BGE on a screened in porch?

Not only will it be smoke but you will have a small amount of grease that is carried up with the rising heat. It a small amount but can build up with time. Be ready to clean or resurface over time 

I would say no.. Create a grill area away from the house. There have been some close calls reported on this forum with house fires caused from eggs. Esp when you add adult beverages to the mix. 

@CarolinaQ offers good sarcasm but is dead serious. Absolutely not!  Good way to burn down your house and everything in it.

My neighbors house when growing up burnt down to the studs from a grill fire. Pretty much lost everything. I cringe when seeing grills on decks. 

If you were to do it, I'd put in a dedicated fine hood / vent to the outside.   

Would i I do it, nope. 

My father volunteers with the Red Cross here in Atlanta and does house fires; getting people some shelter in a hotel for the night, some food, etc. 

A lot of the recent fires have been from BBQ's. No Bueno in my book. 

bgebrent said:

@CarolinaQ offers good sarcasm but is dead serious. Absolutely not!  Good way to burn down your house and everything in it.

I am absolutely dead serious. Spaightlabs lost his house, Nature Boy (Chris from DP) did as well. Ask Little Steven how he likes dealing with insurance companies after his deck fire.

And then there's this old article about the couple who died from CO in their trailer. They stowed a charcoal grill below their bedroom.

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/pages/communications/CO/grill.html

Some other reading material...
http://onsafety.cpsc.gov/blog/2011/05/25/grilling-time-fire-it-up-safely/

http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article4256809.html

Don't do it, man!

@Spaightlabs  and others

My option is either:  Egg on the deck or Don't egg (drop off below the deck). 

Do you have any tips for making grilling on the deck as safe as possible? 

Right now:
- I put one of those gas grill mats already under the egg 
- I do not Egg if it hasn't rained in the past week
to reduce chance of an ember lighting up under the deck

Open fire, flying embers, smoke, grease, Carbon monoxide- what could go wrong?

I was on a Trex deck, about 3 feet outside of the overhang.

Table started on fire.  I had my egg on a thick paver bricks and had an air gap.

I had done high temp pizza cooks, clean burns, seared steaks regularly.  At some point it appears the paver cracked allowing sufficient heat to get the wood under the paver smoldering and eventually to ignite.  if the table had tipped to the south when it went over I would have had a cracked dome and some charring on my trex. It tipped to the north and ignited a resin/plastic outdoor storage chest containing wood chunks and lump.  That got the siding going and burned up under the eaves and into the attic.  Game over.


Best option is to cook on concrete away from your house or anything flammable.
Next best option is a metal table or a nest and stay as far from the house and overhang as you can.
Third best option is to check your table and egg frequently and not leave anything unattended.

there is no way I would risk running my egg underneath a screened in porch......while it is unlikely that you would have major issues, the problem is that the potential issues that could go wrong are just too high risk to take the chance.

my egg is totally self contained within a BGE metal cart sitting outside on my open air wooden deck and I still get nervous because the deck is wood.

Mine is on a covered deck. Been using the egg for over a year on it. Last couple months to eggs. No grease above eggs. No discoloration. I cook a couple times a week on it/them.