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Safety First - Burp your Egg
dstearn
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Last week I started my egg up for a cook. Shortly after I started the egg my dog informed me that she needed to go for a walk.
Closed the dome with the bottom vent wide open. Returned 15 minutes later and looked at the thermo. It was not even 200 degrees yet.
I opened the lid and POOF! The Egg was not below 200, More like 1000 degrees!
The lump was red hot and I could feel a blast of hot air and the sound of my hair being singed by the heat.
I was very lucky this time, The hair on my eyelids and forehead were only slightly scorched as a result. It could have been worse.
New Rule - Burp your egg!
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Now you are a certified member of this forum, until your yard has a hint of burning hair mixed with the scent of charcoal, you are not a real egger. Welcome!Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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That's a lesson you only have to learn once!!
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Peachtree Corners, GA -
Yeah unfortunately that seems to be a lesson only learned the hard way.
LBGE 2013, SBGE 2014, Mini 2015
Columbus IN -
As someone said to me when I posted when it happened to me, "who hasn't done it". Luckily when I did it I had a long sleeve shirt on or it could have been worse. It happened to me when I got in a hurry and didn't burp it. Be careful, it can shoot out of the bottom vent like a flame thrower I've been told.XL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas GrillKansas City, Mo.
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Nice, you passed step one of being an egger. It's a three part acceptance. Part 2 is enduring a 48 hour period with @henapple and step 3 is chugging the drip pan after a 20 hour smoke. Good luck!Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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Is it me or are flashbacks more common with cold weather?New Albany, Ohio
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This happened to me for the first time last week. I have cooked many times on the egg and I wasn't paying as much attention this time around.
I closed the vents down to try to bring the temp down from about 600. Things started dropping and I opened the egg. There was a crackling sound of charcoal and then poof! Flame everywhere. Lucky no problem.
One question: has anyone ever opened the bottom vent door and seen raging flames come through the grate at the bottom of the firebox? That was a new one for me. -
@THEBuckeye it's just you. A flashback will happen when you open the lid and it gets a big gulp of oxygen. Don't matter if it's cold or hot out.1 XXL BGE, 1 LG BGE, 2 MED. BGE, 1 MINI BGE, 1 Peoria custom cooker Meat Monster.Clinton, Iowa
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I have had if flash out of the bottom vent. Luckily, no hair was harmed!
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Yeah, I am a slow learner---I have forgotten to burp a couple of times and paid the price . Eyebrows are over rated anyway. As far as flames rolling out of the bottom, seen that several times---tried to get a picture of it last time and was not successful.
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And never light the egg before your first cup of coffee. I got 50% off for my eyebrow wax. ;;)Every day is a bonus day and every meal is a banquet in Winter Springs, Fl !
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One question: has anyone ever opened the bottom vent door and seen raging flames come through the grate at the bottom of the firebox? That was a new one for me.
That's what I was talking about with the flame thrower or dragon. I have not had it happen, but heard it can happen doing pizza or other long high temp cooks. Here is a video that someone did to show how it looks and happens. I hope it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fJZpaNWGKsXL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas GrillKansas City, Mo. -
@THEBuckeye - it's possible since cold air is typically more dense, thus higher O2 content per given volume getting into the egg.
“your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential
LBGE in SATX
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Happened to me but I think mine was due to too many jim beams while cooking.Franklin, Tn
LBGE - Cast Iron Grate - Flameboss 300 - BGEtisserie -
I just had my first experience with flashback last weekend. I was setting up to cook some boneless skinless chicken thighs. After lighting the charcoal, I went inside to wait for it to get up to temp. I got distracted and the temp hit 700 before I caught it. So I closed the air intake and was happy to see the temps rapidly dropping......so happy I had to open the egg and take a look....good thing I was wearing a long sleeve shirt! The flame rolled out of the egg and enveloped my hand / arm. No injuries, just missing hair. A valuable lesson none the less.
XL BGE - Jackson, California -
Is there a low temp where a flashback can't/shouldn't happen? What's the lowest temp where someone has experienced a flashback? I ask, 'cuz most posts about experiencing a flashback are preceded by; "it was hot as hell" ... or some variant of that phrase.
Washington, IL > Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max
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@Jeepster47 ive had my egg flash at 300 to 400. The best advice I got was to get rid of the daisy wheel unless you are doing a low and slow. No flash with the daisy wheel off, but I haven't gone above 600. The worst thing that will happen to you is singed hair and the realization that you just slammed your egg lid down. Burnt arm hair is a right of passage
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I should get my wife to open the dome with her legs...free leg waxing ) )
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@Jeepster47 lowest I personally have had 1 was sitting around the 500 mark. Not saying it can't happen lower then that though.
I have learned now to just burp them every time so now it's a habit even doing a low and slow.1 XXL BGE, 1 LG BGE, 2 MED. BGE, 1 MINI BGE, 1 Peoria custom cooker Meat Monster.Clinton, Iowa -
I had to cook on a gasser on vacation, and I burped it every time I opened it.
__________________________________________It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.- Camp Hill, PA -
Mine flared like a mofo the other night making those peanut butter bacon cheeseburgers. It flashed out the top and the bottom grate. I think all the grease that was dripping down to the coals suddenly caught and flashed. It went WHOOSH and then it was over. It happened right after I closed the lid, glad I was a couple feet away by that point.
2 LBGE, Blackstone 36, Jumbo Joe
Egging in Southern Illinois (Marion)
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It's just a habit that is so ingrained in me that I find myself even burping a cold egg! Honest!Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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@Chubbs I wish to remain on level 1. =;Slumming it in Aiken, SC.
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How 'bout a little fire, Scarecrow?I thought after my first it wold be my last. Neeeerrrrrrrrrrrp. I've had a handful...slow learner.
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THEBuckeye said:Is it me or are flashbacks more common with cold weather?Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg.
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Kinda felt appropriate to the discussion... (think of it as background music)
Alfred E. Neuman - "It's A Gas" (1963)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J-LvMxKvFY&x-yt-cl=84503534&x-yt-ts=1421914688
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Chubbs said:Nice, you passed step one of being an egger. It's a three part acceptance. Part 2 is enduring a 48 hour period with @henapple and step 3 is chugging the drip pan after a 20 hour smoke. Good luck!
One and three I knocked out of the park. Number two. Heck I think that's funny that he is number two. Sorry my inner child just showed its ugly head. Like a turtle. . I am planning on going to some backwoods road kill hide your sister hoedown. Hope I can hang. Did I tell you I won a MAJOR award? -
SmokeyPitt said:THEBuckeye said:Is it me or are flashbacks more common with cold weather?
I have flash backs worse in the summer. Heck it's 3:30 am might be having one now -
SmokeyPitt said:THEBuckeye said:Is it me or are flashbacks more common with cold weather?
That is something to ponder :-? Or could it be the temperature difference is greater in the winter unless your cold smoking. And the heat from the egg draws the colder air in faster? Like hot water will freeze faster than cold because of the moleculars start to move faster. I know probably a different theory. the last science class I had is when we invented mudd.
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