smoking in the rain?

CTG

So I am 6 hours deep in a pork should smoke and the bottom just fell out. My egg is directly exposed. is it bad to cook in the rain? Im not over 250 degrees.

saluki2007

I've never had any issues.

CTG

Also im using the smokeware cap that is rounded and stainless and doesnt let water in instead of the DFMT that the egg comes with.

DMW

The egg will be fine. You might get wet if you need to check on it.

tulocay

Especially with the smokeware cap, you will be fine.

BuckeyeBob

No worries at all. The Egg is a beast no matter what the weather.

Carolina Q

This is Spring Chicken's setup before he built the coop. You can see the smoke if you look carefully. Personally, I gave up cooking in the rain. It's too WET (for me, not the egg).

speleoegg

Next time you are in a Lowes or Home Depot go to the duct area of the store and they sell a "chef's hat" you can put on top of the DFMT.  Just use a file or sand paper to remove any sharp edges.  I think it was like $12.

tulocay

@speleoegg‌ , I have one of those (I think). I bought a chimney cap at lowes. sits right over my DFMT. Works great.

speleoegg

tulocay said:

@speleoegg‌ , I have one of those (I think). I bought a chimney cap at lowes. sits right over my DFMT. Works great.

@tulocay, yes you do and you know the correct name.  I got mine at Lowes too.

ChokeOnSmoke

speleoegg said:

Next time you are in a Lowes or Home Depot go to the duct area of the store and they sell a "chef's hat" you can put on top of the DFMT.  Just use a file or sand paper to remove any sharp edges.  I think it was like $12.

NPHuskerFL

No worries egging in the rain. But, if you're using a Stoker, CyberQ, DigiQ etc do yourself a favor and protect your investment with some sort of box etc (I have maybe $7 in this one to protect it...well worth it here in FL).

Canadian_Egger

NPHuskerFL said:

No worries egging in the rain. But, if you're using a Stoker, CyberQ, DigiQ etc do yourself a favor and protect your investment with some sort of box etc (I have maybe $7 in this one to protect it...well worth it here in FL).

I'm a little late to the game here, but awesome and simple set up! Just gave me some great ideas for cooking in the rain/snow up here.

EGG_Daddy

CTG said:

So I am 6 hours deep in a pork should smoke and the bottom just fell out. My egg is directly exposed. is it bad to cook in the rain? Im not over 250 degrees.

Just curious, what do you mean by the bottom fell out?

Mikee

Cooking in the rain will require burning more lump. The rain will cool down the egg. The ceramics on the outside will be below 212* if you see the egg is wet.  Cooking in the rain is like cooking in the winter; adjust your openings. In the summer on a hot, sunny day it take very lump burning to retain a low and slow temperature. Come winter or when it raining, expect to open up the vents more.

Dobie

EGG_Daddy said:

CTG said:

So I am 6 hours deep in a pork should smoke and the bottom just fell out. My egg is directly exposed. is it bad to cook in the rain? Im not over 250 degrees.

Just curious, what do you mean by the bottom fell out?

It means the sky opened up and the rain poured, might be a southern thing.