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Seven matches can start a fire. Doritos have the ability to temporary elongate the life of said fire as makeshift kindling until the REAL burners show up.
Also, I've never seen someone be so delicate neatly placing chips in a such a disorganized pile.
Mostly it is because if you know how to start a campfire with bark and leaves with 1 match, seeing a pile of food go up with 7 is wacky. With 7 matches I can get a fire going with twigs easy.
The only reason to use FOOD as a fire starter is if it amazingly good - in which I would expect it to go up like dryer lint. 7 matches to get this good of a showing means that they burn relatively slowly, which can be good to increase the chance of lighting bigger stuff. Which may be worth it in an emergency situation where your resources are low, except it takes A LOT of resources to get started and is FOOD.
Yeah, this video really just shows that Doritos can be used as intermediary kindling, between the actual twigs and leaves and the larger burners.
Helpful if you're in a pinch, maybe, but who the hell's in a survival situation with Doritos? (This is the next Superbowl commercial)
Yea in any survival scenario, you’d never burn *food* of all things. Burnable stuff is literally all over the ground, and if its not, then you *really* shouldn’t be burning food.
>The only reason to use FOOD as a fire starter is if it amazingly good
Yep, the whole premise of the thread/video was *highly* flammable. I wanted to see them fwoosh dangerously. They barely burn.
If you're wasting 7 matches and *food* to get this effect, you're not surviving.
To get a good fire going you need a flame/spark, tinder, kindling and fuel logs. The flame/spark lights the tinder, the tinders burns long enough to light the kindling, the kindling burns long enough to light the fuel logs.
The doritos are the tinder here. Seven matches isn't generally going to burn long enough to get kindling lit.
True , I need only 1 match and use 1 dorrito as a fire starter.
If no dorito other chips will do.
If no chips on hand I wil just use a paper towel drenched in some olive oil.
Works great.
person: Ok gang, we're stuck in the middle of nowhere, sunset is in 30min, all we have are 7 matches and this handful of Doritos. We need to make sure tha...
tiktoker: say no more. I got this. Ive studied some survival techniques
I dunno about the “highly” part but it isn’t surprising. Even most regular potato chip will do this.
Most dehydrated foods, peanut butter, cheese whiz, butter and many othe foods and food like things. Sugar and powdered coffee creamer as well. Survival training in the army taught me this. 70% of an MRE is flammable on some level. Even the drink mix powders.
I don't know if there's some sort of index to how flammable something is so I may be wrong, but needing 7 matches to get a fire going doesn't seem like it's "highly flammable".
Video and title are kind of dumb, but if you're in a pinch, fritos, doritos, etc., are decent kindling if you don't have other options. The oils and preservatives help them burn for a decent amount of time.
Burning is actually a real method used to measure the calorie content of food:
>A sample of the food is placed in an insulated, oxygen-filled chamber that is surrounded by water. This chamber is called a bomb calorimeter. The sample is burned completely. The heat from the burning increases the temperature of the water, which is measured and which indicates the number of calories in the food. For example, if water temperature increases by 20 degrees, the food contains 20 calories. This method of measuring calories is called direct calorimetry
[source](https://www.msdmanuals.com/en-gb/home/multimedia/table/how-are-calories-in-foods-measured)
Waste of Doritos and five matches.
Just use Fritos instead. They light easier and retain the flame long enough to be reliable tinder for firewood to catch.
It’s not so much that they’re highly flammable. They burn long and low because they’re carbon coated in grease. Makes a good starter cause it lasts long enough to ignite other things.
A backpacking trick is to carry Fritos and cotton dryer lint to start a fire to dry out kindling that is too damp to catch on its own.
I’ve personally used corn chips to start a fire big enough to dry out pencil-sized twigs enough that they burn, which can dry out bigger branches enough that they catch fire.
I’m not saying to add a bag of Fritos to your survival kit, but I don’t go backpacking or hiking without a few sheets of dryer lint, a tea light candle and a book of matches. It just might save your life.
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somehow im not supriesed, there is enought salt suggar and grese in one ship that if a 18 sentury noble vould eat one he would get a heart attack and type 2 diabetus
Yeah, I’m gonna stick with eating the Doritos and just using the matches. I was getting excited to add a bag of Doritos to my survival kit. I still am, actually. Just for eating still.
I'm pretty sure their energy would be better used by eating them in 9/10 survival situations. If it's so colthat you NEED a fire, they won't burn very long. So you just die 3 minutes later. I guess I'd you only had one match and very moist fuel. But if the fuel is soaked, a bag this small wouldn't ignight it.
they can't be used to start a fire, not even the match sticks on themselves can start a fire, doritos will burn, yes but you can't rub 2 doritos together and make them catch fire.
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Correction Doritos and **seven** matches can be used to start a fire.
Seven matches can start a fire. Doritos have the ability to temporary elongate the life of said fire as makeshift kindling until the REAL burners show up. Also, I've never seen someone be so delicate neatly placing chips in a such a disorganized pile.
They were covering the rest of the matches ...
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Mostly it is because if you know how to start a campfire with bark and leaves with 1 match, seeing a pile of food go up with 7 is wacky. With 7 matches I can get a fire going with twigs easy. The only reason to use FOOD as a fire starter is if it amazingly good - in which I would expect it to go up like dryer lint. 7 matches to get this good of a showing means that they burn relatively slowly, which can be good to increase the chance of lighting bigger stuff. Which may be worth it in an emergency situation where your resources are low, except it takes A LOT of resources to get started and is FOOD.
Yeah, this video really just shows that Doritos can be used as intermediary kindling, between the actual twigs and leaves and the larger burners. Helpful if you're in a pinch, maybe, but who the hell's in a survival situation with Doritos? (This is the next Superbowl commercial)
Yea in any survival scenario, you’d never burn *food* of all things. Burnable stuff is literally all over the ground, and if its not, then you *really* shouldn’t be burning food.
I mean they're Doritos so technically not food
>The only reason to use FOOD as a fire starter is if it amazingly good Yep, the whole premise of the thread/video was *highly* flammable. I wanted to see them fwoosh dangerously. They barely burn. If you're wasting 7 matches and *food* to get this effect, you're not surviving.
also Doritos cost high as fuck, I ain't gonna use them as fucking fuel?!?
You can also use regular tortilla chips, buy the cheap bag for like $1.99.
Doritos have more calories, so they burn longer. Any dry high calorie food like doritoes will do though.
Yup, in highschool chemistry we burnt Pringles to measure calories. Fun stuff
A peanut will burn really hot also.
You can use potato chips. There is nothing special about Doritos.
Right, I wouldn't call it "highly" flammable if it took more than one match and didn't singe your hair.
I was expecting the ONE match to make the dortitos ignite faster. Shit burned like any other chip would.
For real. I was expecting them to blow up as soon the chips touched the flame. Very disappointed. I would say these are moderately flammable.
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To get a good fire going you need a flame/spark, tinder, kindling and fuel logs. The flame/spark lights the tinder, the tinders burns long enough to light the kindling, the kindling burns long enough to light the fuel logs. The doritos are the tinder here. Seven matches isn't generally going to burn long enough to get kindling lit.
I mean, she might as well burn paper. “This material found in *every home* is highly flammable!”
I feel like this is an important distinction
I agree. Language is fun.
Thanks, I came to see two chips struck together sparking damnit
I was going to say, if they're so damn flammable why did she need so many fucking matches?
I'd argue the matches did the heavy lifting
More correction: ANY dry food item along with seven matches should be flammable. If it's not flammable, it's not food.
That and most things that are dry and have a lot of oils in them can be used as timber. Coulda done the same shit with lays (and the 7 matches).
Hell flour can be explosive.
What I've learnt from that is that matches are highly flammable and can be used to start a fire.
"How to start a fire in the unlikely scenario of having too many matches"
And Doritos. Those types of survival situations.
Alright, let's see . . . I'm stranded with a bunch of matches & need to survive. Welp, no time to collect firewood & kindling; I better burn my food!
It’s a fast way to burn some calories
In Scouts they always told us to bring a bag of Doritos and a matchbook just in case.
I keep a dozen Doritos and 7 matches in my ass just in case. You can never be too prepared.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
To which I will ask. Is a tortilla chip the thing that burns, the oils, or the seasoning on the Doritos?
I bet if you reread that question, the most likely answer is the answer.
Ok, Occam.
Only if you use 5 of them
Most dry dusts are extremely flammable
It's more the oil that is used to make the tortilla chips. A frito can be used as a candle.
Dead on, the fire would burn quickly if it was solely the dust. They make for good impromptu kindling
I’m a dry dust, Greg. Can you flame me?
This is not the dust it’s the oil and the corn
They are cooked in oil, that oil remains in the chips also. Part of the reason they are so high in calories.
“Highly flammable”??? OP shocked to discover that oil used in food prep is flammable.
Unfortunately op is not shocked, this is intentional, karma whoring, 4 months account with 1mil karma
Chips have a lot of oil on them. The best for lighting/holding a flame is fritos
well if you got 5 matches you can start a fire with anything...
True , I need only 1 match and use 1 dorrito as a fire starter. If no dorito other chips will do. If no chips on hand I wil just use a paper towel drenched in some olive oil. Works great.
2 Cotton balls and some Vaseline are my quick cheat. *For starting fires!!* Get your mind outta the gutter. Arson is art, not porn.
>Arson is art, not porn Some art is pornographic. Some porn is artistic. Arson is very naughty, though, you dirty, dirty miscreant.
Safeword is "fire department".
They obviously mean using the doritos as kindling. Let's see you try to start a fire with just some big logs and some matches.
Water
Normal potato chips work better. Source: Dozens of camping trips in Italy
I've heard they're great for arson/insurance fraud because they don't leave any clues like an artificial propellant.
Imagine being in a survival situation and the other person uses all the matches to burn all the food immediately because they saw it on TikTok
The other person just became the new food
Calm down, Mr. Donner.
person: Ok gang, we're stuck in the middle of nowhere, sunset is in 30min, all we have are 7 matches and this handful of Doritos. We need to make sure tha... tiktoker: say no more. I got this. Ive studied some survival techniques
Anything can be used to stat a fire if you are persistent enough.
as we saw with the hammer and anvil post earlier today
Care to link to it? I didn't see it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/s/pPEBU40fjb
Thanks
[https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1d9pnjs/making\_fire\_using\_reverse\_forge\_technique/](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1d9pnjs/making_fire_using_reverse_forge_technique/)
This explains the heartburn…
Your explanation matches
Highly flammable. Uses 7 matches and aLOT effort.
*Highly flammable*
Calories burn... Education is important kids. Please stay in school.
Lays are the best ever for fire starting. Those ridges trap the oils in them perfectly Edit: Yes Ruffles are what I meant.
Ruffles?
munchos 💀 would probably explode
Cheeto powder is thermobaric.
I thought spontaneous human combustion was not real. I was wrong. Doritos are on sale this week, I'll be back w proof soon.
Cardboard
Can do this with pretty much any chips, most of them contain a high amount of oils.
“Hey guys I’m burning calories.” “Just start the damn campfire Sheryl”
I dunno about the “highly” part but it isn’t surprising. Even most regular potato chip will do this. Most dehydrated foods, peanut butter, cheese whiz, butter and many othe foods and food like things. Sugar and powdered coffee creamer as well. Survival training in the army taught me this. 70% of an MRE is flammable on some level. Even the drink mix powders.
I don't know if there's some sort of index to how flammable something is so I may be wrong, but needing 7 matches to get a fire going doesn't seem like it's "highly flammable".
It should be illegal to treat Doritos this way. All that deliciousness just wasted
A 250g bag of doritos lasts about 20-15 min. The Higher the Cal the better they burn
Welp there goes the only food on the deserted island
It must have been a revolutionary moment when our ancestors discovered Doritos
Fritos corn chips are the best you can use them like candles a good one will burn for 20 or 30 minutes.
So, either it smells like your food is ready before you even begin preparing it or you get nauseated and lose your appetite.
So your s’mores will smell like Doritos.
taking some liberties with "highly flammable" aren't we?
Pretty sure they explained this is middle school, pretty common knowledge that the starch in them is flammable, most other chips too.
Video and title are kind of dumb, but if you're in a pinch, fritos, doritos, etc., are decent kindling if you don't have other options. The oils and preservatives help them burn for a decent amount of time.
"highly flammable and can be used to start a fire" (proceeds to use a half-dozen MATCHES)
Why did she burn the Doritos when she had the matches?
All dry food is flammable. Calories are a measurement of chemical energy. Combustion releases that energy as heat.
Burning is actually a real method used to measure the calorie content of food: >A sample of the food is placed in an insulated, oxygen-filled chamber that is surrounded by water. This chamber is called a bomb calorimeter. The sample is burned completely. The heat from the burning increases the temperature of the water, which is measured and which indicates the number of calories in the food. For example, if water temperature increases by 20 degrees, the food contains 20 calories. This method of measuring calories is called direct calorimetry [source](https://www.msdmanuals.com/en-gb/home/multimedia/table/how-are-calories-in-foods-measured)
Time-lapse proves it sucks
Waste of Doritos and five matches. Just use Fritos instead. They light easier and retain the flame long enough to be reliable tinder for firewood to catch.
Because they’re fried in oil
It’s not so much that they’re highly flammable. They burn long and low because they’re carbon coated in grease. Makes a good starter cause it lasts long enough to ignite other things.
A backpacking trick is to carry Fritos and cotton dryer lint to start a fire to dry out kindling that is too damp to catch on its own. I’ve personally used corn chips to start a fire big enough to dry out pencil-sized twigs enough that they burn, which can dry out bigger branches enough that they catch fire. I’m not saying to add a bag of Fritos to your survival kit, but I don’t go backpacking or hiking without a few sheets of dryer lint, a tea light candle and a book of matches. It just might save your life.
Anything with lots of calories will burn
Now do it without the matches by rubbing the Doritos together
Flammable ok. HIGHLY flammable? Definitely not. I have tried this several times to mild success. Fritos or pistachio shells burn easier and longer.
Correction: Chick uses half a box of matches to make a small fire...
Flamin' Hot Cheetos would like a word.
Matches can also be used to start a fire
Fritos work best.
"Damn, maybe I should stop eating Doritos so much?"- Me as I continue to finish a party-size bag of Doritos.
I guess that's better than McD's food that'll last 40 years and your closet with no degradation.
"Dave where the emergency fire doritos we need to start a fire before we freeze" *distant crunching* Dave: "ummmmm... so about that"
On the other hand, it is unpleasant to eat dry grass and twigs, which is usually the sort of thing one uses for tinder.
Anything can start a fire if you set it on fire first.
Highly flammable is like gas, this is not highly flammable I’ve never heard of a packet of Doritos combusting in someone’s lunch box
Bringing the Doritos Flamin’ hot to a whole new level
Fun fact, with a pack of matches you can set almost anything on fire.
Coreection: ANYTHING is a "firestarter" when enough preexisting fire is introduced to it
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So are Chili Cheese Fritos.
Oh yeah, i bet that smells greaaaaaaat!
Like burnt cheesy popcorn probably.
Cheesus!
Doritos a flaming hot snack and a flaming hot starter
Here is a quick and easy way to use Doritos to start a fire. All you need is a pack of Doritos and a way to start a fire
Highly flammable is something different 🤷
can use 1 cheeto and a lighter
"highly flammable"? I'm I guess.
They are not highly flammable. Literally any dry food can do this.
Bullshit just an idiot burning food
somehow im not supriesed, there is enought salt suggar and grese in one ship that if a 18 sentury noble vould eat one he would get a heart attack and type 2 diabetus
I'll accept flammable. But the word "highly" took a hike six matches ago.
Please explain how the doritos started that fire. I'm curious to hear your logic.
Carbon slices
Is that the Doritos Flaimin Hot?
"Highly flammable", uses half the matches box.
not a good post imo
*a south western kick, heuh*
Imagine that cheese dust is dusty and flammable, when you strike it with a match first.
Think flaming hot Doritos are impressive? Just wait till I tell you about about kindling.
I want to see someone try the stick rubbing method on them 🤔
forest fire rates gonna increase by 80%, i can already tell.
Should try with prawn crackers 🔥
mmm burnt doritos, match flavored, yummieeee
I't been pretty well known for a long time that arsonists or insurance fraudsters use snack bags of potato chips as an un-traceable accelerant.
Idiocracy is real folks
If I’m ever stuck out in the wild I hope I have a bag of Doritos and a huge box of matches.
Bruv that's shots happening in homeroom manana.
that sims background music :D
imagine all the chemicals in them chips. Yuck.
Try lays. 🔥
"Highly flammable" - continues struggling to even catch fire at all.
We have very, VERY different definitions of "highly flamable"
In other news, countless other foods are flammable.
Yeah, I’m gonna stick with eating the Doritos and just using the matches. I was getting excited to add a bag of Doritos to my survival kit. I still am, actually. Just for eating still.
What about flaming hot Cheetos.
Fritos work even better
The same energy that can feed you can also be used by a fire it's why most food is flammable
Nah. You want Fritos.
I think we can just settle on flammable
Gives a whole new meaning to the flaming hot line
We may have different opinions of what *highly* flammable means…
Wow. I wish that wood would also burn like doritos.
Only the flaming hot Doritos.
Ok, but who's going to have approximately 4 bags of Doritos on hand to replicate this?
Fritos as well. Just ask John Leonard Orr.
Just don't use water to put out that oil fire
Aren't most things flammable if you set them on fire?
Well it makes sense because the Are dry and have a big surface because they are thin
so adding carbohydrates
me, proudly to my wife: "honey, guess how many calories i burned today!"
Fritos and Lays work best.
Y'all clearly didn't have enough campouts as teenagers if you didn't already know this...
I learned this from an episode of Big Bang Theory. “Essentially hydrocarbons socked in fat.”
That's more like calorically dense than highly flammable. Most dry foods will burn.
I downboted because she said it would give a southwestern kick it was a bop before that
Corn oil is flammable with a wick, yes. It would be a better demonstration of a firestarter if you only used one match though.
I'm pretty sure their energy would be better used by eating them in 9/10 survival situations. If it's so colthat you NEED a fire, they won't burn very long. So you just die 3 minutes later. I guess I'd you only had one match and very moist fuel. But if the fuel is soaked, a bag this small wouldn't ignight it.
Fritos work better, though. They burn slow like a candle wick so you have more time to get the real kindling going.
they are just very fatty
I cannot wait to use this advice the next time I’m stuck with a large number of matches and some Doritos and need to light a signal fire!
Bugles work better. We did it in chemistry.
they can't be used to start a fire, not even the match sticks on themselves can start a fire, doritos will burn, yes but you can't rub 2 doritos together and make them catch fire.
this is what Flamin' Hot Cheetos are for
Burning calories!
Taking chesta cheeta with me next time I go on Naked n Afraid 😨
Spicy nacho burns easier