If you haven’t heard, when you’re cooking with oil, if it happens to catch on fire you do NOT throw water on the fire. The water will actually cause the flaming pot of oil to basically explode upwards into a huge fireball. So, to illustrate this point, the Slo Mo Guys did it. And filmed it in super slow motion. Here you go…
Why You DON’T Throw Water On An Oil Fire!
See?? This is the reason I always keep a 5 gallon can of gas handy to throw onto a grease fire in the kitchen if I have to!!
Slow mo changes everything