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jls9595
jls9595 Posts: 1,533
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I wanted steak pretty bad tonight although it wasn't raining quite so hard when I started, satellite even went out.

In Manchester, TN
Vol For Life!
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    I gave up cooking in the rain. Snow, cold, even wind is okay. If it's raining, you can find me in the kitchen. No exceptions.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    That's why God invented umbrellas and gore-tex. Egg on brother, egg on.
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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
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    I've stood out with an umbrella while flipping steaks quite a few times.  As long as I get the Egg lit before it starts raining heavy I'll go ahead.
    __________________________________________
    It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.
    - Camp Hill, PA
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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
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    Rain in the summer is awesome. Rain in winter sucks. I live in South Carolina winter means 35-45 and rain, all friggin winter. :-w
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
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    My patio off my kitchen has a roof with shingles.  This allows me to stand around or sit at a dining table outside during pouring down rain and stay dry.  So, i can Egg in the rain all I want.  If the wind is blowing really really strong so the rain is horizontal, then it might not be so pleasant outside where I would not want to Egg.
    Large BGE in a Sole' Gourmet Table
    Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
     and a BBQ Guru temp controller.

    Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
    Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter, and a Party-Q temp controller.

    Location: somewhere West of the Mason-Dixon Line
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  • dldawes1
    dldawes1 Posts: 2,208
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    Same here brother...devoted is what we are, devoted I tell ya !!!!!!

    Just a eggin' in the rain !!!!!

    Donnie Dawes - RNNL8 BBQ - Carrollton, KY  

    TWIN XLBGEs, 1-Beautiful wife, 1 XS Yorkie

    I'm keeping serious from now on...no more joking around from me...Meatheads !! 


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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    theyolksonyou said:

    That's why God invented umbrellas and gore-tex. Egg on brother, egg on.

    I have both. I will NOT egg in the rain. Did it for the first 3-4 years. That was stupid.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    Carolina Q said:
    That's why God invented umbrellas and gore-tex. Egg on brother, egg on.
    I have both. I will NOT egg in the rain. Did it for the first 3-4 years. That was stupid.

    I wouldn't characterize as stupid, I would say if you are happy in the house, good. If I want to egg in the rain, I will take advantage of the technology I own and I will damn well egg. As long as we are both happy, good!
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  • jls9595
    jls9595 Posts: 1,533
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    I had to finish in the house and made a messimage
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    In Manchester, TN
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    It looks good and the mess will clean!
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  • bboulier
    bboulier Posts: 558
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    One of the things I like about the egg is that you can cook in any weather, although rain is the least pleasant.  A gas grill can't be used in a high wind and a Weber kettle is harder to start and control than an egg.  Once you get the started, you are ready to roll.  I use a metal roof vent cap from Lowe's (less than $10) to put over my medium BGE to keep out the elements.
    Weber Kettle, Weber Genesis Silver B, Medium Egg, KJ Classic (Black)
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  • dldawes1
    dldawes1 Posts: 2,208
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    Steak looks great !!!  I love me some steak !!!  Planning on one tomorrow night....if it ain't rainin !!!!!!!


    Just kidding, rain won't stop me !!!!

    Donnie Dawes - RNNL8 BBQ - Carrollton, KY  

    TWIN XLBGEs, 1-Beautiful wife, 1 XS Yorkie

    I'm keeping serious from now on...no more joking around from me...Meatheads !! 


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  • YEMTrey
    YEMTrey Posts: 6,829
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    I bought a pop up canopy just so I could egg in the rain. Didn't want weather to dictate if I was going to Egg or not. I egg any time I want to.
    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
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    Popup or umbrella in the table for me. No worries. Egg on.
    Food looks eggcellent!
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
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    Jeremiah said:
    Rain in the summer is awesome. Rain in winter sucks. I live in South Carolina winter means 35-45 and rain, all friggin winter. :-w
    out here in the west, winter rain means it is usually in the 50's, clear days is when we get the 30's & 40's
    Large BGE in a Sole' Gourmet Table
    Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
     and a BBQ Guru temp controller.

    Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
    Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter, and a Party-Q temp controller.

    Location: somewhere West of the Mason-Dixon Line
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  • stemc33
    stemc33 Posts: 3,567
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    I'm not a big fan of rain either, but I'll egg in it if I have already planned to egg. Also, not a big fan of big wet snowflakes blowing sideways. I hate it when the snowflakes go in my ears.
    Steven
    Mini Max with Woo stone combo, LBGE, iGrill 2, Plate Setter, 
    two cotton pot holders to handle PS
    Banner, Wyoming
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  • jcaspary
    jcaspary Posts: 1,479
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    Steak looks good. I plan my Egg cooks around my days off. If I'm off I'm cooking on the Egg. Neither rain, nor snow, nor...will deter me from cooking on my Egg.
    XL BGE, LG BGE, and a hunger to grill everything in sight!!!
    Joe- Strongsville, OH
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  • bo_mull
    bo_mull Posts: 363
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    I used an umbrella for a while, but I decided on something bigger. I had a 12x16 awning installed over my patio. I will egg in the rain if it's not raining  sideways

    Cleveland, TN.

    LG BGE, PSWOO2, Stoker WIFI.

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  • ktm101
    ktm101 Posts: 61
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    I either egg in the barn with the big door open and the side door open letting the smoke blow out or I grill in the fireplace in the living room, which is where I might be able to fit a mini max! imageimage
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  • anton
    anton Posts: 1,813
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    It's pouring here in Cal today, I just wheeled my table under my eaves and shall have wings this afternoon, rain be damned!! I will admit, I am very lucky to live in such an egg friendly climate. I thank my lucky stars daily that I don't have to deal with snow, freezing temps, or tornadoes, my worry is for the big one (quake).
    :D
     Using a MBGE,woo/w stone,livin' in  Hayward California," The Heart Of The Bay "
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  • KiterTodd
    KiterTodd Posts: 2,466
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    ktm101 said:
    ... or I grill in the fireplace in the living room, which is where I might be able to fit a mini max! image
    That's a first for me!?  Grilling in the fireplace.

    Do you get enough of a draft going that all the smoke  heads up the chimney?

    I applaud the dedication.  =D>
    LBGE/Maryland
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    Fireplace mini... http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/806031/mini-in-fireplace

    I've done it a few times, but haven't in a while. My theory was, a wood fire was a wood fire and that's what fireplaces are for. But then I read somewhere that charcoal generates more carbon monoxide than a normal firewood fire. Don't know, but until I get a CO detector or two, no more fireplace mini cooking.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • itsmce
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    @ktm101 - LOVE this!  Indoor egging...I think you need a mini.
    Large (sometimes wish it were an XL) in KS
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  • Eggcelsior
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    theyolksonyou said:
    That's why God invented umbrellas and gore-tex. Egg on brother, egg on.
    Robert Gore is God?  :-?
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 11,528
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    jls9595 said:
    I had to finish in the house and made a mess

    Looks great!  My plan B for steak is sous vide and torch!
    canuckland
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  • jls9595
    jls9595 Posts: 1,533
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    @Canugghead I almost used the torch but I was frying potatoes in the CI anyway. Searing with the torch is fun :D
    In Manchester, TN
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
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    Eggcelsior said:


    theyolksonyou said:

    That's why God invented umbrellas and gore-tex. Egg on brother, egg on.

    Robert Gore is God?  :-?

    It sure ain't Al Gore! Although HE invented the Internet...
    Flint, Michigan
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  • Canugghead
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    Carolina Q said:
    That's why God invented umbrellas and gore-tex. Egg on brother, egg on.
    I have both. I will NOT egg in the rain. Did it for the first 3-4 years. That was stupid.
    Agree, egg is not the be all and end all.  I said this many times... we wok almost every meal and would go broke on lump if done on the egg(s)  ;)
    canuckland
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  • ktm101
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    @KiterTodd Yeah must be plenty of draft because I never get smoke in the house.  I even have a CO detector right beside the fireplace and it never shows any let alone hit the alarm.  I have been grilling in my fireplace for about 5 yrs, but since I got my egg last december I haven't grilled in there since.  I do wonder if a low and slow cook in an egg in the fireplace would create enough heat to make it go out the chimney though because using a regular grill its always burning hot.
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  • theyolksonyou
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    Eggcelsior said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    That's why God invented umbrellas and gore-tex. Egg on brother, egg on.
    Robert Gore is God?  :-?

    as a holder of a degree in textile engineering, I'm well aware of who Robert Gore is, and thanks to Al Gore anyone with one of his glorious connections can find out. I also am a smartass and enjoy saying stupid **** from time to time.
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