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FEC-100 on a covered patio ??

Y yellow-03Member
I've got an FEC-100 coming this week, and a Traeger already. I'm having a covered patio installed soon, and both of these units will sit underneath it near one edge. It is a shed roof, and the units will sit out by one of the corner poles/header-beam. I don't want the rising smoke to get trapped in the ceiling area (closed gable ends, vaulted ceiling) and discolor it over time (inside will be painted white, poles/external are aluminum/vinyl), so I am looking for options. Both units exhaust to the right side and will sit side-by-side on the patio. The Traeger leaks quite a bit, but most of it does go out the stack. I'm not so worried about the little bit released when the doors are opened, rather it is the continual smoke produced from long burns that I am thinking I need to get rid of some way.

I've thought about a crafted hood above the units with both unit's exhaust ducted up to, but not connected to the hood, and the hood ducted out from under the patio cover with a few elbows. I don't know if that will have enough draft to naturally exhaust the smoke, though, a small draft fan could easily be added to this if necessary.

What are your thoughts? Overkill? I'd love to see pictures of your covered patio and how you deal with this.
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Y yellow-03Member
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Originally posted by RibDog:
I have my FEC-100, large BGE, two WSMs, and two Weber kettles on my screened in back porch and never had any problems with it. And I don't have any extensions or diverters on the FEC exhaust either.


Really? So it just exhausts into the screened in area and whatever breeze is blowing takes it out from under the ceiling? Is there a ceiling fan that you keep on?

I will have one or two ceiling fans under the cover.
T tomMember
A suggestion might be,think about it,as you are doing,but don't go solving problems,until you find them.

Now,we have had folks that cook in their garage with traditional Cookshacks,during inclement weather.

Most leave the garage door open and also the side door,that most have.

This is about keeping smoke out of the house.

If you do a search on "smokestacks",you'll find people may have high winds,while cooking,and no way to turn the cooker,to minimize wind from blowing into the exhaust.

They may be in a closed building and safety inspections are an issue.

They may work in an enclosed trailer.

Hope this helps a little.
Y yellow-03Member
I had a meeting with the Board of Zoning Appeals on Monday night, and I got the needed variance to build my covered porch. I needed a 13ft variance to the required building setback line.

Anyway, concrete guys are coming on Thursday, and the contractor is lined up to begin about a week after the concrete work is completed to give it time to cure before building on top of it.

I'm excited that I'll have a covered place to put both my Traeger and my FEC-100 real soon! I'll take the advice given here to just wait and see if there is a problem before worrying about any venting solution.
Y yellow-03Member
I'm in a subdivision with houses all around which block much of the sustained breezes during good weather. Smoke rises, and my concern was that it would tend to get trapped in the closed gables of the new porch. I'll have a couple ceiling fans, but really don't intend to run them just to evacuate the smoke... although this may be all it takes. I guess we'll see in a few weeks.

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