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Eggs-oteric
Eggs-oteric Posts: 15
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
Was just outside getting egg ready for some pizza cookin.

Had just lit the egg 10 or so minutes before, it was sitting at just under 300 and I was getting ready to adjust top/bottom to hold around there as I still need to do a few more things before I kick it up higher for pizzas----when I heard a WOOOSH and the temp gauge went from 300 to just under 500 in about 1 second.

Kinda weird--little worrysome at time.

Adjusted top/bottom to pull back to 300.

Others have this happen?
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,898
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    yes - I call it the after burner effect like with a jet engine. It is also the reason you should never ever put your face directly over the dome hole - guess who did that once? lucky for me my plate setter was in place and I had eyeglasses on so I didn't get the full blue flame treatment.
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Panhandle Smoker
    Panhandle Smoker Posts: 3,018
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    HaHaHa just last night. It probably happens more but I just don't notice it that often. I think after the initial lighting when the vents are all wide open and the top is off things start to heat up to a point to where the lump reaches it's flash point and then the lump flashes over and really gets going. It happens around 300 degrees and gets to 600 within seconds. I may be wrong but don't think so.
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  • Little Chef
    Little Chef Posts: 4,725
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    As always, beware of potential flashbacks when opening the egg!!! They seem more common when the Egg has done something strange....
    So, back off when opening.... :whistle: Don't need more hair loss (or worse) posts. ;)
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