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    Smoke in the attic?

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    My wife smelled the "grill smell" in our closet.. Turns out, I had added some lump to a cook while the Egg was under our porch.. I guess all the initial smoke/VOCs went up into the perforated holes on the soffit.. Checked the attic and it was a bit hazy and smelled like smoke.

    I've got the garage attic entrance open with a couple of fans blowing in the attic.. Hopefully that does the trick.

    Anyone else dealt with this?
    LBGE
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      I have had "Toys in the Attic"  :))
                                                                  
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      Tell your wife that you did it on purpose to discourage bat nesting.
      If it ain't a CAT, it's a dog!!! 2 LBGE's & BGE Backyard Chef Edition Cart
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      CAT Seller said:
      Tell your wife that you did it on purpose to discourage bat nesting.
      LOL..

      Well, everything seems fine.. Went and bought a carbon monoxide monitor - not sure why we didn't have one already - and it's saying there's none in the air.  Attic is much less smoky after running the fans and leaving the garage entry open.

      Lesson learned.
      LBGE
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      what temp do you cook bat too
      Cookin in Texas
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      I could always say I was attempting a large scale cold smoker, amirite?
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      boatbum said:
      what temp do you cook bat too
      Ozzy just eats them raw like oysters.
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      If you've got any varmints up there they should consider themselves "warned" :))
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      Can you spatchcock a bat? maybe as an appetizer. On a serious note - I would find a solution to stop the smoke infiltration. It will leave a persistent odor, at some point you may be selling your house and a house inspector crawling around - thinking there had been a fire.
      Cookin in Texas
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      edited July 2013
      boatbum said:
      Can you spatchcock a bat? maybe as an appetizer. On a serious note - I would find a solution to stop the smoke infiltration. It will leave a persistent odor, at some point you may be selling your house and a house inspector crawling around - thinking there had been a fire.
      I'm thinking it was a one time thing based on the volume of smoke that came out of the Egg under the porch.. I had moved the Egg under the porch covering to shield it from potential rain while leaving the house and didn't move it back out when adding the lump.. I don't believe it's ever happened otherwise.

      But you bring up a good point.  I probably need to find a way to air it out some more.
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