egg spitting fire

outrageous

heard about it but have never seen it before.... light my egg today, bottom vent half open, top vent open all way, trying to get up to 350 for chicken,,,,,,three times fire shot out the top and one time shot out top and bottom at same time. lasted short second but was interesting........... question ,,,,, why, used old lump and new lump mixed, all holes cleaned out........... ????????

Car Wash Mike

Air flow. When you close the top vent, fire out the bottom.

Mike

outrageous

mike, the top vent was wide open and bottom vent about half way,,,, just interesting........

lowercasebill

it happens.... old and new lump mixed lots of smaller pieces air flow is erratic gasses build up.. been a number of posts on it over the years.. i have not seen it out the top of mine but i have had some spectacular [cause i was drinking, scary if i was sober :laugh:] fireworks shoot out the bottom vent..

2Fategghead

On more than one occasion when I knew my egg was choking for air I would use my wiggle stick up from the bottom and I would poke up and suddenly fire would shot out the bottom! :woohoo: I swear If I were wearing shorts It would singe the hair off my knees let alone my hands! :woohoo: I have seen it chug along first out the top no dfmt then out the bottom wide open flames shooting three feet or more. I don't have any children but, I would be very cautious. If a flame were to shoot out when a child was in front they could be singed. :( I clean out my egg for almost every cook but, it still happens. Tim

Grandpas Grub

 
Still air flow, that is lack there of.

Use a wiggle rod to clear the holes in the fire grate and wiggle a little space in the lump. When you do you will leap past 350° pretty quick.

GG