Preventing Grill Fires

Cooking (both indoor and outdoor) causes nearly half (49%) of all home structure fires in the US.   We have all heard/seen a story where an outdoor grill caught on fire and destroyed an entire home.  Additionally, thousands of people go to emergency rooms yearly as a result of an outdoor grilling accident. We want to provide a few safe tips to hopefully prevent this from happening to you.

Some Simple Ways To Prevent Fires/Injuries

✔ #1 is to clean your grill regularly.  Most fires resulting from flare-ups are simply due to the grill being dirty.  This can be from excessive pile up of grime on any location within the grill.  Additionally, clogged grease buckets and/or drip pans cause backup that create fires. 🧼

✔ Inspect your grill regularly.  This should go hand in hand with cleaning.  Checking gas lines/connection points,  burners , flame tamers and other components such as your ignition system.  👀

✔ Never cook or do a high heat burn-off unattended.

✔ Ensure you don’t have any explosive and/or highly flammable materials near the grill (i.e. flammable cleaners, pool supplies, reserve propane tank,etc.)

✔ Avoid grilling in high wind situations that could cause the flame to spread beyond the firebox. 💨

✔ If food happens to drop beneath the grates, avoid just burning it off.  Let the grill cool down then retrieve it.

✔ Always keep a fire extinguisher, baking soda or our favorite recommendation a fire blanket in close proximity should a fire occur.🧯

When Should I Call A Professional?

You don’t feel comfortable inspecting your grill properly?  You did an inspection and found a few things you would like a second opinion on?  Maybe you just don’t feel like worrying about it and want to get on a routine schedule with us?  Any of these above scenarios are a perfect reason to give us a call.  

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