So I'm about 2 hours into smoking two racks of Memphis style spare ribs on my grill. I just got a a wireless digital temp (which is awesome), but as I leave my grill and get underneath my patio and watch yesterday's Rangers game, while monitoring my temps from 30 yards away.
Well I forgot a centrenella candle I left on top of the grill (I absent mindedly put it on top just to get it out of the way for a second but ended leaving it there and walking away. Well the candle's plastic melted and had some leakage when I came over and quickly took the candle off.
I opened the grill and didn't see any leak through minus some that go through a very small crack at the base, but it looks as though there was no spillage on the meat at all. The outside is covered in this stuff though but the inside doesn't appear to be affected.
I've been googling trying to find similar stories but I guess I'm the first person whose ever done this because I'm coming up short. So my question is...
Do you think I should scrape the meat if there is even a small chance that some of that candle is getting baked into my spare ribs?
Is centrenella dangerous to consume in small quantities?
Is it possible that in the next couple hours that centrenella will just evaporate away or just cook out?
I don't want to toss away good meat but I also don't want to take a shot at getting me and my family sick. I really don't think there was any exposure.
Any help is appreciated. Still got about 3 hours to go anyway...
Well I forgot a centrenella candle I left on top of the grill (I absent mindedly put it on top just to get it out of the way for a second but ended leaving it there and walking away. Well the candle's plastic melted and had some leakage when I came over and quickly took the candle off.
I opened the grill and didn't see any leak through minus some that go through a very small crack at the base, but it looks as though there was no spillage on the meat at all. The outside is covered in this stuff though but the inside doesn't appear to be affected.
I've been googling trying to find similar stories but I guess I'm the first person whose ever done this because I'm coming up short. So my question is...
Do you think I should scrape the meat if there is even a small chance that some of that candle is getting baked into my spare ribs?
Is centrenella dangerous to consume in small quantities?
Is it possible that in the next couple hours that centrenella will just evaporate away or just cook out?
I don't want to toss away good meat but I also don't want to take a shot at getting me and my family sick. I really don't think there was any exposure.
Any help is appreciated. Still got about 3 hours to go anyway...