As I was smoking some chickens yesterday as I was listening to a local radio station. They announced that my county (Wichita County, Texas) was under a "burn band". We have had very dry conditions here and several tragic range fires in the last couple of weeks.
I'm cancelled my outside cooking for today, we are having 40mph gusts outside right now with very low humidity. I am evaluating what I need to do to prevent starting unwanted fires during my outside cooking operations.
Some of the things I already do include...
Scoop out fire box after cooking into a metal buckets and soak with water.
Supervise the cooker during the entire cooking time (when poss.)
keep water hose handy.
Anybody else have any suggestions on fire safty during dry and windy conditions?
I'm not sure if a "burn band" in my county prohibits all outdoor fires, but I intend to check before I cook outside again.
Randy
I'm cancelled my outside cooking for today, we are having 40mph gusts outside right now with very low humidity. I am evaluating what I need to do to prevent starting unwanted fires during my outside cooking operations.
Some of the things I already do include...
Scoop out fire box after cooking into a metal buckets and soak with water.
Supervise the cooker during the entire cooking time (when poss.)
keep water hose handy.
Anybody else have any suggestions on fire safty during dry and windy conditions?
I'm not sure if a "burn band" in my county prohibits all outdoor fires, but I intend to check before I cook outside again.
Randy