[davem4616]

next door neighbor got rid of his outdoor grille because he had mice coming to it...now maybe he wasn't cleaning the grille

I have heard that snakes will hide under the grille if you cover it...hasn't happened to me

I only have the occasional little lizards

But I keep looking

[Dusty_Star]

I'm from New England & call it a barbeque grill

[Duke-SRT]

I had a snake in my bar-b-q. It was my fault, I kept a rag in the bottom to clean up. If there is nothing in the bottom but the tank, you will most likely be fine

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I’ve been here for 10 years and have always had a grill. Never had a snake in one.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

I can't say I'm bothered by snakes, but I had rats chew the back of my barbecue grill cover to shreds.
Rats smell the grease affiliated fool cooked on the grill.

Yes, I set a trap and got 2 rats in a week.

Do you have palms with seed pods? If so cut out seed pods that have fruits. Maybe the rats will move on down the street?

[MrChip72]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

I see what you did there, you made fun of the guy who is probably from the west coast.

Nope, northeast. As someone that had a career working with people from all over North America and Europe I guess it's just a habit that use more generic terms than regional ones when asking a question online.

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

I see what you did there, you made fun of the guy who is probably from the west coast.

Clearly, the poster is not from the midwest or the northeast. In the west, specifically California, BBQ is both a noun and a verb. BBQ is the item you cook upon (which many others call a grill), and BBQ-ing is also what you are doing when you cook on a BBQ, regardless of whether BBQ sauce is involved.

Kinda like all soft drinks are cokes; "You want a coke? Great, what kind? Oh, a Sprite, OK."

They also nominize freeways. Just like Floridians call the Turnpike, THE Turnpike,
Californians will call it the 5 freeway, or the 110 freeway, or the 405 freeway. The freeways are iconic members of the landscape, just like a building might be THE Empire State Building.

What makes it harder for a non-native to understand is freeways are also given names. Not just one, but two. One for each direction (approximate terminus) of said freeway. The 10 is the Santa Monica Fwy AND the San Bernardino Fwy. The 110 is both the Harbor Fwy AND the Pasadena Fwy. The 5 is the Santa Ana Fwy AND the Golden State Fwy. You describe it to others based on the direction you were traveling. You don't need to say you were going north on the 110 when you can say you took the Pasadena Fwy to the Ave 52 exit. The 110, by the way, was the first freeway opened in the nation. It is sometimes called (Especially in the northern terminus / Pasadena area) the Arroyo Seco Pkwy, in a nod to its initial name prior to being a freeway.

While the 10 does not terminate in San Berdoo but in Jacksonville, FL., it is still called the San Bernardino Fwy because when it opened, most of the great basin's civilization ended in the Inland Empire, of which San Bernardino is a large part. Beyond that, was just desert until you reached Palm Springs, hours of dry expanse past San Bernardino.

Next we can talk about SigAlerts if anyone is interested. What, why am I hearing crickets?

Hey Joe (the devil) go to Lowes or HD and tell them you want a BARBECUE! Chances are you are getting directions to Sonny’s. Hell I thought the OP was British

[Hifred]

We have had black racer snakes go under our gutter ground extenders to stay out of the sun. When I lift the plastic things I used to scream because the snakes scared me. I have had a possum nest under my grill which was on the patio which was not screened in and that really scared me. We have had a large gator 6 ft. sitting on the lawn of our neighbors house who was initially under their bay window. Called the villages and they said leave it alone and it will go on it's own. And we had a large black racer who somehow got in our garage. We are from the north. So after living here 3 years I have adjusted to seeing these things. I prepare myself and flip over the gutter extenders before I cut the grass with a broom handle. And use the broom to poke in the bushes before I trim. There is a lot of wild life in Florida.

[banjobob]

N,ever heard that told, but so what they are mostly harmless variety. I see black snakes in and around my home on many occasions have never had one in my outdoor grill.

[Sandy and Ed]

Don’t know about “always” but it happened to us. Opened the door under our Weber and there was a harmless but substantial corn snake wrapped around the top of the propane tank. Cool way to stay “cool”.

[WingedFoot78]

Just remember, they were here first.

[bowlingal]

Never had that problem.

[Andyb]

No, and welcome to Florida.

[airstreamingypsy]

Originally Posted by collie1228

I had a black racer in my yard who used to hide under the propane tank of my grill. He was only about 1.5 feet long and could curl up and disappear in the bottom of the tank. He's no longer with us.

People like you should go live in a city somewhere. There is no reason to ever kill a Black Racer in your yard. Shame on you, and to brag about it......

[martileeb]

We have a built in grill in our lanai and I've never seen a single snake!!!!