Can You Cook Pasta By Boiling Water in a Vacuum Chamber?

In this video I answer the question about cooking in a vacuum chamber. Many people have had questions about cooking in space. So I took on the challenge of testing if you can boil water in a vacuum and then use it to cook pasta. So first I boil water in the vacuum chamber and test if I can cook pasta. Then I add a heat source to the water to see If I can cook the pasta even with a heat source in the vacuum chamber.
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[@anikkundu9232]

Gordon Ramsey: its RAWWWW

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@@noahk9204 DONKEY

[@taskmaster6878]

No noooooooooo

[@DeadLifts4Dayz]

Gold

[@srvq3101]

Ranting people are the best)

[@JimGriffOne]

Aaaand... This is why pressure cookers cook faster because it allows the water to get hotter than 100ºC before boiling. The *heat* is what does the cooking, not the *boiling.* Boiling takes useful heat energy away from the system that could have been used for cooking while leaving the cooler molecules in place with less energy, thus less cooking occurs.

[@TheActionLab]

+Jim Griffiths you are correct!

[@fawwazcoolify]

The only informative comment rather than other hateful comments.

[@physicschemistryandquantum810]

After seeing the video I am thinking to eat pasta today

[@plotwist1066]

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[@enmanuellaygarcia130]

When you say boiling means hot water da

[@AlexWayne1]

try to cook it quickly with positive pressure and temperatures well over 100°C. at 800kPa you can heat it to around 170°C (338°F) upvote please so he sees it :D

[@theLuigiFan0007Productions]

Heh, now that's what I call REAL instant pasta. I bet it would cook in under 2 minutes. XD

[@yeepmeeep1735]

It's called a pressure cooker

[@AlexWayne1]

yea mr. obvious. sure it is a pressure cooker. but they max out at around 120°C@2bar. not even close to something like 170°C@8Bar

[@archemedes2533]

positive pressure OP

[@sMASHsound]

Lol @ 8 bar pressure cooker. That would be awesome

[@lincolnstanley1041]

What if you modify a microwave so it's a vacuum chamber and a cooker

[@McFlegmato]

Lincoln Stanley i thought about this to ^^

[@mayank66661]

Lol vacuum ovens exist.. dunno bout vacuum microwave oven!😂😂

[@DJAsHeRMusic]

Lincoln Stanley you have given the action lab a idea

[@jdavis9817]

Lincoln Stanley I'm guessing there would be no way for the heat to transfer like it does in a regular microwave (transfer of heat via air particles bouncing off each other) and it would have the same result .

[@chrootorials5737]

You could make rice cakes.

[@lswote]

I am not convinced the iron would get hot enough to cook pasta even at atmospheric pressure. I wish you could have shown that the iron was capable of cooking the pasta before doing the vacuum.

[@crazycodplayer11]

Bruce Hammond he should have had a control test

[@1Tubevideo]

Bruce Hammond Agree

[@nowayjerk8064]

agreed this is bunk

[@daver9866]

I don't think the iron even worked. at 3:12 you can see the wire burn out. Also the wires are too small to handle the Amps the iron would draw

[@zachtaulman4978]

Yeah he should have had a control

[@ChuckRage]

Not sure why there's so many dislikes on this video. I found it really interesting

[@SeverityOne]

Not sure either, but his voice is a bit grating. Not that he can do much about that, but it's telling that the good-looking nerds with pleasant voices appear to be more successful. Still, one million subscribers would disagree with that, so perhaps I'm just talking rubbish.

[@Leubast]

Reading other comments, I'd say it's because the test is flawed and invalid.

[@Rob337_aka_CancelProof]

​@@SeverityOneI think the real reason is because they're douchebags or they would have commented as to why they didn't like it rather than just leaving an ambiguous Anonymous dislike so make that cowardly douchebags instead 😊😅😂

[@nikolav7885]

No

[@ladderlappen4585]

we know theres always a chance for someone to lie, so its not a spoiler

[@-danR]

It's a spoiler for dimbulbs who read comments _first._ For dimbulbs who eat the icing on the cake _first._ For dimbulbs who look up the math answers _first._ ...

[@kmok3444]

Nikola V your comment is first!!!🗽

[@snapsterson2147]

Nikola V thanks for not making watch the entire video your a hero

[@nikolav7885]

Snapsterson np

[@jenasis2903]

boiling and heating up is seperate. Not everything in space is boiling hot

[@firoz554]

Jenasis 290 That's what I was confused about... Nice

[@nowonmetube]

Boiling hot? In space? I thought it was fucking could it there.

[@illbeback2219]

Yeah, that was what he said. He was explaining that not everything (in space) needs to be hot while boiling!

[@Pt_Sd]

As an Italian I'm happy to see that you used the best pasta from Italy! Well done, sir

[@poyo4205]

I love how the boiling point is reduced in a vacuum

[@jeffreysokal7264]

One of your best, I chuckled the whole way through. People seem to understand heat is used to boil water under atmospheric conditions, but get baffled when water boils in a vacuum chamber (or equally in a pressurized chamber). Regardless of pressure exerted on the water, heat is required for water to boil. Camping in cool/ cold weather and using a one pound propane cylinder attached to a small camp stove is a good way of showing this. As liquid propane boils off to replenish the reduced vapor pressure at the top of the cylinder, as the stove is used, it absorbs heat from the air surrounding the cylinder and will soon frost as the cylinder temp drops below freezing.

[@kmarshirley]

Found your channel a few days ago and I can't stop watching.

[@daver9866]

I don't think the iron was even working. At 3:12 you can see a flash inside the red clip. I think it burnt through the wire at that point. Also those wires look too small to handle the amount of current the iron would draw.

[@russellbailey8250]

Agreed - I saw the arcing in the clip and thought, "that's just gone open circuit..." Maybe Don't use alligator clips for high current draw devices.

[@GambitArkana]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@Chris_Goulet]

You could have made alligator jumpers with higher current ratings, using larger clips and thicker wire, and monitored the current with a clamp amp-meter to confirm that it was drawing 5-10 amps (with a 120VAC supply).

[@satjiwan]

Iron definitely hot enough to vaporize spill overs. Not sure if it could cook pasta reasonably no matter what pressure.

[@alexlowder-himmel2617]

Jet fule doesn't melt steel beams in a vac chamber

[@MammaOVlogs]

wow l was surprised that it didn't cook it when you had the heating element in there!

[@75blackviking]

Love your ingenuity. Great choice of topics!!

[@fjprofis]

Your videos are amazing, very interesting hall of experiences we always wanted to see!!

[@filmymarysi]

Me: Hey, do you have an iron? Friend: Sure, what do you need to iron? Me: oh no no I’m just going to cook some pasta

[@ryanphan9819]

Very interesting stuff!

[@Shadobanned4life]

Neat vid ! Thanks for making and posting.

[@pennyp4524]

I didn't know that I needed to know if pasta will cook in a vacuum chamber until now.

[@SuperPuggle]

Maybe I prefer cold, raw pasta.

[@lanewells5290]

Irons commonly have cutoffs have you tested to see if it is hot in the vacum

[@mikesheahan6906]

If you've ever lived in the mountains at high altitude you would understand that water boils at different temperatures at different pressures. At 10,000 ft it means you need to add a few minutes to your cooking time for pasta. It is the same principle behind pressure cookers. A pot roast on high setting in a slowcooker takes 5 hours to cook, but in a pressure cooker it will cook in 45 minutes.

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

This guy explains things really well

[@markschwartz1565]

If you had read about cooking at high altitudes you would know this would not work.

[@mayateola4732]

So why are you here then

[@kaziyakun1]

looks like your jumper leads acted as a fuse and blew as too much power being drawed by iron, look at 3:14 and watch the red aligator clip light up as irons connected!

[@chrismarino4200]

+TheActionLab i noticed this too, perhaps a retake on just that portion with the proper cord and silicone around the wire to seal. those irons draw a few amps and those leads look like mine from harbor freight for 12V stuff lol. positive criticism is all i intend here.

[@amyrenae1019]

This is the reason a pressure cooker cooks so much faster, because positive pressure has the opposite effect.

[@carultch]

And why food that depends on boiling water, has high altitude cooking instructions.

[@andreisupervloguri8058]

The water isn't hot in vacuum, even if we add a heat source, because at certain temperature and pressure it starts to boil and it's water's maximum temperature (as a liquid).

[@momentomoridaze6410]

i know that pasta won't boil... so why the fuck i m watching this video ¿...

[@robhimself79]

Raj bizzle because there is that outside chance that physics may break for a few minutes?

[@Snyde91]

But there isn't a chance of that happening, though.

[@momentomoridaze6410]

lol

[@renz-ey707]

Do you think the guy that made the video didn't realize this? Of course he did, but it makes for a cool video.

[@laurenbatzli6368]

This guy gets so much hate I kinda feel bad for him

[@josephnevin]

Isn't this the same reason why we have pressure cookers? But a good and conclusive representation.

[@scubamedia]

I really like your channel and experiments! Mainly because they are completely the opposite what I am doing / have to deal with :-) As many of your videos are dealing with vacuum I have to deal with high pressure (up to 5-6 atmospheres @ depth of ~40-50 meters) under water. I am thinking about an experiment how that can be combined ;-) ? Cheers Martin

[@joemother3811]

But is it *🅱️ONELESS* though

[@TaccRaccoon]

Tredon Aldridge it's a possibility

[@joemother3811]

Time Traveling Commenter cool

[@ProPlayer-wq3nu]

Pastas are made from bone so no

[@BonesMcoy]

W I T H O U T B O N E S.... D E A D A S S

[@joemother3811]

Pro Player 1⃣ oh ok

[@shadyashraf1031]

this video changed my life , now I know I cant cook in a vacum chamber !!

[@shadyashraf1031]

hahahahaha

[@jakobygames]

Every single "in a vacuum" video I've ever seen has been stupid until this one. Really cool idea.

[@quoiquand2888]

This was a pretty cool idea

[@_mementox]

*OR* just boil it normally.

[@blake476]

Up Linx A.K.A. Sample hes doing a test? Hes not doing this for a practical reason, its just an experiment to see if the "boil" in a vaccum chamber would cook the noodles

[@_mementox]

i know i just came here for some free desert.

[@thalesan8790]

Up Linx A.K.A. Sample *dessert*

[@OverlordQ]

Darn Danny no, because boiling has nothing to do with it, but how much energy you're putting into the water.

[@garetclaborn]

Cheese School Rules you don't know that maybe he dreams of riding camels around in the blazing sun all day!

[@ProPlayer-wq3nu]

4:52 what was that for?

[@bayuagnitirta5401]

You helped me a lot. Subscribed! Could you make a video of boiling water in atmospheric Pressure in a closed Chamber and let the process ongoing for hours? I am really curious that If rate of condensation equals to rate of evaporation (equilibrium vapor Pressure), will the amount of water stay the same... So far, I have watched many video about the theory, yet none of them display the actual real life experiment.

[@joshweickum]

Amazing idea. After seeing the first part it occurs to me it probably won't work because it's almost the opposite of a pressure cooker.

[@MobiusGT]

Cook a steak on an iron in the vacuum chamber!!!!

[@slinkymcdoodletheslinky8270]

😱😱😱😱😱 I love vacuum chambers. You make the best vacuum chamber vids just saying

[@rickylexy]

After reading some comments and watching the video I now have a way better understanding of how things work

[@AlienInSider]

This clip also gives a pretty good explanation of how the astronaut suits work :)

[@aaronmackay6123]

Does gallium melt in a vacuum chamber.

[@aaronmackay6123]

Yes i liked my own comment. The only thing i get on youtube is gallium in a vacuum.

[@bernadettesensoz285]

I don't think so?

[@aaronmackay6123]

The gallium stored under vacuum pressure in an ampule seems to be liquid. Unless they warmed it first.

[@hello_2632]

I think it does.

[@carultch]

@@aaronmackay6123 Gallium would sublime to gallium vapor in a perfect vacuum. Melting in general doesn't typically happen in a perfect vacuum, because most substances need pressure for the liquid phase to even be possible. A vacuum allows a solid to change state directly into gas, via a process called sublimation.

[@PlainVlogs]

Parsta

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

PlainLuke lol i know. Twangs my soul everytime. Parrsta. You say potato, he says partata. Let's call the whole thing off.

[@Joo1996]

iorn

[@sweeflyboy]

Pleeeeese... Don't boil my pastor!

[@RisingSonSpacelicker]

What's up bruv love the vids Do you have a video on how to build one of these chambers

[@Sweetashleyp]

I don't think it will work without the heat because even though it is actually boiling, I think there are multiple ways to make water boil. I think that when cooking instructions say something like "bring it to a boil," I think it just means "you know its hot enough when it is boiling." I think boiling is just a sign of it being very hot. Or, as you said, when the vapor pressure is greater than the pressure around it. This is my hypothesis for the one without heat :)

[@capple2949]

Someone says “No” Gets 587 likes Someone makes a joke Gets 26 likes LOGIC PLEASE

[@biblarypolskabiblioteka830]

no

[@kennethmoore9916]

Im the person who eats the kit Kat whole 🤷‍♀️

[@holdtehmayo]

You monster.

[@rhaib]

You, You treacherous swine!!

[@HangTimeDeluxe]

Did your medal for this ever show up in the mail?

[@jaxnean2663]

Man I learned a lot from your channel 👍🏻😃

[@BenTvHowman]

Did you have another jug of pasta as a control. Would be good to see if the crunch softens up a little from soaking alone. Great video, I've wondered this for years

[@GeneralFalukorv]

Lol I love crunchy pasta I always cook mine a few minutes shorter than they should be cooked

[@nioh9477]

Shazor ew

[@GeneralFalukorv]

Bart the Plug lol ik it's weird but I love it for some reason

[@theoceanghost1117]

Shazor omg same

[@kills456]

Shazor whats your address ill calling the cops

[@GeneralFalukorv]

Ernest Hughes why tho?

[@ProPlayer-wq3nu]

Wait

[@joemother3811]

For wut

[@ProPlayer-wq3nu]

Tredon Aldridge I'm going to get a snack

[@joemother3811]

Pro Player 1⃣ ok

[@TheActionLab]

+Pro Player 1⃣ no waiting. Do whatever you were going to do..now!

[@joemother3811]

The Action Lab oh

[@Sweetashleyp]

I think it will work with the heat as long as it gets hot enough. But since it is going to be boiling anyway in the vacuum chamber, you won't be able to tell when the water is hot enough to start the timer. So I think it just depends on how hot the water gets.

[@foodchomperrr]

You can only cook pasta/starch foods till tender with heat and water. Its called Galatinisation. The starch molecule under heat will absorb water and burst. Causing the food to be soft :)

[@MrIDEApro]

Who is watching this in 2016?

[@MrIDEApro]

Me

[@loligagger85]

when you decrees the pressure you decrees the temperature necessary to boil water. you are not heating the water by boiling it. this was dumb and lacking science in any way. 0/10. Just because you say 3..2..1.. does not make it any more science.

[@TheBlackGamerVsTheWorld]

loligagger85 Saying 3..2..1 never made it any more "science" it's a fucking countdown. Also, I'm pretty sure he explained what you just said 100times clearer.

[@loligagger85]

Saying "CAN YOU COOK" in the title instead of " here is why you can not cook" is implying that he is going to try to do this and find the results but this really is just a bait troll to get views rather is stead of coming out and saying you can do this here is why. wasting the time of everyone who has an IQ of 90 and higher

[@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep]

Totally agree this is a cheap play on words click bait bullshit. Then wants to be a smart ass in the video when he titles it contrary.

[@loligagger85]

yea he is a shitty channel. i hate the new youtube. it sux so much

[@Tact012]

I feel like he puts titles like this so it attracts a wide audience of people that may know the answer or have no idea what would happen. The little "clickbaityness" of the title doesn't give away what will happen... just like the titles of many novels. It would still be an informative video if it was titled "here's why it doesn't...." but that causes a loss in viewers who simply want to see what happens and don't care for detailed explanations.

[@milkshakeflake]

Thanks for a cool and entertaining video

[@jaimeduncan6167]

That the reason that high pressure cookers work , just the other way around

[@DJAsHeRMusic]

Who else likes eating raw pasta? Thumbs up for yes , down for no

[@ok-ec6us]

I like slightly crunchy pasta!

[@TronciM]

No

[@bigwig5395]

You know this is going to be on right this minute

[@orionm4254]

6:47 the glass acts as an insulator

[@DirtJutter]

Another idea for an experiment: see if you can increase your maximum runningspeed by moving the startingpoint and the destination closer together.

[@LawrenceDuffy477]

Great instruction !!! So many people don't get it. The whole pressure boil thing. PV = nRT ideal gas law.

[@carultch]

It has nothing to do with the ideal gas law. This is the Clausius-Clapeyron equation that matters here.

[@spcpitts]

Not why I came to youtube today, but you've got my attention

[@vesselunseen]

I knew it wasn’t boiling hot, but I was curious to watch it. I thought there wouldn’t be any heat because the air pressure, but I continued to watch.

[@AdamWHankins]

Try suspending a small amount of water in the vacuum chamber and time how quickly it freezes. Then compare that result to the same amount of water in the same container but on the bottom of the chamber. And then just for a control put some water in the freezer.

[@michaelingrum4960]

Also for pasta the rolling boil keeps the pasta separated from itself, or else it could clump and stick.

[@k3vj00ce]

would have liked to see a temp gun focused on the water while in the chamber.

[@attilakiss3786]

Please make a video about making instant (water soluble) drink or soup. These are done with a similar technique in industry, using vacuum, to boil off (or more like sublimate) water without raising the temperature. It would be interesting to see if you can repeat that and make a home made powder from your favorite drink or soup.

[@hooktonfonniks]

I was expecting him to break the pasta with his hands, but he just chomped into that bad boy. LoL!

[@streetchronicles5693]

did he really need to take a bite to see if it was cooked lol, that was hilarious

[@perumalumasekar8156]

Boiling is the phenomenon which occurs during cooking food/pasta as the cooking temp is greater that 100C . But cooking will be done with the aid of heat energy. So quality of heat at 100 C will be good than at room temperature. I Like your vacuum series videos.

[@LaserPictures]

The water is not hot because the temperature required for the vapor pressure to exceede the air pressure in the camber is set according to the air pressure, and much like how liquid water can't be heated above 212 degrees at see level, the rate of evaporation simply increases until an equilibrium is reached where the water can maintain the same temperature.

[@radovanmrakovcic2037]

Barilla! very good choice!

[@wantingawinner]

darwin had this problem whilst exploring high in the mountains , boiling vegtables

[@Aaron.Reichert]

Cooking pasta in a measuring cup on an upside-down iron in vacuum chamber... That's a new one.

[@falcofurious]

4:38 you can see the lid raise slightly, kinda cool.

[@wifighostcruiser9665]

It's the same principle of trying to burn paper with an open flame with water inside of the paper, you can put an open flame on the outside of paper filled with water all day and the paper won't burn because the paper can't get above 212 degrees as long as the water is inside of it

[@silver_3552]

The thing that had shocked me the most is that barilla pasta exist not only in italy (the other things where interesting but i was expecting them)

[@xdragon2k]

This is why it sucks living in the mountain or high elevation. You have to adjust your recipe to account that when you're boiling/frying something, you need to leave it in the water/oil longer.

[@valerieashinn]

I mean... It's basically the opposite of a pressure cooker, which speeds up cooking time.

[@trunkz1969]

Are you able to mod a thermometer to get some temperatures? I'm curious what it would be when you vac to the 'boil' point. A wired digital one would work

[@SaschaVIE]

I am glad you used penne for this. So no edible pasta was wasted.

[@900bz]

remove the dissolved gasses from a cup of water and throw it in the freezer and see if it would freeze faster

[@AnanananChin]

maybe it will get clearer ice, no bubbles

[@tsanglha1764]

Wow. .that's so cool. .experiment

[@yorelescovar2716]

Hi I was wondering what about induction heat you could put it outside or inside if you find one small enough, and what about a barbecue electric starter that will heat the water directly it will be interesting to see...

[@furqantaher6744]

I've wondered this for a while

[@isixqueenxofxmadness]

I rememebre going to macchu picchu and it was just really hard to get water to heat up enough to even make tea. Because its so high there that pressure goes really low and happens what you said

[@youwee6256]

We should use the magnets (just the magnets) for heating. With this technique you don't require anything else for heating.

[@VoidHalo]

I haven't watched yet but was thinking you should also try just leaving it exposed to a vacuum for a prolonged period of time.

[@jamess1977]

Gordon Ramsay: Go to space use a microwave. "Cooked pasta, Easily Done!!"

[@jamess1977]

Oops gordon doesn't use microwaves. he used frying pan and Plasma jets

[@ericray7173]

Get your bloody useless arse outta my Soyuz!

[@SwampDonkey64]

Barilla he used the good stuff. Nothing but the best for us his fans.

[@iloveemojiz4045]

*I got a pasta ad before the video started*

[@Bodragon]

The thing is, dried pasta is far from sterile. It could harbour bacteria picked up during manufacture. Boiling at normal pressure would kill any bugs. My question is, would this vacuum boiling at room temp kill any bugs?

[@MawoDuffer]

The water can evaporate because of low pressure but obviously won't be hot. It may technically be "boiling " even if it's not hot.

[@wojtasskate]

So. Would the higher pressure reduce cooking time? There are pressured pots for cooking, but what about extreme conditions?

[@kyzercube]

I knew the pasta wouldn't cook. The boiling means nothing. It's temperature that matters. You can't even cook a boiled egg in the Andes @ 14k feet because water's boiling point is too low.

[@ProLogic-dr9vv]

That question is a no brainer . Lowering the air pressure does not change the temperature that is needed to cook pasta it only changes the temperature needed to boil water.