Large Big Green Egg, Weber Performer Deluxe, Weber Smokey Joe Silver, Fireboard Drive, 3 DigiQs, lots of Thermapens, and too much other stuff to mention.
Who keeps one handy near or around their cooking/grilling/smoking station?
I don’t, but right now I’m wondering why not. It kind of makes sense to have one there. Nothing happened to make me think that, it just sort of hit me. That should be a mandatory accessory, shouldn’t it?
I know it's not the same but our backyard hose is 10 feet from my outdoor cooking area. That's probably why I don't have a fire extinguisher for outside.
Large Big Green Egg, Weber Performer Deluxe, Weber Smokey Joe Silver, Fireboard Drive, 3 DigiQs, lots of Thermapens, and too much other stuff to mention.
You can see my hose to the right of the entrance to the deck, that’s about 10’. It’s "charged", there’s a valve at the end that I just flip for water. But a brisket or a but produces a lot of grease and oil, and the hose would be useless then. A home use fire extinguisher is under $50.
Just a little more sear and I'll put the fire out.........
I would probably be debating.......fire extinguisher and ruin the cook or hose and ruin the house, save the cook......................hmmmmmmmmmm
I have an extinguisher under my kitchen sink, but use th hose, out of doors...
No fires to date, either place, knock on wood.
Were I cookin on a deck, like yer doin, I'd probly keep me both handy, jus in case...
Equipment
Primo Oval xl
Slow n Sear (two)
Drip n Griddle
22" Weber Kettle
26" Weber Kettle one touch
Blackstone 36†Pro Series
Sous vide machine
Kitchen Aid
Meat grinder
sausage stuffer
5 Crock Pots Akootrimonts
Two chimneys (was 3 but rivets finally popped, down to 1)
cast iron pans,
Dutch ovens
Signals 4 probe, thermapens, chef alarms, Dots, thermapop and maverick T-732, RTC-600, pro needle and various pocket instareads. The help and preferences
1 extra fridge and a deep chest freezer in the garage
KBB
FOGO
A 9 year old princess foster child
Patience and old patio furniture
"Baby Girl" The cat
I clip my Jose 3' from the cooker and spray down the concrete throughout the cook. So let the grease catch I'm outside. If something else catches I'll use the hose. Keep those chemicals always from my cooker.
the smart thing would be to have one but hell, I ain't never been accused.
Good point Mosca!
Last edited by HouseHomey; June 17, 2018, 11:30 AM.
Reason: cleaning up my act, keeping Huskee sane
Lonestar Grillz 24x36 offset smoker, grill, w/ main chamber charcoal grate and 3 tel-tru thermometers - left, right and center
Yoke Up custom charcoal basket and a Grill Wraps cover.
22.5 copper kettle w/ SnS, DnG, BBQ vortex, gasket and stainless steel hinge kit.
Napoleon gas grill (soon to go bye bye) rotting out.
1 maverick et-733 digital thermometer - black
1 maverick et-733 - gray
1 new standard grilling remote digital thermometer
1 thermoworks thermopen mk4 - red
1 thermoworks thermopop - red
Pre Miala flavor injector
taylor digital scale
TSM meat grinder
chefs choice food slicer
cuisinhart food processor
food saver vacuum sealer
TSM harvest food dehydrator
You have a valid point Mosca But to think of ruining some perfectly good food because of a little fire using, as HouseHomey said,
"chemicals". Eeeeek. I’ll use the garden hose myself thank you.
I keep one in my kitchen & one at my cookers. You never know, fires normally don’t start in the bathroom but in cooking areas. Why would one not be careful. The cost of being careful far outways the cost of not. Losing something to fire is also not necessarily macho either.
Same here, in the kitchen. Hose is available outside. Back about 6-8 years ago I had a DSC gasser. The drip pan in the bottom of the cooking chamber filled up with grease and I was just too lazy to clean it out. Had a hot cook one day and the whole thing just burst into flames before my eyes. I managed to get the piece of meat off and immediately dove for the propane tank which I got disconnected (regardless of the regulator being the safety valve). Hosed down the now towering inferno with my garden hose and got it extinguished. Needless to say about $400 in damage occurred to hoses, rubber gaskets, plastic knobs etc. I ended up junking the thing.
Had that been on a deck or near the house things may have gotten dicey. If you have any cookers in those situation do yourself a favor and go buy a decent extinguisher. One never knows.....good post Mosca.
PSA from CaptainMike: Every home should have at least 1 2A10BC dry chem fire extinguisher readily available, preferably near the kitchen, that is serviced annually, and that all family members/residents are familiar and trained in its proper operation utilizing the P.A.S.S. system (Pull pin, Aim at the base of the fire, Squeeze the lever, Sweep side to side). If you have a workshop/garage that gets a lot of project use then have one there too. End of announcement, you may now return to your normal duties.
Duly noted Cpt.
I have 6 at work. Auto repair shop. And I have had to use 1 on three different occasions over a 24 year period. So why don’t I have any at home. 🤔. I think I have to rethink my situation.
Great thread Mosca
If you have a Kidde extinguisher, there was a recent recall on some of them with plastic valves. They ended up sending me two new ones. You can look it up on their site and enter your model number. Problem was some plastic valves broke when you pressed the lever.
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