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Is extreme cold an issue for BGE?
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LesMo
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It's going to be in the single digits with 20 - 30 mph winds. Is it hazardous do the life of my BGE to fire it up and a do a ~ 3 hour cook in that weather? I've done it before in the 20's and and 30's, but I'm a bit concerned about these conditions.
Calhoun, GA - LBGE
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No problem for the Egg, just a problem for the Egger. Don't recall the lowest, but I think some Canadian Eggers have reported cooking in -30F. My record is 0F.
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I've cooked at -22F without any problem. No way I could have done that with my old gaser...____________________Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage. •Niccolo Machiavelli
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I am also going to be firing up the Egg tonight as my Wife has requested a steak dinner....I think the only thing apart from the cold will be to keep an eye on the sparks with the predicted wind..Greensboro North Carolina
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Hey Matt... Heads up they are predicting a dusting on Monday...Prolly going to be a run on bread and milk.. :-\"tarheelmatt said:I fire up the egg in the artic cold of central NC all the time... 8-}
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Just put on big boy pants oh I'm sorry you don't need them like other eggers. You will cook in the cold. No problems with cold. I just wouldn't tourch the egg up super fast.
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I'll be out there around 6:30 this evening cooking up some swordfish. Can't wait. Yeah it will be cold but the dinner will be fantastic. Egg on!!!! @tarheelmatt with the arctic cold of central NC I would probably consider putting on a windbreaker.
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The struggle is real brother!jcaspary said:@tarheelmatt with the arctic cold of central NC I would probably consider putting on a windbreaker.
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I've cooked -19F with no issues. The neighbors don't know what to think when your grilling in weather like that.
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-22F (-30C) with no issues (and that was a direct cook). Though admittedly, I was planning on doing pizza this Sunday, but decided against it given that we're expecting to see windchill factors in the -40 range. Something about getting the temp in the egg that hot that fast, combined with the extreme cold outside that makes me nervous. But your 3 hour low and slow is not an issue IMO.Ajax, ON Canada(XL BGE, MED BGE, La Caja China #2, and the wife's Napoleon gasser)
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It got all the way down to 66F here in SoCal last night, and didn't notice any problems with the Egg. There were some scattered high clouds, and it got dark around 6:00 PM, but no issues to report...Santa Paula, CA
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I just wouldn't try to warm the egg up too fast.Large BGE, Mini BGEMorgantown, PA
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@tksmoke With temperatures like that my advise would be to sell your Eggs to those of us that will use them at such drastic temperatures. How do you survive in such inclement weather? )XL BGE, LG BGE, and a hunger to grill everything in sight!!!Joe- Strongsville, OH
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Not many places more brutal than Ontario. Down here in WI it is supposed to be -14 tonight and windy. I will be out there searing off some sous vide 2" boneless pork chops. They might freeze though before I get them back indoors.
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I have done many cooks well below -30 with fairly quick warm ups with no issue.Large BGEBBQ Guru DigiQ IIMartensville, Saskatchewan Canada
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Damm thats cold. I'm sticking to my winter cooking like 50-60 degrees for cold cooking.
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No issues that I've seen. Coldest I've used the BGE at is -45C.
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-40F and colder easy with no issues. -20 is just another day. That is with no wind.Even when it is warm out, winds can and will effect any device that burns fuels.
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Egg is the honey badger of grills... It just doesn't give f@!$Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHtksmoke said:It got all the way down to 66F here in SoCal last night, and didn't notice any problems with the Egg. There were some scattered high clouds, and it got dark around 6:00 PM, but no issues to report...
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In Minnesota and cooked at-25f. No issues at all
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its gonna be 27f in Florida on Wednesday. WTF. My egg is not used to that and will not be happySt. Johns County, Florida
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We also refer to the storm frenzy as "French Toast" time. Everyone buys up the bread, milk and eggs, and we wonder who all loves French Toast all that much.johnmitchell said:
Hey Matt... Heads up they are predicting a dusting on Monday...Prolly going to be a run on bread and milk.. :-\"tarheelmatt said:I fire up the egg in the artic cold of central NC all the time... 8-}
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Takes longer than usual to warm up in cold weather, but otherwise not problems.
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@tridogdude -40f ! Dang! That's as bad as -40C! Lol
But seriously it's 0f now and I'm not egging tonight. Or tomorrow -
-25 wind chill no problem for the Egg, but in the words of Seargent Murtaugh, I'm getting too old for this $hit. I'm cooking inside.__________________________________________It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.- Camp Hill, PA
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