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How to shut down the Egg properly

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edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
So I am about to use the Egg for the first time, have listened to lots of advice on starting the coals, right temp.etc. Lets say I get the temp. to where I want, do the steaks and now want to shut down the grill to save as much coals as possible. Should I just go and close down both dampers at once and completely shut off the air supply or should I bring the temp. down slowly and then close off the air supply. I don't want to blow up the grill on the first day.
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  • Seth
    Seth Posts: 79
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    JY,
    Just shut her down good and tight. I have not had one take off on me yet ;) It will snuff itself out pretty quick. Welcome to the wonderful world of egging.
    Seth
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  • StumpBaby
    StumpBaby Posts: 320
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    JY,[p]Close it down right away..the egg is impervious. Close the bottom damper completely..and put the ceramic rain cap on the top...then let it be...don't open it up for a while..or you might get a flashback ..and singe either your chin hairs..or your tongue hairs(like my momma did last spring). I just close the daisy wheel..but some folks claim that it's not airtight enough (maybe mine is airtite enough cause I smoke a lot of stuff with cheeze whiz on it..and all kinds of great smoke bellows out the top..leaving behind a nice layer of gunk on the daisywheel).[p]Hope this helps..it's not often I get too post helpul info.[p]StumpBaby

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  • chuckls
    chuckls Posts: 399
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    JY,[p]Yup, close the bottom vent up tight, and put on the rain cap. It took me a couple of weeks after I first got my egg to figure out what the rain cap was for, because it doesn't rain where I live.[p]I also took someone's advice, and used some extra felt gasket material cut in half lengthwise, and used it to make a gasket inside the rain cap. Don't know if this is really necessary, but it makes a nice cushion when I put the rain cap on, and also makes a nice tight seal to snuff the fire quickly.[p]Chuck
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  • The Naked Whiz
    The Naked Whiz Posts: 7,777
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    <p />JY,
    As a new user, you might be interested in reading my web page about flashback. No sense in you losing your arm hair and eyebrows if you don't have to....[p]TNW
    [ul][li]The Naked Whiz's Web Site[/ul]
    The Naked Whiz
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