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Dec
The best way to ensure that your fire is safe to put out is to start letting it burn down and smolder long before you start dumping water onto it. If youre ready to call it a night spread the embers out as thinly as possible and then stop stirring the fire letting it slowly die down.
One way to prevent flare-ups is by minimizing the amount of fat and oil on the food you grill.
How to stop a grill fire. Over the course constant use of grill pans might cause some grease or fatty particles to stick to the grill. These hardened pieces must be scraped off with a wire brush before reusing the grill to prevent grease flareups. Its easiest to do it while its still hot.
To avoid grill fires do a deep cleaning on your grill 2-3 times per year. Dont let a flare up turn into a full on grill fire. With just a few maintenance steps you can prevent potentially devatstating grill fires and keep your ou.
Doing so will spread the burning grease to a greater area. Use salt baking soda or sand to blanket and smother the flame. Close the lid and also shut all vents to help cut off oxygen to the fire.
If the fire hasnt calmed down after about 30 seconds use a fire extinguisher to douse your grill. Keep a garden hose nearby while you grill in case an escaped ember starts a fire in your yard. Always make sure to keep your clothing clear of a hot grill.
Grease fires cant be put out with water due to the nature of physics and chemistry. Since oil floats on water oil that is on fire also floats on water. However these flames can easily be smothered with a good layer of baking soda.
Baking soda tastes foul so I recommend removing the food from the grill. Grease fires can occur if your grill hasnt been cleaned properly but there is something you can do to help keep the flames at bay. As he shows everyone how he keeps his fire going on a Grill when barbecuing.
These are his special techniques that he wants to share with you. Here is a great question that we just received from a fan. Id be interested on your recommendations for shutting down a charcoal grill kettle and also what are some techniques available to get the grill to cool down enough to where its safe to put on the cover without risking damaging it.
The best way to get your coals to go out is by fully closing the vents on the bottom of the. Everyone thinks they know how to start a charcoal grill but most dont do it properly. Weve all seen itsomeone will stand over the grill repeatedly dousin.
Wind and rain are two weather elements that you may want to keep your grill away from to avoid flare-ups. Breeze simply fans the flames giving them the strength to grow even more. As such you need to try to keep the grill away.
The rain will also only splash on the ash and mess up your food rather than dealing with the flare-up. One way to prevent flare-ups is by minimizing the amount of fat and oil on the food you grill. Chicken steaks and burgers will all drip fat onto coals during cooking.
This isnt necessarily a bad thingits their higher fat content that makes these foods good for grilling in the first place. But excess fat and oil is another matter. Try to remove oxygen from the flame by covering with another pot or a baking pan.
If you cant cover it smother the fire with a generous amount of baking soda or salt until its extinguished. If your grill catches fire immediately close the lid which should help to suffocate the flames. If its a gas grill and you are able then turn off the gas and if possible the gas tank.
Close the lid and shut any air intakes or smoke stacks if it has them. Turn off the gas if its a gas grill. When something in a grill catches on fire its almost certainly grease.
Throwing water at a grease fire causes a huge explosion so defini. If your gas grill catches fire the first thing you should do is attempt to turn the burners off. If you can reach the knobs safely on a gas grill this will help stop additional fuel from feeding the fire and creating a larger problem.
You can also close the grill lid as a lack of oxygen will help to ease the fire and slow it. Allow the fire to burn down before extinguishing it. The best way to ensure that your fire is safe to put out is to start letting it burn down and smolder long before you start dumping water onto it.
If youre ready to call it a night spread the embers out as thinly as possible and then stop stirring the fire letting it slowly die down. Make sure you leave a 3-5 inch high gap between the lid and inside of the grill. The gap makes sure that air can still reach your fire and keep it burning but the enclosure will shield the grill fire so that the wind will not be able to blow out the fire or blow.