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tbender60
tbender60 Posts: 9
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Has anyone ever use their egg like a vertical feed smoker? Why can't we just throw a few chucks in the button? I always see nice glowing embers.

Ps I have been drinking
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
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    A true smoker needs to burn wood in a clean fire - as in actual flame. Our eggs are designed to smolder.  They are too efficient.  To get a clean flame, your egg would be way too hot.  Hope that helps.

    Phoenix 
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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
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    I’ve read that people do that, but I don’t 
    “There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
    Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,384
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    As @blasting said, the air-fuel-fire combination is quite different for the BGE.  Thus I am confident the outcome would be less than you would hope for.  But nothing ventured, nothing gained.  FWIW-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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