Hi everyone— Brand new egg owner here, eager to start contributing to the forum. But before I can do that, I think I need to make some adjustments to my large egg, which came assembled by my local dealer. I don’t think they did it properly. For starters, when they set the egg in the nest, they positioned it so that one of the nest supports was running across the bottom vent. I couldn’t even open the screen! I got a buddy over here to help me lift and rotate the egg, so now the vent is free. But now I’ve noticed that the bottom and top parts of the dome are not aligned properly.

If you look at the photo attached, you’ll notice you don’t see the vent. That’s because it is positioned near the back of the egg relative to the front handle. Only when I looked at photos online and watched the assembly videos did I realize the vent is supposed to be at the front — and for good reason. It’s easier to get to there. As it is now, I couldn’t position my egg up against my fence and still have convenient access to the vent. (You can also see in the photo that the BGE logo is askew relative to the handle. I think these guys just assumed it doesn’t matter how you line up the dome.)

I think I understand what I need to do, which is remove the bands and get this thing lined up correctly. My tentative plan is: Remove the two springs for safety, loosen the two bolts in the back, rotate both the bands and the top of the dome until they are in their proper positions, and then tighten the bolts back up and put the springs back in. (Note: It appears I have the newer-style bands for the large egg.) Is it as simple as that? I'm also wondering how helpful it would be to have the red assembly spacers -- I don't have them since the dealer put it together. I could certainly call up the dealer and try to get them back out here, but I’m not sure from the first go-round that these guys know what they’re doing.

I doubt a spatchcocked chicken would care whether this thing is aligned, but I figure I may as well get this egg lined up right. Thanks for any advice!

Side note: This bad boy won't be sitting in the grass for long -- just temporary until I get the patio area cleared.