My new neighbor, his new house, and his new big box home improvement store, pre-assembled grill. Ugh…..
I watched this video, and it went from grill ignition (at which point, he walked back into the house to collect the food) to flames around the crown of the propane tank in less than 3 minutes. The new house, which he’s been in for 6 weeks, was on fire in less than 5 minutes. Watching the video over and over again, combined with the fact that he later saw a review where someone had complained about a leaky regulator on their unit, which was replaced, and we both kind of think that maybe that’s what happened here. The regulator may have been leaking which drew the flame from the burners back to the tank, and then once the rubber gas line burned off, it was like a blow torch from the tank outlet directed straight at the side of the house, which you can kind of see in pics 9 and 10. The flame has receded in pic 11. I heard what sounded like a jet engine and then saw the guy’s wife and daughter run around the house to the street and I knew something was up! I grabbed my fire extinguishers and ran over to subdue the fire the best I could, which worked pretty well and then the fire department showed up a couple of minutes later and soaked everything down. I can only imagine what his insurance company must be thinking!
These are those drab, black grills that the home improvement stores lineup with cable lines in front of those places by the dozens. The guy isn’t a novice at the grill and he said he checks the hose connection every time to ensure everything is tight. Sucks to be him though!
by Ok_Condition_2802
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If he wasn’t a novice he wouldn’t have walked away from it for a few minutes especially with a brand new assembled by some idiot grill.
Either way that sucks for sure! Glad no one is hurt.
Charcoal wins again.
Considering it lit his house on fire that could have ended up so much worse.
This is why, even if it seems paranoid or dumb, I refuse to have my grill on the patio. It just seems like an accident waiting to happen. Glad no one was hurt.
I found it surprising that the deck came out of the whole ordeal relatively unscathed.
Did that thing just shoot fire in that direction? Is that what we’re seeing in the 5th pic??
Am I the only one bothered by the deck design and the stairs directing into the AC unit? Yeah the fire sucks, but the AC and stairs just looks like trouble.
Natural gas
That’s why I use charcoal.
I’m waiting for pic #9 where the grill has received the appropriate amount of shotgun maintenance
The grill in time out
Hey Neighbor! Thanks a ton for the assistance with that fire extinguisher! Please don’t show this to my insurance company
Weird question, but what are the green rectangles?
And look at that huge yard where the grill could be put
I’m pretty sure I have this same grill, or something very close. “American Gourmet by Char-Broil”. Looks exactly the same except mine has black knobs and the same shiny chrome handle. It was cheap, I got it last year on sale for around $150 I think. Just wanted something quick and easy for when I don’t feel like firing up the charcoal. My wife even enjoys grilling on it. I’ve been using it almost weekly since last summer. I think I’m good…? Those pics are really making me reconsider…
Needs a weber
College kids. Gotta love their enthusiasm and respect the learning experience
Could be worse, the grill probably still works.
Grill fire aside, you have a camera pointed directly at your neighbors back deck?
🎶I’m a firestarter🎶
🎶Twisted firestarter🎶
The last picture looks like it’s put in timeout.
I can smell this unfolding narrative
I wonder why they couldn’t smell that, or who goes inside when they’re grilling
Putting vinyl on your house is a bad idea. I like cement based siding.
No fire extinguisher or hose?
I’m concerned about the picanha 🫣
The grill looks like it’s in timeout in the last picture
Why do you have a camera pointed at his deck?
Between this and all the pellet grill grease fires, I’m starting to think charcoal might be the safest grill.
#webberkettlegang
JUST posted about this on another thread last night. Grill fires can go from a flare-up to out of control VERY QUICKLY. Embers from coals can escape and set a deck on fire. Gas or charcoal doesn’t matter, either type can burn your house down. I never thought much about it until I had a grease fire that warped my vinyl siding 10ft away. Now my grill and smoker are kept well away from my house.
Hey mate just wanted to say you did a good job with the quick thinking and taking action! Probably prevented a lot more damage to the house, and they can still live in it.. hope he feels the same way and also replaces your extinguiser for you! And maybe a keg of beer to haha
What dobyou have against pre-built or big box store grills? Where did you but your grill?
>his new big box home improvement store, pre-assembled grill
aside from the location of the grill, there seems to be an effort to shit on the guy for simply buying a grill. In my neck of the wood most of these lowes/home depot grills come pre-assembled without much of an option otherwise (within a price range). If the guy already used the grill several times it probably was a defect in the equipment, not because a “lesser than” assembled it. Even then tons of people have been using cheap gas grills with no issue and equipment failure seems to not be the norm compared to human error.
Well done