Using in cold weather

nuynai

Hello Everyone. Just got mine this past Fathers Day. I'm a little worried about using the BGE during the winter. Does anyone have any experience using one in the middle of winter, from a cold start, specifically, the ceramic cracking. Thanks in advance.

gdenby

I've fired mine at -10 F, no probs. Some Canadian Eggers have reported cooking at -50 F windchills. So, the only problem is the going out into the blizzard to turn the burgers. :P

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker

no issue whatsoever. best overnight cook i ever had (in terms of steadiness and hands-free) was during a nor'easter. we had no snow at 10pm, and 27 inches in a blowing storm by 6am. i swept some snow away from the lower vent (with a broom, reaching out my back door over the snow), and never touched the egg until about 1pm when we took off the pork butt to eat

RRP

the BGE only laughs at cold weather. When this picture was taken it was -14° and who knows what the wind chill factor was then, but of course wind chill is only a discomfort factor to the egger not the egg!

Gandolf

Hummin' along just fine

civil eggineer

I have cooked in -20 dgree temps with -50 wind chills. The BGE doesn't care and just keeps going....

Morro Bay Rich

And I've cooked when the winter temp got down to 40 degrees.

thirdeye

I cook on my Eggs all winter long. I did an all night cook with butts and the temp fell to -20°F. When it's 0° or colder I use an electric starter coil for about 7 minutes, then bring the temp up slower than I normally would.

Nature Boy

My record is cooking a 20 pound beef shoulder clod at 15 below zero overnight while we slept.

Cold ain't got nuthin on the egg

Cheers
Chris

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker

that hurts.... :laugh:

tread

being a canadian, and having my egg for a year, 1/2 of my cooking season is cooking in the cold. on the coldest day of the year -30 celcius with windshield, my egg held up and kept my pulled pork constant temp with no noticeable increase in fuel consumption. This thing is awesome cooking in the colder temperatures...far better than any traditional bbq.

Celtic Wolf

To paraphrase the creed erroneously associated with the postal service

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these EGGS from producing great food..

Clay Q

I fire up my egg to 450 degrees for bread baking with the outside temp at a balmy -9 degrees. Thats when I gotta drink my beer fast before it turns to slush. :ohmy:
No problem cookin in winter with the egg; except for frostbite that is. Dress warm, have fun and laugh at the cold.

fire egger

They like the cold!!

fishlessman

i use mine while icefishing and playing hockey on the lake, no problems, even made bread at high temps in weather below 0 F. not recommended to use as a goal post

Lambchops

I have fired mine up at 6 below and made pizza at 600 degrees dome temp. Not a problem at all.

Woodbutcher

Hey man how are you? Are you going to Nieggra again this year?

PhilsGrill

I live in Georgia where freezing temperatures of 50 degrees is normal in winter. Works fine.

tread

yep, sure am...cooking with Blinky too

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker

you got a windshield on yer BGE? :side:

crghc98

but can you use the bread as the puck?