Hello everyone. My first smoke is rapidly approaching, and I am super excited.
I have been thinking about something though. I live in a townhouse. Our "back porch" is a screened in and tiled area about 12'X15' with a 9' or 10' roof. I regularly grill inside the screen enclosure with temps up to about 450. These temps rarely go for more than 2 hours though. I am wondering if it is a bad idea to smoke in there as well. I know the temps are not as high, but they will be lasting much longer. I have a one door Brinkmann vertical so it doesnt come anywhere near the roof of the enclosure, and I can position the smoker in the middle of it so that I dont run the risk of burning the screen sides.
My gut says that as long as I light my coals outside of the screen, and keep an eye on everything through the sliding glass doors (especially for the first smoke)it should be fine. I have a hose and extinguishger close by in case of emergencies (althought I would really like to avoid those).
I could do it in my driveway, but we have a bunch of kid's in the neighborhood, so that would mean I would be babysitting it all day to make sure that no one accidentally gets hurt.
What do you think?
(I'm not sure that this is the right section for this question. Sorry if it is in the wrong one.)
My gut says that as long as I light my coals outside of the screen, and keep an eye on everything through the sliding glass doors (especially for the first smoke)it should be fine. I have a hose and extinguishger close by in case of emergencies (althought I would really like to avoid those).
I could do it in my driveway, but we have a bunch of kid's in the neighborhood, so that would mean I would be babysitting it all day to make sure that no one accidentally gets hurt.
What do you think?
(I'm not sure that this is the right section for this question. Sorry if it is in the wrong one.)