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Offline bbqchef

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Salt Box exploded!
« Reply #-1 on: December 02, 2012, 03:56:59 PM »
Well... it started out as an experiment...

I had been asked to do a feature article on salt block cooking so I got a salt block and started to preheat it (slowly) according to the instructions...

It didn't quite come out the way it was supposed to!


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Salt Box exploded!
« on: December 02, 2012, 03:59:32 PM »
I didn't know salt blocks could explode :o


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Re: Salt Box exploded!
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2012, 04:04:26 PM »
It also Morphed from pink to white, Hope your all right and all is well. Good to know this could happen.
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Re: Salt Box exploded!
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2012, 04:10:26 PM »
Wow! Trapped moisture? I hope no one was hurt and no damage beyond the salt block. Good thing you were doing it on the grill vs oven or stove! I haven't had a problem with mine, but will watch more carefully in the future.

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Re: Salt Box exploded!
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2012, 04:34:34 PM »
Like shattered glass..........did the temps come up to quick to cause this?
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Re: Salt Box exploded!
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2012, 04:35:21 PM »
Mike - was that on your Heatwave?
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Re: Salt Box exploded!
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2012, 06:36:12 PM »
Yes, it was on the Heatwave.... I started very low and gradually increased over 45 minutes.... I guess the last increase was a touch too much <lol>!
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Re: Salt Box exploded!
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2012, 07:51:14 PM »
Had you used it on the IR before?  If not, I'd suspect the IR just bombards and builds in the material...we've all experienced that with sugar (why it burns so easily and quickly) and with some metal probes on some thermometers.


interesting!   8)
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Re: Salt Box exploded!
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2012, 07:58:20 PM »
Is "Heatwave" Infrared heat ?
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