What are some safety tips for grilling and BBQ cooking, especially for beginners?
What are some safety tips for grilling and BBQ cooking, especially for beginners?
by Beautiful_Quantity65
11 Comments
Rob-Top
Get some proper bbq safety gloves, it’s not just for your hands, but your lower forearm too
tequilaneat4me
If you use any type of wire brush to clean your grill, wipe it down thoroughly with some paper towels or a rag. My cousin is an anesthesiologist. He has been involved in two surgeries to remove a piece of wire from someone’s throat because the grill was not wiped down properly to remove any stray pieces of wire that broke off the brush.
jeffshoaf
If you’re using a cooker that controls the temperature by restricting air flow (kamadas, etc.), be sure to open the lid slightly and then wait a moment or two before opening fully during a cook. If you open it as the way quickly, the sudden inrush of air can create a back draft effect and generate a fireball. It’s also a good idea to open from the side instead of directly in front of the cooker so that if you do get the fireball, your arm and head aren’t in its path.
I singed off most of the hair in my forearm and my eyebrows when i forgot this…
Also, always assume that all parts of the cooker are hot enough to burn whenever in use, especially the metal parts. Don’t trust the built-in thermometer in this regard, especially if it’s been exposed to the elements – it could be way out of calibration or damaged, and even if it’s in perfect writing order, it only shows the temperature of the cook chamber at that time and doesn’t show the temperature of other parts.
canegang1
Don’t touch fire. Fire hot
Estropelic
Check for temp with a decent instant read thermometer.
Old_Vermicelli7483
If you are grilling meat, leave it. Don’t turn every 20 seconds or play around with it. Also, black doesn’t always means it’s burned, you can have black caramelised pieces on your meat that are fucking amazing with a lot of flavour. Also, but I hope this is common sense, never start your charcoal or anything with gasoline. Get some eco friendly fire starters. The white fire starters could leave a chemical flavour.
Space-manatee
A bit like gun safety, treat everything like it is always hot.
shitthesheetz
Keep the grill atleast a few feet from your house/garage, especially if you have vinyl siding.
Bigram03
Start small to learn the basics of fire management.
ind3pend0nt
I have two extinguishers near my grill when I’m cooking. Don’t go cheap either. Get the good ones.
kcolgeis
Don’t drink so much that you fuck it up or drink enough that you don’t give a fuck. It’s a fine line.
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Get some proper bbq safety gloves, it’s not just for your hands, but your lower forearm too
If you use any type of wire brush to clean your grill, wipe it down thoroughly with some paper towels or a rag. My cousin is an anesthesiologist. He has been involved in two surgeries to remove a piece of wire from someone’s throat because the grill was not wiped down properly to remove any stray pieces of wire that broke off the brush.
If you’re using a cooker that controls the temperature by restricting air flow (kamadas, etc.), be sure to open the lid slightly and then wait a moment or two before opening fully during a cook. If you open it as the way quickly, the sudden inrush of air can create a back draft effect and generate a fireball. It’s also a good idea to open from the side instead of directly in front of the cooker so that if you do get the fireball, your arm and head aren’t in its path.
I singed off most of the hair in my forearm and my eyebrows when i forgot this…
Also, always assume that all parts of the cooker are hot enough to burn whenever in use, especially the metal parts. Don’t trust the built-in thermometer in this regard, especially if it’s been exposed to the elements – it could be way out of calibration or damaged, and even if it’s in perfect writing order, it only shows the temperature of the cook chamber at that time and doesn’t show the temperature of other parts.
Don’t touch fire. Fire hot
Check for temp with a decent instant read thermometer.
If you are grilling meat, leave it. Don’t turn every 20 seconds or play around with it. Also, black doesn’t always means it’s burned, you can have black caramelised pieces on your meat that are fucking amazing with a lot of flavour.
Also, but I hope this is common sense, never start your charcoal or anything with gasoline. Get some eco friendly fire starters. The white fire starters could leave a chemical flavour.
A bit like gun safety, treat everything like it is always hot.
Keep the grill atleast a few feet from your house/garage, especially if you have vinyl siding.
Start small to learn the basics of fire management.
I have two extinguishers near my grill when I’m cooking. Don’t go cheap either. Get the good ones.
Don’t drink so much that you fuck it up or drink enough that you don’t give a fuck. It’s a fine line.