Chili Head
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We've all read about it..and it's happened to some of you before. Today was my turn LOL! Scared the crap outa me! I should have been recording it because I knew it was going to happen. Let me set the stage for ya..
I had just finished making some poppers and had shut the MAK off. The wife said " John can you make me some fried cheese sticks?" Sure baby ill fire the MAK up again. Well I fired it up before it was finished with the full shut down and by doing that it dumped a bunch more pellets in the pot. Too many to burn efficiently. After a few minutes I've never seen so much smoke come out of it before! Really thick smoke..I knew instantly what was going on. I let it go another few minutes to see if it would start to burn normally but the smoke just got thicker and thicker. I cant believe I didn't get a visit from the fire department there was that much smoke LOL..it was awesome! So me being the " Don't press the red button " type of guy I go lift the lid a few inches to look inside. Inside was the thickest yellowish white smoke I've ever seen. I lower the lid and turn to step away because I know it's coming..I thought it was going to go BOOM when I lifted the lid but it didn't. As soon as I turned my back..WHOOOOOOOSHBOOM!!
Have ya ever seen a husky fella go " AAAHHH! &$&! " And jump a foot high? I'm sure it was quite the spectacle for the neighbors if they were watching. Funniest home videos material lol.
So little Johnny what did we learn today?
I learned to let the MAK shut down BEFORE flipping the switch back on! Duh!
I had just finished making some poppers and had shut the MAK off. The wife said " John can you make me some fried cheese sticks?" Sure baby ill fire the MAK up again. Well I fired it up before it was finished with the full shut down and by doing that it dumped a bunch more pellets in the pot. Too many to burn efficiently. After a few minutes I've never seen so much smoke come out of it before! Really thick smoke..I knew instantly what was going on. I let it go another few minutes to see if it would start to burn normally but the smoke just got thicker and thicker. I cant believe I didn't get a visit from the fire department there was that much smoke LOL..it was awesome! So me being the " Don't press the red button " type of guy I go lift the lid a few inches to look inside. Inside was the thickest yellowish white smoke I've ever seen. I lower the lid and turn to step away because I know it's coming..I thought it was going to go BOOM when I lifted the lid but it didn't. As soon as I turned my back..WHOOOOOOOSHBOOM!!
Have ya ever seen a husky fella go " AAAHHH! &$&! " And jump a foot high? I'm sure it was quite the spectacle for the neighbors if they were watching. Funniest home videos material lol.
So little Johnny what did we learn today?
I learned to let the MAK shut down BEFORE flipping the switch back on! Duh!