Cooking in Rain?

Cmiller · April 2012

I am faced with needing to cook in rain for the first time. Will the Egg be damaged in any way by cooking in a light rain?g

JEC23 · April 2012

No it will be fine, you may want to cover it with a parasol for your own benefit but it will happily chug away in the rain, if it starts getting heavy you can fabricate a small rain cap to go over the DFMT out of a large tin of beans, just cut a large hole on the side and face that away from the rain

Cmiller · April 2012

Many Thanks! Great suggestions.

bigguy136 · April 2012

I had my egg going for the last 20 hours in the rain. No problems.

tazcrash · April 2012

For some reason seems like most of my long cooks are in the rain.
All it does is make it more difficult to cover.

exspo · April 2012

I'm currently cooking in the rain. I've also cooked while it is snowing and sleeting. Never a problem and in fact one of my favorite things about the Egg.. My cooks are never called off due to weather.

Cmiller · April 2012

Really appreciate your comments. Thanks!

xraypat23 · April 2012

I went to lowes and got a 6" galvanized shanty cap meant for vents on sheds and stuff. Works great in the rain! Fits right over the DFMT

The Cen-Tex Smoker · April 2012

I went to lowes and got a 6" galvanized shanty cap meant for vents on sheds and stuff. Works great in the rain! Fits right over the DFMT

pics please

sancho65 · April 2012

This is my first attempt to post a pic, hope it works!!!

sancho65 · April 2012

Didn't work.....

xraypat23 · April 2012

trying to upload the pic, but keep getting the ?

xraypat23 · April 2012

must be the site, but here's a link for basically the exact same one

http://www.hardwareandtools.com/Billy-Penn-8103-Galvanized-Round-Vent-Cap-6-Inch-8419756.html

The Cen-Tex Smoker · April 2012

Ha-ha! Really cool. I have cooked in rain a lot without anything but I'll grab one of these just in case we get a gully washer (not sure if you keep up with the local weather, but we haven't gotten a lot of rain down this way lately)

Thanks for the tip.

xraypat23 · April 2012

no problem, I smoked in the rain a few times, and although the daisy wheel is barely open, i feel like this really works well, haven't tried it on a pizza cook yet, but I'm sure it'd hold up to the job, and wouldn't effect airflow

burr_baby33 · April 2012

Rain does not stop me. I make a rain hat for the daisy wheel out of foil. Tear out a square, tuck opposite corners under daisy and it it a rain hat.

smokesniffer · April 2012

Rain, Snow and Sleet, the egg puffs it's way through it all. Don't ask me how I know this.

Hint: I live in the Pacific Northwest. Remember that the egg will retain it's temperature a way better than a lot of the gassers in the cooler wetter climates.

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