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Ladlestein
Ladlestein Posts: 2
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I need some advice on what to use in place of the fire ring in my large BGE. I can't find it after a recent change of address - horror! - and I am heading off to an event tomorrow. My firebox and grate are just fine. The egg is just fine.

Questions:

- what is the function of the fire ring? I read that it has the effect of keeping the outside of the egg cooler; i.e. it prevents heat from radiating. Is that so?

- how can I jerry-rig a replacement? If I arranged, say, some bricks around the edge of the firebox, would that help?

- what about using a medium-size fire ring? I have a medium size egg, but am not planning on using it this trip. I could take the ring from it. If I place it in the big firebox, it sits just inside the cone. Will that help? Hurt?

Information, ideas, and advice appreciated.

-Larry
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  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Posts: 319
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    Evening Fellow Egger,

    Don't worry about it. You'll have two choices here, get another firering at a dealer, or score yourself three firebricks and stand them on their edge in a triangular fashion and place your cooking grate on top of this.
    The fire ring is just a means to support the cooking grate. It does offer some thermal mass, but it's not detrimental to the Egg to use bricks in place of it.

    It's just a Smoker/grill.... albeit the worlds best smoker!

    Cheers!
    :)
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  • tach18k
    tach18k Posts: 1,607
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    you can run over to lowes or home depot and get a grate for a weber grill, use that to set on the fire box, use two fire bricks to hold up the BGE grate and your cooking.
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  • Ladlestein
    Ladlestein Posts: 2
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    Thanks for the advice, SuperDave. I'll pick up some firebrick on the way to the festival.

    I guess I shouldn't be too surprised at your advice. I've lugged my Eggs around for a while now. One year I unbanded the large one before travel. When someone _else_ unloaded it they dropped the upper section and it broken into three or four pieces. It looked pretty bad, but I just sort of fit them together inside the band, just like usual, and they're still that way. I've never noticed a difference in how the Egg performs.

    For that matter, the fire ring in question has also been broken into four or five pieces for several years now. I just fit them together in the egg. No apparent difference in performance.

    Well I'm off to make pizza. There's a reason all my friends call me "Pizza Larry".

    Thanks again!

    Pizza Larry
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  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Posts: 319
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    Well Larry,
    You can always contact the mother ship and get a replacement fire ring for the egg, they've always treated me like gold there, that's why so many people keep coming back for their egg-cessories. Great warranty = return customers!

    I'm kinda a pizza nut too.... ever do pizza with egged pulled pork? It's the Bomb!
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