Guy pours rum into hot cooking oil, guess what happens next

[pebkac]

So here he is making deep-fried ferrero rocher injected with baileys (cause why the hell not?), then he gets the genius idea that the oil needs a bit extra "spice". The fun part starts about 3 minutes in.
[video=youtube;mxMrtnI-j-U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxMrtnI-j-U[/video]

[aznz888]

for a second i actually got concerned that his whole house burnt down

[credesniper]

Who wants to explain with science what happened.

[Egg_Toaster]

[QUOTE=credesniper;40508660]Who wants to explain with science what happened.[/QUOTE]

achohol + burning hot oil = boom

[Tinn]

[QUOTE=credesniper;40508660]Who wants to explain with science what happened.[/QUOTE]

You know how oil floats on top of water, right?
A grease fire occurs when water rapidly evaporates while a significant portion of water is underneath the oil due to the fact that water have a higher mass density than oil (and momentum of the water being poured from a height during that moment).
This launches the oil through the air creating an explosive mixture with the oxygen at a certain point (like most flammable materials).

From my understanding, while alcohol does float on oil (unlike water), it still acts somewhat similarly since the momentum of alcohol pouring forces the alcohol underneath the oil.
Worth noting that alcohol evaporates at a lower temperature than water.

[polyhistor]

[QUOTE=Mastermind of42;40509059]You know how oil floats on top of water, right?
A grease fire occurs when water rapidly evaporates while a significant portion of water is underneath the oil due to the fact that water have a higher mass density than oil (and momentum of the water being poured from a height during that moment).
This launches the oil through the air creating an explosive mixture with the oxygen at a certain point (like most flammable materials).

From my understanding, while alcohol does float on oil (unlike water), it still acts somewhat similarly since the momentum of alcohol pouring forces the alcohol underneath the oil.
Worth noting that alcohol evaporates at a lower temperature than water.[/QUOTE]

Coupled by the fact that alcohol is also notoriously unstable and incredibly flammable.

[jbeans]

This reminds me of this guys livestream or something, where he puts frozen dumplings into a giant vat of boiling oil, resulting in a impromptu firework show.

[Dam]

Orange Goblin, Truckfighters, and Red Fang? I like this guy's style.

[Animosus]

Sounds like a very Aussie thing to do.

[mutant]

Honestly I was a little disappointed he didn't try it again.

...and I am glad they didn't just have the house burning story at the end and not continue on.

[gamefreek76]

[QUOTE=credesniper;40508660]Who wants to explain with science what happened.[/QUOTE]

Boiling point of the water and ethenol in the rum is lower than the temperature of the hot oil.
When you pour water into hot oil it will instantly heat the water to gas causing an explosion.

[GreenLeaf]

pretty much everytime we had a fire emergency training with school and the local fire department they showed us what would happen if you poured water into an oil fire. i guess they didn't do that back in his days!

[343N!]

[QUOTE=Animosus;40511963]Sounds like a very Aussie thing to do.[/QUOTE]

what did you just say

[editline]3rd May 2013[/editline]

you're pretty correct though

[Shark Cat]

Well the background music introduced me to a cool band called Unida so that's cool.