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Anyone found a battery AFTER cook?

saaben
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I went to clean out the Egg and found a battery. We cooked wings for a bunch of people Friday but it may have been a prior cook as I tend to stir coals, clean bottom and add coals on top. May need to do a better job checking. I used Rockwood. First time I have ever found anything but probably the worst thing to cook. Thoughts

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Agreed, that's probably not good. Hope everyone is okay.___________
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Probably a good idea to toss any remaining charcoal and give the Egg a good clean (maybe even a clean burn) before your next cook. It looks like the battery case ruptured in the heat and you really want to get rid of anything that came out before heating things up again with food inside.
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That’s highly unusual. I’m surprised the magnets didn’t pull that one out. Glad nothing major happened.
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TN_Egger said:Did you feel unusually recharged after eating?It's a 302 thing . . .
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Good thing is it's a dry cell so there is no liquid acid that would pose the greatest threat, albeit a small amout.. I would suspect that the chemicals have burned off. If you do a burn try to keep done open just to be sure and clean out all old fuel.. I mess with acids a lot and I never take any of those chemicals lightly.. Rather be safe than sorry..XL.......for now
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If it came from the bag of charcoal it should have already been cooked. It would have gone through the kiln. I don't know the bagging process so I don't know the probability of falling in during bagging.
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You're probably fine. Battery seems intact. And now it’s out of the charcoal.
Egg on. Any remnants will be incinerated. If it bothers you, then a clean burn should put your conscience nice to rest.
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Ozzie_Isaac said:If it came from the bag of charcoal it should have already been cooked. It would have gone through the kiln. I don't know the bagging process so I don't know the probability of falling in during bagging.
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Sorry to see this. Not sure how it would have made it past the magnets. So if it did get past those, no doubt it came straight from the kilns which means that thing spent 7+ days inside (some of which was 1500F+). It wouldn't look like that after only an hour. Any chemicals would be hopefully long gone at that temp--and it's not made in retort, so all the volatiles/smoke/particulate go out a chimney and are burned again. Also, it doesn't look like it exploded, so it's most likely an alkaline which does not carry any kind of hazmat, MSDS, or disposal requirements.
Like someone else suggested, probably a good idea to clean out the Egg and clean burn, just to be safe. I'll get you replacement charcoal for this one and whatever you'll burn for that. Just send me an email and I'll get you some locally or have it shipped. Sorry for the trouble if it did come from us.
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stlcharcoal said:Sorry to see this. Not sure how it would have made it past the magnets. So if it did get past those, no doubt it came straight from the kilns which means that thing spent 7+ days inside (some of which was 1500F+). It wouldn't look like that after only an hour. Any chemicals would be hopefully long gone at that temp--and it's not made in retort, so all the volatiles/smoke/particulate go out a chimney and are burned again. Also, it doesn't look like it exploded, so it's most likely an alkaline which does not carry any kind of hazmat, MSDS, or disposal requirements.
Like someone else suggested, probably a good idea to clean out the Egg and clean burn, just to be safe. I'll get you replacement charcoal for this one and whatever you'll burn for that. Just send me an email and I'll get you some locally or have it shipped. Sorry for the trouble if it did come from us.
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