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How to cool an above temp egg????

FarmerTom
FarmerTom Posts: 685
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I knew better, but I had 3 butts to prepare.  Lit my XL  and temp was climbing  VERY slowly. Started other chores I needed to do. Checked the egg.  Almost 500 degrees.  WTH????  I have completely shut off air intake, daisy wheel almost shut, burping regularly to release heat, still above 300.  What else can be done???  

Tommy 

Middle of Nowhere, Northern Kentucky
   1 M, 1 XL, a BlackStone,1 old Webber, a Border Collie, a German Shepherd and 3 of her pups, and 2 Yorkies

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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,215
    edited February 2016
    Just gotta wait it out. Burping is adding oxygen so that's probably not helping. 
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,836
    edited February 2016
    Stop burping to release heat. What you are actually doing is dumping large amounts of oxyen in and stoking the fire.

    Fill a pan with ice and set it on the cooking grid. Close bottom vent to almost closed, same with daisy. Wait.
    They/Them
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Just put the butts in. I assume they are going to be in there for a few hours. So what if it is over your target temp for a while. In the end it won't really matter.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 7,368
    +1 on what @DMW has advised.. This has happened to all of us.. Pour yourself another beverage and  have fun..
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • FarmerTom
    FarmerTom Posts: 685
    johnmitchell said:
    +1 on what @DMW has advised.. This has happened to all of us.. Pour yourself another beverage and  have fun..
    That's the best advice yet.  I shall follow your directions. To paraphrase an old war moto " Damn the butts, full speed ahead".

    Tommy 

    Middle of Nowhere, Northern Kentucky
       1 M, 1 XL, a BlackStone,1 old Webber, a Border Collie, a German Shepherd and 3 of her pups, and 2 Yorkies

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  • Elijah
    Elijah Posts: 880
    I agree with HeavyG. When you put the butts in it'll drop the temp and won't make a difference come time to eat.
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    edited February 2016
    You cannot release heat by burping it.  You are adding WAY more oxygen to it than it would have if you merely had it set for low temps. 

    All tou are doing is cooling off the thermometer, but feeding the fire

    think about it:  how small is the vent opening when the egg is at 250?  Now, how open is the egg when you lift the lid?

    stop opening it
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  • FarmerTom
    FarmerTom Posts: 685
    I agree with you Darby_Crenshaw.  However, when you have been sitting here for far longer than it took the egg to get over-temp, desperate measures become welcome.  Plus, several libations can influence ones decisions. 

    Tommy 

    Middle of Nowhere, Northern Kentucky
       1 M, 1 XL, a BlackStone,1 old Webber, a Border Collie, a German Shepherd and 3 of her pups, and 2 Yorkies

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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    You want desperate? Hit it with a hose

    a number of times i have poured iced cooler water through the hot egg to cool it for transport. 

    You can't do anything to these that Bruce at BGE R&D hasn't already done


    still though, you are only making it hotter by opening it. It isn't possible to cool the egg that way
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  • FarmerTom
    FarmerTom Posts: 685
    Damn Darby_Crenshaw, is that Avatar really you ?  Are you available?  Are you LBGT?  I may have to reconsider my marital status!!!!

    Tommy 

    Middle of Nowhere, Northern Kentucky
       1 M, 1 XL, a BlackStone,1 old Webber, a Border Collie, a German Shepherd and 3 of her pups, and 2 Yorkies

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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    That would be sophia vergara. 

    She keeps texting me, but i am happily married
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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 7,368
    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    That would be sophia vergara. 

    She keeps texting me, but i am happily married
    Spoil sport this could have turned into something epic..
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • GregW
    GregW Posts: 2,678
    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    You want desperate? Hit it with a hose

    a number of times i have poured iced cooler water through the hot egg to cool it for transport. 

    You can't do anything to these that Bruce at BGE R&D hasn't already done


    still though, you are only making it hotter by opening it. It isn't possible to cool the egg that way
    That makes my heart almost stop.......I would be concerned that the extreme temperature shock could cause the egg to crack
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    a number of times i have poured iced cooler water through the hot egg to cool it for transport. 
    You posted a pic of that on the old forum. As I recall, the cooler was in the bed of a pickup at a Pats tailgate. I have tried to find it, but no luck.

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

    Michael 
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  • FarmerTom
    FarmerTom Posts: 685
    johnmitchell said:
    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    That would be sophia vergara. 

    She keeps texting me, but i am happily married
    Spoil sport this could have turned into something epic..
    Really!!!!  This forum is a far cry from what it was only a few months ago. No fun and games.  Hope someone is elated, because I'm not!!!!

    Tommy 

    Middle of Nowhere, Northern Kentucky
       1 M, 1 XL, a BlackStone,1 old Webber, a Border Collie, a German Shepherd and 3 of her pups, and 2 Yorkies

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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    Wet wood chips help along with the advice already given. 
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  • poster
    poster Posts: 1,358
    FarmerTom said:
    I knew better, but I had 3 butts to prepare.  Lit my XL  and temp was climbing  VERY slowly. Started other chores I needed to do. Checked the egg.  Almost 500 degrees.  WTH????  I have completely shut off air intake, daisy wheel almost shut, burping regularly to release heat, still above 300.  What else can be done???  


    No big deal throw the meat on, you will never notice a difference, and the meat alone will bring the temp down. You can run the whole cook north of 300 and not notice the difference. Some say they can but some say they can tell bottled vs. canned beer too, lol.

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  • slovelad
    slovelad Posts: 1,742
    Pour gas on it? Stop drop and roll? 
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  • FarmerTom
    FarmerTom Posts: 685
    I put the butts on and got the temp down finally.  Just really irritates me that I sat there for the longest time with hardly any change in the dome temp.  Finally gave up and went in to prep some food.  Came back out to check and it had jumped 300 degrees.  It never fails.  

    Tommy 

    Middle of Nowhere, Northern Kentucky
       1 M, 1 XL, a BlackStone,1 old Webber, a Border Collie, a German Shepherd and 3 of her pups, and 2 Yorkies

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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    I think RRP came up with the idea of wet chips to cool a fire. Was a good one


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