Presuming he got 4-5 feet away, since it’s a consumer shell his greatest risk is burns if a star lands on bare skin.

Not a ‘giant’ shell, merely a 1.75" consumer grad shell. Had it been even a small 3" class 3 shell the high speed camera would not have survived at that distance.

Cool looking nonetheless.

Where did they find 705K owners of LMLs that hadn’t done emissions defeat mods? Seems like it’s the first thing done once off the lot on those platforms to increase power.

They might work better at typical smoking temps (160-250F in my case), but so far I’ve only used them for pulling stuff off the grill (300-500F) and I’ll stick with a good set of tongs.

They might work better at typical smoking temps (160-250F in my case), but so far I’ve only used them for pulling…

I’ve got a pair of those silicone gloves and they are a waste of money. Marginally better heat resistance than being bare handed, and zero grip when they get grease/oil on them.

I’ve got a pair of those silicone gloves and they are a waste of money. Marginally better heat resistance than being…

Actually those are multishot cakes, mortars you have to reload between shots.

What gets me are all the Darwin award winners in training that ignore the barriers and warning signs at professional shows. 1.3G pyro isn’t something to get stupid around, yet idiots want to park/sit/stand/smoke next to mortar racks every single year.

Except it IS chert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chert; chat is a larger grouping (used by the mining world) which includes chert and other types of rock.

The material making up the piles is called chert, not chat, and is being sold off to road construction companies for use as aggregate.