An Important Note About Safety

Most important of all, of course, is to never, ever leave a lit grill unattended. Second in importance is to have a dry chemical fire extinguisher on hand. Make sure it’s fully charged and current (someone at your local fire department will be able to check this for you) and make sure you know how to use it. Also handy are a bucket of sand (for dumping over a ground fire) and a box of coarse salt (for sprinkling over a grease fire in your grill). When shutting down a gas grill, shut off the gas at the tank as well as the burner. At the start of every season you should run a little fire drill. I hope you never need it, but at least you’ll be prepared if you do.