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cactus_darrell
cactus_darrell Posts: 68
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Wanting to cook some steaks for me an Mrs Cactus tonight.  I am worried about cracking my Egg since it is so freezing a$$ cold.  Anyone have issues cooking in subfreezing temps?  I use a weed burner to light lump. Will my Egg take the change in temp ok?

thanks,


BGE, Treager LilTex, Terinan 48 SOB, Custom electric smoker, Weber kettle, Weber gas grill, Masterbuilt SS smoker, last but not least UDS

I've never meet a cow I didn't like, with a little salt and pepper.

Amarillo, Texas

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  • johnkitchens
    johnkitchens Posts: 5,227
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    You should be fine. Canadians cook on theirs in the dead of winter. 

    Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
    edited November 2014
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    l have egged when it was -14 here in IL. You'll be fine!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    BTW our distributor loves to tell the story of how eggs are tested for thermo shock. He says they run an egg up to 800 dome and then open it and dump a 5 gallon bucket of ice in!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • cactus_darrell
    cactus_darrell Posts: 68
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    Yes, it gets cold here, this week low teens with 50mph wind. You can't put enough clothes on to stay warm.  I don't know what the wind chill was but my wiener dogs wouldn't go outside with out their coats. burrrrrr

    BGE, Treager LilTex, Terinan 48 SOB, Custom electric smoker, Weber kettle, Weber gas grill, Masterbuilt SS smoker, last but not least UDS

    I've never meet a cow I didn't like, with a little salt and pepper.

    Amarillo, Texas

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  • Shiff
    Shiff Posts: 1,835
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    I live in southern Pennsylvania and cook on mine all year.  I have cooked many a steak in the Winter - just brush off the snow and light it up (I don't use a weed burner, though).
    Large BGE
    Barry, Lancaster, PA
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
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    How cold is it in Texas?

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Grillin_beers
    Grillin_beers Posts: 1,345
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    My pitbull won't go outside without a jacket on if it's under 35 so I feel your pain.
    1 large BGE, Spartanburg SC

    My dog thinks I'm a grilling god. 
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  • bud812
    bud812 Posts: 1,869
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    Little Steven said:
    How cold is it in Texas?
    Its so cold that the briskets jiggle.

    Not to get technical, but according to chemistry alcohol is a solution...

    Large & Small BGE

    Stockton Ca.

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  • poster
    poster Posts: 1,171
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    cactus_darrell said:
    Yes, it gets cold here, this week low teens with 50mph wind. You can't put enough clothes on to stay warm.  I don't know what the wind chill was but my wiener dogs wouldn't go outside with out their coats. burrrrrr
    lol, not bashing or anything, but low teens??? i was out at a remote cottage for new years last year far from cell service and any sort of grid and we grilled up new years supper at -40F ambient lol. Your right about  the dogs though, mine tried to take a leak with 3 legs up and failed miserably. not saying im a "cold" tough guy because i hate anything below 0F, but your egg won't get hurt, we've got the R&D up here to prove it
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,025
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    MN winters + Weed burner = All Good
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,110
    edited November 2014
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    Little Steven said:
    How cold is it in Texas?

    We have a 8am Tee Time in the morning. Lol. It's a charity tournament. Mid 50s, windy and rain in the forcast. Might be an Irish Whiskey kind of start...
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Justacookin
    Justacookin Posts: 291
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    WE play in Minnesota till it snows but when it gets cold they won't let you out until the frost is of the greens not kidding.

    XL & waiting for my Mini Max Bloomington MN.
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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
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    Who cares if you bought it new you have a warranty. I have had 3 bases crack through the years but that just means you get a new white one to break in.
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  • cactus_darrell
    cactus_darrell Posts: 68
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    Photo Egg said:
    Little Steven said:
    How cold is it in Texas?

    We have a 8am Tee Time in the morning. Lol. It's a charity tournament. Mid 50s, windy and rain in the forcast. Might be an Irish Whiskey kind of start...

    Texas is BIG, I am probably as close to Canada as I am to the Gulf. We get cold here but is really the wind chill that is the real problem. Like I said, it is not unusual to have a 30 to 50 mile an hour wind along with low teens or single digit weather. Especially this time of the year, it blows so hard it has blown the Christmas lights right off my roof!  I'm not talking gusts but a constant wind.  I think Amarillo is the real" windy city". Starting to look like Holland around here with all the wind generators they have been installing. I need to get me one of those!! every time it rotates it makes money. yea baby, more eggcessories.

    I am playing in the morning also, I have my cart cover and my propane heater already loaded up. Just got some new ProV1s ready to hit the links, if the greens thaw out.

    BGE, Treager LilTex, Terinan 48 SOB, Custom electric smoker, Weber kettle, Weber gas grill, Masterbuilt SS smoker, last but not least UDS

    I've never meet a cow I didn't like, with a little salt and pepper.

    Amarillo, Texas

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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,670
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    I have baked pizza at 800F on the egg while the temp outside was close to -40F outside... your egg will not crack.

    ____________________
    Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage. •Niccolo Machiavelli
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    If all you -40 people were like me, the great white north would be a ghost town and we'd all be REALLY close friends down here. GOOD GRIEF! That's just inhumane.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    theyolksonyou said:
    If all you -40 people were like me, the great white north would be a ghost town and we'd all be REALLY close friends down here. GOOD GRIEF! That's just inhumane.
    I hear you but some of the benefit is our cold kills the nasty bugs that some others have to put up with year around!  Just sayin...
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    @RRP‌ Luckily, I'm north of the gnat line. We get several sub freezing days each year, but admittedly, have a longer bug season than some. Sub-zero is possible for us for very short times, but -40? No thanks. Gnat line is further south around the Cumberland Plateau.
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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
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    I will take bugs all day long over cold. Its mid 20's here this morning and I have to go out and pressure wash my pavers. I wish there were some gnats flying around.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,337
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    Is it time for the "Rodeo Song"...and forty below? :)
    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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  • fruitguy
    fruitguy Posts: 303
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    This one http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8f6Y0vD0_Vg
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,231
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    I lit my egg at 8:30 this morning in the upper 20's

    Butt was on at 9. 

    Locked in at 275 as if it were 90 degrees. 


    New Albany, Ohio 

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