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Hobobeque

Step 9Don't get busted

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Of course the most important thing to remember when attempting a Hobobeque cookout (or any of my other projects), is to avoid getting caught. If you can resist the urge to draw attention to yourself and your awesome Hobobeque glory, you are less likely to be noticed by a store employee.

Unfortunately, I did not follow my own advice, and, like my usual pyrotechnic self, sprayed just a little too much lighter fluid on the Hobobeque (I do luvs my fire). The resulting inferno was enough to gain the attention of several Albertson's employees, and a few random concerned pedestrians. One of the employees ended up calling the fire department, and shortly after we heard sirens in the distance.



Quite frankly, written text cant do the ensuing carnage justice. The pictures are there for those with the stomach to view them.
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9 comments
May 9, 2010. 1:33 PMJyssa says:
...I don't get it. That was genius! Why did they firecan your a$$? You should come to NZ - here the firemans would've asked for a hotdog and gone home laughing.
May 15, 2010. 8:54 PMlukeyj15 says:
I agree, in australia they would've had a sausage and then had a good laugh. But the CFA round here is mostly volunteers... Thats the difference.
May 9, 2010. 1:37 PMJyssa says:
incidentally, did you feed any actual hobos with your hobo-be-que?
May 10, 2010. 9:20 AMveeguy says:
Adding a groove to one of the wheels could be used to drive a round belt up to a rotisserie attachment.  Just think how spiffy you could look, pushing your flaming cart down the sidewalk with a couple of roaster chickens slow cooking on a spit!
May 10, 2010. 12:09 AMckpirate says:

DANGER, DANGER WILL ROBINSON!  The wire used to put shopping carts and the like together is chrome vanadium steel.  It is then plated generally with cadmium.  Using this type of material for food prep will shorten your life and put the rest of us in the position of supporting you in a nursing home.  Heavy metal poisoning is nothing to play with.  Lets be careful kids

Apr 24, 2009. 10:45 PMredleg8102 says:
Great instructable. I have to make one, if for nothing just to piss off the cops. F*** the POlice.
Jul 3, 2007. 4:34 PMTHeff says:
so did they confancate it?
Apr 16, 2009. 9:46 PMsandvich24 says:
Yeah... did you get in trouble?
Jun 8, 2008. 10:34 PMPandaMania says:
dude thats the greatest idea for bbq i have seen in a long time i am so making one
Jul 5, 2007. 11:32 AMtimderami says:
Perhaps you could simplify by renaming this project the "Hobo-que". One less syllable and a high tech hyphen. American ingenuity at its best. Good job!
Nov 4, 2007. 6:32 PMjongscx says:
ummm... a hobo-be-que is a bar-be-que done by hobos... ex: Bob-be-que (a store in kansas), the Barn-be-que (an event apparently held in a barn), Grill-be-que (another restaurant, in Indiana this time) A hobo-que is a bar-b-qued hobo... which, while tasty, isn't what this instructable is about. other ex: banana-que, potato-que, etc-que
Sep 12, 2007. 10:44 AMwhatup.dub says:
I think you should _ADD_ syllables. In defiance of "the man," you know? Maybe you could add a radio and make it a "Hobo-bebop-b-que." Heh. Make him write _that_ in his report... By the way: Great instructable. It was entertaining and informative.

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