There used to be a group that had a contest to see who could get a fire to cooking temperature the fastest (as reported by Dave Barry in his old column). The current but disputed champion poured liquid oxygen on the charcoal and then fired it up. The dispute is that while he did create a cooking fire in only seconds, the grill was totally incinerated and the coals were now just sitting on the ground.
There used to be a group that had a contest to see who could get a fire to cooking temperature the fastest (as reported by Dave Barry in his old column). The current but disputed champion poured liquid oxygen on the charcoal and then fired it up. The dispute is that while he did create a cooking fire in only seconds, the grill was totally incinerated and the coals were now just sitting on the ground.