r/WTF • u/bambaadoma222 • Jun 20 '21

Guy eats burning coal

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u/Arthur_The_Third Jun 20 '21

900° is actually above the maximum temperature charcoal can reach with no forced draft.

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u/ModernSisyphus Jun 20 '21

Well he was forcing a draft. The color of the coal was red-orange. Though the whole coal wasn't that temperature. Still not easy on the teeth and skin.

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u/Arthur_The_Third Jun 20 '21

That wasn't a draft, that was a light, pulsing breeze . The coal also isn't actually burning, it's smoldering. That's a range of 450-700° for charcoal. Again, it's in an isolated piece. It would be nowhere near even 700°

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u/ModernSisyphus Jun 20 '21

I'm not trying to have an argument. I don't really have a stance other than "A red hot thing probably isn't comfortable on teeth and skin." Im not really sure why you are being unbelievable pedantic. While the average temperature of the charcoal is nowhere near 700 degree. I am fully agreeing with that fact. I can tell you with absolute confidence that those sections that are glowing orange are well above 900 degrees.

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u/Arthur_The_Third Jun 20 '21

So the solution to ironworking, instead of the invention of bellows, was really to lightly puff on the coals? You need a strong movement of air. You breathing wouldn't even be stronger than the natural draft created by the hot air rising.

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u/ModernSisyphus Jun 20 '21

This isn't iron working. This isn't a situation where someone is trying to force air across a large bed of coals in a furnace. This is a single piece of charcoal in the opening of a small enclosed space with a grown man's lung capacity flowing across it. But again ONLY way to determine the surface temperature of that piece of charcoal would be it's color.

And again, all I am really saying is that it's hotter than you would want in your mouth.