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AlbertaEgger · January 11

Just picked up a L BGE last week. Love to BBQ and smoke. I’m going to attempt a few whole chickens this weekend. -30 deg C out today with wind so I hope the weather turns a bit for tomorrow. I’m not sure how the egg performs in that cold. This will be my first cook on the egg. Hope they turn out. Thanks for all the good reading on this forum. A lot of good tips. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

calracefan · January 11

Welcome aboard ! The Egg will with stand the cold with no problems, the cook is a different story. Good Luck !

Eggcelsior · January 11

Welcome. I wonder, as hardy as you Canadians are, what is "a bit"

-28 C?

;)

Mickey · January 11

Welcome to the forum.

AlbertaEgger · January 11

"a bit" - looks like -22 deg C tomorrow with wind. So looking better for sure. I'll keep the beer and rums going, All good.

AlbertaEgger · January 11

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Eggcelsior · January 11

@nolaegghead - You best step up man.

Our new friend has a leather couch in his man-bear-cave.

nolaegghead · January 11

Eggcelsior said:

@nolaegghead - You best step up man.

Our new friend has a leather couch in his man-bear-cave.

Welcome to the forum!

This could become an arms(chair) race!

Eggcelsior · January 11

Crap! What should the nickname be for the largest non-militarized border in the world?

"Iron Curtain" doesn't seem to have the necessary je nes sais quoi.

SMITTYtheSMOKER · January 12

Congrats on the new Egg.

Little Steven · January 12

We gotta do something about all these Canucks infiltrating the forum guys!

nolaegghead · January 12

you a black kettle!

AlbertaEgger · January 12

Thanks for the welcome guys. And im sure there is no issue with Canadians now is there...

nolaegghead · January 12

(Little Steven pretends he's not Canadian just to mock the Americans, which he secretly wishes he was, even though, I, for one, don't understand that except it may be related to being vertically challenged) :D

nolaegghead · January 12

Eggcelsior said:

Crap! What should the nickname be for the largest non-militarized border in the world? "Iron Curtain" doesn't seem to have the necessary je nes sais quoi.

The South Canadian Mason-Dixon Tariff Curtain?

Eggcelsior · January 12

nolaegghead said:
(Little Steven pretends he's not Canadian just to mock the Americans, which he secretly wishes he was, even though, I, for one, don't understand that except it may be related to being vertically challenged) :D

Fear not, we shall make this his Leipzig and Waterloo.

Adamd · January 12

Man and I was thinking my heating bills were high last month and the temp was average around 30 haha. -22C is just too cold for me ;)

Good luck and enjoy!

CANMAN1976 · January 12

Who wouldn't want to be a Canuck with only 75 fresh cm of snow in the past 24hrs in st johns Newfoundland and 110km/h winds!!!! Damn my egg better still be there in the morning!!!

Doc_Eggerton · January 12

LOL, I have been in the pool and the hot tub today. Now about July when the mosquitoes, Love Bugs, and 100 degree temps have arrived we might have another discussion.

AlbertaEgger · January 12

I heard you guys were getting hit hard out east CANMAN. Sorry to hear that. I'd still be trying out the new egg tomorrow though. The bbq wouldn't cut it in that wind. Could be -40 tomorrow and I would still be trying it out for first time.

NEWB_IN_NOLA · January 12

Adamd said:

Man and I was thinking my heating bills were high last month and the temp was average around 30 haha. -22C is just too cold for me ;)

Good luck and enjoy!

And I haven't been able to turn off my A/C for more than 1 or 2 days this "winter". I like seasons, so it is annoying that my heater hasn't been on since 2010. It is truly balmy out here...74 with 90% humidity tonight. It's gross. @albertaegger - welcome aboard

Skiddymarker · January 12

@AlbertaEgger - Welcome, good luck with the cook.....

Here on the left coast it was sunny today, will send it over the Rockies to you for tomorrow. Getting real cool for lotus land tonight, going down to -2C, I might have to bring in the hose...

AlbertaEgger · January 12

Thanks for the updates. looks like we will warm up to -23 tomorrow with wind. So not bad, still looking like i will get my first cook in with the new egg. Summer is just around the corner though and i cant wait. I usually rotissie my birds, and i always inject them, so any advice on a vertical bird would be great, indirect, and debating injection or not....

nolaegghead · January 12

NEWB_IN_NOLA said:

Adamd said:

Man and I was thinking my heating bills were high last month and the temp was average around 30 haha. -22C is just too cold for me ;)

Good luck and enjoy!

And I haven't been able to turn off my A/C for more than 1 or 2 days this "winter". I like seasons, so it is annoying that my heater hasn't been on since 2010. It is truly balmy out here...74 with 90% humidity tonight. It's gross. @albertaegger - welcome aboard

NEWB_IN_NOLA isn't kidding. It's so humid I could put out a fire with my leafblower.

AlbertaEgger · January 12

NOLAEGGHEAD, any comment on the vertical chicken? Injection or not? And i have seen a bunch of comments on haveing leg up for the egg...

nolaegghead · January 12

You could do it plate setter legs up, maybe a drip pan with an air gap under the plate setter, then the grill grate, bird rigged up on some kinda apparatus that holds its ass and all the dark meat up into the hot part of the dome.

Or you could do it raised direct with the ass facing the lump.

Or you could spatchcock it.

You can inject if ya want. Just try it different ways. If you want to minimize the variables, it's easier to start simple.

Good luck, post pics and read the forum and you'll lessen the slope of the learning curve. ;)

Little Steven · January 12

nolaegghead said:

(Little Steven pretends he's not Canadian just to mock the Americans, which he secretly wishes he was, even though, I, for one, don't understand that except it may be related to being vertically challenged) :D

Who dat chu callin Canajun? I from da bayou cher'. We call da bayou da Niagara scarpment here

AlbertaEgger · January 12

Well, just fired up the Egg for the first time, cant belive how fast it gets to temp. Goint to try some birds. Wish me luck.

CANMAN1976 · January 12

Remember we wanna see some pics too!!!

[-O<

AlbertaEgger · January 12

Will do, I have pretty crappy internet service out here though. Turned out to be a nice day, - 14, perfect.

Little Steven · January 12

AlbertaEgger said:

Well, just fired up the Egg for the first time, cant belive how fast it gets to temp. Goint to try some birds. Wish me luck.

Good luck man. If you aren't back in 90 minutes we'll send the dogsleds

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