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Coldest Smoke?

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Offpiste
Offpiste Posts: 47
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Have to smoke a butt this Sunday.  High is suppose to be -4.  What is the coldest anyone has smoked at?
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  • Miked125
    Miked125 Posts: 481
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    -35C the egg was a rockstar, used a bit more fuel though.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,893
    edited January 2016
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    My coldest egging was -11º and that wasn't wind chill either. But then there are trade offs to cold weather egging...

    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    I tried smoking at absolute zero but the Bose-Einstein condensate effectively shut down all smoke (problem is with the gas).
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  • chadpsualum
    chadpsualum Posts: 409
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    nolaegghead said:
    I tried smoking at absolute zero but the Bose-Einstein condensate effectively shut down all smoke (problem is with the gas).
    At absolute zero?  Does the thermapen read to single digit Kelvin?  Must have taken a long time to light the egg since all matter effectively stops moving.
    North Pittsburgh, PA
    1 LGE
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    chadpsualum said:
    nolaegghead said:
    I tried smoking at absolute zero but the Bose-Einstein condensate effectively shut down all smoke (problem is with the gas).
    At absolute zero?  Does the thermapen read to single digit Kelvin?  Must have taken a long time to light the egg since all matter effectively stops moving.
    -273F.  Come to think of it, that fire did take forever to start.
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  • chadpsualum
    chadpsualum Posts: 409
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    nolaegghead said:
    chadpsualum said:
    nolaegghead said:
    I tried smoking at absolute zero but the Bose-Einstein condensate effectively shut down all smoke (problem is with the gas).
    At absolute zero?  Does the thermapen read to single digit Kelvin?  Must have taken a long time to light the egg since all matter effectively stops moving.
    -273F.  Come to think of it, that fire did take forever to start.
    I'm certainly being pedantic, but it's -459.7F, -273.15C.  0 Rankine or Kelvin.
    North Pittsburgh, PA
    1 LGE
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    My bad, you're right!
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  • MJG
    MJG Posts: 598
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    -10 f. The main reason I got an egg was for the stability year round. The Weber Kettle went thru the Kingsfird like a champ in the winter. 

    Large Big Green Egg in a nest. North Shore of Boston.
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  • Braggart
    Braggart Posts: 238
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    If egging stopped in cold weather us Canadians would only ever cook in July/August.  
    Large BGE
    MMax BGE
    Weber gasser
    3 Dogs
    No neighbours 
    Living in Canada's bush
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  • slovelad
    slovelad Posts: 1,742
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    In south florida... This one time it got down to like 43F at night... I had to wear a jacket... And pants... It was terrible... I was worried about my egg being all alone it in the cold that night. 
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
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    Think we had some days in single digits this past winter. 
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • Braggart
    Braggart Posts: 238
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    Chubbs said:
    Think we had some days in single digits this past winter. 
    I think we had some days in single digits this past summer....
    Large BGE
    MMax BGE
    Weber gasser
    3 Dogs
    No neighbours 
    Living in Canada's bush
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
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    Braggart said:
    Chubbs said:
    Think we had some days in single digits this past winter. 
    I think we had some days in single digits this past summer....
    Umm okay. :rock_on: 
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • Deviledegger
    Deviledegger Posts: 271
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    -14*  the egg did it's thing just fine.  I was very happy to have an egg at that point.  the neighbors thought I was crazy but a few darts later they were trying to cook on there gssser.  The weather was almost 30* but I don't think they're cook went very well. Lol!
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    Braggart said:
    Chubbs said:
    Think we had some days in single digits this past winter. 
    I think we had some days in single digits this past summer....
    July and August in Canada = Bad Ice Fishing.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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