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Great spatchcock chicken and a Horrible accident
Ok now for the accident.
I had my chimney with my lump getting hot sitting on my cement when it blew up. Lump went everywhere and there is a brand new hole in my cement that the wife is not happy about
XL bge, Napoleon Prestige Pro 665 (gasser) sad that it won't be used much anymore.
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Your cement blew up?!XL & MM BGE, 36" Blackstone - Newport News, VA
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Yes. It got to hot and the cement blew up in a perfect circle.New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Holy cement blowing up Batman!!! Glad to hear no one got hurt. Oh, and great looking yardbird...LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI.
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ive never heard of this before. Wow. Weird.XL & MM BGE, 36" Blackstone - Newport News, VA
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I do not have the XL in the table yet so it was under my patio and me and my buddy picked it up and had just set it down when it went off 15 seconds prior we would have been holding the XL and might have dropped it when it's scared the crap out of usNew Orleans, Louisiana.
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Also, the chicken looks great.XL & MM BGE, 36" Blackstone - Newport News, VA
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Sorry I'm new (and confused) to exploding concrete. Can anyone enlighten me on how this happens? Google search doesn't bring back much either.Snellville, GA
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I've seen concrete damage from high heat before, but not to that extent. Was the concrete wet?
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Hawg Fan said:I've seen concrete damage from high heat before, but not to that extent. Was the concrete wet?
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This was recently discussed in a recent thread ( started by @Judy Mayberry , I think).
Water in the cement changes into steam and causes the cement to explode like that. So always set your chimney on a grill, or have something between the concrete and the chimney.
Put a potted plant over that circle and chalk one up to experience.
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Eggdicted_Dawgfan said:Sorry I'm new (and confused) to exploding concrete. Can anyone enlighten me on how this happens? Google search doesn't bring back much either.
water entrained reaches boiling point and flashes to steam, expanding 1:1700
BOOM
(think popcorn)
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No the cement was not wet I wish I could it's in the center of my patio right by the grass I guess I will be doing a patch job tomorrow hopefully it won't take long for the cement to fade and kind of matchNew Orleans, Louisiana.
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Looks like a good place for a flower pot
Highland, MI
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Darby_Crenshaw said:Eggdicted_Dawgfan said:Sorry I'm new (and confused) to exploding concrete. Can anyone enlighten me on how this happens? Google search doesn't bring back much either.
water entrained reaches boiling point and flashes to steam, expanding 1:1700
BOOM
(think popcorn)caliking said:This was recently discussed in a recent thread ( started by @Judy Mayberry , I think).
Water in the cement changes into steam and causes the cement to explode like that. So always set your chimney on a grill, or have something between the concrete and the chimney.
Put a potted plant over that circle and chalk one up to experience.
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Doesn't need to be "wet"
needs to have any amount of moisture in it at all. And then 1200 degrees of heat placed on it instantly
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Too bad about your concrete - chicken looks good though
Wet isn't good in concrete or the jungle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJJBbK2XNbE
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stichrunner said:there is a brand new hole in my cement that the wife is not happy aboutOh, that doesn't sound like such a terrible problem. Wives are replaceable, you know.Cincinnati, Ohio. Large BGE since 2011. Still learning.
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I met a guy who loved fish tanks. He grew up very poor in India. He said when he was a kid he would get a fish and keep it in water in a pit in the concrete of his floor.
I think you should tell people that you always wanted an egg but before you got one you would BBQ in that little concrete pit. Put a little flower pot upside down on it to complete the story.
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Polish it up a bit with a grinder and you have a great resting place for a hot wok._____________
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Meeeshigan22 said:Looks like a good place for a flower potKeepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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Wowza! I was thinking concrete counters for an Egg table would be great. Not so much now.They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin
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For years I did it on my grill grate. No issues. Then in a recent thread someone said they just do it down in the firebox inside the egg. It was like a lightbulb went off... light it where I'm going to dump it anyway. Perfect!
So now I do that. Plus the pops and cracks have to travel a lot further to get out of the egg. I like it.
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My question is why are you using that to start your charcoal? Just use an electric starter in the egg and you don't have that problem.
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Concrete will blister at high temps, especially in a chimney starter with lump. When I use one I sit it on red bricks or on the grate in the egg~ John - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
XL BGE, LG BGE, KJ Jr, PK Original, Ardore Pizza Oven, King Disc
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I have always just set the chimney on the firegrate.
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I use the chimney because prior to the big boom it worked great. I would sit it in the side burnner of the gasser and let it get hot then move to cement till it was all hot. Well not anymore. Lol i like the wok idea.New Orleans, Louisiana.
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@focker warned me about that recently. I always set my chimney on the driveway with no issues but won't be doing that anymore. Chicken looks good though.
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