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$2 grill lighting hack

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Mclayborn79
Mclayborn79 Posts: 58
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I bought a little fan at Walmart for $2 and set it up to blow in the bottom grate after lighting. The grill get up to temp in about 1/3 the time. 
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  • EggNorth
    EggNorth Posts: 1,535
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    Nice!  And the price is right also.
    Dave
    Cambridge, Ontario - Canada
    Large (2010), Mini Max (2015), Large garden pot (2018)
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  • dmack
    dmack Posts: 56
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    Good idea on those no windy days. 
    Dmcak.
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 9,295
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    Great idea. Thanks for sharing. 
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  • onedbguru
    onedbguru Posts: 1,647
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    Try using a leaf-blower :) 
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
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    $100 dollar B&D leaf blower or $2 dollar hack. Hack!
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324
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    Could also throw a cheapo chimney stack on top to increase the draft effect. But be careful, it gets very hot!!

    LBGE #19 from North GA Eggfest, 2014

    Stockbridge, GA - just south of Atlanta where we are covered up in Zombies!  #TheWalkingDead films practically next door!

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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 9,295
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    DaveRichardson said:
    Could also throw a cheapo chimney stack on top to increase the draft effect. But be careful, it gets very hot!!
    I've seen a video on YouTube of a guy bringing the Egg up to 700 in no time using this technique. Would love to employ it, but I'm worried it's not healthy for the Egg.
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  • Mclayborn79
    Mclayborn79 Posts: 58
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    I usually do it until it hits 250. It climbs on its own after that. I find it is a whole lot easier to raise the temp than lower it. 
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
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    GrateEggspectations said:
    DaveRichardson said:
    Could also throw a cheapo chimney stack on top to increase the draft effect. But be careful, it gets very hot!!
    I've seen a video on YouTube of a guy bringing the Egg up to 700 in no time using this technique. Would love to employ it, but I'm worried it's not healthy for the Egg.
    why is not healthy?  a BGE can easily go to 700 with or without the stack.

    it's just one way of increasing draft
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  • onedbguru
    onedbguru Posts: 1,647
    edited July 2016
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    SoCalTim said:
    $100 dollar B&D leaf blower or $2 dollar hack. Hack!

    Maybe, but a lot of us probably already have the leaf blower in our garage.  I know I do.  It is very cool to see blue flames shooting out of the top  =)
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 9,295
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    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    GrateEggspectations said:
    DaveRichardson said:
    Could also throw a cheapo chimney stack on top to increase the draft effect. But be careful, it gets very hot!!
    I've seen a video on YouTube of a guy bringing the Egg up to 700 in no time using this technique. Would love to employ it, but I'm worried it's not healthy for the Egg.
    why is not healthy?  a BGE can easily go to 700 with or without the stack.

    it's just one way of increasing draft
    The video was accompanied by a disclaimer about the practice, so I believed that the rapid ascension of temperature could present a risk of thermal shock. If this is effective and safe, why do more Eggers not employ it? This is the first reference to the technique that I have seen on the forum.
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