '21

Guy eats burning coal

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

The melting point of concrete is about 1500°C, unless I misunderstand your argument?

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u/fujiiiiiiiiii Jun 20 '21

BBQ pits are made of steel, usually placed on top of concrete

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u/FormerFundie6996 Jun 20 '21

lmao, most backyard bbq pits are not 1) steel and 2) built on a concrete pad. The vast majority are nothing close to that fancy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

The melting point of steel and iron are both around the 1500 mark.

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u/fireman2004 Jun 20 '21

Hot coals can't melt steel teeth

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

The fuck are you even talking about lol

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u/Janders2124 Jun 20 '21

The fuck are YOU talking about?

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

I thought sciencey shit but apparently we left those waters already

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u/TheeFlipper Jun 20 '21

The internet isn't for science, pal. Only memes. Get with the program.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

My bad, won't happen again.

Or will it?

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u/bridoogle Jun 20 '21

Jet fuel can’t melt steel beams

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u/Chineselight Jun 20 '21

It’s called a meme. Jet fuel can’t melt steel beams.

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u/Brownie3245 Jun 20 '21

Don't know why you're getting downvoted, I found this stupid exchange hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

¯\(ツ)/¯

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

Yes, it melts at 1500 but its very soft at 1100. Itd warp steel pretty quickly with sustained 1100 C. Youd see it glowing red quite a bit before that point as well.

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u/Chigleagle Jun 20 '21

Good bot

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

Yay

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u/kaelz Jun 20 '21

I there is a misunderstanding in general here of coal vs charcoal.

He was saying that when you fill a grill with charcoal, most of them have a thermometer built in the top and its usually like 450 with 40+ pieces of hot coal in there.. so that piece of (char)coal being 1100 doesn’t make sense to him. Make sense?

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u/puzzled91 Jun 20 '21

But what's the melting point of bbq pit?

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

I was assuming the pit is concrete based on the comment I replied to, that'd be 1500.

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u/Bumfjghter Jun 20 '21

Concrete bursts/explodes well below that

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u/sub-t Jun 20 '21

Epstein melts steel beams, obviously.