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new guy here with first mini flashback

Iron_Clad
Iron_Clad Posts: 5
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Hey folks -
got my large egg about two weeks ago. Have taken it kind of slow with a couple of cooks under my belt. Cooked some skirt steak last night (which was my first real hot, short cook) and was at about 650. Burped, opened the lid, lost the hair on my hand and about half way up my arm. Been doing some reading on it and think I can minimize it moving forward, but I puckered up a little bit and gave me a reality check. One needs to be careful.

Anyways, thought I should break the seal with my first post and loving the egg so far - hope for many years of good food on it.
Eastern NC
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    Welcome to the forum. Gotta give it time to breathe. You'll learn, them one day you'll forget again. It happens. Just be careful. 
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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324
    Once it grows back, it'll be time to burn it off again!  Nasty smell, ain't it????!!!

    Egg On, my friend!

    LBGE since 2014

    Griffin, GA 

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  • Theophan
    Theophan Posts: 2,656
    Every now and again I forget, and get a scary surprise.  Most of the time, it's such a habit, now, that I find myself about to "burp" it when it's cold and I'm about to start a fire!  :)

    Welcome to the forum, and I'm sure you'll have many years of wonderful cooks on your BGE!

    Theo
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,319
    Got a back flash this weekend from the vent, talk about serious pucker, 10 on the tightness scale!
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,174
    Eggsperience is the best teacher.  Glad your ok.  Welcome!  Your avatar is cool!
    Flint, Michigan
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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    When I did it I had long sleeve shirt on, but it got m y eye brows and the top of my head.  I now burp by only opening it an inch and do it a couple times to make sure.  Be careful, I have been told it can shoot out the bottom vent at times.
    XL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas Grill

    Kansas City, Mo.
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  • EggPerfection
    EggPerfection Posts: 124
    It may be a bother but at HIGH temps it's worth it to open the top and bottom and then burp it before fully opening the lid.  That said, I still lost the hair on my hand and wrist this weekend making perfect steaks.
    Best - Jack
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  • pescadorzih
    pescadorzih Posts: 926
    I was rushing one night on a pizza cook and forgot to burp the egg and singed my eyebrows and eyelashes.
    SE PA
    XL, Lg, Mini max and OKJ offset
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 37,333
    Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Yup, the BGE can be an occupational hazard with the high temp cooks infused with those adult supervisory beverages. 
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Iron_Clad
    Iron_Clad Posts: 5
    Glad to know that I am not the only one. It is a lesson I will not forget for a while. And the skirt steak was pretty fantastic.

    Fred19Flintstone said:
    Eggsperience is the best teacher.  Glad your ok.  Welcome!  Your avatar is cool!
    and thanks!

    Eastern NC
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