Barbeques

The category kept the catalog spelling Barbeques. It was grills: gas carts and charcoal kettles, not a kitchen oven moved outdoors.

A gas grill is a set of burner tubes under a hood, with a grease tray that will light if it is full. Cleaning the tray is the fire prevention. The igniter is a spark at the burner, and a grill that clicks without lighting usually has a wet burner tube or a spider nest in the venturi, not a dead tank. Propane and natural gas use different orifices. A conversion is a parts change, the same idea as on a gas range, applied to a grill that lives in the weather.

The propane tank stays upright, outdoors, with the valve closed when the grill has cooled. A charcoal grill has no gas train. The comparable failure is ash packed over the vents so the coals starve. Either grill wants a clear space from siding. A grill under a wood soffit is how fascia gets scorched, even when the last cookout seemed fine.