FINALLY got my table done! Time to go full blown EGGHEAD!!!

Eggbertsdad

MikeHLoudon said:

DMW said:

Nice job, and beautiful view. Where are you located?

Thanks!!  I'm in Loudon, just south of Knoxville.

Beautiful table!

I grew up just down the street from there in LC. Still spend a lot of time on Ft. Loudon Lake.

Go Vols!

MikeHLoudon

CTMike said:

Here is the thread I was looking for. This member lost most of his house and belongings due to a fire that most likely started in his Egg table. Thankfully no one was hurt. 

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1166805/pyrophoric-charring-alternate-title-why-did-my-house-burn-down/p1

Not trying to sound like a broken record, but I would hate to see another forum member suffer a loss like this when it is so easily preventable. 

Thanks for the link and I read that post.  My egg is sitting directly on a paver.  I can take the top off, take the egg out, and put it on a nest if I have to.  Are you saying that the heat from the bottom can somehow radiate through the stone paver and catch the wood on fire?  As for the table gap, I can probably widen that enough to be ok.  Last night I did burgers...got it up to about 450.  I could hold my hand on the bottom part for as long as I wanted to.  It was warm but certainly not HOT.  

Jeremiah

Yes it most certainly can get hot enough. I didn't believe it either, but my first table almost caught fire too. When I finally removed it, the wood under the paver was burnt black. Just go buy a table nest so you can sleep at night. 

CTMike

MikeHLoudon said:

CTMike said:

Here is the thread I was looking for. This member lost most of his house and belongings due to a fire that most likely started in his Egg table. Thankfully no one was hurt. 

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1166805/pyrophoric-charring-alternate-title-why-did-my-house-burn-down/p1

Not trying to sound like a broken record, but I would hate to see another forum member suffer a loss like this when it is so easily preventable. 

Thanks for the link and I read that post.  My egg is sitting directly on a paver.  I can take the top off, take the egg out, and put it on a nest if I have to.  Are you saying that the heat from the bottom can somehow radiate through the stone paver and catch the wood on fire?  As for the table gap, I can probably widen that enough to be ok.  Last night I did burgers...got it up to about 450.  I could hold my hand on the bottom part for as long as I wanted to.  It was warm but certainly not HOT.  

Over time with repeated exposure to heat (conducted through the paver to the wood), the ignition temperature of the wood will lower until you get combustion. 

MikeHLoudon

CTMike said:

MikeHLoudon said:

CTMike said:

Here is the thread I was looking for. This member lost most of his house and belongings due to a fire that most likely started in his Egg table. Thankfully no one was hurt. 

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1166805/pyrophoric-charring-alternate-title-why-did-my-house-burn-down/p1

Not trying to sound like a broken record, but I would hate to see another forum member suffer a loss like this when it is so easily preventable. 

Thanks for the link and I read that post.  My egg is sitting directly on a paver.  I can take the top off, take the egg out, and put it on a nest if I have to.  Are you saying that the heat from the bottom can somehow radiate through the stone paver and catch the wood on fire?  As for the table gap, I can probably widen that enough to be ok.  Last night I did burgers...got it up to about 450.  I could hold my hand on the bottom part for as long as I wanted to.  It was warm but certainly not HOT.  

Over time with repeated exposure to heat (conducted through the paver to the wood), the ignition temperature of the wood will lower until you get combustion. 

Ok, you've got me convinced and I've ordered a table nest but let me ask you this...there is a significant gap between the bottom of the fire and the bottom of the egg...a couple of inches actually where the ash collects...is that not enough buffer to keep the heat from being a problem or is the overall heat inside the ceramic enough to radiate all the way through?

CTMike

MikeHLoudon said:

CTMike said:

MikeHLoudon said:

CTMike said:

Here is the thread I was looking for. This member lost most of his house and belongings due to a fire that most likely started in his Egg table. Thankfully no one was hurt. 

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1166805/pyrophoric-charring-alternate-title-why-did-my-house-burn-down/p1

Not trying to sound like a broken record, but I would hate to see another forum member suffer a loss like this when it is so easily preventable. 

Thanks for the link and I read that post.  My egg is sitting directly on a paver.  I can take the top off, take the egg out, and put it on a nest if I have to.  Are you saying that the heat from the bottom can somehow radiate through the stone paver and catch the wood on fire?  As for the table gap, I can probably widen that enough to be ok.  Last night I did burgers...got it up to about 450.  I could hold my hand on the bottom part for as long as I wanted to.  It was warm but certainly not HOT.  

Over time with repeated exposure to heat (conducted through the paver to the wood), the ignition temperature of the wood will lower until you get combustion. 

Ok, you've got me convinced and I've ordered a table nest but let me ask you this...there is a significant gap between the bottom of the fire and the bottom of the egg...a couple of inches actually where the ash collects...is that not enough buffer to keep the heat from being a problem or is the overall heat inside the ceramic enough to radiate all the way through?

During long low and slow cooks, the bottom of the Egg will get warm/hot and that will radiate through the paver to the wood.