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Big Green Egg Causes Home Fire In The New Orleans Area
My Brother-in-Law sent this story to us and now I'm sharing it with you guys as just one more reminder that even Eggheads sometime forget just how important it is to keep a close eye on their Egg when it is in use. It only takes less than a second to go from controlled to uncontrolled.
Also, buy a good extinguisher and keep it handy.
Spring "Recipe Number 1 - Safety" Chicken
Spring Texas USA
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@nolaegghead I hope you and all Eggheads down there are safe.__________________________________________It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.- Camp Hill, PA
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Not Good!! I feel sorry for these families I can't imagine a house fire.Lenoir, N.C.
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How did the heat off of a bge ignite a roof?Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN
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Been there, done that...We will be back in our home in 2 weeks, 7 months after our egg fire.Hope both families are ok and the recovery goes smoothly.
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That's a terrible thing to happen. From the news website it sounds like nobody was hurt. I don't think that's nola's hood either.#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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Spaightlabs said:Been there, done that...We will be back in our home in 2 weeks, 7 months after our egg fire.Hope both families are ok and the recovery goes smoothly.
whoa! How did I miss this? Glad to hear you guys are ok. I was super close last year as well. Table burned down but we had composite decking that melted but didn't catch fire.Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX -
Hmm. I have a completely closed in deck with carpet on the floor. My Egg is in a stainless steel table and I am real carefull.... I did slightly melt my vinyl siding with a radiant heater the other day doing wings though. It was about three feet away but I had it turned up a bit too far. Egging in Canada in January.LBGE,Mini Max,Stoker Meadow Lake Sask.
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I have to say this scares the crap out of me. I have my egg and Weber on a wood deck. My lot is very sloped and my foundation is 16 feet tall on one side of the house with the deck. I really don't have a good level surface besides my deck to grill/smoke on. I have my egg in a nest. I am guessing lots of grease build up probably is a problem. How often do people clean their eggs?Austin, TX
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Spring Chicken said:We Eggheads know that 'fire' is a very good thing, but only when it is controlled.
My Brother-in-Law sent this story to us and now I'm sharing it with you guys as just one more reminder that even Eggheads sometime forget just how important it is to keep a close eye on their Egg when it is in use. It only takes less than a second to go from controlled to uncontrolled.
Also, buy a good extinguisher and keep it handy.
Spring "Recipe Number 1 - Safety" Chicken
Spring Texas USA
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2015/01/cooking_to_blame_in_pair_of_ke.html#incart_story_packa ge
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Zmoking, we have them all around the house too, but they are the small ones. As they run out of the 'Green' and into the 'Red' I change them to a much larger and better extinguishers. The last one was for my outdoor kitchen, and hangs on the wall by the door. There's also a handy garden hose within six feet and a second one about twelve feet away. Two more garden hoses on separate water lines are within fifty feet with plenty of hose to reach the fire. As an extra precaution, I have a phone in the outdoor kitchen that is easy to reach. I also keep a frig full of beer and soft drinks to keep me hydrated, both when I'm cooking and if and when there's a fire.. I do this because my outdoor kitchen, affectionately known as The Chicken Coop, is about 95% wood.
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I would guess it was a lean-to with maybe a low overhang or vinyl. That is sheer guess though.henapple said:How did the heat off of a bge ignite a roof?
LBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL -
Spring Chicken said:
Zmoking, we have them all around the house too, but they are the small ones. As they run out of the 'Green' and into the 'Red' I change them to a much larger and better extinguishers. The last one was for my outdoor kitchen, and hangs on the wall by the door. There's also a handy garden hose within six feet and a second one about twelve feet away. Two more garden hoses on separate water lines are within fifty feet with plenty of hose to reach the fire...
I was on a chartered sailboat recently and when the captain was giving us a safety briefing there was an educational bit on the extinguishers. He had the same small ones in the cabins that we do in the kitchen. His point was that those extinguishers are not designed to put out a large fire, they can just beat it down enough for you to get past it to safety. So don't try to fight it if you are backed into a corner (or a boat cabin). Use it to get out. It will run out quickly.
I know they can put out small kitchen fires and such, but I'm guessing would not do much if your egg and deck or siding catches on fire. Need to have that hose or other extinguishers nearby. Or bigger ones.
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+++ on having the small extinguishers handy. It was nearly a year ago that I discovered a working fire inside my freezer side in our kitchen refrigerator. It was right before we were headed to bed. Turned out the ice maker cube dumper caught on fire. After much hassle GE replaced the whole refrig even though it was 5 years out of warranty! Fires are NOT supposed to happen like that an GE knew it! Just the same we were very lucky and I'm not sure where we would be today had I not caught it and hit it with a nearby extinguisher!
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Tjcoley said:@nolaegghead I hope you and all Eggheads down there are safe.
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I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
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nolaegghead said:Tjcoley said:@nolaegghead I hope you and all Eggheads down there are safe.
I notice that you mention the safety of the Egg #:-S
before you express concern for the humans involved.
That makes sense 'cause Eggs don't start fires. People do.
B-)
"Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing." - George Burns -
Be safe everyone, I have had sparks fly into my garage with my egg 10 ft away from my garage doorCharlotte, Michigan XL BGE
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@Sardonicus - Very observant. I am a misanthrope and an egg-o-phile.
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nolaegghead said:@Sardonicus - Very observant. I am a misanthrope . . .
Understood, @NOLAEggHead.
\m/ To know us is to hate us."Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing." - George Burns
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