daveandviv wrote:
Whenever I grill meat it makes smoke which carries grease. I had a Flagstaff trailer that came with a wall mounted grill that I used for awhile. I did notice some buildup of grease on the awning. The bigger pain in the butt was the smoke from the fire would blow through the window or door and set off the smoke alarm in the galley. I ended up making an extension hose for the gas line so I could still use the trailer gas but move the grill to a table. Worked much better.
BTW, in my younger days I had a 59 Pan.
I've always been of the opinion (mine) that flames of any sort don't belong next to Filon and under an awning. That's just me though, many folks use them with no problems and I suspect that if there was a large issue with them, the trailer manufacturers wouldn't use them. They could still provide the grill, but, make the user use a table.
I bought and converted a Weber Q120 to use the low pressure port and I have an assortment of hoses that if connected end to end would let me move the grill 48' away (I use some of the hoses for my Campfire-in-a-Can, that's why so many). I can move the grill out from under the awning and away from windows no matter which way the wind is blowing. Sometimes I put the grill on the picnic table if it isn't under the awning or I have a compact aluminum folding table that fits the Q120 perfectly.
If you want to use the grill under the awning and hanging on the trailer, I'd go ahead and do it, but, grills smoke (smoke contains grease) and they get hot (heat is not good for Filon) and I can't convince myself that no grease gets on the side of the trailer or the underside of the awning (I have a grill on my covered deck and there is grease on the underside of the roof and on the heat shield behind it and the heatshield gets quite warm), so, I don't do either.
