OT: Hotdog cooker links

[Bryan Pope]

And thusly were the wise words spake by Tom Peters
> 
> I built a hot dog cooker when I was 9, consisting of a small piece of pine 
> (1x4 nominal), two nails, and a line-cord connected to 110VAC mains. It was 
> based on an idea I saw in a book somewhere. My dad was absolutely sure it 
> wouldn't work. It did. We disassembled it right after using it because of 
> the hazards of exposed line voltage and two pointy things sticking up.
> 
> Those were the days.
>

I wonder what would happen if you did the same thing for a hamburger, 
but instead of two nail use a flat round piece of metal...  Would you 
get a capacitive effect?

Cheers,

Bryan