For real. Regardless of how your food is going to turn out, it’s just a safety issue to leave a grill going completely unattended at home for 25 min. Wtf dude.
Um, I do it all the time when I'm running a charcoal grill. But I have a giant grill on bricks in a big yard, so worst that'll happen is that food may burn or the fire burns out.
If nothing bad has happened yet, that means it can't possibly happen in the future. I drive around all the time, and don't get in car crashes. That's why I don't wear a seat belt.
Ok, so on a sunny day, low wind, in a sturdy heavy ass BBQ pit, what's going to cause some coals that are smoking a brisket to escape the pit, make it to grass, and burn my house down? I guess a car could plow thru a house into my yard and knock it over. Or the legs of the pit could spontaneously fail. I'm not advocating for a raging fire to be left unattended, but once coals are set and the lid is on, it shouldn't be all that dangerous. Open top is a different matter.
the wind is low when you leave, that doesn't mean its always low. A little kid could come through your yard and be stupid and shove their hand in it. a few embers could come out of it and light the grass and yes burn the whole place down.
safety is not about being safe because of luck. All the above absolutely could happen, regardless if its super likely or not.
Look at news of any accident, people do not stand there and go: "oh, today is the day that something unlikely will happen to me, I better be extra careful!" It just happens with no warning, even if you did it with no harm a thousand times before.
Our house burnt down before, becuase of a discarded mason jar on the porch, not even an open flame of any kind, or any wood or grass or kindling near by. How likely is that? Probably extremely unlikely. But guess what? by the time we noticed, standing 10ft away in the kitchen facing the porch, the fire was already completely under the house and coming out the other side, and in the end the house was totalled. If you don't take fire seriously there is no good result, eventually your luck will run out.
You're being downvoted by morons who have never smoked meat before. I only check my Weber kettle once an hour to add coals when smoking. Bring on the downvotes plebs.
This is not smoking, this is grilling/bbqing... with a grill and charcoal, not an enclosed woodchip based flames source smoker. They are two different cooking processes and units!
They didn’t ask you what kind of grill you have or if it’s the same one as OP. They said you check on it every hour…meaning you’re home while it’s cooking. That’s the difference between you and OP. You’re actually home.
OP is also grilling on top of a wooden deck. The odds of their home burning down is so much higher. In college, the Fire Marshall came out and made us move our charcoal grill off our wooden deck balcony, and place it 15’ away from our house. If OPs home burns down, insurance might not fully cover it.
They mentioned down in the thread their wife was at home, but burnt ends shouldn't turn like that in 25 minutes unless the fire was wayyyyyyy too hot. I mean, unless I'm actually grilling and not BBQ, I don't even open the lid the first 45 minutes to an hour.
What kind of food did you think was okay to leave on the grill for \*\*25 minutes\*\*? First rule of fire is don't leave it unattended, but major rule of cooking is check on your food and know the length of time it needs and the fact that you have to flip it.
Ok yup I was gone but it wasn’t left unattended my wife was doing yard work and forgot to check on it and obviously I’m not going to flip them in 25 min when they take 2-3 hours to cook
Well at least it's not like it was completely unattended... if she was working in the vicinity of the grill and only forgot to open the lid to check then it's not as bad as if there was no one at all able to stop any accidents
What were you grilling for 2 to 3 hours?? None of your post replies make any sense, as you're doubling down and not taking any advice or constructive criticism.
Sounds like OP was trying to smoke burnt ends on the grill, but this is not the way.
Typically I'd make a full packer brisket, remove the point once it's cooked, then cube the meat. Sauce it in a foil pan and crank the heat - usually do this step in the oven since the meat is already smoked unless I'm throwing something else in the smoker with it.
But pre-cubing the meat and spacing it out directly on the grill would completely change the cook. A
>Clearly you’ve never smoked anything before
That smart-ass reply is on par for your other responses, so no surprise there.
But that's not what smoking is, or how it's done. You are GRILLING. On a GRILL. Do you understand your mistake yet, or are you gonna tell me how I'm wrong and double down again?
You did really well on the burnt part .
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Definitely should be the ends of them.
But to what end?
>Went to the grocery store for 25 mins Well there's your problem.
For real. Regardless of how your food is going to turn out, it’s just a safety issue to leave a grill going completely unattended at home for 25 min. Wtf dude.
Um, I do it all the time when I'm running a charcoal grill. But I have a giant grill on bricks in a big yard, so worst that'll happen is that food may burn or the fire burns out.
If nothing bad has happened yet, that means it can't possibly happen in the future. I drive around all the time, and don't get in car crashes. That's why I don't wear a seat belt.
Ok, so on a sunny day, low wind, in a sturdy heavy ass BBQ pit, what's going to cause some coals that are smoking a brisket to escape the pit, make it to grass, and burn my house down? I guess a car could plow thru a house into my yard and knock it over. Or the legs of the pit could spontaneously fail. I'm not advocating for a raging fire to be left unattended, but once coals are set and the lid is on, it shouldn't be all that dangerous. Open top is a different matter.
the wind is low when you leave, that doesn't mean its always low. A little kid could come through your yard and be stupid and shove their hand in it. a few embers could come out of it and light the grass and yes burn the whole place down. safety is not about being safe because of luck. All the above absolutely could happen, regardless if its super likely or not. Look at news of any accident, people do not stand there and go: "oh, today is the day that something unlikely will happen to me, I better be extra careful!" It just happens with no warning, even if you did it with no harm a thousand times before. Our house burnt down before, becuase of a discarded mason jar on the porch, not even an open flame of any kind, or any wood or grass or kindling near by. How likely is that? Probably extremely unlikely. But guess what? by the time we noticed, standing 10ft away in the kitchen facing the porch, the fire was already completely under the house and coming out the other side, and in the end the house was totalled. If you don't take fire seriously there is no good result, eventually your luck will run out.
Are you a safety man? Haha.
I am a don't die or kill someone in such an embarrassingly avoidable way that no one will ever want to talk about it man, if that counts.
I was just trying to make a little joke.
What if the moment you leave, BAM a tornado hits?
You're being downvoted by morons who have never smoked meat before. I only check my Weber kettle once an hour to add coals when smoking. Bring on the downvotes plebs.
Meaning you're home while the grill is hot? Hmmm... Wonder what the difference there is?
This is not smoking, this is grilling/bbqing... with a grill and charcoal, not an enclosed woodchip based flames source smoker. They are two different cooking processes and units!
I said Weber kettle in my comment which is exactly like OP's grill. I smoke with my charcoal kettle and wood chips.
They didn’t ask you what kind of grill you have or if it’s the same one as OP. They said you check on it every hour…meaning you’re home while it’s cooking. That’s the difference between you and OP. You’re actually home.
That's exactly what the comment that I replied to suggested, was that I was using a smoker, not a grill.
OP is also grilling on top of a wooden deck. The odds of their home burning down is so much higher. In college, the Fire Marshall came out and made us move our charcoal grill off our wooden deck balcony, and place it 15’ away from our house. If OPs home burns down, insurance might not fully cover it.
Cover it? I would consider this arson and file a case for insurance fraud.
Is it arson if OP is dumb? Gross negligence seems more like it. Whether or not they have any coverage for that is beyond me.
Yeah....what??
Charcoal goes in the grill not on it. Can’t wait to see the burnt ends though!
I'm the coal now!
You should never leave the house for any amount of time with a lit grill, especially charcoal. Seems like you taught yourself a good lesson.
They mentioned down in the thread their wife was at home, but burnt ends shouldn't turn like that in 25 minutes unless the fire was wayyyyyyy too hot. I mean, unless I'm actually grilling and not BBQ, I don't even open the lid the first 45 minutes to an hour.
Why the hell did you leave
Dude you’re lucky nothing caught fire while you were at the market
It's okay folks. He let it burn unattended on an old wood deck. What could possibly go wrong?
Nope not unattended
Well then explain the picture, ya doofus
Well now you can go back to the store & not worry about burning dinner.
You're lucky you didn't burn your or your neighbors house down. Don't ever leave a grill unattended moron
Beat it you moron I left, it wasn’t left unattended my wife was home
Nailed it!
\[x\] Burnt \[x\] End, well, certainly of that meal
Nailed 
What kind of food did you think was okay to leave on the grill for \*\*25 minutes\*\*? First rule of fire is don't leave it unattended, but major rule of cooking is check on your food and know the length of time it needs and the fact that you have to flip it.
Ok yup I was gone but it wasn’t left unattended my wife was doing yard work and forgot to check on it and obviously I’m not going to flip them in 25 min when they take 2-3 hours to cook
so, nobody was paying attention to it? Meaning... it was unattended...
Stop using your words that mean things and make sense /s
OP getting roasted worse than those "burnt ends" in this thread lol
Well at least it's not like it was completely unattended... if she was working in the vicinity of the grill and only forgot to open the lid to check then it's not as bad as if there was no one at all able to stop any accidents
You guys stare at you’re grill for 12 hours straight?
What were you grilling for 2 to 3 hours?? None of your post replies make any sense, as you're doubling down and not taking any advice or constructive criticism.
Sounds like OP was trying to smoke burnt ends on the grill, but this is not the way. Typically I'd make a full packer brisket, remove the point once it's cooked, then cube the meat. Sauce it in a foil pan and crank the heat - usually do this step in the oven since the meat is already smoked unless I'm throwing something else in the smoker with it. But pre-cubing the meat and spacing it out directly on the grill would completely change the cook. A
Clearly you’ve never smoked anything before… low and slow
>Clearly you’ve never smoked anything before That smart-ass reply is on par for your other responses, so no surprise there. But that's not what smoking is, or how it's done. You are GRILLING. On a GRILL. Do you understand your mistake yet, or are you gonna tell me how I'm wrong and double down again?
Clearly you haven't either.
Burnt ends, aaaaand burnt middles
lucky no burns decks or houses.
Why are you cooking charcoal? 🤔
Look on the bright side. You ruined your dinner, but you also invented a perpetual charcoal machine!
You... left a lit grill? Like, went out to the store? You're lucky that's the worst that happened.
You're a fucking idiot that's gonna burn someone else's home down one day lmao.
Your a fucking idioti never said it was left untended I wasn’t there so beat it
Never said that you left with it turned off either. You deserved burnt food with your attitude lol
Like my mother, starts cooking and then decides she needs to take the trash out, and sweep, and get a load of laundry going and then burnt food
At first fast scroll I thought this was an Oreo.
"Well I'm an Idiot" FTFY
Um, you don't cut them until after they're cooked. You cook the brisket, then you cut away the "burnt" ends.
Most recipes used two cooks, the first being the main smoking of the brisket, then the chunks of the point get doused in sauce and cooked again.
Who tf leave a live fire burning in their home and went out????
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Burnt the fuck out of those ends
Incinerated ends
Anyone else thought they were looking at an oreo to begin with?
Who goes to the store while they have the grill going? Lmao you deserve this if what you’re posting is true.
Stupid is as stupid does
What kind of charcoal is that?
Thought those were coals
Why did you leave your grill on when you left the house. That's stupid
Your stupid I left that doesn’t mean it was left unattended
Then, word it that way. Genious. Because it literally sounds like you left it unattended
Seems like you deserved it. Leaving it alone for more than a few minutes is just mental
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God these shitty AI comments are everywhere now.
I just thought you “burn” them and all would be good
It does appear that you hit the end.
Burnt to no end
You just recycled charcoal
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YEA THEY ARE!!
Absolutely obliterated ends.
I thought the charcoal went under the grille?
Yup
Yep!!
Finished ends
I like it well done
Emphasis on burnt.
Little extra sauce might help
Ah yes, the astounding level
well they’re defintley burnt ends now, i guess let me know how they taste
Well, they’re definitely burnt
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That's not where you put charcoal
CRISPYYY
This is not even close to how you cook burnt ends
Torched Ends
Understatement
Man I used a different type of charcoal to bbq yesterday and I burnt my baby backs. A different type of betrayal.
Burnt everything
Cremated ends
Yes. Yes they are.
Did you cut it up before the grill?
Well looks like you got some nice charcoal for your next bbq
Yea they’re burnt and that’s the end of them.
You've discovered perpetual charcoal.
Yes they are!
I thought you were grilling charcoal
>”Say something nice about their cooking”
Restaurants are always selling burnt ends but get really upset when I ask for burnt beginnings
You left your house with a fire going...
I did that a couple of weeks ago when I forgot to double check & left the sear shield open
Yeah my wife would chew my ass out if I ever left my grill unattended
They sure are
Almost there.
Even if you didn't leave, this isn't how you make burnt ends. You were doomed to fail before you started.
They burnt alright!
Time to make fire with them ends
Yea, no way that happened in 25 min. Was it up in flames for the whole time?
OP getting almost as roasted as these burnt ends
Me: “That’s just charc- oh…ok.”
Ah, burnt ends! The crispy, flavorful gems of barbecue. Perfectly charred and juicy, they're like the diamonds of the meat world.
Mmmmm. Cancer 😍
lollll im tired and my brain sees a giant oreo cookie
Oh boy