What to do after a major grease fire...

[MoyMch]

Buy a BGE. Battle proven to survive the worst of fires.

 

[SmokinFatties]

I had the same pit as you bout 8 years ago. Got tired of not being able to walk away for 30 minutes without something going wrong, even with mods that everyone said would make this a great pit. Then I built a drum. It was what I had dreamed of. A dirt cheap rig that I could let chug away til the food was done. Even if that meant over 20 hrs without touching a thing. Make a drum.

 

[Pitbull]

Well if you really want a good new pit, save your penny's for a while and do it right. Get a pit that will work well and last a lifetime. Buy a Gator or a Klose.

http://www.gatorpit.net/pits.htm

http://www.bbqpits.com/

 

[ibanda]

Buy a BGE. Battle proven to survive the worst of fires.

I was cooking 60 ABTs (on 2 grid levels, 60 slices of bacon with a drip pan to catch the bacon grease) on my Large BGE and towards the end of my cook I opened up the vents a little too much. The temperature got over 600° and lit the bacon grease, when I opened up the top, all that fresh air hit and holy grease flaming fireball! :mad2:

I had good gloves and pulled the top lavyer of ABTs off and saved them but the bottom layer were gone, completely vaporized! I shut down the vents and put the fire out and the BGE survived just fine.

 

[ITBFQ]

Building a UDS is hardly ambitious. Gather up the parts, and you can build in the morning and cook in the afternoon for less than $100. Then save up some cash for a new-to-you pit!

 

[Displaced Texan]

After I started doing more maintenance than grilling/smoking on my Char Griller Pro I went to a Weber OTG for grilling and a UDS for smoking.. surprisingly takes about the same amount of room on the patio. It works better for me.

 

[captndan]

OK the lesson learned. Sit down next to the corpse and have a beer or what ever. Think of this a right of passage. Your next cooker could be less $ then the original (UDS) Or now that you have an excellent opportunity to go the next level do so and get a much better cooker. Many recommendations here. KISS

 

[SmittyJonz]

I'm still waiting on pics! :evil: