HOW HOT IS IT?

HOW HOT IS IT?

IT'S HOT ENOUGH TO FRY AN EGG ON THE SIDEWALK !!!


WE RECENTLY ATTENDED THE 19TH ANNUAL FRY AN EGG ON THE SIDEWALK CONTEST IN OATMAN.

THE CONTESTANTS HAVE 15 MINUTES TO FRY AN EGG USING ONLY THE HEAT OF THE SUN. IF IT'S OATMAN, THE COWBOYS ARE SURE TO BE THERE, AND HERE THEY ARE FIRING OFF THEIR GUNS FOR THE "GO" SIGNAL TO START FRYING THOSE EGGS.







THE GROUP IS MADE UP OF MOSTLY KIDS.

THE TEMPERATURE WAS ONLY 105 DEGREES, AND THE EGG FRYERS WERE A BIT DISAPPOINTED.

BUT EVERY CONTEST HAS A WINNER, AND LIKE MANY OF THE PREVIOUS YEARS THE WINNER WAS ERIC, AND HIS WIFE, XINAXIAO CHOU, WHO WAS A PHYSICS PROFESSOR IN BEIJING, CHINA. THEY COOKED A PERFECT SUNNY SIDE UP EGG IN 60 SECONDS.

"The Frensel lens sequesters the carbon from the carbon dioxide. The heat coming out of the lens is about 3800 degrees," Eric said. The frensel lens, named for French physicist Augustin Jean Fresnel, is a thin, optical lens of many concentric rings, which amplify light - and heat.

"We don't have an energy crisis in this country, we have an innovation crisis," Eric said.

TO DEMONSTRATE THE POWER OF THE SUN, ERIC COOKED SAUSAGE AND BACON BEFORE THE CONTEST STARTED, AND RAN A SMALL STEAM POWERED TURBINE. IT WAS THE ONLY COOKING AREA ON THE SIDEWALK THAT INCLUDED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.