Cook gone wrong by $50,000


 
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RickRS

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No details, but saw a report in the local paper of a wooden deck catching on fire from a smoker. Happened about 3 am, so guessing the person may have had a butt or brisket going overnight.

Just a warning to us all to watch out for potential dangers.The link
 
Please do be careful, no matter how great the BBQ is, it's never too good to be careless. If you're doing an overnight, make sure to put it on your driveway or some other concrete surface.
 
That's quite a temp spike.
Anybody who cooks on a deck without a pan under the grill/smoker is nuts and looking for trouble.
 
A good reminder for new members and us older folks too! it is sad that this happened, but we can learn from the mistakes of others.
Ray
 
I had a friend have a propane gss grill catch fire (cracked hose) on his wooden deck. Fortunately, he was present and picked the whole grill up and threw it off the deck. He was fortunate and didn't get burned.

We recently had a large apartment complex in the Cinn area that had a grill fire on the deck that nearly ruined the entire apartment complex.

I grill out in the yard, away from my house. Better safe than sorry. House fires are NOT fun for ANYONE!

Dale53
 
Scary! I have a small patio next to the house (to match the small house!), about 8 feet to a side, and that's where I have my grills and smoker. I won't cook with fire unless I'm actually home--once left the house for 15 minutes when I was smoking a pork butt (to feed a cat) and I was nervous the whole time. I think I'd be too terrified to do an overnight smoke! As everyone says, it's better to be safe!

Petra
 
k, this thread has convinced me to put a pan or something under my smokers.

i cook on a wooden deck, have done several over-nighters too.
 
Oh boy...I don't do overnighters here because I have to much of a wind factor but when I do use my smoker it's down on the concrete.
 
not to pick on Charles Howse, but I cringe every time I see his setup - it just seems like an accident waiting to happen.

This is coming from a guy who left the lid off his WSM while cooking a butt or brisket for about a minute while I went to get my probe thermometer & in that short time the fire cranked high enough to set the fat drippings in the pan on fire causing a 6-8' rocket engine flare towards the sky.
 
I started out with a water heater pan under the WSM years ago. I've since moved up to one of those fireproof cement like mats about 40" in diameter. It looks much better and works great as I have dropped a coal or two when pouring them into the fire ring before.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Clint:
This is coming from a guy who left the lid off his WSM while cooking a butt or brisket for about a minute while I went to get my probe thermometer & in that short time the fire cranked high enough to set the fat drippings in the pan on fire causing a 6-8' rocket engine flare towards the sky. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Wooh! That might have gotten the neighbors attention.

I'm cooking on a concrete patio, so the wooden deck issue of some isn't a problem. Did burn my foot when working barefoot and had some cinders drop out when moving the full charcoal chimney to the weber. Fortunately, the cinder(s) were small so I didn't get but a minor burn when I step on one. Accidents happen, especially when you do something stupid. Of course, it never seems that stupid until the accident
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I use my smoker on a concrete floor, so, fire isn't an issue for me. I do place a large metal sheet oil pan, from Kragen's, under my smoker, makes clean up easier.
 
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