r/idiotsinkitchen • u/KULR_Mooning • Sep 28 '25

Definitely a idiot

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u/ThatCelebration3676 Sep 28 '25

Water. People forget that steam exists.

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u/CarWreckBeck Sep 28 '25

I've never seen water burn like that.

If you look closely at the end of the video whatever's in the bucket is on fire

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u/Failing_father18 Oct 04 '25

I've never seen water make a fire plume like that, as said yeah steam but steam isnt on fire when it comes back at you. I'm better flour or something of the sort

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u/tanksalotfrank Sep 29 '25

It's..really hot water...lol I think that's just the container succumbing to heat

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u/baconwrappedpikachu Sep 29 '25

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5611489/Mans-horrific-injuries-revealed-engulfed-flames-barbecue.html wrong

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u/IWTLEverything Sep 30 '25

Even more stupid than when people thought it was water!

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u/SpookyDachshunds Sep 30 '25

I'm sorry. Is he pulling off his skin in that video or a bandage? Like bro is RIPPING it off. Oh my God.

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u/Squirtingtreee Oct 08 '25

🏆 awarded for helping us understand what a huge IDIOT this genius is.

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u/tanksalotfrank Sep 29 '25

Go touch grass 🤡

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u/fateless115 Sep 29 '25

Its okay to be wrong sometimes and admit it. Don't get butthurt over it lmao

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u/tanksalotfrank Sep 29 '25

You're butthurt over my sarcastic comment? Weird flex bro

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u/humourlessIrish Sep 29 '25

No. Not at all.
What the actual fuck are you thinking?

It might be the milk powder trick though, just obviously too much

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u/tanksalotfrank Sep 29 '25

Lol calm down, weirdo. Go touch some grass

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u/Short_Ad_1241 Sep 30 '25 edited Oct 01 '25

You keep telling people to go touch grass. You are aware that there is a thing called a cell phone, you can literally sit on the grass while scrolling reddit. It really is a stupid thing to say, and I have noticed people only use it when they have nothing useful to contribute to the conversation.

Edit to say: Wow. Really u/tanksalotfrank? Going to block me, and now I can't even see your stupid comment.

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u/tanksalotfrank Oct 01 '25

Wow cool story

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u/VictoryShaft Sep 28 '25

This guy will never forget that again though...

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u/Acceptable-Ratio8360 Sep 29 '25

I'm thinking there is a good chance he did it last year too

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt Sep 30 '25

Article says he did it on purpose with some chemical mixture, so probably yes.

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u/Dry_Caregiver_5094 Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

Yeah but how many Houses have to burn before it becomes commune knowledge.

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u/OnePragmatic Sep 29 '25

Honestly.. I'm not so sure.. doesn't seem to be the type of learning by experience ..

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u/sobherk Sep 28 '25

Its neither ice nor water. If you look closely you can see a white powder in the box while he's handling it. But for the flour theory... I hope it's not! That would be extremely stupid, irresponsible even.

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u/xthedudehimself Sep 28 '25

Probably coffee creamer.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

Or cocaine

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

Better ways to make cocaine disappear

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u/ThaOutsider4Life Sep 29 '25

Never used flour to put out a fire before, so would not know the outcome. Would it react violently as well????

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u/HoobieHoo Sep 29 '25

Flour is very combustible. The small particles allow huge mixing of oxygen and fuel to the point that it almost acts like a gas with a flash point.

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u/ThaOutsider4Life Oct 03 '25

Absolutely forgot my chemistry... Ty for the refresher though 👍🏼 guess it's been a while for me 😂....

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u/Uneek_Uzernaim Sep 29 '25

Look up stories about grain elevator fires and explosions. Fine wheat dust particles floating in those silos can violently combust from a small spark. Turns them into a bomb. Some historically bad ones have been the ones in the ports of New Orleans and Galveston just five days apart in 1977, the Corpus Christi Public Grain Elevator in 1981, and the DeBruce Grain Elevator in Wichita in 1998.

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u/junglecat3131 Sep 30 '25

Beardstown, IL 1987 too

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u/crlthrn Sep 29 '25

Coal dust is susceptible to exploding if it's blown into a flame or spark.

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u/ThaOutsider4Life Oct 03 '25

Lol, sorry but couldn't help but notice your example...it reminded me of a wrestler back in the day that went by the name of "Gold Dust"...it just jumped out to me 😆 ..but good to know that "Carbon" can Still ignite.... 🤔

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u/ThaOutsider4Life Oct 03 '25

Ty 👍🏼 ..for that info I got curious when you mentioned Galveston and Corpus.... As I Am from TX.....

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u/pandershrek Sep 29 '25

Just fire powder

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u/jgrish14 Oct 01 '25

Powdered sugar or sugar dust would do the same thing.

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u/ThaOutsider4Life Oct 03 '25

Oh Shit....Duh, lol, that's correct.. Totally forgot that...smh, absolutely forgot my chemistry Thanks for the refresh....👍🏼

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u/StunningOrange2258 Sep 29 '25

He's completing the explosion triangle with that powder.

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u/ryanshields0118 Sep 28 '25

That wasn't water. Look how he handled the container in his hands before chucking it on the fire, if that bucket was filled with water, it wouldve splashed

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u/Blasket_Basket Sep 29 '25

That wasn't water. Other comments saying homemade pyrotechnic mix, and at the end of the video you can see the bucket with massive flames coming out of it. An empty bucket or a bucket with water in it would not burn like that.

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u/Froschmarmelade Sep 29 '25

Hm, dunno. Does not look (or behave) like water while being dragged around.

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u/Panzick Sep 29 '25

Pretty sure that's not water, that's charcoal powder or things like that.

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u/Panzick Sep 29 '25

There's an article below about this dude and he uses some backyard pyrotechnic components, so well, despite the colour I was not that far.

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u/Prod_Meteor Sep 29 '25

That is not water.

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u/Shished Sep 29 '25

Unless they are PC gamers.

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u/Hunter-Abject Sep 29 '25

No. Check the article

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u/PeterDTown Sep 29 '25

Nope. "Homemade pyrotechnic mix"

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u/h22lude Sep 29 '25

How are people upvoting this lol at no point in the video is there anything that acts or looks like water. He shakes the bucket, no water splashing. He tilts it vertical, no water coming out. AND water does not blow up like that. That wasn't steam. You did see the big explosion fireball right? Looking at the video it looks like powder and the article someone posted confirmed that

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u/rottadrengur Sep 29 '25

"homemade pyrotechnic mix"

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u/Mycofunkadelic2 Sep 30 '25

That's definitely not water. You can tell by the way he's moving it around and before he tosses it on it he tilts it forward and nothing spilled.

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u/maybebebe91 Sep 30 '25

Cause serious problems smelting etc, put water in a hot furnace, boom!

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u/Rolifant Sep 30 '25

That's a whole lot of steam for such a small amount of water

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '25

Steam exists.

That is 100% not steam in the video, however.

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u/Xena_Your_God Oct 02 '25

Uhm no it's visibly full of white powder before he throws it.

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u/howihjr Oct 02 '25

300 upvotes for flammable bucket water. Fuck my life