Teh One Who Knocks
07-31-2014, 10:48 AM
By Mark Prigg - The Daily Mail
The best steak restaurants pride themselves on their ovens.
They are far hotter that the average home setup - but for one British chef they still weren't enough.
Sam Bompas travelled to Syracuse University in upstate New York to attempt to cook using Lava created by an 'artificial volcano'.
http://i.mailonline.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/30/CookingWithLava.gif
'I've always been obsessed with volcanoes, and had a dream of being able to cook with lava,' he told Mailonline.
'We wanted to find a way to cook with it, and heard about Professor Robert Wysocki, who has spent five years working to perfect a technique to make lava in this furnace.'
Bompas got in touch with Wysocki at Syracuse University in upstate New York, and he instantly agreed to help them.
The researchers created an artificial flow of Lava for the team to cook on.
http://i.imgur.com/VOhFvSf.png
Although it was the first time steak has been cooked on lava, the results mean that the chef hopes it won't be the last - and says cooking over lava could be the ultimate way to prepare steak.
'When you cook on a barbecue you get a ot of smoke.
'Because lava is pure heat, you get meat sealed v quickly, and with a very even char.'
The team even developed a special technique, sealing the meat with an initial blast of lave, letting it rest, then finishing it off.
http://i.imgur.com/7xTfoLc.png
'It was awesome - and totally delivers, in fact it was the best steak I've ever had in my life,' said Bompas.
The firm now hope to develop the technique for an event.
'We are hoping we can scale the lava flow and do this elsewhere, we have big plans.
'We want to create a lava banquet for 500 people - you can combine education, thrill and have an experience you'll want to tell everyone about.'
Robert Wysocki and his team at Syracuse University said 'After looking into them, I realized they were very serious, fun/insane and had pulled off some really ambitious projects.
'I found their commitment to their work to be as serious as I am to mine; I think they are operating in a new area of fine art installation involving entertainment, food, science, etc. all of which translates to an incredibly deep curiosity on their part.
'After the opening of their Museum of Sex installation in June they came up to Syracuse.
'After they saw their first but short pour of lava for a Nasa grant proof of concept; they went with my assistant to the grocery store and I went to the ice place; the result is what you see in the video'.
http://i.imgur.com/eGIzxcG.png
The best steak restaurants pride themselves on their ovens.
They are far hotter that the average home setup - but for one British chef they still weren't enough.
Sam Bompas travelled to Syracuse University in upstate New York to attempt to cook using Lava created by an 'artificial volcano'.
http://i.mailonline.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/30/CookingWithLava.gif
'I've always been obsessed with volcanoes, and had a dream of being able to cook with lava,' he told Mailonline.
'We wanted to find a way to cook with it, and heard about Professor Robert Wysocki, who has spent five years working to perfect a technique to make lava in this furnace.'
Bompas got in touch with Wysocki at Syracuse University in upstate New York, and he instantly agreed to help them.
The researchers created an artificial flow of Lava for the team to cook on.
http://i.imgur.com/VOhFvSf.png
Although it was the first time steak has been cooked on lava, the results mean that the chef hopes it won't be the last - and says cooking over lava could be the ultimate way to prepare steak.
'When you cook on a barbecue you get a ot of smoke.
'Because lava is pure heat, you get meat sealed v quickly, and with a very even char.'
The team even developed a special technique, sealing the meat with an initial blast of lave, letting it rest, then finishing it off.
http://i.imgur.com/7xTfoLc.png
'It was awesome - and totally delivers, in fact it was the best steak I've ever had in my life,' said Bompas.
The firm now hope to develop the technique for an event.
'We are hoping we can scale the lava flow and do this elsewhere, we have big plans.
'We want to create a lava banquet for 500 people - you can combine education, thrill and have an experience you'll want to tell everyone about.'
Robert Wysocki and his team at Syracuse University said 'After looking into them, I realized they were very serious, fun/insane and had pulled off some really ambitious projects.
'I found their commitment to their work to be as serious as I am to mine; I think they are operating in a new area of fine art installation involving entertainment, food, science, etc. all of which translates to an incredibly deep curiosity on their part.
'After the opening of their Museum of Sex installation in June they came up to Syracuse.
'After they saw their first but short pour of lava for a Nasa grant proof of concept; they went with my assistant to the grocery store and I went to the ice place; the result is what you see in the video'.
http://i.imgur.com/eGIzxcG.png