Why
This is demonstrating why you absolutely do not pour water on a grease fire.
holy shit
Okaaaay. If any of you actually have a grease fire in the kitchen put the lid on the pan. It will suffocate the flames. Don’t pour water on it, and don’t freak out. Cook safely!
Or throw flour on it to smother it.
/quick safety announcement
NO, DO NOT USE FLOUR, DO NOT USE FLOUR TO SMOTHER A FIRE.
YOU HAVE TO USE BAKING SODA.
Throwing flour into a fire can cause it to combust and make the fire worse because FLOUR/SUGAR IS FLAMMABLE. One cup of flour into a grease fire can have the explosive force of dynamite.
The reason you use baking soda is that it releases carbon dioxide when heated, and CO2 is a fire suppressant.
REBLOGGING FOR LAST COMMENT TO SAVE LIVES
can we talk about how this is from a tv-show called “do not try this at home” where they tested all sort of stuff you’re not supposed to do, but they only got four episodes because after this experiment they burned the house they were filming in to the ground.
If you can get a tight-fitting lid, that’s great! If not, a slightly bigger one will do and is better than nothing. You just need to keep the lid on at all costs (and there’s gonna be a fair bit of force pushing back). Suffocate that fire. You want to stop it from getting air.
Also, fire extinguishers: usually a good idea for fires, but not in this case, unless you’re using either a foam extinguisher or a wet chemical extinguisher. Those are the only two that even somewhat work on grease fires from cooking. Anything else? Well, at best, you’re out a fire extinguisher. At worst? You’re out a fire extinguisher AND just blew burning grease everywhere.
If this wasn’t clear enough, under NO CIRCUMSTANCES do you use a fucking water extinguisher. NO. DO NOT DO IT. BAD IDEA.
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