Can You Grill Under a Pergola?
Is It Safe to Grill Under a Pergola?
A pergola is a griller's dream in terms of providing both shelter and open air. Locating your outdoor kitchen under a pergola offers a feeling of enclosure by creating an outdoor room for your outside grilling endeavors. A grill outside, without any overhead protection, can become too hot to bear on sunny, hot days. A pergola can shelter you from the heat of the sun, and give some protection to your outdoor kitchen cabinets and appliances from the sun's UV rays.
Unlike a covered porch or covered patio, a pergola's louvers will allow rising cooking smoke to escape the enclosed area.
Gas grills, propane grills and charcoal grills throw off a lot of heat. They can char building materials such as wood, vinyl siding and stucco if these surfaces ar...
