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First post, first Egg and yet...

derekW
derekW Posts: 15
in EGG Table Forum
...to have first cook. If the vagaries of our unpredictable British weather allow it, it could be this coming weekend.

I wanted a table for my new MiniMax and decided to move away from all wood. Instead I chose 25mm aluminium square tubing which has great strength, with pine shelving. Just 48 hours from start to finish...the Egg is settled in, still within its stand, and can easily be removed for odd away days.

Clearly lots to learn from the aficionados here, particularly for a septuagenarian with not a great deal of experience!

Wish me luck!
Warwickshire, UK
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  • aukerns08
    aukerns08 Posts: 253
    Nice looking table.  Welcome.
    Large and Mini BGE

    Hamilton, VA
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Awesome.  Great first post.  You'll fit in quite nicely around here.  Welcome!!

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    Welcome. I like that table. Good luck with the weather and post any questions you have. Someone is always around to answer. 
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
    Welcome
    Phoenix 
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  • stemc33
    stemc33 Posts: 3,567
    derekW said:
    ...
    Wish me luck!


    Luck and welcome to the forum. 
    Steven
    Mini Max with Woo stone combo, LBGE, iGrill 2, Plate Setter, 
    two cotton pot holders to handle PS
    Banner, Wyoming
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
    Awesome! Question, is their a BGE retailer in your country? How expensive?
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • jabam
    jabam Posts: 1,829
    Welcome aboard
    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
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  • derekW
    derekW Posts: 15
    SoCalTim said:
    Awesome! Question, is their a BGE retailer in your country? How expensive?
    Yes, Tim ... one national distributor and (I believe, a couple of retailers).

    As to your second question, as usual with US manufactured items - and particularly large, heavy products - we have to pay as much in £Sterling as you do in $s. It makes such purchases as BGEs expensive but we're hamstrung ... if you want it, you have to pay for it. :-(
    Warwickshire, UK
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    derekW said:
    SoCalTim said:
    Awesome! Question, is their a BGE retailer in your country? How expensive?
    Yes, Tim ... one national distributor and (I believe, a couple of retailers).

    As to your second question, as usual with US manufactured items - and particularly large, heavy products - we have to pay as much in £Sterling as you do in $s. It makes such purchases as BGEs expensive but we're hamstrung ... if you want it, you have to pay for it. :-(
    Would it work out cheaper to have one of us purchase an eggcessory here and ship directly to you?  I've never had to ship overseas so not familiar with cost so please forgive if a stupid question.

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,913
    Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Most eggcellent table build. 
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • texaswig
    texaswig Posts: 2,682
    Nice looking table. Welcome to the group. Now show us some cooks. 

    2-XLs ,MM,blackstone,Ooni koda 16,R&V works 8.5 gallon fryer,express smoker and 40" smoking cajun 

    scott 
    Greenville Tx
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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324
    Nice table!  Did you do the metal work yourself?

    LBGE #19 from North GA Eggfest, 2014

    Stockbridge, GA - just south of Atlanta where we are covered up in Zombies!  #TheWalkingDead films practically next door!

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  • derekW
    derekW Posts: 15
    DaveRichardson said:
    Nice table!  Did you do the metal work yourself?
    Yes, but with the supplied three and four-way joints it really was no great engineering feat. Accurate cutting was the only challenge but working with aluminum instead of steel even made that easier. Thanks for the comment.
    Warwickshire, UK
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  • derekW
    derekW Posts: 15

    texaswig said:
    Nice looking table. Welcome to the group. Now show us some cooks. 
    Thank you ... I expect to have a few failures but will post the first success!
    Warwickshire, UK
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  • derekW
    derekW Posts: 15
    theyolksonyou said:
    Welcome. I like that table. Good luck with the weather and post any questions you have. Someone is always around to answer. 
    Thank you ... I'm sure I'll have many questions!
    Warwickshire, UK
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  • derekW
    derekW Posts: 15

    aukerns08 said:
    Nice looking table.  Welcome.
    Thanks ... very kind.
    Warwickshire, UK
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  • derekW
    derekW Posts: 15

    stemc33 said:
    derekW said:
    ...
    Wish me luck!


    Luck and welcome to the forum. 
    Thanks!
    Warwickshire, UK
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  • derekW
    derekW Posts: 15

    lousubcap said:
    Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Most eggcellent table build. 
    Thanks for the comments.
    Warwickshire, UK
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Welcome 
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • ChillyWillis
    ChillyWillis Posts: 893
    Welcome to the forum! Where are you from in the UK? I lived for several years in Edinburgh but extensively traveled all over Scotland England and Wales during my time over there. 
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Cool table for your MM simple wins in my book. Appears you didn't lose its portability either (meaning easily removable from the table). Enjoy. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • derekW
    derekW Posts: 15
    henapple said:
    Welcome 
    Thanks!
    Warwickshire, UK
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  • derekW
    derekW Posts: 15

    ChillyWillis said:
    Welcome to the forum! Where are you from in the UK? I lived for several years in Edinburgh but extensively traveled all over Scotland England and Wales during my time over there. 
    Thank you! Just a few miles north of Shakespeare country in the Midlands...settled here after 30 years in the Services.
    Warwickshire, UK
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  • derekW
    derekW Posts: 15

    NPHuskerFL said:
    Cool table for your MM simple wins in my book. Appears you didn't lose its portability either (meaning easily removable from the table). Enjoy. 
    I appreciate the comment...thanks!
    Warwickshire, UK
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  • Hunter1881
    Hunter1881 Posts: 406
    Welcome. Nice looking table.
    Henderson TN. 1 large BGE, 1 Webber Gasser (recently seems to have converted into a warming oven)
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  • derekW
    derekW Posts: 15
    Hunter1881 said:
    Welcome. Nice looking table.
    Thanks!
    Warwickshire, UK
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  • Begger
    Begger Posts: 569
    I know about that awful weather.   A friend of mine from Wales got a note from his mate who was still living there…..
    'It hasn't stopped raining since it stopped snowing'.
    OUCH!
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  • Austin Egghead
    Austin Egghead Posts: 3,966
    Really like the set up.  Great portability.  Welcome to the group.  
    Large, small and mini now Egging in Rowlett Tx
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,057
    Welcome aboard.  Great table.  Who is your football team?

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • stevoman88
    stevoman88 Posts: 6
    DerekW, Great looking table! I just got a MM and was looking to make a table. What size hole did you need to cut for the egg to sit in? Also, What is the height from the top of the concrete block to the top shelf? Any help is appreciated!
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