Using smoker in dry grass (camping help)

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seasmoker

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Aug 26, 2013
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Hey all,

I am headed to the gorge amphitheater for a 4 day camping/concert trip and I wanted to bring my weber smokey mountain.

The campground is HOT and the grass is usually dead so there are opportunities for flare ups and I don't wanna light 20,000 people on fire if you know what I mean.

So my question is, does anyone have any recommendations on what I can place the smoker on and/or what I can place around it? Sounds like a dumb question but there might be some good tips out there from the pros!

My idea was to find a rock slab (somehow) and place the smoker on there but... Anyone have any simple ideas out there that could work?

Also, if anyone has any recommendations on how to bring meat to a 4 day event and have it properly cooled.. Dry ice for the long term stuff? Or just ice?

Thanks for any info..appreciate your time.

Happy smoking!
 
Get an automotive drip pan, one that the Weber will fit in, then pour water in the pan. Anything that falls out of the BBQ goes in the water.
 
Does the campground have firepits? If so just get 4 bricks or pavers put them on the firegrate and set your smoker over the firepit.
 
get 3 or 4 bags of landscaping rock (pea gravel maybe).. dump that out in a big circle... could even put a tarp under it for easy clean up when all said and done... and keep a water hose handy
 
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weber and other brands sell "grill matts" which are flame retardant matts that are usually around 3'x4'. you could place this under the smoker. Another, more redneck, way you could do it is to light the smoker and allow flame to burn around it, if they do and stomp them out as they spread. you will essentially burn a circle around the smoker and there wont be anything else to burn later on when you might be sleeping...essentially creating a fire ring
 
Thanks all. Good advice. Hopefully nobody steals my smoker :).
 
get 3 or 4 bags of landscaping rock (pea gravel maybe).. dump that out in a big circle... could even put a tarp under it for easy clean up when all said and done... and keep a water hose handy
Stole my Idea.. Great minds think alike. Tarp might melt though .
 
Welcome Seasmoker and SlabCitySam. That's a great question and some pretty inventive answers.

How about the both of you head over to Roll Call and introduce yourselves? While you are at it please update your profiles with a location.

Living in Colorado, we have fire/burn bans all the time, so you might want to check and see if there are any such restrictions for your area!
 
I use a hot water heater pan under the mini wsm when I "camp" in my RV. I also use it for the Dutch Oven. Given all the wild fires right now, I would be very cautious lest we hear about you on the nightly news.
 
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