New egghead here

Stitches

I got me an egg today and got my first cook on it and wow I'm really impressed with how easy it maintains the cooking temps and really seems to use the coals very efficient. I've cooking BBQ for about 5 years now and the egg is by far better than the metal units I've been using. Think I'll try a few slabs of ribs tomorrow.

Also one tip. Don't try and stick your hand inside the opening at the bottom where the air vent at while picking the egg up,or you might be like me heading to the hospital to get your hand stitched up. Yea I know metal cuts skin and I should have knew better.

Boxerpapa

Congratulations on your new Egg. Battle wounds are part of ownership of an Egg. I have many to prove that i.e scorched legs from the flame shooting out of the bottom vent. But all I have to say about your is: OUCH!!!

Crimsongator

welcome! You should change your handle to "stitches" in honor of the trip

Smokin Tiger

Welcome to the club. You will find a lot of fantastic advice here from some great cooks.

Fidel

Welcome and good luck on those ribs!

Whereabouts are you?

Stitches

Crimsongator wrote:

welcome! You should change your handle to "stitches" in honor of the trip

Stitches.... I like it.

Crimsongator

There is always a reason for the handle...except hungryman (he is not creative )

Stitches

Fidel wrote:

Welcome and good luck on those ribs!

Whereabouts are you?

Right next door.. Sumter SC.

Austin Smoker

Welcome Chris...er, Stitches...

Where you hail from??

JLOCKHART29

Welcome Stitches! :laugh: Glad you can laugh at your troubles. Comes in real handy! Hope your future experances are better. Glad your posting pics all ready. Lets see the stiches!!lol

lowercasebill

welcome and thanks for posting pics..
sorry about the hand hope it heals quick
bill

Crimsongator

nmsg

Car Wash Mike

Congrats and welcome. Attend an eggfest to learn more and help out. Just watch out for "The Grape One"

Mike

Grandpas Grub

Congratulations and thanks for showin the pictures.

Just finished some of those myself. A lot of folk on the forum make & stuff their own.

Welcome to the forum.

GG

Plan-O-Bob

The forum is great. But, every once in a while you will get a sarcastic, arrogant response berating you for even asking the question you post or giving your own advice. Don't let it get you down, it is an ego thing for some and you have already survived the cuts and stitches of being a new egghead.

Grandpas Grub

stitches sounds pretty good to me too.

GG

Stitches

JLOCKHART29 wrote:

Welcome Stitches! :laugh: Glad you can laugh at your troubles. Comes in real handy! Hope your future experances are better. Glad your posting pics all ready. Lets see the stiches!!lol

Here you Go

Stitches

Crimsongator wrote:

nmsg

South Carolina

Crimsongator

If you get a marker, you could make a smiley face from that scar

Crimsongator

arrrr...would that be a bent towards Climpson or them thar gamecocks?

Stitches

Crimsongator wrote:

arrrr...would that be a bent towards Climpson or them thar gamecocks?

Gamecocks....

EggZona

Careful when you are throwing out that old steel horizontal. It has a lot of sharp edges on it.

Grandpas Grub

That doesn't look fun, probably didn't feel good at all, either part.

GG

Broc

First -- Welcome!

Second -- Sorry 'bout the stitches!

Third -- Heavy duty leather gloves come in handy --

~ Best!

~ broc

RRP

First - Welcome
Second - sorry about your pain
Third - in pix #2 there appears to be a bottle of charcoal lighter fluid. I hope you didn't use that stuff in your egg!

Stitches

RRP wrote:

First - Welcome
Second - sorry about your pain
Third - in pix #2 there appears to be a bottle of charcoal lighter fluid. I hope you didn't use that stuff in your egg!

Ahh the pain is no problem the doctor gave some good pain meds.

Nope didn't use the lighter fluid that was left out from a recent camping trip.. The guy at the store made me promise to never ever use lighter fluid in my BGE.

DryFly

Man, don't tell people you cut it on your egg! Tell them you fought off a straight razor wielding thief that tried to jump ugly with you and make off with your Egg. He'd have to be a very strong one, but I think you could run with that story. People will be beaming with admiration. My lord! I'm having a flashback to the days I was a lawyer. Maybe you better stick with the truth. Did I say that??

dhuffjr

nmsg

Buckdodger

Stitches....leather gloves are good advise. They really come in handy when doing high temp cooks. A pair that come close to the elbow will leave the hair on ur arm when opening the egg.
Bob
Alex City, Al