am1958 wrote:
A. If it takes you a 'couple of hours' to make embers to cook over-you should be using a grill.
Why rush? There's a whole case of beer in the fridge that won't drink itself you know...
B. Diapers, dog poop, batteries, chemicals, and G*d knows what in those fire pits. I would worry.
You really think any of that is going to be around to detrimentally affect anyone after an hour or two at 1000+ degrees? You probably use anti-bacterial wipes on everything and wonder why you get so many colds and sniffles too.. ;-)
Enjoy your case of beer and filthy cooking area. Unless you're some kind of environmental engineer, (which I highly doubt), you have no clue how certain chemicals will react, when exposed to high temperatures.