B B Q Facts that most people do not realize nor consider

We as a society love BBQ cooking, especially during the summer. Previously wood and charcoal were the heat source.

Today, most BBQ grills are gas fed flames to provide heat. Before I discuss it. I want to give some examples to consider.

1. A person drives home, very tired, presses the remote garage door opener, pulls the car into the garage, closes the garage door by pressing the remote again. So tired, lays down in the car with the car running.
   Later, someone comes home, finds the person in the car is dead. The reason is simple. The exhaust from the car killed the person, as the exhaust from gasoline, a fuel, will kill the person. This is old news, we all know this.
2. A person has natural gas in their home for the boiler for the heating system. The exhaust flue has a leak, the exhaust leaks into the home near the bedrooms. While sleeping, some of the children and parents die in their sleep because they inhaled the boiler’s exhaust fumes while sleeping.
3. We know that it is lethal to inhale exhaust fumes from gas burners. Now – facts people do not consider.
4. When you BBQ with a gas grill, the flame is the same lethal flame as in the gas boiler for the heating system. The smoke from the BBQ is the same smoke that goes up the chimney, when there are chimney leaks where the the escaped exhaust kills the family members, that is the same exact exhaust that is permeating the food cooking on the grill, which you eat, it is permeated with that toxic smoke that killed people while sleeping.
5. Some people put their food on the grill, and close the lid to allow the heat and smoke to permeate through the food to give it that “SMOKEY FLAVOR” . They do not realize that the smoke smothering the food is the same smoke that kills people while sleeping. Because the lid is closed to smother the food, it is more toxic than the open flame. The open flame is extremely toxic, but the closed lid cooking dramatically increases the toxicity.
6. People are running into the stores buying the gas grills, as it is a vicious fad right now, they do not realize the toxic damage those grills cause.
7. The charcoal grills typically use either charcoal or wood. Wood is not nearly as toxic as gas, you need to use the correct wood which is totally natural and not treated with ant chemicals. It will not cause toxic concerns when the lid is closed. Charcoal needs to be carefully looked at. Some charcoals are pure with no chemicals, but they are difficult to get started. Most charcoal bricketts are mixed in “Lighter Fluid” type chemicals to allow easy lighting. Although those chemically treated charcoal bricketts give off a smaller amount of toxic exhaust compared to the gas BBQ, it is still toxic.
8. People do not realize how they are poisoning their food, that the flame and exhaust is enough to kill a person when breathed in, meanwhile, they are eating their food cooked in that poisonous exhaust, flame/smoke.
9. We do not own a gas BBQ and we refused to eat any foods cooked on a gas BBQ. A natural non-chemical treated wood fueled is the safest to eat from. I am sure that most people never realized the connection of the gas grills and people dying in their sleep from their heating units leaking exhaust fumes in their home. the same exact type gas, exhaust/fumes in your food
10. If you cook on the gas grill using fry pans, or related. If the flame and smoke heat the pan without penetrating the actual food, like cooking on the kitchen stove, or like heating water in a tea kettle, that is fine with no concerns. As long as the heat is warming the utensils, as long as the food never comes in contact with smoke/exhaust, that is fine.
11. In the kitchen of the home, the gas cooktop is better than electric because you can control the heat more effectively with gas than electric, and because you are cooking in a pot or pan, the food never has contact with the gas smoke/exhaust. The electric oven is better than a gas ven because the food in an oven will be in direct contact with the gas smoke/exhaust and will be as bad as in the outdoor gas grill. Therefore, the electric oven is safer

Think about this, especially when you go out to eat at a restaurant or a friend’s house.

See how it is made, or inquire and explain why, as they might not be aware.

Remember, it is your life and your health is only as good as what you put in your body.

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