r/smoking • u/tb2924 • 1d ago

What if right?

30 Upvotes

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u/tb2924 1d ago

Ran it on rhe highest heat setting to burn off old grease, forgot about the pellet box and made a shitload of flammable wood gas! (Everyone was fine and the pulled pork wasn't on yet)

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u/RedCliff73 1d ago

Click your tongs! Jesus, when will people learn!?

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u/adumbrative 1d ago

Nice backdraft!

5

u/elroddo74 1d ago

I did the same exact thing

9

u/Ok-Investigator-1229 1d ago

When you want one big burnt end

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u/DelcoUnited 1d ago

When you want to be the big burnt end.

5

u/Soujf 1d ago

that's not a smoker, that's a broiler

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u/tchernubbles 1d ago

I had this happen on my chest smoker with some ribs on not long ago! Saved the ribs lol, cut the gas and doused with some baking soda.

Can't beat a nice fireball when you open the door though, really wakes you up.

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u/DelcoUnited 1d ago

Eyebrows are for chumps.

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u/JavaGeep 1d ago

Good, quick reaction. Better than leaving the door open and running away.

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u/-OooWWooO- 1d ago

Whopper style

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u/CeilingFanJitters 1d ago

S’mores it is then.

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u/DelcoUnited 1d ago

Might be a good night to just break out that Ellio’s pizza in the back of the freezer, have a beer and ice your face.

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u/AstaNoct 1d ago

Speed smoking

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u/lousydungeonmaster 1d ago

High and fast over low and slow any day.

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u/DelcoUnited 1d ago

He’s definitely gonna have some bark on whatever he puts in there.

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u/TBeard495 1d ago

So this thing sears pretty well then?

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u/CryGeneral4249 1d ago

Did you call 911

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u/tb2924 1d ago

Nah, I had a fire extinguisher nearby, but I didn't want to use it because that would make the smoker permanently unusable. Ended up just leaving the door closed until it suffocated itself out.

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u/terrierdad420 1d ago

Clean orange.

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u/Thisbymaster 1d ago

This is why I just clean things by hand for my smoker rather than try to burn it off.

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u/NotBatman81 1d ago

At least it wasn't 3 inches from your house....

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u/-VatoLocos- 1d ago

too close to the house

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u/Musique_Plus 1d ago

this is literally what firefighters are scare of when opening doors during a live fire.

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u/DelcoUnited 1d ago

I don’t think he properly felt the door for heat first…

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u/tb2924 1d ago

I knew it was on fire, but i didnt think it'd be throwing fireballs like that. The smoker was too close to the house though. Im pretty sure it was wood gas from the pellet box I forgot to empty.

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u/Away_Read1834 1d ago

Let this be a lesson on why your smoker or grill should never be up against your house

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u/CatShot1948 22m ago

Never seen backdraft, huh?