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Mini Housing Upgrade

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Zippylip
Zippylip Posts: 4,768
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I always wished I had built a longer table for the large, between food, tunes, accessories & beverages, it's a little tight. So I designed the mini table as an extension of the large so I now have over 8 feet of work space (it has always been my intention to keep the mini in the garage when not in use, out of harms way, & just pop it on it's table when needed, which is why I scratched the egg feet outlines in the paver - quik set-up).

The problem: where to put the mini when in the garage :huh: .

The solution: an addition hanging off the accessory shelves in the garage.

I know what you are thinking, the 32 three-inch wood screws holding this contraption together couldn't possibly hold the mini safely (I thought the same thing even after doing the "I stood on the shelf & it held me" test), so I added the 6 inch lag bolt, ya know, just to be on the safe side :laugh:


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happy in the hut
West Chester Pennsylvania
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  • Woodbutcher
    Woodbutcher Posts: 1,017
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    You certainly keep busy. Nice job, maybe you should have my handle.
    Think the Eagles chances look good in Chicago? Did you hear anything on Westbrook?
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  • Double Bogey
    Double Bogey Posts: 635
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    Nice looking addition to your first table. Like you, I don't think the storage rack will go anywhere. Any chance the mini could get bumped a little and knocked off the shelf?
    Larry
    Aiken, SC. and
    Fancy Gap, Va.
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  • Grandpas Grub
    Grandpas Grub Posts: 14,226
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    Nice add on. I use the mini too often to be taking it in and out.

    I do like the mini table/extension.

    GG
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  • lowercasebill
    lowercasebill Posts: 5,218
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    nice .. you working on a second career B)
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  • Susan Egglaine
    Susan Egglaine Posts: 2,437
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    I have my small on a shelf to the side. I keep a rope around her. You never know when you might loose a wheel!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Zippylip
    Zippylip Posts: 4,768
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    Woodbutcher: I like the Eagles by at least 7

    Double: Don’t think so, it’s right next to the wall, only way I’m bumping into that is 20 beers, & then I’d only hit the shelf

    Susan: that is a brilliant design ;)

    Grandpa: that is an issue, but from where the egg sleeps to the table outside is about a 5 foot distance to travel, pain in the *** but with all the branches falling from the 70 foot Maple above, & balls/projectiles falling from the boy’s arm, better safe than sorry, ehh?

    Bill: yep
    happy in the hut
    West Chester Pennsylvania
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  • deltadawn
    deltadawn Posts: 94
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    Everyone has such great set ups. It's fun seeing everyone's handiwork. Question about the mini:
    Can you do a low & slow cook on the mini or is that best left to at least the small size? What can you get on a mini?
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  • DynaGreaseball
    DynaGreaseball Posts: 1,409
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    I don't have a mini, but my brother does, and he actually uses it more often than his Medium. It's a steak cookin' machine. Uses very little lump. Quick to load and unload. He even made a little raised grid for cooking chicken breasts. Lots of folks in here use their minis for low and slow, and they seem to have a lot of success with them.

    Here's how the brother midified his table to handle his new mimi:

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