storage of the egg

Unknown

I won't have aywhere to store the egg except in the back yard, how does that effect the color and performance of the grill? I live in Pensacols Fl.[p] jack Baswell

QBabe

Jack Baswell,[p]Mine have been in the back yard for almost 3 years (no screen room, no cover). No problems whatsoever. We use them 3-4 times a week in all kinds of weather. Haven't had any problems with performance and they look as good as new (except they're now black on the inside, rather than white)...[p]Get one, you won't regret it![p]Tonia
:~)[p]

stike

Jack Baswell,
i'd concur.[p]there's a natural 'crazing' which occurs on most eggs out in the weather, which freaks out a few people when they see it, but it's not troublesome, and it isn't a flaw or dangerous.[p]other than that, they say it'll last forever...[p]mine's out in the elements (new england) for the past cuppla years, and i've cooked when it's zero degrees out.[p]no issues[p](in fact, one of the pleasures of owning the egg is doing 24 hour smokes in february when yer neighbor has retired his gasser for the season)

jwitheld

Jack Baswell,
i live in panama city and years of direct sunshine wont effect the glazed finnish.
your hardware will corrode, especially the lower door so be prepared to replace the door. the hinges arent subjected to all that heat so they should last 25 or 30 years without maint, forever with maint.

jwitheld

stike,
you know gas still works in cold weather.
So why do gassers retire for the winter?
The product a gas grill makes insnt worth it!

Bobby-Q

Jack Baswell,
I live in Atlanta, have had this LBGE for 3 or 4 years and I keep it covered the few nights a week I'm not using it and everything is fine.[p]I had a small egg for about 17 years and it didn't even have a cover, I had to WD-40 the hinge and door and stuff every now and then but everything else was fine, of course this was long before they had the new fancy metal slidey cover things for the top...hehe

Mark Backer

Jack Baswell,[p]Buy a cover and keep the accessories not stored in the egg in a waterproof type of rubbermaid tub or cabinet or something. Unless the wind is strong enough to blow humpty over, you'll be fine.

Unknown

jwitheld,[p]I agree that the egg makes a better product, but my old gasser (when I used to live in Chicago) didn't work. Sure you could light it, but I couldn't get it over 200 - it takes a lot of BTU to overcome zero and lower temps.[p]Wish I had had an egg back then.[p]Pivot

stike

jwitheld,
gas works in the winter, but the lid sucks heat off the grill like mad.[p]try getting a gasser over medium in 0 degree temps.[p]also, frankly, i've never heard anyone so in love with food from the gasser that they even bother to shovel a path in the snow.[p]