Barbecue safety

Location, Location, Location:

Downwind of where you plan to eat is usually best. Always consider how your neighbours might be affected by the smoke and smell.
Ensure that the barbecue is well away from anything that might catch fire; fences, sheds, garden furniture, and things like that – and if your home has timber cladding, keep the barbecue at least a couple of metres away.
If you have a balcony, please don’t use a barbecue on it; it’s too risky and could cause a fire

Preparing and using your barbecue:

Remove all the grease, fat, and any remaining charcoal that built up last year so it can’t cause a fire.
If you have a gas barbecue, check that the gas hose is still in good condition – no cracks or splits in the hose, and all connections are nice and tight.
Check that no insects or bugs have set up home in any of the tubes or burners.
If you’re using a charcoal barbecue, only use charcoal starter fluid for grilling and never add lighter fluid to hot coals.
For gas barbecues, open the lid before turning on the gas to prevent gas build-up.

Fire Safety:

Never leave a lit grill unattended.
Keep children and pets at a safe distance.
In case of a grease fire, do not use water to extinguish it, as it can cause the flames to spread. Instead, close the grill lid and turn off the gas.
Think carefully about where you store your charcoal or gas bottle. If you live in a block of flats, please don’t store gas or charcoal anywhere in the communal areas of your building. We advise you not to keep them in your home, particularly a gas bottle – the risk is too great.

Disposable barbecues

If you plan to use a disposable barbecue, please take great care; they can be particularly dangerous. Never use any barbecue – even disposable ones – indoors or in enclosed spaces – the fumes can kill you. If you use them outdoors, please choose a spot where the heat will not cause damage, and there’s no risk of anything else catching fire.

Here’s hoping we all have a great summer and lots of safe and enjoyable barbecues. We’ve got more fire safety tips here.

Do you think you are king or queen of the grill?

Take our short barbecue safety quiz to find out. If you enter, you could be in with a chance to win a £10 Amazon voucher. If you would like to be entered, please make sure you leave your details.

Good luck!

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Where should I set up my barbecue?

On a flat, stable surface away from any structures, overhangs, or tree branches.

On a hill next to the washing line

Inside my home

If you have a gas barbecue, what should you do before turning on the gas?

Get the food ready

Open the lid

Unconnect the gas

Should a barbecue be used on your balcony?

Yes

What three things should you do when having a barbecue? (please choose two options)

Take the food out a few hours before you plan on cooking it

Never leave a grill unattended

Keep children and pets at a safe distance

Move the barbecue into the wind

Where should you store your gas bottle?

In a cupboard in a communal area

In my home next to my cooker

In an upright position in a well-ventilated area.

What should you NOT do with a disposable barbecue?

Lay it on a flat surface away from anything that could catch fire

Use it inside

Keep it away from children and pets

What should you do if there is a fire in your gas barbecue?

Try and put it out with water

Leave the lid open and let the fire die down

Close the lid and turn off the gas

Competition Terms and Conditions(Required)

1. Entries to the quiz are via the Havebury online quiz only.
2. One entry per person.
3.The quiz will be open for submissions from 10am Monday 10 June until Sunday 7 July at 5pm.
4. The quiz is open to Havebury residents/shared owners/leaseholders only.
5. A winner will be selected on Monday 8 July from all the entries via a random method.
6.There is one prize to be won – a £10 Amazon voucher.
7. The winner will be contacted via the email address or phone number they provided when they entered the quiz.
8. The winner must make contact and arrange their prize within 14 days or risk missing the prize being forfeited.
9. Prizes cannot be exchanged or transferred.
10. The Amazon voucher will be sent via email to the winner’s email address.
11. Prizes cannot be posted. If the winner cannot provide a valid email address for the tickets to be sent to the prize will be forfeited.
12. By entering the promotion you accept these terms and conditions, and agree to participate in any publicity associated with this promotion. If the entrants fail to agree to these terms and conditions they will be automatically excluded from the promotion.
13.Details of the competition and prizes are correct at the time of publication but are subject to change without prior notice.
14. We have arranged this competition in good faith and cannot accept liability in any matter relating to the prizes whatsoever.
15. The entrants personal information may be used only by our staff internally, for the purposes of the promotion and will not be passed on to any third parties other than where legally or contractually obliged.
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