There is something special about food that has been cooked in a grill, barbecue, or broiler. The charred surface brings both flavour as well as structure to the food, that other cooking techniques stop working to emulate. Of course, ought to you come from a part of the world in which the locals heavy steam their hamburgers those are combating words, however for [Robots Everywhere] the prospect of a flaccid patty cooked in a microwave oven was as well much.
His solution? Broil the microwaved meat in double-quick time, utilizing a plasma arc produced with a high voltage supply. The patty is put in a grounded metal frying pan, as well as the high voltage probe is run over each side with accompanying plasma as well as sparks to lend that important grilled exterior.
The power supply is a relatively easy affair, if a bit hair-raising. A easy push-pull MOSFET oscillator drives a pair of flyback transformers whose secondaries are linked in series. It’s not the most effective method to produce high voltages with a flyback transformer – the essential is in the word “flyback” – however it produces sufficient juice for the task in hand.
It’s barely the safest cooking method, as well as we’d be concerned about contamination from whatever metal the electrode is made from. however it’s entertaining to watch, as you’ll be able to see from the video below the break.
This is our very first forray into plasma cookery right here at Hackaday, however we have shown you a rather outstanding plasma speaker.
Thanks [spiritplumber] for the tip.