any umbrella eggperience?

Unknown

Common sense tells me heat and smoke coming out of humpty's dome is hot, but seems to dissipate quickly...therefore can't a person probably drill a hole in his table so as to insert the rod end (handle removed) of say a large "golf size" umbrella when it is raining or even snowing? We get some downpours that can drown a fish and so far I've been lucky that I haven't had a low and slow in process during these storms. Any eggperiences anyone will share? ^oo^~

Bama Fire

one feral kat,
I have had several experiences EGGin' in the rain. I simply make a "tent" out of aluminum foil and feed it through the handle on the daisy-wheel top. The handle keeps it from blowing off, and the foil doesn't seem to affect the airflow from the fire. The method has worked on a 20 hour low & slow butt cook. If your trying to sear steack, I'm not sure that it would work for you.[p]Just a thought.[p]B~F

Nature Boy

one feral kat,
I have seen that several eggers have an umbrella hole drilled in their table. I am planning on doing this myself. Wouldn't think it would be a good idea for high temp searing, but nearly everything else should be okay. [p]NB

sprinter

one feral kat,[p]I've not cooked low and slow without a top of some sort, and usually covering 95% of the chimney opening so the rain has never been a problem. I've cooked in one gully washer with no problems and have cooked burgers in a storm with no ill effects either. Your umbrella setup sounds interesting but be careful, it may start to look somewhat like a New York city hotdog stand. Maybe BGE could start to manufacture the table with a big green umbrella as an optional accessory? [p]Troy

Peddler

one feral kat,[p]I've pulled my big patio table umbrella (the one that slips into a weighted base)out when it rains and it works just fine. I haven't tried it with high-temp cooking though, only up to about 400. I don't get wet and neither does my work area.

Unknown

I've used an umbrella quite a bit up here in the rainy pacific northwest. Just a cheap umbrella, with the handle cut off, hanging from a tree, with a little loop of wire to attach the umbrella to the top of the egg via that slide top bale. It works great, although.... it's a pretty smokey umbrella now! [p]Mike

Kona Tim

one feral kat,
I do use an umbrella occasionally---but for shade on these lazy Hawaiian afternoons. Keeps the home brew from warming too quickly.
Kona Tim

Bama Fire

Kona Tim,
What's been happening out there in vacation land? how's the new egg treating you?[p]I just purchased a rolling nest for mine & it feels like a new egg -- no more bending over![p]Bama Fire

Bryan

<p />one feral kat,[p]Get you one of these!
Bryan

Kona Tim

Bama Fire,
Life is good out here, buddy----eggin it three to four times a week----wish I had known you did'nt have a nest---I'd have
made you a real deal on mine----I have my egg mounted in my old fire pit---and there it will stay!
See ya,[p]Tim