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Old 07-24-2013, 11:08 AM   #9111 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle View Post
Been there, done that. Left the grille on to "warm-up", it started a grease fire. I look outside and there are flames shooting out of the grille and the thermometer is pegged at the 700° max.

Once it coooled down, i noticed that part of the aluminum bottom tray had melted away! I was just lucky the propane bottle didn't go off.
My thermometer pegs at 600F. It was wrapped all the way back around to 200F, and the porcelin-enameled grill racks now look like bubble wrap I haven't checked it for further damage, but I wouldn't be surprised to find the bottom tray compromised. Did you just replace the whole grill?
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