On Thu, 17 May 2007 09:30:54 -0400, "Robert11"
wrote:



Are grease flare-ups while cooking a real safety concern ?

No, but I think they make the food taste good, as with charcoal
grills.

I keep my grill on cement because that is close to the kitchen, but
I've never had any fire reach the cement. So it wouldn't reach a wood
deck either.

In a very old grill I had fire in the center pipe that holds the whole
thing up. I was concerned it would damage the grill, but not that it
would spread. It didn't even damage the grill.