So I cooked up a pork shoulder two weeks ago, then some burgers and dogs for the 4th, and then tonight, I cooked up some chicken and after that a flank steak. That all went fine.
I set my Mak 2-Star to high to what I thought would help clean off the grill. I walked away and about 5 minutes later smelled something funny. I went into the kitchen and it was all smoky (and not in a good way). I ran outside and could see the reflection of fire from inside the BBQ on the grease bucket. I foolishly ran over and opened it. The flames kicked up like Dante's Inferno and the onboard temp read was 765F. I panicked and I blew on it for a second (like a fool #2), got a lungful of smoke, and then closed the lid and powered down. Within a minute, I rapidly got the flames out, plugged it back it and did the powerdown sequence.
I'm sitting here feeling like a big dummy.
I'm wondering what I should do tomorrow to troubleshoot it and clean it. I'm guessing Already figure that I'm going to have to replace the frogmat.
-sigh-
I set my Mak 2-Star to high to what I thought would help clean off the grill. I walked away and about 5 minutes later smelled something funny. I went into the kitchen and it was all smoky (and not in a good way). I ran outside and could see the reflection of fire from inside the BBQ on the grease bucket. I foolishly ran over and opened it. The flames kicked up like Dante's Inferno and the onboard temp read was 765F. I panicked and I blew on it for a second (like a fool #2), got a lungful of smoke, and then closed the lid and powered down. Within a minute, I rapidly got the flames out, plugged it back it and did the powerdown sequence.
I'm sitting here feeling like a big dummy.
I'm wondering what I should do tomorrow to troubleshoot it and clean it. I'm guessing Already figure that I'm going to have to replace the frogmat.
-sigh-
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