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oldactress
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Topic: smoking chicken
Posted: 6/24/08 at 11:50am

I am doing props for Felix and oscar (The new odd couple) and it calls for a burning cooked chicken. My first thought is dry ice but has anyone used those magician's smoke bombs? How much smolke do they give off and is it a bit more volitile than dry ice which just seems to hover. I was thinking of using a personal fan (battery operated) in with the chicken to move the dry ice steam if I go that route. The chicken will be papier mache. Any thoughts? Thanks!

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Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:46pm

I would suggest the dry ice method. It's much less noxious than the smoke. Remember the warmer the water for the dry ice, the more fog you get. The little fan inside the bird sounds like a dead on fantastic idea.

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Posted: 6/24/08 at 10:07pm

The only hiccup with dry ice, well no there is a few, is it finds the lowest level & hugs the deck. Use a smoke machine pipe it to the oven, it can also do it on cue.

Or grab an old coffee machine with a hot plate or a warmer keep hot plate. Set it up in the oven & just buy some smoke machine fluid. Put it in a tin dish, even an old Ali Bean can .

Switch it on & crack the fluid oil, you will have heaps of smoke, when the oven door is open.

[western] Gondawandaland
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TOI TOI CHOOKAS
{may you always play to a full house!}

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oldactress
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Posted: 6/25/08 at 8:14am

Unfortunately there is no oven. The actor carries in the chicken in a pan thus I can't have anything that plugs in.

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Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:28am

If you build your papier mache chicken around a metal container (ie: a coffee can, or juice can) then you can fill it with warm water and plop the dry ice inside it just before the character enters.

Likewise, a metal can should provide protection if you wish to go the smoke bomb route, or even use the smoking wood chips that add flavor to your outdoor barbecue.

"None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone

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Posted: 6/25/08 at 2:53pm

If your show is after July 4, you should be able to get a variety of items that could create the smoke effect.

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oldactress Walk-On Joined: 12/06/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: smoking chicken Posted: 6/24/08 at 11:50am
	I am doing props for Felix and oscar (The new odd couple) and it calls for a burning cooked chicken. My first thought is dry ice but has anyone used those magician's smoke bombs? How much smolke do they give off and is it a bit more volitile than dry ice which just seems to hover. I was thinking of using a personal fan (battery operated) in with the chicken to move the dry ice steam if I go that route. The chicken will be papier mache. Any thoughts? Thanks!

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pdavis69 Celebrity Joined: 3/26/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 437	Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:46pm
	I would suggest the dry ice method. It's much less noxious than the smoke. Remember the warmer the water for the dry ice, the more fog you get. The little fan inside the bird sounds like a dead on fantastic idea.
	Patrick L. Davis Fort Findlay Playhouse
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JoeMc Celebrity Joined: 3/13/06 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 832	Posted: 6/24/08 at 10:07pm
	The only hiccup with dry ice, well no there is a few, is it finds the lowest level & hugs the deck. Use a smoke machine pipe it to the oven, it can also do it on cue. Or grab an old coffee machine with a hot plate or a warmer keep hot plate. Set it up in the oven & just buy some smoke machine fluid. Put it in a tin dish, even an old Ali Bean can . Switch it on & crack the fluid oil, you will have heaps of smoke, when the oven door is open.
	[western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!}
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oldactress Walk-On Joined: 12/06/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 6/25/08 at 8:14am
	Unfortunately there is no oven. The actor carries in the chicken in a pan thus I can't have anything that plugs in.
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Topper Celebrity Joined: 1/27/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 543	Posted: 6/25/08 at 10:28am
	If you build your papier mache chicken around a metal container (ie: a coffee can, or juice can) then you can fill it with warm water and plop the dry ice inside it just before the character enters. Likewise, a metal can should provide protection if you wish to go the smoke bomb route, or even use the smoking wood chips that add flavor to your outdoor barbecue.
	"None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone
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TimW Star Joined: 8/10/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 83	Posted: 6/25/08 at 2:53pm
	If your show is after July 4, you should be able to get a variety of items that could create the smoke effect.
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