The Summer season is in full swing and Fall is just around the corner. As part of our commitment to providing our readers with useful information to keep you safe and secure, we are pleased to offer you the following Home Grilling Safety tips.  Hopefully this information will aide in making your next outside barbecue a smashing success and keep it from involving a visit from the local fire department or emergency ambulance. Enjoy!

• Before using, place your grill at least 10 feet away from other objects, including the house and any shrubs or bushes.(The eaves of houses are notorious for catching on fire from grills)
• Always stay by the grill when cooking.(close proximity of the grill is “ok” as long as you are keeping a watchful eye)
• Only use starter fluid made for barbecue grills when starting a fire in a charcoal grill. (Do not use GAS!!)
• Before using a gas grill, check the connection between the propane tank and the fuel line to be sure it is working properly and not leaking.
• Never use a match to check for leaks.(Should be common sense…) If you detect a leak, immediately turn off the gas. Do not attempt to light the grill again until the leak is fixed.
• Never bring a barbecue grill inside your home or garage. This is both a fire and carbon monoxide poisoning hazard.
• Keep kids and pets well away until grill equipment is completely cool.(Fido always enjoys licking hot hamburger grease from an unsupervised grill!)

Hope our readers find these safety tips useful. If you come up with any other ideas that you would like to share, please feel free to do so in the comment section below!