Cooking on a wooden deck.

[Metal Mike]

@Troy had an incident (as I recall)

Lucky I've not, but I'll keep a jug of water nearby in-case.
I'll dump it across the boards on a summer day (cools my feet too)

Also use a cheap steel pan (on a couple bricks) under the chimney to catch strays.

[S!LVER]

@S!LVER   There is NO need to be concerned about grilling directly on your wood deck, as you can see by the attached image ... LoL.




I've since replaced these old dry cedar planks with new fresh ones and I've also purchased "under garments" for all of the non-OTG kettles that I use.   I've seen hot coal stick in chimney starters, I've seen hot coals roll down the ash hill under both daisy wheeler and OTS kettles, and I've seen a heat-deflector free WSM toast an older wooden deck.  I still keep my extinguisher at hand, but I feel better about walking away from a long cook with this new mind-set.                                SJ

This is pretty much what I have been afraid of.  My plan is to build a concrete pad in our yard at some point.  I might just use a grilling pad like some of you other guys for a bit more precaution right now.