<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nYou Make a Bigger Mess<\/h3>\n\n\n\n Depending on how much charcoal was on the grill, you could end up with a bigger cleaning job than you anticipated. If pouring water on your charcoal grill throws all that ash around the grill and the surrounding surface, you will have more work to do instead of less so it just beats the purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unless you are tailgating or camping and have to leave the site safe to avoid fires, backyard barbeques should not be put out like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, consider the sludge you have to deal with at the bottom of the ashtray if you put out charcoal using this method. It is easier to handle the remaining ash in its dry state rather than when mixed with water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How to Use Water to Extinguish Burning Charcoal?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n If you are putting out a campfire then by all means just douse the coals with water to put them out. But on your charcoal grill, the best way to use water is to use a spray bottle to douse water on the burning charcoal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By using a spray bottle you will be able to regulate how much water gets onto your grill keeping the quantity only to the necessary minimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This will also allow you to protect the grates from getting soaked and consequently warping, bending, or cracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ensure you wear a pair of BBQ heat-resistant gloves since you will need to spray the water directly onto the coals which may force you to get your hand closer above the hot coals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keep in mind that you will not be able to put out a large fire using this method since it would take too long and therefore isn’t practical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rounding Up…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n The best way to put out a charcoal grill after you have finished cooking is to cover the grill with its lid and close all the vents effectively depriving the charcoal of the oxygen it needs to combust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you absolutely must put out the fire as soon as you are done, water is a good option but instead of dousing charcoal with water, dunk each burning piece big enough to be picked up, in water one by one and collect the remaining ash for disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A mid-sized blaze can be put out using a spray bottle. This method ensures you do not damage your grill by targeting only the coals and not the metal body of your grill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Putting out charcoal is as easy as depriving the hot coals of the oxygen supply they need to keep burning. Simply put, close the vents and cover the grill with the lid to block any air from getting to the charcoal grill. Leave them closed until the grill and the coals have completely cooled. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19168"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19597,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19168\/revisions\/19597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19168"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=19168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}