Take a large whole pickle.  Take two 2" nails.  Take an extension cord.
Put the pickle on a ceramic plate.  Put a nail in each end of the pickle.
unplug the extension cord before cutting into it.
Wrap one of the wires from the extension cord tightly around one of the nails.
close to touching inside the pickle.
Put on safety glasses.  Put plate on heat-resistant flooring.  Stand back.
good.  Plug in extension cord.
When the pickle starts to make a really bad smell, unplug.
like the label says, "Do not remove cover. No user serviceable parts inside."