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Popcorn into the firebox?

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Posted by Firelock76 on Friday, August 19, 2016 6:47 PM

I've heard of pizza from a coal-fired oven, why not coal-fired popcorn?

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Posted by zugmann on Friday, August 19, 2016 5:57 PM

I guess you have to dump the popcorn down the stack:

 

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Posted by tomikawaTT on Friday, August 19, 2016 5:52 PM

First off, it might pop.  It would burn.  Temperatures in a firebox are 'way above ideal popcorn popping level.

Then, whatever reached the smokebox would either be small enough to pass through the screen, or big enough to foul it.

It's a safe bet that whatever made it out the stack would not be recognizable as popcorn.

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Popcorn into the firebox?
Posted by Boyd on Friday, August 19, 2016 4:12 PM
Let's say if a person theoretically emptied a 50 pound bag of popcorn into the firebox of a steamed up locomotive. I'm sure it would be a mess but would popcorn come out of the smokestack?

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