YouTube personality Adam Savage creates the world's first-ever pool of Jello, which proves to be a difficult engineering challenge. It takes six months of planning and experimentation to figure out how to boil and refrigerate an entire pool. They use six 55-gallon drums and a swamp cooler to help cool the Jello. The finished product is a pool that holds up during a barbecue party, with inevitable disintegration from direct sunlight. The experiment is considered a success, even if the Jello ultimately proves to be disgusting.
1) It took six months to plan and execute the creation of the world's first actual pool of Jello.
2) The team had to overcome certain engineering challenges to make the pool work.
3) They experimented with the perfect amount of gelatin powder, heat, and cooling process to make the Jello firm.
4) The team used six 55-gallon drums with a custom propane burner underneath and a spigot welded to the sides to heat up the Jello mixture.
5) To refrigerate the Jello pool, they relied on ambient temperature and carefully tracked the temperature in the backyard every night.
6) The team spent a full week pouring layers of Jello into the pool, with an average of 10 barrels added every day.
7) Exposure to direct sunlight over time caused the Jello to break down.
8) The team created a slip-and-slide out of the Jello pool.
9) The experience of making the Jello pool was motivated by the desire to prove they could do it.