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How to secure the Mini / deter theft from the backyard?
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Sweet100s
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Any thoughts on how to secure a Mini BGE and deter theft from the backyard?
I currently have a Large BGE but am considering a Mini addition.
Maybe a cable through the back hinge to something nearby and heavy like the Large?
(though can't tell from the pic if that would work.)
http://www.biggreenegg.com/eggs/sizes/
I currently have a Large BGE but am considering a Mini addition.
Maybe a cable through the back hinge to something nearby and heavy like the Large?
(though can't tell from the pic if that would work.)
http://www.biggreenegg.com/eggs/sizes/
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I get sad every time I read a post like this. I grew up here in the middle of nowhere Midwest. It doesn't even dawn on me that someone might steal your stuff. That said, they do. Even around here.
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don't live in the ghetto.... but no, all jokes aside, can you carry it inside? its pretty light.... garage it or somethingBeaufort, SC
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Garage/Storage bin w/lock??
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12 gauge with 00 buck
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pgprescott said:I get sad every time I read a post like this. I grew up here in the middle of nowhere Midwest. It doesn't even dawn on me that someone might steal your stuff. That said, they do. Even around here.
Re-gasketing America one yard at a time. -
RRP said:pgprescott said:I get sad every time I read a post like this. I grew up here in the middle of nowhere Midwest. It doesn't even dawn on me that someone might steal your stuff. That said, they do. Even around here.
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Ron it's funny. My father is the same. I bet he hasn't locked it since he moved in around 1972. He still leaves his keys in the car. I don't leave the keys in my car but I have never had something stolen and never worry about it. Have left the garage open many times by accident sometimes with the lights on. Last time my neighbor shut the door and left a note on my windshield. Gives me faith. I repaid in brisket.Columbus, Ohio--A Gasser filled with Matchlight and an Ugly Drum.
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+1 with what @chubbs and @GaBGE said. Might want to add a 6' fence with razor wire on top.
Or just use the cable locked to the large. Sounds like a good idea to me. Really theft deterring is only keeping honest people honest. Doesn't take much to deter somebody. If someone wants it they'll get it.Steven
Mini Max with Woo stone combo, LBGE, iGrill 2, Plate Setter,
two cotton pot holders to handle PS
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Sad to say but I know people who have had grillss taken off their back porches in the city!
How about taking a coated wire bike lock .... running it through the top and then out through the draft door and locking it to a post?I spent most of my money on good bourbon, and bad women...the rest, I just wasted!! -
In the past 12 months, I have been out of town, 400+ miles away, for nearly 6 of them. My large and mini (and two Webers) have been on my patio, visible from the street to anyone who cared to look. No cables, no locks. All were waiting patiently for me when I returned. As I knew they would be.
My advice... Move.I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
I took my small camping this year. I ran a bike/cable lock through the hinge and handle then to picnic table. They can still take it if they want it bad enough but I felt better about it while we were away from the campground-Todd
Franklin N.C. LBGE and a SBGE -
Carolina Q said:In the past 12 months, I have been out of town, 400+ miles away, for nearly 6 of them. My large and mini (and two Webers) have been on my patio, visible from the street to anyone who cared to look. No cables, no locks. All were waiting patiently for me when I returned. As I knew they would be.
My advice... Move.Steven
Mini Max with Woo stone combo, LBGE, iGrill 2, Plate Setter,
two cotton pot holders to handle PS
Banner, Wyoming -
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Just be thankful this brisket thief doesn't live in your area. I'm sure there's not a BBQ safe in his AO.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yuI7BqFw-ao
Steven
Mini Max with Woo stone combo, LBGE, iGrill 2, Plate Setter,
two cotton pot holders to handle PS
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I grew up in a very nice neighborhood in Augusta Ga. When I was 16 I got home from baseball practice and was home alone. Dad was at work and mom was running errands with my brother. At 5:30 in the afternoon a guy kicked down our front door. Something straight out of an alarm company advertisement. Let's just say I'm glad I'm 6'1 and had a baseball bat nearby. It doesn't matter what sort of neighborhood you live in. People steal. That being said, build a table for your large and keep the mini in a cabinet. You can put a lock on the cabinet. If it's out of sight people are less likely to steal your stuff.1 large BGE, Spartanburg SC
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My mini just sits in the back yard with the large. If she gets stolen when Im at home there will be a "Stand your ground" and a " Castle doctrine" issue that the thief will have to deal with. If they want my mini that bad they can just have it. I cant really see shooting someone over a grill. different story if they come into my house and get my family involvedSt. Johns County, Florida
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Carolina Q said:In the past 12 months, I have been out of town, 400+ miles away, for nearly 6 of them. My large and mini (and two Webers) have been on my patio, visible from the street to anyone who cared to look. No cables, no locks. All were waiting patiently for me when I returned. As I knew they would be.
My advice... Move.
This is my truck in my driveway in my "safe" neighborhood just a few months ago:Douche bags are everywhere.Slumming it in Aiken, SC. -
For under $20 I can get a bolt cutter from Home Depot that will cut any cable you put out there. If someone wants it they will get it. I would say look into getting a carten for it and it's light enough after you let it cool you can carry it in or put it in a storage box out of sight. Just remember never bring a hot grill inside.
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Liquid Nail it down
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@Jeremiah, was it theft or a neighbor that can't throw a ball?Steven
Mini Max with Woo stone combo, LBGE, iGrill 2, Plate Setter,
two cotton pot holders to handle PS
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Screw the mini get a XXL make them work for it damnit! If they can get the 550lbs egg that is earning it.1 XXL BGE, 1 LG BGE, 2 MED. BGE, 1 MINI BGE, 1 Peoria custom cooker Meat Monster.Clinton, Iowa
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It's sad, but, my dad's house had a bicycle (locked) with a dog in the yard and it still got stolen. Bicycle, not the dog. 2 kayaks were also stolen a few years later. It's out of sight & locked.
There is a Home Depot a mile away, so they must have gotten a bolt cutter there...Large BGE, Small BGE, KJ Jr, and a Cracked Vision Kub.
in Smyrna GA.
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I've had two trucks broken into and one garage broken into. Stuff happens.
Sure you can defeat a lock, but you just want to keep the lazy non-prepared thief away.A bison’s level of aggressiveness, both physical and passive, is legendary. - NPS -
I hate the cowards! Get a motion detector and an AR 15 (or 12G Benelli) and defend your castle brother! Shoot first, ask questions later.Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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Ozzie_Isaac said:Sure you can defeat a lock, but you just want to keep the lazy non-prepared thief away.
Maybe a cable lock is the BTN (Better Than Nothing) deterrent.
A cable lock since it...
- Wouldn't require moving the mini after and then before each usage
- Could stay in place while I'm cooking on the mini
That would be a low hassle factor yet surprise someone who thinks they can do a snatch and grab.
That plus a small cover on it after cooling down that says "Weber" :-).
http://www.spotcrime.com/
Based on data for my neighborhood, the occasional burglary or theft is all that happens.
All thefts I've experienced here were "inside jobs"
ex:
- Before I moved in, all kitchen appliances + the washer (not the dryer) were stolen. Builder told me it was definitely an inside job (someone on the crew.)
- Cleaning person admitted to taking something
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Jstroke said:Last time my neighbor shut the door and left a note on my windshield. Gives me faith. I repaid in brisket."The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan
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RRP said:pgprescott said:I get sad every time I read a post like this. I grew up here in the middle of nowhere Midwest. It doesn't even dawn on me that someone might steal your stuff. That said, they do. Even around here.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127370540
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A wise man once told me that locks are just there to keep the honest people honest.
I'd say get a table for the egg so you can wheel it into storage when not in use and get a big dog.
Aledo, Texas
Large BGE
KJ Jr.
Exodus 12:9 KJV
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. -
Chain a Rabid Dobermin to the grill. Let it EAT whoever it catches.
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Like the neighbor's 4 year old daughter?
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