El Diablo restaurant on the Spanish island of Lanzarote uses an active volcano to grill its meat, taking the concept of an authentic barbecue to an absurdly dangerous extreme.

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El Diablo restaurant on the Spanish island of Lanzarote uses an active volcano to grill its meat, taking the concept of an authentic barbecue to an absurdly dangerous extreme. Chefs lay a giant cast-iron grill over a massive hole in the ground where temperatures reach four hundred degrees Celsius, utilizing geothermal heat bubbling up from the earth's core to perfectly sear your overpriced chicken. It is an ingenious way to cut down on the monthly gas bill, though it does add the slight lingering anxiety that your romantic dinner might be interrupted by a sudden and violent eruption of molten magma. Tourists eagerly pay top dollar to eat food cooked over a dormant portal to hell, willingly ignoring the fact that Mother Nature could easily turn the entire dining establishment into a tragic historical footnote at any given moment