451_Detonics
Grandmaster
I decided to smoke a brisket today. Spent most of the morning and early afternoon smoking, adding wood, and just enjoying the smell. Well, the brisket was done, beautiful crust on the outside, red from the smoke a 1/2 inch in...simply mouthwatering. Well as I am going to be serving quite a few folks with this I decided to shred it...I love it that way on sandwiches with a nice spicy hot giardiniera.
I was using my favorite carving folk...the one with the faux stag made from celluloid. I didn't notice I had knocked it too close to the burner where the beans wear simmering. A huge FLASH and cloud of smoke...looked like a giant sparkler going off. My kitchen filled with smoke so fast and the fumes were so acrid the best I could do was to hit the sink with it and turn on the spray head. It didn't go out even with water pouring over it. I reach for the baking soda I keep in case a a frying pan flare up and the fire sputtered out. From start to finish this was less than 5 seconds.
First...I covered the brisket (a man has to have his priorities). My house was full of smoke, I grabbed a wet washcloth to breath through as I turned on exhaust fans and opened windows.
45 minutes later most of the smoke is gone but the house smells like the 4th of July mixed with burning plastic. The brisket is fine and tastes great but this is all that is left of my carving fork...
Who says cooking is boring! :o
I was using my favorite carving folk...the one with the faux stag made from celluloid. I didn't notice I had knocked it too close to the burner where the beans wear simmering. A huge FLASH and cloud of smoke...looked like a giant sparkler going off. My kitchen filled with smoke so fast and the fumes were so acrid the best I could do was to hit the sink with it and turn on the spray head. It didn't go out even with water pouring over it. I reach for the baking soda I keep in case a a frying pan flare up and the fire sputtered out. From start to finish this was less than 5 seconds.
First...I covered the brisket (a man has to have his priorities). My house was full of smoke, I grabbed a wet washcloth to breath through as I turned on exhaust fans and opened windows.
45 minutes later most of the smoke is gone but the house smells like the 4th of July mixed with burning plastic. The brisket is fine and tastes great but this is all that is left of my carving fork...
Who says cooking is boring! :o
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