OT: Makeover Week for my Egg

Killit_and_Grillit

Sometimes everything happens at once I guess. 

My Rutland gasket has been sitting on my desk for like a month so I put it on the agenda this week. Then a buddy was ranting and raving about his Smokeware cap so I ordered one since I moved my Egg out from under cover. While I was there I figured "eh, why not get a new thermometer big enough I don't have to get up to see?"

Then when I took my Egg apart to move it I realized the metal fire grate was broken so I just ordered a Kick Ash and it's on its way. 

Guess I need to start on that table now. 

Hub

Nice changes.  I'm betting it's going to motivate you to cook more!

kl8ton

I did all those exact upgrades at the same time to mine too!  It's like a new egg! 

JohnnyTarheel

Nice upgrades for the reasons you named!!

Killit_and_Grillit

@Hub if I cook more I'll be up to 4 meals a day. My wife dropped the bomb she doesn't cook about the time room service hit the honeymoon suite! (She chops...it's just not in her wheel house.)

Yesterday I worked like crazy so when I got home she begrudgingly agreed to make spaghetti. I can downstairs to an empty kitchen and found spaghetti sauce at a rolling boil. 

So between the Blackstone and my grill collection we could turn the kitchen into a commercial dish cleaning room. 

Hntnhrd

Now get that table done, those nests can be dangerous! Haven't you seen the pictures of broken eggs ??

Killit_and_Grillit

@Hntnhrd we were waiting to change the fence in the backyard. I just redid it last weekend so now I have a lot more space. I had it split for our old dogs. Before now it has had a nice little corner to go in so I wasn't worried about damage...until I moved it last weekend and tornados started flying through South Nashville last Wednesday! (I was sitting inour safe area looking out the window at it sitting in the middle of 100 mph gusts on a concrete pad. It was horrible)

Im in the process of designing it now. 

YukonRon

Hntnhrd said:

Now get that table done, those nests can be dangerous! Haven't you seen the pictures of broken eggs ??

My greatest fear.
I have seen the beautiful outdoor kitchens everyone has been doing, and it is on the radar. I just have too many other projects that my Beautiful Wife wants done first. Such is life.

Can't wait for retirement, so I can dedicate the rest of my life remodeling this home.
(The above statement is not true.)

Great upgrades. I really like the thermometer, I replaced my fire grate, after it exploded, with a KAB. Wish I had done it sooner. Have not had to replace the gasket yet, due to replacing the dome, then later replacing the base. I have the gasket kits ready to go, when needed, for both the MM and the XL. 

Killit_and_Grillit

@YukonRon it's a constant balance...especially working from home. Some weeks I don't do anything to improve my foxhole. Others I'm putting clients on mute to cover the sound of a skill saw. 

As as far as those gaskets, the only advice I can give is buy that dang 3M stripper tool from HD or Lowes. (It's on Naked whiz' Rutland gasket page). It's like $6 and does an hours worth of elbow grease in 4 minutes. 

The thermometer is great. I can see it from inside my garage.