The Copper Creek Chit-Chat Thread

[FlyingV]

Holy crap James, quite the fire. And I apologize for the not funny comment. :facepam:

[Bamrz]

No its not! Its mostly bare metal now. All of the black hi-temp paint is mostly gone. Well, half of it is anyway. The charcoal side still looks good.

OH, speaking of the charcoal side, after the fire was out for about 10 minutes, the temp on that side (closed lid), got up over 300... AFTER it had cooled off for 10 minutes.

My grill was about 5 feet from the garage when it went up. The garage is about 30 feet (?) from the back porch, and it melted all of the birdfeeders hanging from the back porch, and warped the vinyl siding on the back of the house. It also cracked the concrete floor inside the garage.

I wasn't home, was at boyfriend's house about 20 miles away. Ian called and said he was going to cook some BBQ chicken, was I going to be home for dinner. I said no, go ahead without me. He turned on the grill to preheat, went inside to use the bathroom. Looked out the window, the corner of the garage was in flames. Apparently, the connector between the tank and hose was loose, at least that was the conclusion the firemen came to. Very thankfully, no one was hurt, and it didn't take out my neighbor's garage 10 feet away, and insurance covered building a new one. Haven't had a gas grill since.

[bliss12897]

OMG!!!! Lily comes home on Saturday!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!!!

Oh yay!!! That is wonderful news!! I am so excited for you all, especially her!!

Still laughing over Mona. I'm going to hell.

Yipee!!!!!!! Lily comes home on Saturday! Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!

I am keeping your seat warm. Well, warmer anyway...

You will have plenty of posse company. And she was calling the kitty to show her guest.

Oh god, it just gets better.

"Here kitty, kitty, kitty..."
"Did you feel that?"
"Sorry, I had chili for lunch"...

Lets see if I can win this one by a long summary of the events of my evening...

I left work at the obligatory an hour late. Got home. Today was a gym day, but I skipped out on it because I had some fresh jalapeno peppers that I wanted to stuff with bacon, chicken, and cheddar. While Im prepping the peppers, Mrs E goes to work to decorate a few cakes, leaving me with the Hellion Trio. I get the peppers stuffed and get them put on the grill. Start frying up the remaining bacon and slice the remaining chicken breast up into strips. By the time the bacon is done, the peppers finish up, I go get them off the grill, bring them in, and taste them. They came out DELICIOUS. Now, I left the grill on medium heat, as I always do, to burn the crispies off. My plan was to start the chicken, then go turn off and clean the grill. So, I start cooking the chicken strips. In the meantime, I start cutting up my second pepper. I notice an unusual odor. Familiar to me, but I cant place it, and pass it off as the pepper/chicken/bacon/cheddar combo. All the while, Ive got chicken in the pan. I start to smell it again, when it hits me. Its a grease fire. I run out side. My grill is engulfed in flames. I run inside, tell my oldest to get the pan of chicken off the hot burner and move it to one that wasnt on. I grabbed the extinguisher and an oven mitt. Get out side, shut the gas off, throw the lid up, and as expected, the flames shot even bigger. I hit the flames with the extinguisher, empty the whole bottle (2.5lb bottle). Flames are out. The whole grill is glowing bright red, all of the hoses and fitting melted off. The valve knobs melted off. Glass on the thermometer shattered....

Even though the night started well, and the stuffed peppers were amazingly yummy, I melted a $300 grill... My baby is now a smoking hunk of twisted metal...

I don't think he should win...his peppers were delicious. Everything was a little hot.

*sorry, had to*

I had a gf named Mona once...







I got some mail today!

Some wood!


and a little kick!

Very cool mail Ben.

Did Mona like pancakes?

Yeah about Lilly

Sorry about the grilling trauma

Cool looking wood

anyone seen my cat?

Hi everybody

Look in the couch..

I looked at it, very nice! Oh, and your grill is still black. (sorry, couldn't stop myself)

[bliss12897]

Well, I am going to bed. Good night Posse. Hope you enjoy your evenings.
*hugs*

[FlyingV]

Good night Bliss, see you tomorrow.

[FlyingV]

Bamrz, that is awful! I always worry when the guys have bonfires out back. I am always positive the wind will change and my house and woods will catch fire. Yes, I am the person that always has the garden hose sitting next to their chair.

Which does prove to be fun in chilly weather, I spray the guys chairs when they're not looking.

[MustangSallie]

Night bliss. I'm headed out too. I have to be up super early tomorrow. I have an 8:00 drs appointment and then a 5:00 hair appt, so I won't be back again until late tomorrow. Have a good day tomorrow everyone!

[efirdj]

Holy crap James, quite the fire. And I apologize for the not funny comment. :facepam:

No facepam or apology needed! Yeah, it was a good one, but couldve been much MUCH worse.

My grill was about 5 feet from the garage when it went up. The garage is about 30 feet (?) from the back porch, and it melted all of the birdfeeders hanging from the back porch, and warped the vinyl siding on the back of the house. It also cracked the concrete floor inside the garage.

I wasn't home, was at boyfriend's house about 20 miles away. Ian called and said he was going to cook some BBQ chicken, was I going to be home for dinner. I said no, go ahead without me. He turned on the grill to preheat, went inside to use the bathroom. Looked out the window, the corner of the garage was in flames. Apparently, the connector between the tank and hose was loose, at least that was the conclusion the firemen came to. Very thankfully, no one was hurt, and it didn't take out my neighbor's garage 10 feet away, and insurance covered building a new one. Haven't had a gas grill since.

Im liking the no one hurt and insured part. Not the fact it happened.

I don't think he should win...his peppers were delicious. Everything was a little hot.

*sorry, had to*

THAT is facepam worthy!

Good night Bliss, see you tomorrow.

^^^ What she said!!!^^^


I think im off to bed too. I need a shower though. I smell like dry chemical, burnt metal, bacon, and jalapenos. YUM!!!!

Goodnight everyone!!!

[FlyingV]

Good night Sallie. Be careful driving tomorrow. I assume you are not taking the new car.

[woodboy]

Night Bliss, Night Sallie

Thanks FV for the quick shipment of my vaping goodies. Just tried the apricot, very very yummy.

Hope you all have a great evening, see ya, time to go to the place of night work.