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bigphil
bigphil Posts: 1,390
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thought this may help a few .  i've seen a few ask how to do this 
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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
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    Gotta love Fred, but that's an awfully messy way to unfreeze the Egg.  A couple of oil soaked paper towels, lit and in through the bottom vent, works just as well, and if you have lump left in the Egg, you'll also start the lump and be ready to cook in no time. 
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  • AmericanFlannel
    AmericanFlannel Posts: 131
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    When you say through the bottom vent do you mean somehow get it up into the charcoal or just leave it in the bottom where the ash is.

    You would not believe the mess I made getting mine open the other day.
    Let's say snow shovels were involved.
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  • Egghead_Daron
    Egghead_Daron Posts: 862
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    Strips of foil between base and dome prevents it pretty nice. Maybe too late for that now but I learned that lesson the hard way too.
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  • caliking
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    Just thought I would add that it was 71°F when I was running some errands earlier  :D

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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
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    AmericanFlannel said:
    When you say through the bottom vent do you mean somehow get it up into the charcoal or just leave it in the bottom where the ash is.

    You would not believe the mess I made getting mine open the other day.
    Let's say snow shovels were involved.

    Just light it and stick it in the bottom vent where the ash is. When I want to light my Egg and get it to high temp real fast, I do it this way. 2 or 3 paper towels soaked in oil (I keep a container of presoaked paper towels - much less messy and more convenient) lit and in thru the bottom vent, no daisy wheel, and I can get the Egg to 500 in less than 10 minutes. Just be careful of flashback when opening. Make sure you burp.
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  • bigphil
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    @Tjcoley yes you do but i think he did it that way more for the show and fun of it he did say you could do it at the bottom by tossing the cube in 
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  • Tjcoley
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    @bigphil don't get me wrong, I love Fred's videos, as well as his store. If I tried it that way I'd probably burn my house down.
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  • bigphil
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    @Tjcoley you and me both lol . have you tried his tree hugger seasoning btw . its great on veggies and on pizza 


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  • cortguitarman
    cortguitarman Posts: 2,061
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    I saw this yesterday too. It does seem like a messy way to unfreeze the egg. As for Fred's rubs, I'm a big fan of his burger Meister rub
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