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Winter Storage

Mrsteak
Mrsteak Posts: 2
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i know it's hot and winter isn't at the forefront of most, but can anyone tell me how well the wheels of the egg nest hold up if they end up sitting in the snow all winter? 
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  • johnnyp
    johnnyp Posts: 3,932
    No problem for mine
    XL & MM BGE, 36" Blackstone - Newport News, VA
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  • SLOandSteady
    SLOandSteady Posts: 210
    ^^^^^^^ Ditto.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,457
    edited August 2015
    Not real sure why you use the term winter storage unless you mean you intend to mess around wheeling it in and out of your garage or something. To most eggers winter may slow us done a tad, but the egg itself can sit outside all winter long and come up to the task even with below zero winter conditions. My medium is in a nest and has sat outside for 14 years now and the casters are still fine.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • CanadianAnvil
    CanadianAnvil Posts: 226
    Mines been outside for 4 yrs and no ill effects on them in our Canadian winters
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  • Mrsteak
    Mrsteak Posts: 2
    Sorry I wasn't clear.  I plan on keeping my LBGE active throughout the Chicago winter. Our deck typically holds about 8" of snow during that time, which means the wheels will be under snow cover for months.  I'm wondering if they will be okay or is rusting a problem?
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  • MJG
    MJG Posts: 616
    I bought mine to rock in the winter!  No worries with historic snows this past winter in Boston. Mine is only in a nest so Im very careful moving it, but I don't move it much. Shovel it out and fire it up no worries at all. 
    Large Big Green Egg in a nest. North Shore of Boston.
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  • Acn
    Acn Posts: 4,490
    I'll echo what has been said, they should be fine.  Also, next time you're cooking, especially at high temp, hold your hand down by the wheels; I will bet that cooking on it will keep a circle of snow melt around it.

    LBGE

    Pikesville, MD

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  • stemc33
    stemc33 Posts: 3,567
    Don't worry about it, the egg will be fine. The biggest thing to worry about is to make sure you keep the path to the egg clean. Packed snow that melts, freezes, melts creates a dangerous situation. Carrying out food and suddenly going from standing to doing a Feet/Ass/Head maneuver sucks. Not to mention it's down right embarrassing having your kid looking down laughing at you. Trust me. 
    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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  • gerhardk
    gerhardk Posts: 942
    The biggest issue for the egg in the winter is that it occasionally freezes shut.  One of the things I love about the egg is that you are able to do low and slow cooks even in -20ºC weather, my neighbours think I am nuts but I enjoy it.

    Gerhard
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  • SantaAlex
    SantaAlex Posts: 5
    Winter is no problem.  Snow was about 8 feet deep last winter (Northwest Connecticut, higher elevations, I actually have moose in my yard) Keeping the Egg shoveled out was the problem.  Baking pizza at 700 degrees when the air temp was 10 below was a problem for me, not the Egg.  Snow around the Egg melted, puddled, and re-froze, so the Egg was frozen in place stuck in about 6 inches of ice.  Keeping the path clear was a problem.  I did go down more than once. saved the food, though.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    gerhardk said:
    The biggest issue for the egg in the winter is that it occasionally freezes shut.  One of the things I love about the egg is that you are able to do low and slow cooks even in -20ºC weather, my neighbours think I am nuts but I enjoy it.

    Gerhard
    Gerhard, do you have a Rutland gasket? I've been through six New England winters with mine and my egg has never frozen shut. No roof, no cover. I've had some -20°C cooks too.

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

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • gerhardk
    gerhardk Posts: 942
    Carolina Q said:

    Gerhard, do you have a Rutland gasket? I've been through six New England winters with mine and my egg has never frozen shut. No roof, no cover. I've had some -20°C cooks too.
    I now have no gasket at all and the egg doesn't seem to be as prone to freezing shut.

    Gerhard
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  • A5firearms
    A5firearms Posts: 163
    edited August 2015
    They do just fine here in the rough SC winter! 

    Ok, that wasn't right... Sorry...
    Lake Keowee, SC
    XLarge, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Custom Table, KAB, Woo2, Guru DigiQ DX2,
    Family of 5 Meat Eaters
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