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How to secure the Mini / deter theft from the backyard?

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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    Take the guts out of a used gasser and use that as a place for your mini - you can store it and cook on it in there and it will be totally camoflaged and firesafe.  Nobody will give a 15 year old gas grill a second look.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • Sweet100s
    Sweet100s Posts: 553
    @Legume, once again, very clever...

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  • Dobie
    Dobie Posts: 3,458
    Begger said:
    Chain a Rabid Dobermin to the grill.    Let it EAT whoever it catches.
    Naw just dig a moat and fill with gators and post a sign that says "no swimming, alligators". 
    Jacksonville FL
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    Web cam and a sign that says you are under surveillance. Real  or fake....may be and option.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,166
    Will an old five gallon bucket cover a mini? 
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,629
    tarheelmatt said:
    Put a Dallas Cowboy sticker on it? 
    Charlotte, NC - Large BGE 2014, Maverick ET 733, Thermopen, Nest, Platesetter, Woo2 and Extender w/Grid, Kick Ash Basket, Pizza Stone, SS Smokeware Cap, Blackstone 36"
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited July 2015
    Bought a braided cable and lock, used it once.  Even that won't stop a couple of idiots with boltcutters.  Now I just leave it in the back of the truck unstrapped, and it goes with me around the campground visiting, fishing, in to town, etc.  For the summer months, the small and Pelican take residence in the truck bed while garaged.  Take it down by the lock and damn picnic area on occasion.  Nice to change up the scenery.  Let it sit in the back on main street in Kewanee, IL all day while at the annual car show.  So far, so good.  

    Had some wisea$$es make comments about "lifting" it once, but they were the regular campground drunks....completely harmless.  But more and more idiots know of ceramic, and its value.  

      
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    keep a fire lit 24/7, that'll keep hands off of it.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,174
    This looks like it would work.  Just substitute your egg for the glass of water.

    Flint, Michigan
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,583
    if things are getting stolen from your backyard, its probably a neighbor, catch the neighbor, video him in the act, then blackmail him. worked in my neighborhood ;)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    I had a dog. He would bark really loud when someone was at the door but never would hurt anyone. He only growled at 2 people his whole life. I put up a couple of "Beware of Dog" and "No Trespassing" signs in the yard just in case. As soon as I put those signs up, almost nobody comes to the house anymore. The regular UPS and FedEx guys will come up to the house but when there's a new driver, they leave the package at the end of the driveway. Only REALLY pushy salesmen come up to the house, most sit in their truck and honk, very few actually come to the door. The dog passed away 2 years ago but the signs are still up and doing a good job.
    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.

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,453
    The one thing that has not been addressed in any response is the unprepared thief who finds the egg cabled someway is just as liable to then throw it to the ground to break it as he is p*ssed! Its a loss either way.  I'm in the group that says take it out of sight or inside your garage after it has cooled.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Bringing a charcoal grill inside is not a good idea, even if you think the fire is out. I guess its okay if it's a detached garage, but...

    http://www.extension.iastate.edu/pages/communications/co/grill.html

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    Carolina Q said:
    Bringing a charcoal grill inside is not a good idea, even if you think the fire is out. I guess its okay if it's a detached garage, but...

    http://www.extension.iastate.edu/pages/communications/co/grill.html
    @Carolina Q is right about bringing it in and making sure the fire is out.  I take it you are worried about it when you are not at home, but away for the day at work or something?  If it hasn't been used in a day or so bring it in, you could cable it down, but like others have said a pair of bolt cutters and its theirs.  we live on a cul de sac and back up to some woods and haven't really worried about it, but my 6 year old son does.  We all look out for each other in our neighborhood, but the worst thing lately is kids egging our neighbors house while they were on vacation.  My other neighbor and I washed it of for them so they didn't have to come home.  

    Try to hide it best you can is what I say, if they want it, they will take it.

     I came back from a work trip years ago after only being gone a week and my 92 Jeep Cherokee was stolen from what was supposed to be a secured parking garage.  I got it back that day, but had about about $800 in damages and some things stolen out of it, like the CD changer, a camera and glasses.  They were planning on taking the wheels I think, because I found concrete blocks in the back seat.   

    Good luck.
    XL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas Grill

    Kansas City, Mo.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I would just put a small, tactical nuke under it and link that up to a pressure switch on the base.  Sure, you'll blow up your whole subdivision, but the thief sure will be sorry!
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited July 2015
    Oh dear, all this time I've put my Large egg with table, and small into my attached garage after the fire is snuffed.  Guess I should remove my gas oven and range too?  You should see how much PPM your oven and burner on low put out when you start it up.  Holy smokes.  Common sense, it saves lives......oh, and CO/smoke detectors.
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,877
    RRP said:
    The one thing that has not been addressed in any response is the unprepared thief who finds the egg cabled someway is just as liable to then throw it to the ground to break it as he is p*ssed! Its a loss either way.  I'm in the group that says take it out of sight or inside your garage after it has cooled.

    I'm curious if you have ever heard of this actually happening?
    NOLA
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  • Sweet100s
    Sweet100s Posts: 553
    Thanks everyone for your help! 
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,701
    Begger said:
    Chain a Rabid Dobermin to the grill.    Let it EAT whoever it catches.
    I suppose you missed the DEVASTATED thread  =)
    canuckland
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,701
    edited July 2015

    SmyrnaGA said:
    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...
    should have checked the surveillance camera at the HD returns desk  =)
    canuckland
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  • Phatchris
    Phatchris Posts: 1,726
    IMO the problem isn't a good vs bad neighborhood, all you need is one neighbor/neighbors kid addicted to pain meds/heroin looking for something to sell for a quick fix... Addiction is everywhere in the country and is making people do some stupid/crazy things... Just my $0.2
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    we need to get the word out that resale on a BGE is horrible d/t warranty rules, they should look for those red and black ones
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • leemschu
    leemschu Posts: 615
    Dig a 8 foot deep trench with pungy stakes on the bottom around it. Realistically I'd say the cable would be your best option to atleast deter it. Yes they might come back with bolt cutters later but you never know. Could also install a motion activated light that would light it up if someone came up to it at night.
    Dyersburg, TN
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