Granite under egg

dmarois

Hi I'm wondering if anyone has a piece of granite under their egg without a nest. right now I have 4 firebricks pieced together and if I move the egg It kind of wobbles around. I get scrap granite from work from time to time and I'm wondering if the granite can handle the heat from the bottom of the egg.

thanks for any help

DoubleEgger

If you get scraps, run a test. Get a cast iron skillet super hot and see what happens. 

nolaegghead

Granite formed at room temperature 6000 years ago.  Any higher temps than that and it explodes into thousands of small ben wa balls.

DoubleEgger

Igneous rock at room temp. LOL

nolaegghead

Seriously, get a nest or rig something to create an air gap (yet support the bottom of the egg).  Granite can handle the temp most of the time but it just transfers it to whatever is below, as does most material, except not so much with air.

theyolksonyou

I always wondered where Ben wa balls came from....

dmarois

nolaegghead said:

Seriously, get a nest or rig something to create an air gap (yet support the bottom of the egg).  Granite can handle the temp most of the time but it just transfers it to whatever is below, as does most material, except not so much with air.

agree with getting a nest, until I get my hands on one would putting the granite on top of the firebricks make sense, It would take care of the wobbling I guess and just be tranferring the heat to the bricks

Thanks for the response

tarheelmatt

I have only granite under my Egg, but have been meaning to get a nest for it, but haven't gotten around to it yet.  

dcc

I made trivets from some sink cutouts from my granite countertops.  I use them to put hot grates, pots, stones etc on instead of my tabletop.  No problems at all with the heat.  You should get a table nest for your egg though. 

Carolina Q

Get three terra cotta planter feet from any garden center. Put them between the fire bricks and the egg. Gives you an air gap and will stop the wobbling. 

Eggcelsior

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Begger

IF…..big IF….you could heat up a piece of granite EVENLY it could probably take a pretty good temperature. 
BUT, placing an EGG on top?  You'll crack it into Gravel.   BUY and USE a short nest. 
I think EGGs are designed for airflow under 'em, too.   

blasting

fwiw, I use a granite sink cut out as a pizza stone - have for years.  No sign of cracking yet.

nolaegghead

Let me clarify - you want an air gap.  The material, be it granite, cement or whatever will be fine.