Learned a very important lesson...

[leevis2]

Yesterday while smoking a brisket and steaming some clams, I realized that i needed to add some more coals to the SFB of my Char-Griller since the old ones were dying out. So I fired oup the chminey and let the coals get nice and hot while i partook in a nice frosty adult beverage. When the coals were ready i picked em up and started toward the smoker. Since it was really warm in NY (or as warm as upstate tends to be), I was nice and comfortable in a pair of Flip-Flops, suddenly The BBQ prankster, fate kicked in and a hot piece of Lump somehow fell in between my shoe and my toes. . the next few steps were rater painful, but a lesson was Learned. Any other bizarre Q'ing injuries out there?
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[cbbutler]

Glad to see this has happened to someone else, too.

I have a black spot on the side of my big toe where a coal hit my foot while wearing sandals. I explain it to my 3 years olds as "daddy was stupid!"

I also had a burn on my finger where my "fire resistant" barbecue glove caught fire while I was shaking the ash out of my coal basket.
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[krek]

I have the full set... chemical burn from paint stripper on one foot and scars from charcoal and welding slag on the other foot.

I'm a slow learner.

[wnkt]

I was stirring up the coals in my Chargriller and a piece fell out.....I didnt look immediately where it fell because I am on concrete and wasnt worried about it catching anything on fire...except.......it stuck right in the folds of my pants leg and burned a nice hole in one of my best pairs of pants.
oh well...now I have a vented pair of pants.
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[Reflect]

Ironic, two weekends ago I did the same thing. Sandels, chimney starter and a hot coal dropped down under my foot. Nice burned area on the big toe. While I was hoping about muttering verbs I stumbled into...the chimney starter. Got a nice burn mark on my fore arm.

Then I was moving a large green egg the next weekend and both arms are pretty bruised. Plus I got "bit" by the dome cap to boot.

Oh well, gotta take the good with the bad I guess .

Take care,

Brian

[kickassbbq]

That's why I drink LOTS of Whiskey when I smoke. Can't tell when I get burned and just keep on smokin'!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, I do have one foot that got completely burned off though.
PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Smoke On!!!!!
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[Harry Nutczak]

I don;t know man, Flip Flops and cooking, Shorts?

geeez!!!

I take it you have never seen a person get burned badly, I have seen the aftermath of a dishwasher that slipped while hauling out 5 gallons of hot fryer shortening to the grease dumpster in an open topped stock-pot.
He had many skin grafts, and was in the burn center for almost 1 month

Please be careful and dress accordingly. cooking is a dangerous activity

I wear steel-toe shoes, Long thick cotton baggy pants, a Thick cotton chef-coat. And sometimes I even wear arm guards if I am on the broiler all night!
if I get covered in a hot liquid, I can get the fabric away from my skin in a hurry, and it will not melt into my skin.

For your own safety

WWW.UNIFORMCITYCHEF.COM I but all my cooking clothing there
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Just remember that the toes you may step on during your climb to the top will also be attached to the a$$es you'll be forced to kiss on your way back down!

[vexter1]

Those chimneys can be very dangerous I usually step out back on the patio to do my Q and generally speaking it's without shoes - and it always seems I end up stepping a hot coal when I'm dealing with the chimney and burning coals in it.

If it's not the coals and fire - then my next worst enemy would have to be my 2 beagles which recognize the sound of the carving knife from anywhere and come running to attack me while I slice up the day's BBQ - LOL

[Hoochie-Que]

Might want to consider wearing a hat, too... Years ago, when I still had a head full of hair, I had a spark from a wood fire land in my hair towards my forehead... Before I knew what was smelling rather "burnt", I had a patch of hair about the size of a 50 cent piece now burnt down to nearly the scalp - and right in front where the world could see!!... Luckily, back then there as plenty of hair on top, so by simply combing it a little differently I was able to "hide" my recent "forest fire" until it grew back out (about 4-5 months)... Ever since then - and even though I now have much less hair - I routinely wear a ball cap were working with any kind of fire... Might want to think about that the next time you see some sparks flying around from some lump you are lighting!!
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Hoochie-Que BBQ Team / KCBS CBJ

"Jesus Loved Barbeque, Too" - Kinky Friedman

[ProBBQ]

Once designed and built a hog roaster, complete with lid and rotiserrie.
A bit of oversight on the charcoal trays .... too many.
On the 1st cook, about an hour in, lifted the lid to check on the pig .... the heat that came off, burnt eyebrows and most of my hair off. Luckily it was only a couple of long strides to the lake
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[BBQMAN]

Wow great stories there guy's!

You don't all happen to fry bacon naked, do you?
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[leevis2]

Why? Could that be a problem?
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[BBQMAN]

Not as long as you don't mind burning your "sausage"!
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[NCBBQFAN]

Been there done that

[ou812warford]

In my rookie grilling days I put some wood chips on a fire and closed the lid. I opened it up and once the air hit the coals and wood I had a flame in my face and it burned alot of hair off my arm. It took me along time to put wood chips on a fire again.
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Oklahoma Joe 16" traditonal
weber gold 26 3/4"

[Doc1680]

How about the hot ash that comes up when you dump your chimney or ash trap. Singed all the hairs in my nose one time. THAT HURT
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Doc

[BBQMAN]

Nothing wrong with a little hot ash now and again!
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[Hoochie-Que]

[Smoke Fiend 24/7]

I learned me a lesson I was getting my coals started and I was barefooted and as I was pouring my coals into my pit I felt this burning pain on the bottom of my foot and it dawned on me till afterwards that I had stepped on a small piece of hot coal and it had burned a smal little hole in my foot. My wife always tells me to put my slippas on and the one time she was not home I forgot. Good Times BBQ

Josh

[ceedubya]

guilty as charged

over memorial day at the bestdambarbecue comp in Boulder City i spilled a good bit of hot meat drippings all over while wearing sandals. A line of hot grease just missed my toes by 1/2 an inch. I got the spatter all over my feet, and did some sort of funky chicken dance.

vowed to never cook in open shoes again, lucky it didn't land right on my feet.

fast forward to this last weekend cooking at the lake, wearing what else? Sandals. Put some Kingsford Charwook in the chimney to light. Man that stuff sparks a lot. when I went to pour the hot coals into the weber, I was blasted with hot sparks, and one nice little peice of coal right under my big right toe.

I have branded my forearms, burnt my toes and fingers, but have never lost any hair over the deal (I have little enough as it is).