Want a BGE - Scared of my covered porch. . .

Everyone tries to be very careful but there are a few on here that have had major damage due to accidents. I had a close call on our porch and it was my own stupidity. It is your own call. A grill mat would be a good thing and always keep the draft grate closed so sparks don't fly around.

Don't see any problem with the ceiling but with any grill you have to be careful with a wood deck. I think the Egg is safer than the gas grill.

we started with ours on our screened in porch and have moved them to the gazebos only because we have three now and there was not room. the gazebo is screened but the top is very high so it clears out the smoke fast.

I would say,go for it.You have a pretty tall ceiling and I wouldn't worry too much My ceiling is much smaller,but also much lower No problems in 4 years I agree with the other guys,get a grill mat

Looking at this porch, first I would say, nice porch and if I moved there My Egg Would Move With Me...SO, get a 8 or 10" stove pipe flange and affix it to the lid (and below the diverter) with JB Weld (or Furnace tape initially). Then get a single section of stove pipe and a elbow, cut the stove pipe down to about 10 inches and screw it to the elbow (a 90 degree elbow). When you get up to temp and have the daisy wheel set just right, place the stove pipe on the flange and the heat will be discharged entirely out the elbow and off the end of your porch.

There has to be a way to angle a stove pipe a little to get smoke off the porch - if - and only if the wind is blowing right. If the wind's blowing at your house, the pipe won't help, unless you take it above the porch roof. You may even be able to build a damper into the pipe to eliminate the daisey wheel. Of course, it's gonna get hot and you'll have to take it off every time you lift the lid, so I take back everything I just said. Too big a PITA. I'm thinking you'd get a lot of smoke in that area close to your house.

There is no way in he77 I would put an egg out there until you are very eggsperienced.

Mike

I also have a porch very similiar to yours, same heights and materials. The only real difference is that the end where your grill is on my porch is a wall. Since my porch has a wall there, I used to store my egg in the same spot your grill is shown and roll it 90 degrees to the right to cook to get it in the open. I did this for about two years. I did notice some slight discoloration directly above where I cooked. I decided I enjoyed cooking on the egg enough that I went through the time and expense of installing a commerical vent hood so I could leave my egg in the spot your grill is now and cook there. After I was all done installing the hood I got a ladder and a bottle of 409 cleaner to try to clean up the discoloration - much to my surprise it came off easy. I'd do the vent again on my porch, but on yours I'd say go ahead, you should have zero problems.