Will it kill ya?

[jdmidwest]

As I sit here typing on my laptop, smoking a few wings on the charcoal grill and reading the posts, I contemplate, WILL ALL THE SMOKE KILL ME EARLY? I ponder at the any hours of hickory smoke I have inhaled and wonder if it is hazardous? I worked as a manager of a BBQ place in college that smoked everything over a hickory fire. Man, I made a few good bbq's in my time.

In reflection, life is good. I am going to Alaska again on a wonderful trip. I am getting ready to eat the great foods my garden has produced, lettuce, cucumbers, squash, green beans, and sweet corn. The neighbors purple martins are eating bugs. Rain clouds are on the horizon for later on tonight. The moisture is well needed. My forest has grown from the pasture that was this subdivision when I first bought this ground 10 years ago. I can pee in my yard and the neighbors can't see me!

So, whats the verdict, do you think charcoal smoke is harmful? I am a non smoker except for the occaisional cigar on a good fishing trip. Will the smoke get me or should I just keep enjoying?

Or maybe I should stay away from the barley and hops!

[Tightline]

jd,unless you are just sticking your head in the grill or smoker and breathing real deep,I say just enjoy,because we all gotta go sometime,some sooner,some later.

[gonefishin]

I don't think so. People have strange ideas about smoke. Some are so scared of smoke they worry about breathing the smoke from a BBQ grill others are terrified of cigarette smoke but smoke pot like there wont be any next week. Seems silly to me. JMO

[jcoberley]

Ahh but smoking pot isn't smoking! Just ask, "it won't hurt you" I have been told that many times. However they say wood smoke makes pcb's I am told. If some of you recall the little town near Six Flags? But I say what the hell I am going to BBQ Like their is no next week.

[Terry Beeson]

CAN it kill you? Yes... Ever hear of someone dying in a house fire due to "smoke inhalation?"

WILL it kill you? Only time will tell...

My advice, quit sprinkling that "special" oregano on the charcoal...

[jdmidwest]

The only thing sprinkled on the charcoal is barley and hops to keep down the flames.

[Rusty]

I heard a doctor the other day on the radio saying that charcoaling increases your odds for cancer. But he went on to say that breathing the air inside a home can cause cancer too.

[gonefishin]

I guess anything in excess will kill ya. I don't think I would worry to much about the BBQ grill tho. There are a lot more dangerous things out there like fast moving boats and cars. Car accidents kill more people every year than cigarettes do but you don't see people being paranoid about driving. I am not defending cigarettes. I don't smoke. I just don't think BBQ smoke is a high priority health hazard.

Cant compare a house fire to a BBQ. Most people who die of smoke inhalation in a house or business fire are over come by toxic fumes from plastics, rubber, chemicals and items such as that, not burning wood or charcoal.

[Terry Beeson]

GF,

While those fumes are toxic, in many cases it is the lack of oxygen and burning of the lung tissue from the heat of the smoke that causes death... wood, charcoal, or whatever.

[jcoberley]

Hey man take the air out of your lungs for very long and you die. It wont matter if its smoke, gas, water, co2 and the list go's on. I dont think that is what he was asling. I couldn't say if BB'q smoke will hurt you or not. Like GF said I would be more afraid of drivers!!!