I eat bacon 3-4 times a week(7days) and all my bad cholesterol is way under what the limit should be and my good cholesterol is above normal range. I'm telling ypu bacon is the key to longevity.
Damon Schisel really bacon is better for you overall compared to eating the equivalent amount of calories in cereal or some other high carb/high sugar food. It does have a fair amount of saturated fat but it has 1.7x that amount in unsaturated fat which is good for HDL and doesn’t spike blood sugar like grains/sugar does and it’s high in protein. However it’s not any good for you if you’re eating it consistently and it’s causing you to go over your recommended daily calories/if you’re significantly overweight. If you’re already at your calorie limit your body is making enough saturated fat, adding bacon on top of that is only going to hurt. A lot of it has to do with genetics as well, I have horrible cardiovascular genetics. Even when I was skinny my LDL was on the high end of normal and my HDL was on the low end of normal, my dad died of a heart attack at 44 and his dad died of one at 55, so I’m fucked.
@@Just-InTimeRepairs glow plugs are for preheating the AIR in the combustion or precombustion chamber. They wouldn't do very much heating a liquid. There is such a thing as a block heater though. But I don't think one would heat the bacon grease in the filter and upper oil galleries which would clog up the whole system.
@@drksoldier1 Technically, they're for heating the fuel, but that's not the point. My idea was to tap a couple in the oil pan, and turn them on for 5 or 10 seconds before starting the engine, just like a diesel.
@@theroyalcrownedtiger2946 I once saw a video, and I think it was Alton Brown on Good Eats, that cooked an entire meal by strapping various food to a big Cadillac or Lincoln. The food was appropriately wrapped and they were attached to various places based on the temp needed to cook. The baked potatoes went on the exhaust, the meat on the intake manifold, etc...
I saw this was posted on April 1st, and after seeing how clean the cylinder head and valves were after the bacon grease run, I was 100% sure this was going to be an April Fools joke. Never underestimate the power of bacon!
I'm an engineer. I thought I knew a lot about lubrication. I thought I knew a lot about physics. I thought I knew a lot about lubricant chemistry. I don't know squat. Well played, sir, well played.
Now everyone is going to want to know what brand the bacon was from. Then there will be an investigation because established brands actually get their pigs from different farms and pedigrees and they even switch it up based on supply and demand. Wow. It really does sound like the automotive industry all over again! LOL!
Maybe the Oil Companies need to take a better look at the lubrication qualities of pig fat. I really thought there would be a lot of smoke. Surprise there. Perhaps the higher heat allowed for a better cleaning of the piston and valve.
It's a lot better for the arteries then plant oils the bind together and form a nasty sticky gel that can only be removed from the walls with chemicals.
That worked well, if the sump was able to be warmed to keep the bacon grease viscous, it might be ok. Be careful, oil companies don't like people promoting alternate oil products. Watch out for black vans in your driveway.
In August I drove down to Guadalajara Mexico and while going up a very long grade, my van's oil ran low to the point my engine shut down. I had no oil on me, in the middle of no where but remenbered your video, I filled it with a gallon of corn oil that happened to be in the van. Made it the rest of the trip fine. Thanks for the tip, you're a lifesaver!
I thought i was clicking on a April Fool's Day video. Man was a wrong. Keep up the AMAZING production of your videos. They truly are some of the best tests.
It burned so clean you have to think there's detergents in it. Which means you could probably use it to clean a vehicle and flush before it turns solid.
Here’s a fun video idea: “Which cooking oil best acts like an engine oil?” Then you test out vegetable oil, corn oil, canola oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, etc.
This evaluation appeared to be both fun and informative. The nutritional data assessment and pour test were hilarious. Your methodologies are well planned, very scientific and quite budget-friendly. As an engineer, I am very impressed. I would like to add that historically, before the petroleum industry was founded the oils and lubricants industry did operate on animal fats such as whale oil and bacon grease, so this study was a great look back into the past. Care to comment on the smell in the garage during the test?
@@johnphillip1711 If you have anywhere over 50 pounds of Bacon, that might only happen if Sasquatch runs off with dozens of pounds of bacon over his head.
Dennis19901 he certainly is... buster was the Guinea pig for all of their tests... whereas this mower is PF’s version of “Buster”... haven’t seen this video yet but scrolling through comments... until I found this one... Project Farm, you should name your test mowers after buster from Mythbusters... always the Guinea pig for your tests which I call TTs (torture tests) as always, great content, have been subscribed for quite some time now... definitely my #1 channel for tested products that I can chose from myself knowing they have stood up to your tests 😁
@@ProjectFarm I really thought this was an April fools thing when it outperformed the oil in the lubricity test. I'm still not entirely sure if I take this seriously. hah
That poor old mower engine has survived many different lubricants and fuels but it still seems to come for more!! In most regards the bacon grease worked well, especially on the lubricity tester, that was a very good result. In the 30,s--40,s engine oils had something similar in them.
i would like to see an amount of bacon grease added to regular engine oil to see if it works as an engine oil addictive and cleans the combustion chamber
I'm so surprised with the buildup of bacon grease I'm having a hard time believing this isn't a joke. Laughing at the results. Who would have thought!?
It's amazing how quickly this channel got big, I remember watching your videos when you had 50k subscribers. I salute you for the innovative comparison projects that helps us buy better products 👍👍😁
I work on small engines and I have never saw an engine head that clean from a running engine. If you could find a way to make bacon grease flow when cold you may have a way to get rid of carbon deposits on engines. Try it with bio-diesel anti gel mixed in the bacon grease.
You wouldn't really need to replace all the oil possibly. something like a tablespoon per cylinder then run it for a while seems like it would do the trick. Not enough to ruin the viscosity of the proper oil but more than enough to coat all the internal surfaces. I'd definitely suggest a couple rounds of filtration before putting it in though. New test for the old farm truck possibly?
I was going to suggest something very similar. If you could find a way to thin it out or make it liquid at room temp and keep that amazing cleaning ability that would one heck of a backwoods way to clean your engines without tearing them apart. Maybe you could test if simply draining 1/4 of the oil and replacing it with bacon grease would have a similar cleaning effect. Like other comments have said maybe it would still work and keep it thin enough to flow when cold. Project Farm Engine Cleaning Oil! Run once for an hour, drain and refill with regular oil and a new filter and your clean as a whistle!!
@@bestleesinna7702 Far from a millennial. After my wife burned down the kitchen using one of the usual frying oils, I researched which had the highest smoke point. So far, my house is still standing since I started only buying avocado oil for her 😂.
I love how someone was like, "OK so let's imagine a survival scenario where you lose your engine oil BUT you have bacon." This video is excellent. I'm legitimately impressed the scoring was less with bacon grease.
Whale oil was used for many things throughout history including lubricating engines. Animal oils were The original lube. They just don’t have a long wear life and have contributed to the extinction/near extinction of some animals.
Whatch u mean you can't? Someone just did. Unless it's April Fools. Which I doubt. It's a lawnmower. Hey' I'd try it in an old six though. If it starts smoking like crazy, shut it off.
@Jake Shattuck Yep. My wife has a cousin who's husband owned a 2002 VW Jetta TDi turbo diesel. He used to go around to all the mom and pop fast food places and find out if they were looking to get rid of their fry grease. He had a whole filtering process that he setup in a shed for filtering the grease into pure oil. Worked really well for quite a long time until other folks starting catching on and grease was harder to come by.
Rewatching this after a year, and it occurs to me that nobody who's ever tried to clean bacon grease off a stovetop or counter would be surprised by its film strength.
Back in the old, old, OLD days (we are talking open valve trains lubricated by hand every so often) they would commonly use animal fat lubricants. Apparently as they scorched, they would leave a greasy layer on the surfaces which would stay in place between oiling. Great test!
@@JBSlickflyer Steam engines caught fire if you looked at them too hard. There's a motor oil made from tallow called G Oil that I was seeing all over Wal-Mart for a few years that I don't see anymore, so I'm unsure if they went under or not. Supposedly so biodegradable that you could flush it down your toilet or an open sewer.
The bearings usually caught fire because they were sleaved bushings. When they got even remotely dried out, the heat produced would light the grease that was left. Lard and tallow both have a high content of volatile oils, so they dry out quickly.
@@RockandrollNegro They're still around and seeing the bacon grease performance has me considering it. It's made from an ester base with naturally high polarity, probably the same trait that made the grease clean this mower
Lol! I think the salt / blood pressure thing is mostly a myth though, based on a study where they fed rats the human equivalent of over 2 pounds of salt per day
@@alakani interesting. More salt in blood pulls more fluid out of cells through osmosis, thus increasing total blood volume and blood pressure.... Hard to believe but ill look into it.
@@schmo7777 Not too much or too little of anything, that's where health is. With that said, Sweet Potatoes are great for Potassium. Stick some butter on top for the fats to absorb Vitamin A better if you feel like it.
I literally bought a used lawn mower engine to be able having fun like you do... I‘m watching your videos since over 2 years and also watch videos i have already seen 5 times. This is a great channel and Quality Content in my Opinion. Go on like u do! I luv it
One of the ... *problems* I have with your channel is that whenever I use my lawnmower now, I remember one of your tests. Most of my lawn is mowed with a Husqvarna Automower, but from time to time I have to fire up my trusty Briggs & Stratton powered McCulloch mower. It is the sound of the engine. I do not think about it while taking the mower out of the garage but when I pull the starter and the engine fires up, your engines and videos come to mind. And then I start asking myself: Isn't it time to change the oil? Would it run on a diesel/petrol mix? Should I clean it by spraying water in the carb? How about some bacon grease... You get the idea. ;-)
Water spray works every now and then, no need to do it more than once a year unless you have very dirty gasoline. I did it on my neighbor's mower once and it went from stalling every few minutes to working properly.
Bears also full of fat, my suggestion is that you use the smell of cooked bacon to lure a bear in. Shoot it, field dress it, combine the bear grease with the bacon grease, pour 5qts into your engine, and get the hell outta there.
@@grassroot011 We are losing the battle with feral hogs. I heard a while back on the radio that there has to be a 60% yearly harvest rate to keep the numbers sustained. There's currently about a 25% harvest rate. I've only gotten 2 so far. 1 a few years ago and 1 back in January. I take my rifle every time I visit my grandpa at his ranch just in case I see a hog.
50/50 mix with motor oil to clean dirty heads would be an awesome video! I wonder if you mix 10W30 with bacon grease if it would keep the grease liquid at room temp and improve the viscosity issue. Awesome video!
I am thinking about a similar split/weight mix of oil + grease for more optimal engine performance. I wonder if the engine would crank after cooling using straight bacon grease?
I think you would have to build a ring heated by a 1000 watt heat gun to set the mower over for a few minutes. This would bring the oil grease mixture up to about 170F.
It wouldn't be unusual to have coffee filters in that situation... I guess you have to use those all to make the coffee to go with the 10 lbs of bacon, lol.
I couldn't believe that there was not only zero damage, but a slight improvement. This is definately something you'd have to demonstrate in order to get someone to believe it. I still would never try it inside my beloved car engines though. If it's leaking bad enough that I have an oil emergency, it'll be towed in for repairs. Excellent video 👌👍
@@ProjectFarm good to know, just did a FB share and first line in description is April 1, was I fooled, no, I knew it would be good, a frosty start might have a different result
Back in the 1800's it was a common practice to lube a steam engine that powered a sawmill by butchering a hog and laying strips of fat on the red hot engine components while it was running. It was easier to get a hog than ship barrels of oil out to the sawmill . And this is not an April Fools joke.
@@glennchartrand5411 You are correct, lard was a common machine grease as it was cheap and plentiful and compared to most other oils(at the time) worked way better. I know they used to pack rags soaked in lard for both bearing lubrication and as a water seal for boats propellers and rudders.
You didn't answer the most important question!! When the engine was running, did the exhaust and blow by smell like bacon? After running, did the bacon oil still smell like bacon, or did it smell like used motor oil?
I'd say it would still retain that fatty meat smell. Motor oil is completely different so I can't imagine it smelling like it, even after hours of use.
8:08 I've watched every video Todd has made with all kinds of weird and conventional products, and this has got to be the first one where the engine looks as good as it did prior to running it. I'm tempted to switch to bacon grease long term now.
This is one of the most interesting and useful videos I´ve ever seen for certain circumstances (like peak oil, maybe?)...you used tools, equipment and all the needed hardware for a convincing test. Man, I have to thank you for this. Very few people would try this under the proper lab conditions to level up the playground. Hats off to you.
@@ProjectFarm YOUR WELCOME THX for ALL the tech/video work!!! (AND, *OF course,* PLEASE give my thanks to the *AUDIO* /VIDEO CREW as well!) --retired AUD TECH -GB
This video inspired me to mess around with bacon grease as a lubricant as we produce a lot and it is basically waste. I have found that it dissolves in gasoline easy enough and have not had an issue with it being used as 2 stroke oil whilst using a richer ratio (like 30:1) for a bit of a safety margin. I have had some settle out in colder temperatures however a shake fixes this so it obviously isn't an issue while equipment runs as the tank will vibrate. Usually I try to use the whole tank or just dump it back out when done. I have also run this Gas/grease mixture in up to 4:1 (that's not a typo!) In an old mower just to get rid of the grease. A little hard starting and sluggish when cold but fine after warm up and....virtually zero smoke!
"How American are you?"
*puts bacon grease in engine*
* screams in Fahrenheit *
funny how Engine werent invented by "American" nor Bacon.
yes... but can you use bullets as oil?
I don't think Canadian bacon would cut it.
I just realized, the other comments are some of the most moronic I've ever seen. (mine's pretty bad, too)
You forgot to mention that this should not be used as a replacement for transmission oil since it has no trans fats. Excellent video!
Thanks for the laugh,, TOO GOOD!
@@eniklisnihm4565 but it did have trans fat
I'm mad at myself for laughing so hard at this.
Well done!! Classic Funny right there!
You son of a
Thanks for the laugh though.
Imagine how clean my arteries must be!
10/10 would recommend this video to my doctor.
Thank you!
lmaooo
I eat bacon 3-4 times a week(7days) and all my bad cholesterol is way under what the limit should be and my good cholesterol is above normal range. I'm telling ypu bacon is the key to longevity.
im all over the trolls with this one
Damon Schisel really bacon is better for you overall compared to eating the equivalent amount of calories in cereal or some other high carb/high sugar food. It does have a fair amount of saturated fat but it has 1.7x that amount in unsaturated fat which is good for HDL and doesn’t spike blood sugar like grains/sugar does and it’s high in protein.
However it’s not any good for you if you’re eating it consistently and it’s causing you to go over your recommended daily calories/if you’re significantly overweight. If you’re already at your calorie limit your body is making enough saturated fat, adding bacon on top of that is only going to hurt.
A lot of it has to do with genetics as well, I have horrible cardiovascular genetics. Even when I was skinny my LDL was on the high end of normal and my HDL was on the low end of normal, my dad died of a heart attack at 44 and his dad died of one at 55, so I’m fucked.
This is actually amazing. The cleanliness of the engine afterwards is impressive. Now if we can just stop it from solidifying after shut off...
Thanks for the feedback.
Seriously, maybe there is a way to keep it from solidifying? Chemistry right? (Rushes to patent office to patent bacon grease based engine oil)
Glow plugs
@@Just-InTimeRepairs glow plugs are for preheating the AIR in the combustion or precombustion chamber. They wouldn't do very much heating a liquid. There is such a thing as a block heater though. But I don't think one would heat the bacon grease in the filter and upper oil galleries which would clog up the whole system.
@@drksoldier1 Technically, they're for heating the fuel, but that's not the point. My idea was to tap a couple in the oil pan, and turn them on for 5 or 10 seconds before starting the engine, just like a diesel.
Its coated my arteries for decades. Can't run forever, but will go out smiling.
Great point!
I could not agree more.
@John Dwyer yep, cook with fresh butter, no corn or soy oils.
When you see a video from project farm you click on it no matter what you're up to. It's science.
Thank you!
best entertainment on TH-cam!!!
Science or promo for briggs and stratons durability?
The important question is, does the exhaust smell like breakfast?
lol. Yes, it does
Only if you fry an egg on the head.
When I ran my jetta diesel with vegetable oil, it smelled like French fries!
Take a old carbureted V8, and while it's hot, put a tin foil dish to cook the egg in, directly on top of engine.
@@theroyalcrownedtiger2946 I once saw a video, and I think it was Alton Brown on Good Eats, that cooked an entire meal by strapping various food to a big Cadillac or Lincoln. The food was appropriately wrapped and they were attached to various places based on the temp needed to cook. The baked potatoes went on the exhaust, the meat on the intake manifold, etc...
I saw this was posted on April 1st, and after seeing how clean the cylinder head and valves were after the bacon grease run, I was 100% sure this was going to be an April Fools joke. Never underestimate the power of bacon!
Exact same here lol. Something about the way he mentioned how clean it was actually made me check the date, then I was just waiting for him to say it
I don't think it's a joke. He explained in the end the drawbacks of this grease: it doesn't flow unless it's preheated.
Good for your engine. Bad for you
The Neighbors: Is the Neighbor having a cook out? Nope... Just mowing the lawn...
I'm an engineer. I thought I knew a lot about lubrication. I thought I knew a lot about physics. I thought I knew a lot about lubricant chemistry.
I don't know squat. Well played, sir, well played.
Right? WTF?!
Now everyone is going to want to know what brand the bacon was from. Then there will be an investigation because established brands actually get their pigs from different farms and pedigrees and they even switch it up based on supply and demand. Wow. It really does sound like the automotive industry all over again! LOL!
You didn't know this? Whale tallow was the go to lubricant for steam engines and other machines, throughout the 19th century.
I think the higher temperature prevented carbon deposits
Maybe the Oil Companies need to take a better look at the lubrication qualities of pig fat. I really thought there would be a lot of smoke. Surprise there. Perhaps the higher heat allowed for a better cleaning of the piston and valve.
There you go doctors, if it keeps that engine clean, just imagine what it will do to my arteries😃
It's a lot better for the arteries then plant oils the bind together and form a nasty sticky gel that can only be removed from the walls with chemicals.
Kyle Kelly try bacon instead...I’m not totally joking...
Yes but bacon grease can be removed from my cast iron pan or glass container with just warm water. A lot of the plants fats are a real pain to remove.
Doctors agree, bacon oil is better than 5W-30 :D
Kyle Kelly
Aside from the good humor of the original comment, you didn’t see 8:45 did you?
Probably the most delicious smelling motor test you've done so far!
lol
Run a carboned up engine with bacon grease to see if it cleans the deposits better than oil/gas additives
Thank you for the video idea!
Oh hell yes! I was thinking the same thing!
it might work good mixed in the fuel too as a cleaner.
Just add a dollop of bacon grease with each oil fill! 🤣
Would also depend on how well it would blend with the fuel but yes that is also something I would like to see
Us: Hell yeah, another vid!!
Lawnmower: Please don't.
LOL! Thanks for watching!
that lawnmower is a beast
If lawn mowers got together and told campfire stories, I'm fairly certain they would all start with once upon a time at project farm.
lol
TheSlimCP exactly
Have you ever heard of the term smooth as butter? You should try using butter to see how well it lubricates the engine (Or how long)
Great point!
Do a butter vs lard vs bacon grease comparison!
I would love to see that!
@@ProjectFarm could do a whole video comparing various vegetable oils. Refined Avocado oil has a 500F smoke point.
@@ProjectFarm Don't forget to compare it to beef tallow, and maybe throw in some coconut oil-testing for the vegans
That worked well, if the sump was able to be warmed to keep the bacon grease viscous, it might be ok. Be careful, oil companies don't like people promoting alternate oil products. Watch out for black vans in your driveway.
I think this just earned a wild card spot on the motor oil bracket.
LOL, Castrol GTX Hickory Smoked, Pennzoil High Mileage Thick Cut.
Bacon grease oil and French fry oil fuel! Sounds like a vehicle that smells amazing when it runs!
Lol, and the cleanest combustion chamber goes to.............. Bacon grease! Raaaa raaaaaooooooo
In August I drove down to Guadalajara Mexico and while going up a very long grade, my van's oil ran low to the point my engine shut down. I had no oil on me, in the middle of no where but remenbered your video, I filled it with a gallon of corn oil that happened to be in the van. Made it the rest of the trip fine. Thanks for the tip, you're a lifesaver!
Awesome! I'm glad it did the job!
Avocado oil please!
It has a higher temperature stability than many engine oils.
520+ degrees
Thank you for the video idea!
Wow. Cool, good to know.. interesting.
THIS!
Yes this I am curious as well and after watching this will now pack extra bacon for my camping excursions.
G L Y C E R I N G U M M I N G
I honestly can't get over how addicted I am to your videos 😂 love from the UK 💪🏻
Thanks so much! Glad to hear!
I thought i was clicking on a April Fool's Day video. Man was a wrong. Keep up the AMAZING production of your videos. They truly are some of the best tests.
Thank you!
@@ProjectFarm Is this actually an April Fools joke? Too weird to believe...
Run bacon grease through a dirty carbon build up crank case to see if it will clean it better then sea fome
I agree that would be pretty cool to see if there was a difference.
This would be interesting!
It burned so clean you have to think there's detergents in it. Which means you could probably use it to clean a vehicle and flush before it turns solid.
Agree, this would be a great test. If I could run bacon grease through my engine once a year to clean out all the bad stuff, I would do it!
Yes!
Here’s a fun video idea: “Which cooking oil best acts like an engine oil?” Then you test out vegetable oil, corn oil, canola oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, etc.
Thanks for the idea!
Olive and coconut
vegetable oil actually works as a fuel in diesel cars haha
Very interesting hopefully it happens lol
What about best motor oil for culinary use? Bacon fat works on motor but does full synthetic work on potatoes?
This evaluation appeared to be both fun and informative. The nutritional data assessment and pour test were hilarious. Your methodologies are well planned, very scientific and quite budget-friendly. As an engineer, I am very impressed. I would like to add that historically, before the petroleum industry was founded the oils and lubricants industry did operate on animal fats such as whale oil and bacon grease, so this study was a great look back into the past. Care to comment on the smell in the garage during the test?
The reason I watched until the end was to hear him describe the smell. Such a shame we missed out.
A camping trip with a lot of bacon... I'm failing to see the emergency. 😅😅😅
out of beer
lol. Great point!
running out of bacon?
@@johnphillip1711 If you have anywhere over 50 pounds of Bacon, that might only happen if Sasquatch runs off with dozens of pounds of bacon over his head.
Maybe a distinct lack of bread, eggs, or beans? lol.....
How the fumes smell? Like outdoors breackfast?
It smelled great! Thanks
Project Farm yeah man use some adjectives
Two very good scents bacon and freshly cut grass.
I knew someone running homemade biodiesel - The exhaust smelled like French Fries. I'll bet this smelled even better! Make you hungry running it.
Neighbors were hungry that day
That lawnmower engine is starting to develop a "Buster" like mythos around it.
Thanks for watching.
Is that referring to "Buster" from Mythbusters?
@@Dennis19901 Pretty certain he is
Dennis19901 he certainly is... buster was the Guinea pig for all of their tests... whereas this mower is PF’s version of “Buster”... haven’t seen this video yet but scrolling through comments... until I found this one... Project Farm, you should name your test mowers after buster from Mythbusters... always the Guinea pig for your tests which I call TTs (torture tests) as always, great content, have been subscribed for quite some time now... definitely my #1 channel for tested products that I can chose from myself knowing they have stood up to your tests 😁
I was looking for a reply from Adam Savage 🤣
This is so freaking amazing! Never expected these results!
Thanks for the feedback
In case you wanted to put your mower on the Keto diet. The neighborhood will smell excellent.
Good one!
@@ProjectFarm I really thought this was an April fools thing when it outperformed the oil in the lubricity test. I'm still not entirely sure if I take this seriously. hah
can you imagine if you ran it in Dearborn, Michigan?
Does this increase pigpower? I mean horsepower?
It increases the power by 22 swinepower
Pigs and horses are genetically connected.
@@dougn2350 so are squids and bananas
It's HogPower !!!
@@Nickael7 A Harley will still leak.
"Babe, what are you doing under the car with a propane torch? " "I gotta warm up the grease so it isn't too thick for our trip into town..."
lol Thanks for watching!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
thats why they made block heaters !!!!!!!!!!! lol
That poor old mower engine has survived many different lubricants and fuels but it still seems to come for more!! In most regards the bacon grease worked well, especially on the lubricity tester, that was a very good result. In the 30,s--40,s engine oils had something similar in them.
i would like to see an amount of bacon grease added to regular engine oil to see if it works as an engine oil addictive and cleans the combustion chamber
Seconded.
Thirded. Is that a word? Oh well. Thirded.
“Fourththed”
Sixthed!!!
Seventhed.
All that bacon you just had to eat for the sake of this video, I applaud your sacrifice!
lol. More bacon please. Thank you
No it's just a by product. Along with chicken fat and vegetable oils they are great bio fuels run great in older diesel engines
That's "tax-deductible bacon" to you, mister.
You test so many crazy things. I can't tell if this is an April fools joke or not.
lol. It seemed like perfect timing. The results are accurate.
I'm so surprised with the buildup of bacon grease I'm having a hard time believing this isn't a joke. Laughing at the results. Who would have thought!?
"Honey, do you smell bacon?" "Ahh Margaret it's just Todd over yonder mowing his yard again." 😂
It's like when they were usein usre cooking oil in place of diesel fuel said it smelled like th whole neiborhood was cooking French fries LOL
go vegan
It's amazing how quickly this channel got big, I remember watching your videos when you had 50k subscribers. I salute you for the innovative comparison projects that helps us buy better products 👍👍😁
Thank you!
That moment when you realize that the $35 Liquimoly CeraTec you bought is actually bacon grease.
😜
Thank you!
Love how youre struggling not to laugh throughout
Thanks for watching!
Honestly lol
That's what I noticed.
@@ProjectFarmHI there I hope in the near future you can do a test ,if bacon grease could get rid of engine knock.
My dad always swore by using non detergent oil in air cooled engines. Have you compared non detergent to regular oil?
I work on small engines and I have never saw an engine head that clean from a running engine. If you could find a way to make bacon grease flow when cold you may have a way to get rid of carbon deposits on engines. Try it with bio-diesel anti gel mixed in the bacon grease.
Great recommendation! The results are real and I quite surprised. I expected the opposite.
Same here, and that engine ran for an hour, makes you wonder if It can be used for real.
I would buy a project farm engine oil additive or maybe a cleaner for your engine used at oil changes.
You wouldn't really need to replace all the oil possibly. something like a tablespoon per cylinder then run it for a while seems like it would do the trick. Not enough to ruin the viscosity of the proper oil but more than enough to coat all the internal surfaces. I'd definitely suggest a couple rounds of filtration before putting it in though.
New test for the old farm truck possibly?
I was going to suggest something very similar. If you could find a way to thin it out or make it liquid at room temp and keep that amazing cleaning ability that would one heck of a backwoods way to clean your engines without tearing them apart. Maybe you could test if simply draining 1/4 of the oil and replacing it with bacon grease would have a similar cleaning effect. Like other comments have said maybe it would still work and keep it thin enough to flow when cold. Project Farm Engine Cleaning Oil! Run once for an hour, drain and refill with regular oil and a new filter and your clean as a whistle!!
Avocado oil has a high smoke point so I'm curious how that'd hold up. You should try that next.
Thank you for the video idea!
Mexicans
millennials and your avocados.
@@bestleesinna7702 Far from a millennial. After my wife burned down the kitchen using one of the usual frying oils, I researched which had the highest smoke point. So far, my house is still standing since I started only buying avocado oil for her 😂.
@@kingsinep just a joke on how obsessed millennials are with avocados. Sorry about your house.
I love how someone was like, "OK so let's imagine a survival scenario where you lose your engine oil BUT you have bacon." This video is excellent. I'm legitimately impressed the scoring was less with bacon grease.
Thank you!
And enough bacon to make 4 quarts to 15 quarts of bacon grease, depending on your vehicle? That's a lot of bacon!
Whale oil was used for many things throughout history including lubricating engines. Animal oils were The original lube. They just don’t have a long wear life and have contributed to the extinction/near extinction of some animals.
It can happen!
@Ranger Don and here 4 mo later 2-1-22 bacon at belair, thick long cherrywood ..up $2.70 lb
You can't use animal fat as engine oil.
ProjectFarm - hold my beer....
lol
@@ProjectFarm Man, I want you to try this on a 2 stroke engine !
Whatch u mean you can't? Someone just did. Unless it's April Fools. Which I doubt. It's a lawnmower. Hey' I'd try it in an old six though. If it starts smoking like crazy, shut it off.
Nickael7 second!
IIRC, many steam engines used animal fat....lard...for lubrication. And the world ran on steam power for a good number of years.
I love how he was trying not to laugh hard the entire time. xD
Thanks for watching.
Stands to reason. the first large steam engines use bacon grease as oil.
Thank you
@Jake Shattuck Yep. My wife has a cousin who's husband owned a 2002 VW Jetta TDi turbo diesel. He used to go around to all the mom and pop fast food places and find out if they were looking to get rid of their fry grease. He had a whole filtering process that he setup in a shed for filtering the grease into pure oil. Worked really well for quite a long time until other folks starting catching on and grease was harder to come by.
@@jeffbandle2916had a neighbor who ran his truck off old oil. When he got it from the Chinese place you could always tell because of the smell 😁
Amazing result. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video. I am a sold fan now, you rock man!
Awesome, thank you!
Rewatching this after a year, and it occurs to me that nobody who's ever tried to clean bacon grease off a stovetop or counter would be surprised by its film strength.
Thanks for the feedback.
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Pora na dżem truskawkowy zamiast olej silnikowego - sprawdźmy to!
Żartuję!
@@ProjectFarmmabe there is a way you could blend it with the oil 🤔
Bacon Grease is the recommended lubricant on Harley Davidson motorcycles. That is why they are called hogs.
Cannibalism?
I....I don’t know if this is real. Is this true....?
Thank you!
@@twotonanchor It's April 1st.
This is 100% not true lol
I love channels that answer every weird question we do and don't ask.
Thanks for the feedback.
@@ProjectFarm what about piss ?my buddy said he piss in his mc battery and it took a charg and work good
@@paulterry5814 mh yes piss.... I love pisssss
I love this guy, no beating around the bush, just go for it type of motto but very thorough in data collection and an unbiased test.
Thanks!
I'd like to see some bacon grease added to fuel and then run in a two stroke engine , see how that goes .
Thank you for the video idea!
That would be interesting for sure
Or better. A diesel lubricated AND ran on bacon grease.
it would be cleaner
I also want to see this.
Back in the old, old, OLD days (we are talking open valve trains lubricated by hand every so often) they would commonly use animal fat lubricants. Apparently as they scorched, they would leave a greasy layer on the surfaces which would stay in place between oiling. Great test!
They would also catch fire fairly often.
@@JBSlickflyer Steam engines caught fire if you looked at them too hard. There's a motor oil made from tallow called G Oil that I was seeing all over Wal-Mart for a few years that I don't see anymore, so I'm unsure if they went under or not. Supposedly so biodegradable that you could flush it down your toilet or an open sewer.
The bearings usually caught fire because they were sleaved bushings. When they got even remotely dried out, the heat produced would light the grease that was left. Lard and tallow both have a high content of volatile oils, so they dry out quickly.
@@RockandrollNegro They're still around and seeing the bacon grease performance has me considering it. It's made from an ester base with naturally high polarity, probably the same trait that made the grease clean this mower
Sounds like my cast iron frying pan.
That much sodium is gonna drive your mower's blood pressure through the roof.
Lol! I think the salt / blood pressure thing is mostly a myth though, based on a study where they fed rats the human equivalent of over 2 pounds of salt per day
Should cook the bacon with out salt it cholesterol
@@alakani interesting. More salt in blood pulls more fluid out of cells through osmosis, thus increasing total blood volume and blood pressure.... Hard to believe but ill look into it.
@@schmo7777 Not too much or too little of anything, that's where health is. With that said, Sweet Potatoes are great for Potassium. Stick some butter on top for the fats to absorb Vitamin A better if you feel like it.
@@alakani I'd like to know who funded this study. Just like sugar companies funding "studies" to show how evil fat was back in the day
I literally bought a used lawn mower engine to be able having fun like you do...
I‘m watching your videos since over 2 years and also watch videos i have already seen 5 times.
This is a great channel and Quality Content in my Opinion. Go on like u do! I luv it
Thanks, will do!
"I read every comment."
You seem like an honest person. You must do a lot of reading
lol. Yes, I do a LOT of reading but I enjoy the interaction.
@@ProjectFarm Nice Catch.
Nodriveknowitall....well done to get a response.
One of the ... *problems* I have with your channel is that whenever I use my lawnmower now, I remember one of your tests. Most of my lawn is mowed with a Husqvarna Automower, but from time to time I have to fire up my trusty Briggs & Stratton powered McCulloch mower. It is the sound of the engine. I do not think about it while taking the mower out of the garage but when I pull the starter and the engine fires up, your engines and videos come to mind. And then I start asking myself: Isn't it time to change the oil? Would it run on a diesel/petrol mix? Should I clean it by spraying water in the carb? How about some bacon grease...
You get the idea. ;-)
lol. Funny! Thank you very much!
Water spray works every now and then, no need to do it more than once a year unless you have very dirty gasoline. I did it on my neighbor's mower once and it went from stalling every few minutes to working properly.
@@101Volts whats about spraying water?! I m interested lol
Glad I'm not the only one gets that feeling when I turn on my mower.
Is this an April Fool's joke?
If not that's pretty cool!
I really hope that its not. Haha might put some in a go kart see how long it lasts
the cleaner combustion chamber could be due to higher operating temperature.
Thanks for the feedback.
What i really want to know did it smell like bacon was cooking when running the engine???
I couldn't finish mowing my lawn, kept getting terrible munchies!
Agreed! I feel that how it smelled is one of the important issues here.
humm.... just need to mow the lawen/etc with that near an eatery that you make money from/own ;)
...kind of like biodiesel........
Steve W yes biodiesel is made from animal fats and the cooking grease from different fast food chains
It looks like you stumbled upon the best engine cleaner yet! I would love to see how well bacon grease cleans up a dirty engine.
Bacon cleans another DIRTY mouth.
Me: it’s 3am I should probably go to sleep
Video: does bacon grease work as oil?
Thanks for watching!
Me 2
3:30am for me 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for showing how you use the drill to start the lawnmower. I, for one, definitely appreciate it.
You are welcome!
"Stuck in the middle of nowhere with a room of bacon" Is that really a problem to begin with :p
lol. Great point!
If I were in that situation, I don't think I would consider myself "stuck" at all.
Not for me I’d be in heaven
The message in the bottle read "send more bacon"
it could be, if you have no pan to cook the bacon
This video contains bacon, therefore an upvote is mandatory.
lol. Thank you!
Best part about this is how you're trying so much to stop yourself from laughing but it just cannot be held back.
Glad to hear! Thanks for watching!
Through the ENTIRE thing. 😂
Melissa
I was not expecting results this good! I think with a pre oil heater and clean bacon grease, you could have some awesome oil.
Thanks for the feedback.
To paraphrase Homer Simpson, "bacon. Is there anything it can't do?"
Thank you
Donuts*
@@crappyatlife Right, Bacon is not a Donut but I'm sure some madmen made bacon donuts before.
Never buy a lawnmower with high cholesterol from this guy.
Good, honest natural fat though.....!!
lol
xd
also : never loan a lawnmower to this guy
(although in this case it would have come back with higher compression and a nice smell)
And to think, I've had my quad on statins for years now...
I'm going looking for some 10# boxes of USDA Choice bacon tomorrow
In the woods w nothing but bacon grease...and bears...what could go wrong?
Well they say Texas is losing the battle with feral hogs,, humnn,, now the oil is above the ground besides being under it in Texas.
Bears also full of fat, my suggestion is that you use the smell of cooked bacon to lure a bear in. Shoot it, field dress it, combine the bear grease with the bacon grease, pour 5qts into your engine, and get the hell outta there.
Bear is not help change a tire
@@grassroot011 We are losing the battle with feral hogs. I heard a while back on the radio that there has to be a 60% yearly harvest rate to keep the numbers sustained. There's currently about a 25% harvest rate. I've only gotten 2 so far. 1 a few years ago and 1 back in January. I take my rifle every time I visit my grandpa at his ranch just in case I see a hog.
I hope you dont have a picnic basket too, thats real trouble.
Unbelievable! Only way I believe this is, is you running your lawnmower and lubricity tests! Fantastic
Thank you!
Well it's obvious...the answer to EVERYTHING is bacon!
Hell yah!
no its 42
Everything is better with bacon. 8^D
You mean immigration?
Since this video published the price of bacon went up %30 and now my breakfast cost is higher than usual.
lol. Funny! Thank you
well switch to 10/w 30
Everyone thought Big oil was a conspiracy now we gotta deal with the Big Bacon conspiracy
This is one of the reasons I love your channel! HILARIOUS!!
Glad to hear you enjoyed the video!
Great video! When I was a kid I greased everything with Crisco. It works as long as you keep applying it when its needed.
Thank you!
I love how much he laughed during the lubricity test, like he really couldn't believe that it did better lol
Thanks for watching!
50/50 mix with motor oil to clean dirty heads would be an awesome video! I wonder if you mix 10W30 with bacon grease if it would keep the grease liquid at room temp and improve the viscosity issue. Awesome video!
I am thinking about a similar split/weight mix of oil + grease for more optimal engine performance. I wonder if the engine would crank after cooling using straight bacon grease?
@@davidburlingame2421 I'm sure it would, but you'd probably end up running with pretty much no lubricant for a while
everybody rolling down the interstate craving a BLT because of the smell
I think you would have to build a ring heated by a 1000 watt heat gun to set the mower over for a few minutes. This would bring the oil grease mixture up to about 170F.
"If you're in the wild you can't filter the chunks"
"Shut up and take my sock"
Thanks for watching.
Ha-ha 😂, I was thinking a shirt.
The screen off an RV window 😂
It wouldn't be unusual to have coffee filters in that situation... I guess you have to use those all to make the coffee to go with the 10 lbs of bacon, lol.
Or a coffee filter you have laying around.
I couldn't believe that there was not only zero damage, but a slight improvement. This is definately something you'd have to demonstrate in order to get someone to believe it. I still would never try it inside my beloved car engines though. If it's leaking bad enough that I have an oil emergency, it'll be towed in for repairs. Excellent video 👌👍
Thanks!
Thank you! You have finally shown why I carry 10 lbs of bacon in my car everywhere. Everyone thought I was crazy.
lol Thanks for watching!
So it gained compression, cleaned out the combustion chamber and the head? Sounds like rebuild in a can! (or packet I guess)
Eat a pound of bacon, clean out your engine.
Sure, that's how it looks now, but we know that grease really thins out over time. And when it solidifies. Oh my. It's going to be a problem!
But it's good enough for snake oil, yes?
Cool! Do an oil change on your car with us and get back to us in a few months?
sounds like a win-win to me.
I wish I knew if this was an April Fool's joke or if it was real. I think it could be either.
Results are legit. Thank you!
@@ProjectFarm But also funny enough to be its own sort of joke. :P
@@ProjectFarm good to know, just did a FB share and first line in description is April 1, was I fooled, no, I knew it would be good, a frosty start might have a different result
Back in the 1800's it was a common practice to lube a steam engine that powered a sawmill by butchering a hog and laying strips of fat on the red hot engine components while it was running.
It was easier to get a hog than ship barrels of oil out to the sawmill .
And this is not an April Fools joke.
@@glennchartrand5411 You are correct, lard was a common machine grease as it was cheap and plentiful and compared to most other oils(at the time) worked way better. I know they used to pack rags soaked in lard for both bearing lubrication and as a water seal for boats propellers and rudders.
Who would have guessed those results?! You are nuts, in a good, informative, and inquisitive way. Keep up the good work. Thank you for the videos.
Thank you! Will do!
You didn't answer the most important question!! When the engine was running, did the exhaust and blow by smell like bacon? After running, did the bacon oil still smell like bacon, or did it smell like used motor oil?
I'd say it would still retain that fatty meat smell. Motor oil is completely different so I can't imagine it smelling like it, even after hours of use.
It did. Smelled amazing! Thank you
Talk about Great Value bacon, it's meat candy, improves combustion, keeps engine clean, and smells amazing.
Great point!
Did the bacon grease season itself to the cylinder like to a cast iron pan? That was surprisingly clean.
duh
8:08 I've watched every video Todd has made with all kinds of weird and conventional products, and this has got to be the first one where the engine looks as good as it did prior to running it. I'm tempted to switch to bacon grease long term now.
This is one of the most interesting and useful videos I´ve ever seen for certain circumstances (like peak oil, maybe?)...you used tools, equipment and all the needed hardware for a convincing test.
Man, I have to thank you for this. Very few people would try this under the proper lab conditions to level up the playground.
Hats off to you.
Thank you
The video I asked for last year and finally got. I giggled all the way through. Great job. Thank you!
Thank you for requesting this one!
Woah hold up I never clicked on “how to start push mower with a drill” 😂
Thanks for watching.
LOSTSA YOUR time and work went into this video!! ... WHAT A PRODUCTION!!
thank you!!
Thanks for watching!
@@ProjectFarm YOUR WELCOME THX for ALL the tech/video work!!! (AND, *OF course,* PLEASE give my thanks to the *AUDIO* /VIDEO CREW as well!) --retired AUD TECH -GB
That was awesome, I think I'm going to try this in my uncle's brand new Ferrari!!
oh noo : )
@Ken Lompart ya! he will drive around thinking about fried chicken and just dont know why!!!
It's finally been proven! Bacon makes everything better... Including your engine!
Thank you!!
I was waiting for you to say April fools at the end
Great point! Results are legit. Thank you
Ha ha, the April Fools is that it wasn't an April Fools. Its like Inception squared, or watch SouthPark...
Strongest bond between a man and his lawn mower I've ever seen
Thanks for watching!
I can't believe how well it worked. I am sitting here dying laughing at the absurdity of this.
Thank you!
You should compare the different Ratchet and Ratchet Strap brands to find out which is the strongest. Great video btw!
Thank you for the video idea!
+1. Awesome idea.
Yeah that would be a great test and maybe bungee cords as well!
This would be a good test I would like to see it
No there’s a test I’d love to see!!
Reminds me of that warm Saturday afternoon when I had a hankering for a lawnmower, lettuce and tomato sandwich.....
Yum.
lol Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the laugh
This video inspired me to mess around with bacon grease as a lubricant as we produce a lot and it is basically waste.
I have found that it dissolves in gasoline easy enough and have not had an issue with it being used as 2 stroke oil whilst using a richer ratio (like 30:1) for a bit of a safety margin. I have had some settle out in colder temperatures however a shake fixes this so it obviously isn't an issue while equipment runs as the tank will vibrate. Usually I try to use the whole tank or just dump it back out when done.
I have also run this Gas/grease mixture in up to 4:1 (that's not a typo!) In an old mower just to get rid of the grease. A little hard starting and sluggish when cold but fine after warm up and....virtually zero smoke!
Thanks for sharing.
But can a pig run on 10w-30 that's what i'm wondering here now.