In alt.food.barbecue, Steve Wertz > wrote:
> [Pilfered from another group]

> OK, so he cooked a brisket in the oven. But can you imagine what
> the temperature in the oven must have been? What did he have it
> set at that the brisket actually caught fire? Darwin at work, but
> only innocent people were injured.

It's possible that the temp was not so high, but that instead, the pan
sprung a leak, and the liquid fat dripped down into the flame area below
the oven box.

> wrote in message
>
> It's possible that the temp was not so high, but that instead, the pan
> sprung a leak, and the liquid fat dripped down into the flame area below
> the oven box.

That makes a lot of sense. We've all run into things like that grilling
chicken or something after the chicken when you have a bit of heat.