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Vent Settings, a Visual Guide

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  • Rpizza
    Rpizza Posts: 1



    Grandpas Grub said:
    Please, Calibrate your dome thermometer, if you don't know how, ask.

    There are many ways to reach any given temperature and any method is fine. I tend to use the lower vent for course temperature control and the DFMT to fine tune the final temperature.

    Hopefully the following will give new users a head start in learning to control and stabilize their egg.

    The following are settings on my Large. The setting for my medium, small and mini settings will vary somewhat.

    A stable clean burn can be seen by looking at the dome pictures below. You want a clear or light blue smoke coming out of the egg.

    265° Using 1/16” open lower vent
    eggsettings265_1-16jpg

    315° Using 1/16” open lower vent
    eggsettings315notopjpg

    The following have a larger lower vent opening

    250°
    eggsettings255jpg

    300°
    eggsettings300jpg

    370°
    eggsettings370jpg

    390°
    eggsettings390jpg

    I need to open the lower vent to go higher. 450°

    eggsettings455jpg

    GG
    PHOTOS NOT SHOWING UP.  ANYWAY have any others images like above but not in photobucket. ?
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  • jeponline
    jeponline Posts: 290
    @Rpizza have you checked out nakedwhiz.com? Lots of info that will help you out. 
    Large BGE
    Huntsville, AL
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  • dannys
    dannys Posts: 165

    The pictures will never show up on a third party web site unless you get them off of phtobucket or pay them for a commercial account.
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  • Woodchunk
    Woodchunk Posts: 911
    edited December 2017
    Maybe this will help. Temps are in C. Welcome to the forum. I would suggest putting some lump in with no food and just playing with the vents and temps until you get a feel for the egg
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MscAvKOd4s

    looks like grandpa has not posted in 5 years
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    edited December 2017
    Not sure how many temps GG posted about, or how these will show up here, but I was able to grab these from Google Images. They are Kent's (Grandpa's Grub) photos. Now, they are on my hard drive. =)










    Hope this helps someone. Should get you started. =)

    BTW, I emailed Kent a couple of months ago. He's doing well.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    cdthomas23 said:
    My go to post, but now there are photobucket errors. Can we repost pics. @Grandpas Grub
    I discovered this issue a few weeks ago when a newbie asked about temp control. Too bad.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    pgprescott said:
    cdthomas23 said:
    My go to post, but now there are photobucket errors. Can we repost pics. @Grandpas Grub
    I discovered this issue a few weeks ago when a newbie asked about temp control. Too bad.
    @cdthomas23, @pgprescott, et al, see my post just above...  

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    Carolina Q said:
    pgprescott said:
    cdthomas23 said:
    My go to post, but now there are photobucket errors. Can we repost pics. @Grandpas Grub
    I discovered this issue a few weeks ago when a newbie asked about temp control. Too bad.
    @cdthomas23, @pgprescott, et al, see my post just above...  
    Bravo!
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,419
    Thank you, @Carolina Q, an excellent Public Service.  
    ___________

    They call them heated seats ... because rear defroster was already taken.


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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    Holy necro, Batman! 
    Living the good life smoking and joking
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,232
    Cooking Grandpa Grub's Dutch Oven Pot Roast as we speak.
    New Albany, Ohio 

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