Man cooks bacon, eggs, and beans using heat from the sun during UK heatwave

A man managed to cook bacon, eggs, and beans on a metal fridge outside his house - and it took just 30 minutes, as the heatwave bakes Britain and turns the outdoors into an oven.

Danny Haw, 30, took to the streets on the hottest day in the UK’s history and documented his take on al fresco dining on TikTok.

He posted the funny footage today, writing “cooking breakfast on a fridge in the English sun. Cooked today!” He also used the hashtags, ‘outdoor cooking’, ‘UK heatwave 2022’, ‘cooking on a fridge’ and ‘mix grill tomorrow.’

Danny, from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, said he was intrigued to see if his English breakfast would cook in the sunshine as temperatures soared to 40C in the UK today.

Danny likes cooking outdoors and doesn't even need a BBQ (Maketheheadlines.co.uk)

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In the footage, filmed at midday, Danny cracks an egg on the shiny reflective silver fridge and adds two pieces of bacon alongside it with an open tin of baked beans. The fridge appears to be in the middle of his driveway.

Thirty minutes later, he shows the results of his cooked breakfast. Danny can be heard in the video, saying: “cooking better today!”

Danny said: "I bought a stainless steel catering fridge. I walked out and the unusual British heat made it boiling hot to touch, so I thought let’s try to cook an egg on it and that was it!

He popped the bacon and eggs onto his fridge that had been baking in the heat (Maketheheadlines.co.uk)

Just a few minutes later, it was cooked (Maketheheadlines.co.uk)

"I’ve never seen British weather like it so I thought let’s see if the heat can cook it! It was about 30 degrees at the time, and around midday. I left it cooking for about 30 minutes.

"I didn’t eat it but I did try the first egg! It was more of a fun experiment - and it worked!

"I didn’t really think anything of it and I didn’t expect it to explode like this but nearly half of a million views people are going mad for it."

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As people around the UK sweltered in the heat, with temperatures forecast to hit up to 41C, some flocked to TikTok to comment on Danny's video.

One wrote: "Sweet. Can I get a full English please? No tinned tomatoes please."

While another admitted: "I did this earlier, it failed lol."

A third shared: "Do it tomorrow also see how much better it’ll be!"

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