So much for brew night! (Includes destruction and mayhem)

[robtotten]

AKA "When frying okra goes wrong." Grease fires can be dangerous. Make sure you have a fire extinguisher (or two) in the house! I'm without a kitchen for at least a few weeks, and probably more. So I have a Bayou Classic on the way for outdoor brewing.

 

[DRoyLenz]

Alright, I'm going home and making sure my fire extinguisher is full and not expired....

 

[shortyjacobs]

Holy hellballs.

Gonna purchase an extinguisher.

 

[Flyin]

I'm without a kitchen for at least a few weeks, and probably more. So I have a Bayou Classic on the way for outdoor brewing.

Priorities

Sounds like everyone's OK & you probably wanted a new higher power stove anyway right.

 

[Fingers]

I did something similar years ago. Drunken french frying. It didn't turn out well.

BTW, make sure your pot bellied pig doesn't rip the floor up from underneath your stove. Damn pig.

 

[Bopper]

DAMN! Glad you're ok!

 

[conpewter]

I did something similar years ago. Drunken french frying. It didn't turn out well.

BTW, make sure your pot bellied pig doesn't rip the floor up from underneath your stove. Damn pig.

Good safety tip!

 

[mullenite]

This is why living with a firefighter is always a good idea... "Hey Joe, the dishwasher is smoking..." was said the first day we moved in here.

 

[robtotten]

Priorities

Sounds like everyone's OK & you probably wanted a new higher power stove anyway right.

Yeah... Everything's ok, that old range was a major POS anyway. And the built in microwave (which, incidentally, was so old that you had to turn knobs to change settings.) was too low for me to use my 10 gallon stock pot. I still would have preferred to upgrade the kitchen on my terms, that 90 seconds of terror undoubtedly shaved at least a few months off my lifespan.

 

[robtotten]

I would have told her that it's a nasty habit and she should quit.

This is why living with a firefighter is always a good idea... "Hey Joe, the dishwasher is smoking..." was said the first day we moved in here.

 

[mordantly]

the micro caught fire or a pan on the electric element?? hopefully you didn't sustain too much smoke damage elsewhere. was it an abc extinguisher? i wouldn't think dry chem would due much to grease. this reminds me i need to get two 20#ers for my house/shop.

 

[kidsmakeyoucrazy]

One note about extinguishers. Don't put it in a cabinet over the stove....my mom used to keep hers there until I asked her "if you have a fire on the stove, how are you going to get it?"

 

[IrregularPulse]

Is that wooden cabinet 2 feet above your stove burners....??

Glad everyone is ok.

 

[jjones17]

Oh my GAWD! Buddy, that sucks... I feel for ya I truly do. Sounds like some good will come of it.

 

[azscoob]

+100 on easy to get to extinguishers, we have 2 in the kitchen (one below the center island, one by the doorway) I also have one in the garage by the roll up door, the one under the island goes with me outside when I grill or brew. only had one fire on the stove in my first apt, lucky there was an extinguisher on the counter. changed my safety habbits real quick! glad to hear the only real injury was to the Jurassic microwave!

 

[david_42]

Frying okra should always be done as close to the compost heap as possible.

Never had a kitchen fire, but the extinguisher is in the pantry. Only time I've used one was when the car next to mine in the laundromat's parking lot caught fire. If it had been a few cars over, I wouldn't have worried, as the owner of the car was not a nice person.

 

[SamuraiSquirrel]

Wow ........... I have no idea where my fire extinquishers are located. I should probably make sure I get one for kitchen and garage after looking at the pics.

Where can you get fire extinguishers at?

 

[Bobby_M]

Come on, it's nothing a little oxyclean can't fix.

 

[jrfuda]

Glad you're all OK.

I gave up frying anything that needs more than a few tablespoons of oil on the stove years ago... saw too many of those grease fire videos the fire safety folk put out.

My 15-year old fry daddy is my go-to tool for anything that needs frying. I've even completed repurposed my turkey frying rig to beer-only use and bought one of those butterball/masterbuilt electric fryers for turkey and other "bulk frying" events (can only do up to a 14 lb turkry, but that's plenty for up to 8 adults).

I'm a big fan of keeping fire extinguisehers nearby, and checking their serviceability too -both at home and in your vehicle. I've had 2 occasions where I've used/almost used extinguishers with vehicles.

Once was with my own car smoking like crazy, but it turned out to be a poorly-installed oil filter that sprayed oil all over the engine, so no fire, and no extinguisher needed, but I was ready.

The other time was in a HMMWV that had an electrical fire. The extinguisher that was mounted in the vehicle (and showed "green" on its gauge and was recently inpsected) gave a 1 second burst of spray when it was used (esssentially failed). I ran into a nearby, locked building (for which I fortuneately had a key) and got another extinguisher, tossed it to my driver (who was still dumbfounded by the failure of the first extinguisher) and he was able to deal with the fire. It's good fortune it happened when we did, becuase we were parked on a concrete slab at the time, having temporarily come in from an exercise where we'd normally be parked on grass/leave/etc and may not have had an alternate extinguisher near by. Bottom line: Get and extinguisher and get a backup!

 

[kidsmakeyoucrazy]

Wow ........... I have no idea where my fire extinquishers are located. I should probably make sure I get one for kitchen and garage after looking at the pics.

Where can you get fire extinguishers at?

Wal-Mart, Target, Lowes, Homedepot, the local hardware store...They all carry the "use once and toss it" type. Should be $20 or less.

 

[ChshreCat]

I got mine at Costco. It was a 2-pack so once went in the kitchen and the other in the hall closet outside the bedrooms. Thinking about picking up another 2-pack and put one in each bedroom and one in the garage.

I'm assuming your homeowner's insurance was paid up?

 

[Lodovico]

Wow, glad everyone is alright. How'd the Okra turn out?

 

[robtotten]

The oil was ignited by the electric element... Then it just got crazy. I guess there was grease based goop on the wall which was the reason it went up so fast. There was a little smoke damage upstairs, but insurance is taking care of it. Kind of a pain in the butt, but better than the whole house burning down.

Is that wooden cabinet 2 feet above your stove burners....??

About 4 feet above, with a microwave in between. It's a hundred year old house...

Wow, glad everyone is alright. How'd the Okra turn out?

You wouldn't believe how many smart asses ask me just that. And, suffice to say, it didn't.

the micro caught fire or a pan on the electric element?? hopefully you didn't sustain too much smoke damage elsewhere. was it an abc extinguisher? i wouldn't think dry chem would due much to grease. this reminds me i need to get two 20#ers for my house/shop.

 

[mordantly]

i've only gotten to put out 2 fires with exers.... a training propane flame years ago when i worked environmental services and the other was a circ fan in a closet at same employer. don't you just love a face full of dry chem? good luck with the insurance, i suspect they will try to dick you around instead of doing what they have been paid to do: fix your house.

 

[ChshreCat]

I got to (try to) put out a car fire once. Car was pretty much engulfed in flames at the time. Two large extenguishers didn't even put a dent in it. After that, we just took cover and waited for the FD.

 

[robtotten]

It's 3am, snowy, and about 15 degrees here. My fingers are so numb I can barely type. But I don't need no kitchen to make beer!

 

[robtotten]

God bless the Bayou Classic

 

[Chudz]

Glad no one was hurt.

Bobby_M Come on, it's nothing a little oxyclean can't fix.

But that's kinda funny.

 

[Lodovico]

It's 3am, snowy, and about 15 degrees here. My fingers are so numb I can barely type. But I don't need no kitchen to make beer!

That's the spirit!