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  • SBGonzo
    SBGonzo Posts: 137
    I am curious to know what size as well. I picked up MM a month ago to go with my LBGE, but have not cooked a butt on it yet. Any idea what the max size you could fit on the MM? Did you have to take out the dome thermometer during the cook for the lid to close? 
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  • Wayne357
    Wayne357 Posts: 11
    Hey thanks chuck. It was a 9 pounder...
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Not sure why BGE can't use the correct length bolts on the lower vent and they have to stack washers on the outside. I have 3 Eggs done this way as well.

    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Wayne357
    Wayne357 Posts: 11
    Gonzo it was 9 pounds. no alterations needed. cooked through 165 @ 275-300 not to much of a bark on it.
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  • EggMcMic
    EggMcMic Posts: 340
    I did a 6# butt on my MMX this weekend. MMMMM! Nice bark, good eating. Loving my MiniMax. Took it north and put it in a sled behind a 4-wheeler to drag it to our cabin. It was a trooper and the boys were impressed!
    EggMcMcc
    Central Illinois
    First L BGE July 2016, RecTec, Traeger, Weber, Campchef
    Second BGE, a MMX, February 2017
    Third BGE, another large, May, 2017
    Added another griddle (BassPro) December 2017
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
    Photo Egg said:
    Not sure why BGE can't use the correct length bolts on the lower vent and they have to stack washers on the outside. I have 3 Eggs done this way as well.

    I never noticed this with mine but will look when I get home. 
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP PitBoss Navigator 850G 11/25
    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
    edited March 2017
    I've never done a low and slow but I do love it for searing steak on the back end of a reverse sear or SV
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP PitBoss Navigator 850G 11/25
    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
    Photo Egg said:
    Not sure why BGE can't use the correct length bolts on the lower vent and they have to stack washers on the outside. I have 3 Eggs done this way as well.


    It looks like that is intentional, giving a positive stop for the slidders.  Just a guess though.
    Phoenix 
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  • Eoin
    Eoin Posts: 4,304
    Photo Egg said:
    Not sure why BGE can't use the correct length bolts on the lower vent and they have to stack washers on the outside. I have 3 Eggs done this way as well.

    Common on engineering now, some of my suppliers look at me funny when I complain about an inch of thread sticking out of the back of a nut or (worse) no thread at all.
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    blasting said:
    Photo Egg said:
    Not sure why BGE can't use the correct length bolts on the lower vent and they have to stack washers on the outside. I have 3 Eggs done this way as well.


    It looks like that is intentional, giving a positive stop for the slidders.  Just a guess though.
    There is a notch on the left that is cut into the lower vent as a stop already.
    Just the single washer and bolt work on my other Eggs. Might just be the smaller sized Eggs with thinner walls that need the extra washers?
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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