Mini & Egg Carten & Pad

Mickey

Still not glued the thinner silicone pad to the bottom. But Joan gave me an idea using the feet to get Egg off the pad.

Chubbs

Great idea Joan and Mickey. After carrying the mini on my vacation, and egg carten is in my future for sure. Glad you are figuring out what works before I embark on that path.

FearlessTheEggNoob

Seems to me like you would be better served with some bottom airflow. Maybe a simple gutter shaped square of aluminum that would space the egg off the carrier bottom. Work kinda how a pizza stone needs an air gap off the plate setter. Maybe add 4 feet to the very bottom of the carrier. Or glue 4 squares of that silicone pad to the bottom. Then you would have 2 air gaps.
I_____________l  <-- like this, but flipped upside down.

But what do I know, I'm just a yellow sponge.

Lit

@Mickey what is the purpose of the pad?

Mickey

Lit said:

@Mickey what is the purpose of the pad?

Heat to the bottom of alum. And a little padding when moving

Chubbs

What if you line it with several strips of high heat gasket material... perhaps stacked on itself to make it higher. Not sure it would stick stacked on itself, but maybe rutland material would with the perpetex or whatever you adhere it with.

 

jaydub58

Cool, Mickey, that's just what I'm doing.  Mini on four feet, sitting on a 1/2 inch silicone pad, in the Carten.  At our Seaside place, where we are now, I just use it on a small wooden table.  No temp problems, works just great.  No camera here, so I can't show it.

FearlessTheEggNoob

Chubbs said:

What if you line it with several strips of high heat gasket material... perhaps stacked on itself to make it higher. Not sure it would stick stacked on itself, but maybe rutland material would with the perpetex or whatever you adhere it with.

 

Ooh! or maybe 2-4 strips of thick aluminum flat or better yet, rectangular box tubing across the bottom to raise it up and provide an air gap. cut to length with hacksaw--glue down with high temp silicone. Then add 4 feet on the very bottom. Paint it all red with a big white "N" on the front. Go Huskers!

Mickey

jaydub58 said:

Cool, Mickey, that's just what I'm doing.  Mini on four feet, sitting on a 1/2 inch silicone pad, in the Carten.  At our Seaside place, where we are now, I just use it on a small wooden table.  No temp problems, works just great.  No camera here, so I can't show it.

John I think I am there. To travel just pull out the feet and setting of the two sheets of high priced silicone should be fine. Then replace feet and set it on anything. Getting wrist operated on the 2nd and will be at Seaside (FL) on the 13th so don't need to be hauling around the large will take the Mini for 6 of us.

Joan thanks for the idea.

FearlessTheEggNoob

No Husker N?  :(

Best wishes on your surgery.

Lit

I cook on mine directly on a portable plastic table and when traveling with it I cook on a cooler lid and have had no issues with heat. The mini spent 4 hours at a braves game at 400 plus degrees cooking on my cooler and it was warm to the touch but not hot enough to do any damage. I did the shoulder below for 7 hours at 300 plus range and it sat directly on the plastic. Also seared the pork chops directly on the plastic and no issues. I used to put 4 feet under the carten but don't even bother with that anymore.

jaydub58

Hey, what wrist operation?

Concerned Eggers want to know!

Springram

@Mickey - wrist operation? You may have to change hands.... :<)

Hope all goes well and a speedy recovery.

Springram

Spring, Texas

Mickey

jaydub58 said:

Hey, what wrist operation?

Concerned Eggers want to know!

Springram Posts: 210

2:03PM

@Mickey - wrist operation? You may have to change hands.... :<)

I had the same thing about 7 years ago on right wrist: De Quervain's syndrome / Thanks 

Mickey

@ Lit I am sure you are correct. I just didn't like what felt hot to me on the bottom of the alum. setting on wood. So I thought I would try a simple fix. But seems simple fixes cost a lot of money and don't fix crap....

Lit

The 4 feet under the carten worked well. It would be nice to have a little padding when transporting like you have.

Springram

@Mickey -  De Quervain's syndrome is caused by selling too many Toyotas. At least I thought I read that somewhere. Maybe not.

Springram

Spring, Texas

Mickey

Springram said:

@Mickey -  De Quervain's syndrome is caused by selling too many Toyotas. At least I thought I read that somewhere. Maybe not.

Springram

Spring, Texas

You miss-read my friend. That is what pays for it

nolaegghead

Mickey said:

jaydub58 said:

Hey, what wrist operation?

Concerned Eggers want to know!

Springram Posts: 210

2:03PM

@Mickey - wrist operation? You may have to change hands.... :<)

I had the same thing about 7 years ago on right wrist: De Quervain's syndrome / Thanks 

Too much food porn perhaps? 

flynnbob

I keep telling everyone about AAC but nobody listens to me I am starting to feel like VI.