WARNING TO THOSE THAT SMOKE MEAT

[SuperiorDG]

For those of you that like to smoke meat here is a little lesson I learned over weekend. What happened: while smoking some ribs this weekend I noticed that my smoke was cooling down. I opened the bottom up to notice that the burner was out. So I hit the igniter thingy and BOOM.

I guess the smoker had filled with propane and I set the whole thing off. The doors flew open shooting flames up my right side, legs, arm and beard and half my hair on my head were sizzled. My right ear got 1st degree burns. Had to run the trimmer through my beard to even it out and get as much of the crispy hair as I could, and the same with my head. Hair on my arm and legs are gone. I put burn cream on my ear and have had to sleep on the left side of my head for the last few nights. So if any of you have your smoker go out make sure you vent all the gas out before re-lighting it.

Edit: and no, I did not take pictures

[Zundfolge]

More importantly, is the meat ok?

[Great-Kazoo]

More importantly, is the meat ok?

Little singed judging from his post.

[Boadie30]

Delete the thread this didn't happen... With smokers it can really just be a couple of seconds without a flame and boom..

[Dingo]

So that's what you're claiming all those little black, crispy hairs on the meat are from?

[SuperiorDG]

Delete the thread this didn't happen... With smokers it can really just be a couple of seconds without a flame and boom..

Oh it did. It was probably sitting there for a little while because the temp was down from 200 degrees to about 50. if you want you can come over and give it a try. And the meat was fine.

[Gman]

I use a wood pellet smoker. I guess I'll be safe.

Glad to hear you'll be OK.

Sent from my tactical android.

[ChunkyMonkey]

For those of you that like to smoke meat here is a little lesson I learned over weekend. What happened: while smoking some ribs this weekend I noticed that my smoke was cooling down. I opened the bottom up to notice that the burner was out. So I hit the igniter thingy and BOOM.

I guess the smoker had filled with propane and I set the whole thing off. The doors flew open shooting flames up my right side, legs, arm and beard and half my hair on my head were sizzled. My right ear got 1st degree burns. Had to run the trimmer through my beard to even it out and get as much of the crispy hair as I could, and the same with my head. Hair on my arm and legs are gone. I put burn cream on my ear and have had to sleep on the left side of my head for the last few nights. So if any of you have your smoker go out make sure you vent all the gas out before re-lighting it.

Edit: and no, I did not take pictures

Hahahha I am glad you are ok... a friend of mine torched off an exhaust system from the cat back, then decided to blow some debri out of the cat using the very same oxygen from the torch. We were watching the whole time - even warned him about lighting it up w/ all that O2 in the pipe, but nope, he lit up the torch, brought it up to the cat and BOOM. One swollen eye and an eye brow later, he tends to listen to us more carefully with his good ear now.

[Dingo]

When I saw the thread title, it made me think of this.....

[Jmetz]

Thanks for the warning. I'd be more concerned if I knew what a propane smoker was.