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Mayberry
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Okay, I'm baffled. Wife and son are out of town and I am all alone this weekend, so I decided to cook some wings for myself tonight. Fired up the egg, as usual, and put in the plate setter. Stabilized temp at around 350 and threw on the wings.
I just went outside to check on the temp, after they've been on for about 10 minutes. Wafts of smoke were coming out of the draft door, along with a little blue flame, and flames were coming around the top of the dome out the top. If the temps were in the 700° range I could understand, but it's only 350 still. I did a Boston butt about a week ago, and ribs a few days after that. Tonight, I am using the residual lump that was left over from the rib cook. What in the world could cause these flame-ups? Maybe some of the fat or sauce that got into the lump from the last cook?
Athens, GA
XL BGE, Large BGE and RecTec590
XL BGE, Large BGE and RecTec590
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Pictures of that would have been cool.
Did you use a drip pan on the other cooks? Also check your thermometer, it could be off.
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I get that with RO some times, I usually correct it buy closing my DFDW a little more while opening up the bottom draft door.
Are you still using Natures Own? If so how much does it cost per bag, and what area do you live in. I have to pay 23.70 per 17.?lb bag... I'm looking for a much better deal. I love the stuff but when you cook on your egg daily it's far too expensive.
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LOL wait until you see those flames puffing out the bottom vent in the area of you know where. :-O
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Brownie said:I get that with RO some times, I usually correct it buy closing my DFDW a little more while opening up the bottom draft door.
Are you still using Natures Own? If so how much does it cost per bag, and what area do you live in. I have to pay 23.70 per 17.?lb bag... I'm looking for a much better deal. I love the stuff but when you cook on your egg daily it's far too expensive.
Athens, GA
XL BGE, Large BGE and RecTec590 -
Oh, and by the way, I used Dizzy Pig on the wings tonight: raging river on half of them and swamp venom on the other half. Both were great. I swear, I've become a huge fan of all Dizzy Pig products. Those guys really know how to make a good rub!Athens, GA
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I've had something similar happen. At 300 degrees, my egg started a very obvious 'breathing' cycle. I would see a small gout of flame puff through the lower screen grate every few seconds. The egg can get oxygen starved, and as it draws air in through the bottom, the oxygen immediately ignites in a quick puff. The cycle repeats over and over again, exhausting the new air repeatedly. An egg in this condition is primed for a major backdraft when the lid is opened. When I opened mine just a crack, the temperature shot up from 300 to 700 in about 10 seconds. It was quite impressive, albeit a bit scary. Definitely a condition to watch for, if you value your armhair and eyebrows! Tom
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I've had quite a few run-ins with Flashbacks. I now use welders gloves any time the egg is over 350. I got really sick of my right arm being bald all the time.Athens, GA
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If you boys would run commando (no gasket), you wouldn't have these problems.Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here.
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travisstrick said:If you boys would run commando (no gasket), you wouldn't have these problems.
@Mayberry I live in Pa 50 miles outside of Philadelphia.
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I've been cooking on an egg for 15 years and never even remotely had anything like that happen.
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The behavior I described above is without a gasket.
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I've had my LBGE do the "Puff the Magic Dragon" thing a couple of times - smoke puffing out the bottom vent. My cure was the opposite of Brownie - I close my bottom vent a bit and open the top. My theory is by opening the top, I increase the draft on the bottom and keep the air moving in the right direction. It seems to have worked both times. Obviously there is more than one way to skin a cat!
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Before you burp open both vents all the way for a couple of seconds. BTW flashback mostly happens with new charcoal. I have never had it happen when relighting used charcoal.
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twlangan said:I've had my LBGE do the "Puff the Magic Dragon" thing a couple of times - smoke puffing out the bottom vent. My cure was the opposite of Brownie - I close my bottom vent a bit and open the top. My theory is by opening the top, I increase the draft on the bottom and keep the air moving in the right direction.+1 This has always worked for me.
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