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"Duwop" > wrote in message
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> On Mar 1, 5:47 pm, D K > wrote:
>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> > "D K" > wrote in message
>> m...
>> >> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> >>> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
>> >>>> I would prefer to keep the smoker on the screen porch which is where
>> >>>> our
>> >>>> gas grill is located.
>> >>> Screened as in with a roof? Where is the fire extinguisher? How far
>> >>> is
>> >>> the fire department? Ever see the accumulated grease catch on fire?
>> >>> Sorry, but that is too risky for me to recommend anything.

>>
>> >> I have the same arrangement minus the "accumulated grease". Where did
>> >> you
>> >> get that?

>>
>> >> -dk

>>
>> > Put a couple of briskets in a smoker and you get grease. Put enough of
>> > any
>> > meat with fat and you get grease. All it takes is one unanticipated
>> > problem
>> > and you have a grease fire. All it takes is one time. Yes, it happens.

>>
>> Maybe in an offset, but my WSM is grease free with a lot of use.
>>
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>
> All that fat is going somewhere. Where's it end up with a WSM, on the
> ground?
>


It ends up burning in the fire on mine. I haven't used the water pan for a
couple of years.

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