Don't use gunpowder to light fires in your BBQ pit
firestarting with Chuck D.

How much did he use? I have burned gunpowder before and in a pile it just slowly burns.

Apparently too much, and he was holding the open can while he did it...

Shit, why didn't you tell me before?

yikes

Had to be in a container. Even in open containers it goes boom.

My buddy lit a beer bottle 1/4 full of gunpowder and the glass shattered a car window from 30 feet away. He was covered in glass shrapnel and bled all over the floor. I can't imagine what a full can of it would do. My guess is he had a container that accidentally went off near him and engulfed him in a fireball. Burned him bad enough that his body couldn't function.

Don't let people play with gunpowder, that shit is dangerous.

EDIT: Yep, holding the open can would cause it to explode if it caught.

Guess I need to do some editing in my BBQ book.