Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 at 16:00
According to all things important -MYTHBUSTERS
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Busted....
A six pack of
beer can be rapidly cooled by burying it in sand, pouring gasoline on top of it, and lighting the gasoline.
busted
The fire did not significantly alter the temperature of the
beer; in fact, the fire actually raised the temperature slightly, not to mention burying the
beer made the cans sandy.
(With this myth quickly busted, Adam and Jamie tested other cooling methods. A carbon dioxide fire extinguisher was able to cool a six pack to a satisfactory temperature in approximately 3 minutes. In terms of practicality, though, one’s best bet is to use icy salt water, which cooled the
beer to an ideal temperature in 5 minutes. Barring that, normal ice water was next fastest at 15 minutes. The other methods tested (the freezer, ice only, and the refrigerator) did not cool the
beer rapidly enough to warrant their use in a spur-of-the-moment event.)
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