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Car port bbqing?

Dawnl
Dawnl Posts: 252
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Sold my house and bought a house with a car port, is it safe to egg in the car port? Not a big deal to build a concrete pad at the side of the house just thought I would ask the experts.

Ottawa Valley, Ontario
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,795
    edited June 2016
    Can't imagine why not unless you have construction/fire materials concerns.  An air-gap is quite an insulator.  
    Perhaps a pic of your set-up?
    Edit:  no expert here.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    I don't know. My Mom's carport has a roof over it that is basically an extension of the roof over the house. Two different rooflines, but if you go to the attic, you'll see that the air space up there is not separated at all. If CO gets into the carport attic, it'll get into the house attic. She never grills anyway (after all, she'll be 100 years old on the 4th!), but when I'm there, I move her kettle off the carport. Better safe than, umm, dead.

    Attic or not, you aren't supposed to use a grill anywhere near a door or window. I think it's 15', but not sure. Same CO concerns.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,808
    It will be fine. I egg on the covered portion of my patio with a wainscoting ceiling. The majority of the heat dissipates 2-3 feet up. My infrared temp gun shows about a 5* increase directly above the egg. 

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  • Ima_good_egg
    Ima_good_egg Posts: 590
    I also egg under a covered patio with a brick pad. Lots of air flow, been no issues so far.
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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    edited June 2016
    I have a car port with a concrete pad that I do all of my cooking on. It's open on two sides.  The roof is open rafters and is isolated from the rest of the roof. I had a high CFM exhaust fan installed in the roof to evacuate the smoke. 

    The Egg is safely away from the house, and it is really nice to stay out of the rain and snow. 
    Living the good life smoking and joking
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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    I egg on a wood table, up against the house, on the back covered porch. No problems so far. 
    Aledo, Texas
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    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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  • leemschu
    leemschu Posts: 615
    I'm on a brick floor cover patio and not problems for me either. Well besides when the roof leaks...
    Dyersburg, TN
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  • Thecoiman
    Thecoiman Posts: 134
    I have metal carport. I like it a lot because when raining or snowing, I cook without getting wet. 
    Garland, TX

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