Not to mention how it reacts to water, a drop of sweat and it will pop sending salt flying.Yes he did do that. But... there's less likely a catastrophic episode with the torch as there is with spilled, hot salts. I dropped some of the heated salts on a piece of card board and it burned straight through it. If one were to have a spill of that hot salt anywhere on their skin it would cause some serious burn. I will take my chances with the torch over the hot salt bath.