Thanksgiving Panic - Egg frozen shut

boboegg

I have a new BGE, so the felt is still pristine. In Atlanta, it rained last Monday and Tuesday, then turned cold.  Thursday morning it was 26 degrees at 9:00 am. At 11:00, we decided to start the fire. The top and bottom were frozen together and wouldn't open. Panic! The hair dryer method blew the breaker and didn't work. We had a fire in a portable fire pit, so we took some coals from it and shoved them down the chimney of the egg. This was working, but not fast enough. This method actually began to light the left over charcoal in the egg.  Hot water around the felt was the last attempt. The combination of inside/outside heat finally allowed us to open it up. I just didn't want to crack the ceramic. The spatchcock turkey turned out perfect! Another success story on the egg.  I'm covering mine next year.

Little Steven

Quickest way I've found is to shove newspaper in the lower vent and light with a torch. Keep putting fresh paper in and keep the torch on it so it gets real hot.

Samurai

We didn't have that issue on our side of Atlanta... Looflighter has helped that in the past, or a heat gun.