Finally, somethign to do with a microwave other than zap CD-R’s and prepare leftovers…

The British guy on the video claims that this is extremely dangerous and that you shouldn’t try it at home. I make the same claim… try it at a public microwave at school or in the dorms or something and let me know if it ruins the microwave.

I think to make it a bit more interesting you could surround the toothpick with something (not flamable) so that the person watching wouldn’t see the initial flame and just see the plasma balls or whatever they are coming out of it.

5 Comments to “What happens if you put a burning toothpick in a microwave? Cool stuff.”

  1. that is rad, and even though they say not to try it at home…you know some people are gonna do it anyway cause it’s so cool looking.
    I don’t think i’ll be one of those people. hehe…I’ll just watch it from your blog. Thanks Ryan. Cool video.

  2. Ryan Gardner says:

    Yeah. try it at school in one of those public microwaves…

  3. Pace says:

    Wow, it works!

  4. Ryan Gardner says:

    Did it hurt your microwave?

  5. Chris Raver says:

    Hey, I’ve done this for years in several microwaves including mine at home. I didn’t ruin the micrwave, It just cooks things a lot faster now.

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