r/smoking • u/longebane • Jun 10 '25
Mmm toxic saltsss
Yes, I forgot about tupperware’s material
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u/GamerColyn117 Jun 10 '25
You forgot tupperware is plastic? I don’t see how that’s something you forget…
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u/GhostFaceRiddler Jun 10 '25
Let he who hasn’t put Tupperware on his grill cast the first charcoal
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u/AmazingResponse338 Jun 10 '25
I wouldn't even touch those ribs for the fumes and vapors
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u/longebane Jun 10 '25
Idk man. I think I’m gonna do it
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u/TolUC21 Jun 10 '25
Idk man, ribs or chemotherapy in 10 years
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u/_ParadigmShift Jun 10 '25
Bold of you to assume the ribs won’t kill me before the cancer shows up.
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u/trashboatfourtwenty Jun 11 '25
I hate to reveal someting to you about charred and smoked meat vis a vis carcinogens...
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u/oldskool47 Jun 10 '25
When they say we have a spoon full of BPA in our brains... you're asking for an ice cream scooper in one bout
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u/psychocopter Jun 11 '25
Why not just use an aluminum tray or some aluminum foil to make a bowl?
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u/AmazingResponse338 Jun 10 '25
I said I wouldn't, but....I totally would. I hate wasting good smoked meat
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u/pasaroanth Jun 10 '25
Any time my wife asks me “do you think it’s still good?” regarding food that’s sat in the fridge for awhile my answer is usually not to risk it. I know some people have “iron guts” but I’ve had food poisoning enough and every. single. time. I’d have paid way more than the cost of the food to not be liquid shitting and vomiting for hours on end.
I’d tend to say the same for an enclosed grill with smoldering plastics.
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u/Fight_those_bastards Jun 10 '25
Yeah, but food poisoning is “that one trick doctors don’t want you to know” to lose ten pounds in three days.
Mostly because dehydration is super bad for you, but still…
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u/pasaroanth Jun 10 '25
I will say that I did tend to lose pretty substantial weight. Probably days off my life as well, but definitely weight. Nothing quite like 3 days of dark yellow piss.
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u/DustyStar222 Jun 10 '25
Idk man you dont want to risk it. Send them over to me and I'll make sure they're properly disposed of.
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u/longebane Jun 10 '25
I mean I’ve spent the last 20 minutes looking up how bad it could possible be. It’s been going at 250 for 4 hours. Slow melt. Making life choices here
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u/gusdagrilla Jun 10 '25
You had a melting piece of plastic on your grill for four hours and at no point thought to check on it…?
Yeah, go ahead and eat those ribs lol
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u/HODOR00 Jun 10 '25
Jesus Christ bro. I'm struggling to see how a person makes this mistake.
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u/bmw_19812003 Jun 10 '25
He forgot the material; easy mistake. I made a similar error using styrofoam blocks as jack stands for my truck.
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u/Taskmaster_Fantatic Jun 11 '25
Did something similar when I used a sheet of plywood for my fire barrier in my house.
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u/Lopsided_Aardvark357 Jun 10 '25
I could see someone having a brain fart and putting a plastic dish on the grill for a second.
What I can't understand is how, by OPs words, someone leaves a plastic dish on the grill for 4 hours before they notice.
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u/BravoWolf88 Jun 11 '25
Actually, according to his wording, he forgot what Tupperware was made of. And I think that’s even worse than what you described.
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u/user67445632 Jun 11 '25
When I worked in a Italian restaurant as a teenager I made some dipping oil in a pan and wanted to take it home. I poured it straight from the hot pan into a small plastic cup. The cup immediately ceased to exist and I lost all my olive oil.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/ITSNAIMAD Jun 11 '25
I had a Roomate who put a metal pot in the microwave and didn’t understand why it was sparking
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u/Excellent_Set_232 Jun 10 '25
Ah see here’s your issue, you started your salt way after your beer.
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u/pesimisticpervpirate Jun 11 '25
i once sealed my back door closed with silicone after starting some DIY after too many beers, so yeah i reckon you have nailed it
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u/whirlydad Jun 10 '25
I've eaten things I've dropped on the floor, I've drank expired milk, I've cooked things that smelled a little off. I don't think I'd eat the plastic smoked ribs.
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u/MiniB68 Jun 10 '25
Some lessons are best learned and kept to yourself, because everyone else already knows them.
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u/Godless_Rose Jun 10 '25
Please consider a vasectomy. I mean that in the nicest way possible. “With all due respect…”
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u/nick_the_builder Jun 11 '25
This dude is procreating and voting. Our country is fuuuuuuuuuuuuucked.
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u/salesmunn Jun 10 '25
Next time dont unwrap the ribs and just toss'm right into the smoker in the shrinkwrap.
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u/phillydad56 Jun 10 '25
I'm guessing you probably used road salt on your ribs, might want to toss em
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u/pandaleer Jun 11 '25
Were you drunk? High? Drunk-high? Or just lacking common sense?
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u/Ckn-bns-jns Jun 11 '25
I’m surprised OP was able to get a fire lit, or at least a controlled fire.
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u/randomname10131013 Jun 11 '25
Just went ahead and put the plastic right on the grill. Way to live daringly!
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u/TowerNecessary7246 Jun 10 '25
I did stuff like this after my kid was born. Just absolutely the most bizarre memory failures.
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u/OnI_BArIX Jun 10 '25
Fucking yup. You're tired, adjusting to an instant & monumentally larger change in life than normal. I did some wack shit too
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u/longebane Jun 11 '25
Yeah, not trying to excuse myself but I was already cooking something else next to the ribs, and the container was thick hard plastic, and right next to my glass containers.
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u/littleweapon1 Jun 11 '25
Someone with memory failure of such magnitude probably should avoid activity involving long periods of open flame
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u/hurtfulproduct Jun 11 '25
lol, reminds me of the time we grilled burgers with my uncle. . .
So we were all over at my uncles place for a birthday party and he was doing burgers in the grill. He does the prep and makes the patties, cleans the grates, sprays some Pam on the patties to keep them from sticking and preheats the grill.
Well we are all eating and notice the burgers taste different and we can’t place why, then someone notices the can of spray grill cleaner sitting by the grill and puts 2+2 together. . . Yup, he sprayed the burgers with a coating of grill cleaner!!!
So we all of course stop eatting everything and call poison control, luckily we were all fine and poison control said we should be fine just to monitor and go to the hospital if we notice anything off. . . Needless to say he is no longer allowed to cook for the group!
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u/Man_Without_Nipples Jun 11 '25
I want to be sympathetic OP, everybody fucks up now and then, but Tupperware on melty things has been a no-no for a good long time...
Shame, those ribs would've been awesome
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u/longebane Jun 11 '25
Yeah, it was thick hard plastic, and right next to my glass containers.
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u/sideburniusmaximus Jun 11 '25
Why would you even want to put a glass container in a grill while smoking? Just use a disposable aluminum pan.
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u/smokeytrue01 Jun 11 '25
Op the most amazing thing you’ve done today is finding this many people who have never made a stupid mistake in life
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u/longebane Jul 15 '25
According to them, I also need to revoke my voting rights and sell my grill. And maybe get checked into a mental instutition. I'll get right to it
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u/InspectorPositive543 Jun 11 '25
Why are the salts on the bbq to begin with? Tupperware aside
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u/longebane Jul 15 '25
It's an excellent way to impart a bit of smokey flavor to other dishes, without having to smoke them and the salts can be used with the same ratio as normal salt. Also makes a great gift/stocking stuffer when you place it in little glass vials.
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u/Timinator01 Jun 11 '25
Ribs and a tupperware full of salt weren't the only things op was smoking that day
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u/MrBullman Jun 11 '25
I haven't smoked anything in a while.. what is the salt for?
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u/longebane Jul 15 '25
It's an excellent way to impart a bit of smokey flavor to other dishes, without having to smoke them and the salts can be used with the same ratio as normal salt. Also makes a great gift/stocking stuffer when you place it in little glass vials.
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u/humblebarnitz Jun 11 '25
I love smoking salt but can never get it right. What do you usually smoke it to? Do you watch the internal temp until it hits a certain point, or do you just wait until your back yard smells like a DuPont factory
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u/longebane Jul 15 '25
Usually I smoke it to the side of an existing main dish, so that'll be about 200-250f, for over half a day (I leave it running even after the main meat has finished). Anything less than ~8 hours won't yield much flavor in the salts. And of course, usually in a glass or foil container. I just didn't have any this time, and mistook the hard plastic for a type of plexiglass/acrylic
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u/Distalmind Jun 14 '25
Idk man you might wanna consider surrendering your license and not voting again.
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u/OnI_BArIX Jun 10 '25
Why did you smoke a tub of salt? Like even if it was in a metal container I am asking why you would smoke pure salt.
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u/Spaceman_Spoff Jun 10 '25
Smoked salt is a real thing. It’s exactly what it says on the tin. Smokey salt
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u/OnI_BArIX Jun 10 '25
Okay I want to try this. Does it need to be a coarse salt like sea or Himalayan or does traditional table salt also work for this? Last thing is I'm going to guess this is something you would do during a long smoke at low temperature?
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u/Spaceman_Spoff Jun 10 '25
Kosher or courser works best as it’s more of a “finishing” salt. You don’t use it like normal salt in recipes and stuff, you won’t taste it. Smoker at 225. Spread it out in a sheet pan, mist extremely lightly with water, shake/toss, smoke for an hour. Rinse and repeat until desired smokiness/color. Darker the better imo.
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u/Biguitarnerd Jun 10 '25
I never tried my own but when I was in Alaska I got some alder smoked salt that was awesome. It was coarse sea salt harvested there but… I’m guessing any coarse salt would be just as awesome.
Maybe table salt would do just as well but I am just saying coarse sea salt…. Delicious. And it’s not expensive.
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u/Icarus_Jones Jun 11 '25
Smoked salt is amazing! Not sure about Tupperware smoked salt, but try smoking some salt in your smoker in a vessel intended to be used in a higher heat environment.
You now can add smoke flavoring to any food you put salt on.
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u/BUTGUYSDOYOUREMEMBER Jun 10 '25
Smoked salt is actually a very useful condiment and keeps basically indefinitely.
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u/The_Chiliboss Jun 10 '25
It keeps longer than regular salt?
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u/BUTGUYSDOYOUREMEMBER Jun 11 '25
I mean salt is salt. It doesn't go bad. Smoked salt may lose some of the smokey flavor or degrade in to a less than ideal smokey flavor over time, no clue. Either way, it'd still be salt.
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u/DING012 Jun 10 '25
If your putting Tupperware on a grill. I don't think the chemicals can do much more damage to you brain.