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New mini max, need help
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feef706
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So my lovely wife decided she had enough of me talking about buying a mini max and surprised me with one for Christmas, we are going out of town for New Years so I'd like to take it with us and smoke a Boston butt for New Years, she didn't get a plate setter and I'm happy as I heard they aren't designed well for the MM. I'm wanting to get a woo from CGS, which are currently out of stock, and I'm not sure it would arrive in time to our destination even if they were in stock, so I'm looking to improvise.
Any ideas? Any help is appreciated
Any ideas? Any help is appreciated
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Buy a 15" ceramic pizza stone at Home Depot and cut it to make your own plate setter with wings to rest on the fire ring. Use the scraps or ceramic egg feet to raise your grid and you're set. When you get your woo, slide the cut down. Pizza stone in the bottom for indirect cooks. Just an idea. The ceramic stones cut easy with a cutoff wheel on a small grinder or hack saw.
Any road will take you there if you don't know where you're going.
Terry
Rockwall, TX -
My wife surprised me MM too, also without the plate setter. I'm thinking I'll improvise with a cheap grid then bolts, nuts, and washers to hold a second grid at cooking level. Fire bricks on the lower grid for heat deflection. I haven't put anything together yet, so I don't have bolt length or upper grid size specs that I can give you.
I have a similar setup that I use on my small, so let me know if you'd like to see a picture and I'll go take one. Of course there's not as much height to play around with in the MM so it won't be quite as easy.
I'm hoping the CGS has the woo available again soon.L, S, MM, Mini
Washington, IL -
How big is the butt you want to do?"I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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Me and the ole lady are getting a MM fer our Bdays this upcoming month and have been reading the same about the plate setter. Seen alot on the Woo but will ultimately decide at the end of the month. I'll be searching fer ideas and pics too!Hunting-Fishing-Cookin' on my EGG! Nothing else compares!
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Hawg Fan said:Buy a 15" ceramic pizza stone at Home Depot and cut it to make your own plate setter with wings to rest on the fire ring. Use the scraps or ceramic egg feet to raise your grid and you're set. When you get your woo, slide the cut down. Pizza stone in the bottom for indirect cooks. Just an idea. The ceramic stones cut easy with a cutoff wheel on a small grinder or hack saw.Tbent said:My wife surprised me MM too, also without the plate setter. I'm thinking I'll improvise with a cheap grid then bolts, nuts, and washers to hold a second grid at cooking level. Fire bricks on the lower grid for heat deflection. I haven't put anything together yet, so I don't have bolt length or upper grid size specs that I can give you.
I have a similar setup that I use on my small, so let me know if you'd like to see a picture and I'll go take one. Of course there's not as much height to play around with in the MM so it won't be quite as easy.
I'm hoping the CGS has the woo available again soon.
I wouldn't mind seeing a picture if you don't mind before I decide for sure.JohnInCarolina said:How big is the butt you want to do?
Thanks for all the feedback thus far! -
Wow how many of us got a MM for Christmas? I was about to make a post asking a similar question, should I get a PS or Woo for the MM?
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JohnInCarolina said:How big is the butt you want to do?
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Cuda1965 said:Wow how many of us got a MM for Christmas? I was about to make a post asking a similar question, should I get a PS or Woo for the MM?Eggcelsior said:JohnInCarolina said:How big is the butt you want to do?
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i agree that the platesetter doesn't work well in the mm. my wife found 10" x 5/8" pizza stones on amazon made by california pizza stone co. i've abandoned using the ps and just use two 10" stones for indirect cooks like pizza/nacho's. works great but i'm still trying to figure out the mm. not as fool proof as my large and medium.
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I have done a 10# butt on the MM. It's a tight fit but you can manage.
TWSS"I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike -
JohnInCarolina said:I have done a 10# butt on the MM. It's a tight fit but you can manage.
TWSS -
Remember to put a cork on the thermo stem outside of the dome. This will give you more space and the probe won't be touching the meat and giving you false readings.
Steve
XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio -
YEMTrey said:Remember to put a cork on the thermo stem outside of the dome. This will give you more space and the probe won't be touching the meat and giving you false readings.
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feef706 said:YEMTrey said:Remember to put a cork on the thermo stem outside of the dome. This will give you more space and the probe won't be touching the meat and giving you false readings.
Steve
XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio -
YEMTrey said:feef706 said:YEMTrey said:Remember to put a cork on the thermo stem outside of the dome. This will give you more space and the probe won't be touching the meat and giving you false readings.
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Any other advice for the MM?
Did my first cook in it tonight (two burgers). It got hot pretty quick, ended up with flames shooting out of the top =-) -
It gets hot and wants to run hot. Best to catch it early and let it creep up. I'll try to post the thread, but one of the mods that was suggested that I did was partially bending the corners on the lower vent cover. It was pretty loose and wasn't airtight. This has allowed better temp control and much quicker cool down time after use.Steve
XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio -
Ah, I had it bookmarked. All credit goes to @jollygreenegg
http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1187549/quick-and-easy-fix-for-a-floppy-lower-vent-on-the-mm#latest
Steve
XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio -
No cork needed. Just put the retaining clip on the thermo probe first and then drop it in the dome.Large BGE, MiniMAX BGE, 2 Mini BGE's, R&V Fryer, 36" Blackstone Griddle, Camp Chef Dual Burner 40K BTU StoveBGE ChimineaProsper, TX
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feef706 said:JohnInCarolina said:I have done a 10# butt on the MM. It's a tight fit but you can manage.
TWSS
One thing to be aware of: if you're going Low and Slow, you may well need to reload the lump at some point. Just be prepared for that possibility. Some folks have gotten 10 hrs out of a full load of lump in the MM, but I think that's stretching it."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike -
If you don't wanna do the pizza stone...
Find a northern tool store near you and call ahead. for $20 you can get six of these
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200325974_200325974
Use 2 or 3 if you can make them fit laying down as the indirect ceramic. Then use a water pan (with water in it) sitting on the bricks. Use the remaining bricks standing on their edge on the fire ring to hold up a second grid. The end.Memphis TN - Large Green Egg -
@YEMTrey Thanks for sharing that about the lower vent. I noticed mine had lots of play in it.
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The plate setter for mine works great!Large, Medium, Mini, and Mini Max, a few too many accessories, 2 kids, 1 dog, and original wife. Lover of winter, powdery snow, and lots of golf.
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Powderhound said:The plate setter for mine works great!
I don't know what issues people have seen/reported. It is very shallow, so if you want to put a drip pan on top of it - that's not going to work out."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike -
Cuda1965 said:Wow how many of us got a MM for Christmas? I was about to make a post asking a similar question, should I get a PS or Woo for the MM?Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax
Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
Run me out in the cold rain and snow -
Call CGS if you have an older style fire ring in your MM. They have them in stock for the old style. The style firebox doesn't perfectly match up with fire ring. If it a new style, they told me that they are still in R&D
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I bet mine is probably a new style, but how do you tell?
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thatguy662 said:Call CGS if you have an older style fire ring in your MM. They have them in stock for the old style. The style firebox doesn't perfectly match up with fire ring. If it a new style, they told me that they are still in R&D
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Cuda1965 said:I bet mine is probably a new style, but how do you tell?Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax
Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
Run me out in the cold rain and snow -
feef706 said:thatguy662 said:Call CGS if you have an older style fire ring in your MM. They have them in stock for the old style. The style firebox doesn't perfectly match up with fire ring. If it a new style, they told me that they are still in R&DThey said they are in design....so would on be speculative at the moment. They said they shouold have worked out by end of week ( might as well say next year at this point).
Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax
Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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