WayUpNorth

We have had bear knock over our Weber grills and have advised our cabin guests to make sure to not leave food outside. The trouble starts when drip pans are left on the grills("but thats not food", it is to a bear!). Yes they do come up on decks all the time in our area. I make a serious effort to check after any get-together we have to leave nothing outside, we have never had one on our deck. I am wondering how much the smell of a warm K would bring one in. The last thing I would want to do to a Komoto is to clean it after every cook and get rid of any seasoning that would build up over time. On second thought I could market bear hunts and use the Komoto to pull them in, yea that's the ticket!! Can you say write-off :0)!! Way^North.

Hello Naldo, we also have Trex and its the only way to go with decking!! I am thinking about investing in a Komoto grill and I started a thread in General info I think its called. What I wanted to get peoples thoughts on is if they thought a bear could knock over a Komoto. We own and operate a small family resort in northern Wisconsin(w.w.w.scenicdrive.com) and its in the heart of bear country. I have seen bear do some amazing things when they get hungry. Someone wrote that I could maybe run cable around the base and go down thru the spacing of the decking and lag bolt it to the joyce. I think that's not a bad idea if it did not come apart just above the legs. Can I get your thoughts, thanks, Way^North.

It looks like you have Trex Decking or some type of composite. How does your K roll on it? Does it want to drop into the joints? Any idea what the diameter of the wheels are? Great tile color.

Thank you FireMonkey, that makes sense to me. We have had our share of bear problems at our resort in the past with the best one having a bear flip over a three yard container and rolling it down a small hill to try to get into it. We have never had one in the house though! Thanks again and if we pull the trigger on a Komodo I will use your idea to be sure.

Hello everyone, I am new here and am thinking about how great it would be to have a Komodo out on the deck smoking away but once it cools off would I have to worry about a bear coming up on the deck and tipping this new K over and smashing it up? One was over to the neighbors last night and tore up their bird feeders so there all over up here. We had the DNR trap three young ones this spring and we missed two others that we know of. How top heavy is a Gen II? Has anyone ever had this happen to them? Thank you for your time, WayUpNorth in Northern Wisconsin.