Considering a trailer? Fire concern

Ford · 02-19-2008, 04:06 PM

If you are considering an enclosed trailer and are going to cook in in or on the drop gate here's a couple of pics to illustrate why no cooker is ever a set it and forget it. Taken at Grand Bend this past weekend and published on another Forum. Steve is a fireman and had all the right equipment or this could have been bad. He cooks on an FE. For the record I also had a grease fire in one of mine. What a rush.

Dale P · 02-19-2008, 04:10 PM

Wow, I heard about that. Glad nobody got hurt.

Rub · 02-19-2008, 04:19 PM

I witnessed a very similar grease fire in the same type cooker, in an enclosed trailer. Some moderate damage, could have been catastrophic. Scary stuff. Glad Steve was prepared.

Sawdustguy · 02-19-2008, 04:20 PM

Our spicewine gets rolled out of the trailer to cook. I wholeheartedly agree with you.

ihbobry · 02-20-2008, 10:56 AM

Glad he's ok but the real question is how did he score? :)

Divemaster · 02-20-2008, 12:56 PM

Glad he's ok too... I know that I'm just starting but it's always worried me when you guys cook inside the trailers...

Roo-B-Q'N · 02-20-2008, 05:09 PM

Never understood why you would cook in your trailer likethat. Yes it is vented, but how much smoke you got opening and closing your door?

scottyd · 02-20-2008, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Roo-B-Q'N

Never understood why you would cook in your trailer likethat. Yes it is vented, but how much smoke you got opening and closing your door?

Hey Steve is a fireman, or fire marshal maybe he likes the blue smoke!

Ford · 02-21-2008, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Roo-B-Q'N

Never understood why you would cook in your trailer likethat. Yes it is vented, but how much smoke you got opening and closing your door?

Mine has windows and 2 roof vents and with FE's you don't get a lot of smoke after they get going. And I do it so I don't have to go up and down steps so often. Easier on the knees. This year the trailer has been reconfigured so I can have 2 FE's out on the drop gate and one at the back corner with exhaust going out of the trailer. This way I can pull a rack out, turn and place it on a surface to work on the meat (ribs or chicken). It's very convenient.

J Appledog · 02-21-2008, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rub

I witnessed a very similar grease fire in the same type cooker, in an enclosed trailer. Some moderate damage, could have been catastrophic. Scary stuff. Glad Steve was prepared.

Hey, Rob, are you talking about that trailer that melted at Lakeland two years ago? It was two down from us and we smelled melting plastic half the night before anyone figured out what was happening.

I hope our paths cross again this year.

JCA

02-19-2008, 04:06 PM	#1
Ford is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 04-14-07 Location: Lakeland Florida	Considering a trailer? Fire concern If you are considering an enclosed trailer and are going to cook in in or on the drop gate here's a couple of pics to illustrate why no cooker is ever a set it and forget it. Taken at Grand Bend this past weekend and published on another Forum. Steve is a fireman and had all the right equipment or this could have been bad. He cooks on an FE. For the record I also had a grease fire in one of mine. What a rush. __________________ Ford Retired competition cook. BBQ mentor.

02-19-2008, 04:10 PM	#2
Dale P is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-28-06 Location: Porkbutt Ky	Wow, I heard about that. Glad nobody got hurt. __________________ Spicewine Turbo 2007 model Perry Brothers & Sons Bar-B-Q

02-19-2008, 04:19 PM	#3
Rub is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 09-25-06 Location: Winter Haven, FL	I witnessed a very similar grease fire in the same type cooker, in an enclosed trailer. Some moderate damage, could have been catastrophic. Scary stuff. Glad Steve was prepared. __________________ -Rub Swamp Boys Sponsored by Smithfield, BBQ Guru, Butcher BBQ, Nature's Own Hardwood Charcoal Gator Nation

02-19-2008, 04:20 PM	#4
Sawdustguy Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-14-05 Location: Vernon, Connecticut	Our spicewine gets rolled out of the trailer to cook. I wholeheartedly agree with you. __________________ Guy (Pitmaster) BBQ Team: Lawn Guyland Smokers Stupidity for Dummies …because sometimes, you just can’t dumb it down enough…

02-20-2008, 10:56 AM	#5
ihbobry On the road to being a farker Join Date: 08-22-06 Location: New Paltz NY	Glad he's ok but the real question is how did he score? :) __________________ [B]Bernie[/B] [B]Q-Less[/B] [I][B]kcbs cbj, wsm, ihb[/B][/I]

02-20-2008, 12:56 PM	#6
Divemaster somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 09-23-07 Location: North Side of Chicago Illinois	Glad he's ok too... I know that I'm just starting but it's always worried me when you guys cook inside the trailers... __________________ Jeff CBJ# 23376 Stockcar BBQ Race Fast, Cook Slow, and Enjoy Life! If it don't come off a smoker, it's just a side dish! Lang 60 Patio (The Mistress), Black Stainless Lang 36 (Little Princess), Large BGE (Ramona), Big Green UDS (Cottage Cooker), Brinkman SnP Pro (Little Bubba-Retired), 8 Burner Gasser, 3 - 22.5" & 1 - 18" (circa 1975) Weber Grills, & a Weber Smoky Joe.

02-20-2008, 05:09 PM	#7
Roo-B-Q'N is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-29-06 Location: Arlington, Nebraska	Never understood why you would cook in your trailer likethat. Yes it is vented, but how much smoke you got opening and closing your door? __________________ ________________ www.operationbbqmw.org KCBS CBJ 9831 Large Spicewine, Backwoods Smoker (Party), WSM, Oklahoma Joe's Offset, Wood Fired Oven

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