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Got my egg!

NateJ
NateJ Posts: 6
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Bought my egg yesterday, a large. Got it from an awesome dealer in the Nebraska panhandle.

Put it together with the help of a neighbor today.

At the moment doing a "heat up" to 300F with no food in it, just to watch. My initial observation is the thermometer that came with it is 25F too high because my ChefAlarm is showing 25F less than the egg thermometer...I've got the probe wire dropped down thru the Daisy wheel.

i couldn't really find anything that said you needed to do a burn in or anything, just to keep the first few cooks under 350F. Is there anything else?

Nate
 
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  • CincyEgg
    CincyEgg Posts: 119
    You sound way more patient than me. I got mine 2 weeks ago and the night I got it, I cooked a 12 hour pork shoulder and just learned temp on the fly. I commend you  :) 
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  • MeTed
    MeTed Posts: 800
    Calibrate your thermo in some boiling water.
    Belleville, Michigan

    Just burnin lump in Sumpter
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,520
    Welcome aboard! Each to his own, but dropping your lead wire down thru Miss Daisey is not a good idea in my opinion. Rising/exiting heat thru the dome has more chance to fry your probe wires.  Plus when you open your dome with the wire snaked thru the dome you risk yanking the probe out of the meat...or even if you leave enough slack hanging inside you risk frying the cable. Best bet is to just lay your cable across the gasket and close your dome. There is plenty of give and leakage - if any - is minute. Oh and yes...you might want to check the calibration of your dome thermometer. 
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • NateJ
    NateJ Posts: 6
    Gotcha. So calibrate by putting in boiling water, and it should read what boiling is at your altitude I presume...about 206F for me IIRC.
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,783
    edited June 2017
    On top of what Ron said above, most people route the probe cable into the Egg so that it is above one of the platesetter legs (if cooking indirect) to protect the cabling from direct heat. 
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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  • MeTed
    MeTed Posts: 800
    212 is the number unless you are at high altitude. Good luck.
    Belleville, Michigan

    Just burnin lump in Sumpter
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  • NateJ
    NateJ Posts: 6
    Yes, I do live at altitude hence my comment. Where I used to live, boiling was 203.

    the interesting thing is that the two thermometers now read the same thing.
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  • Biggreenpharmacist
    Biggreenpharmacist Posts: 4,343
    Dome and grid slowly equilabrate as the ceramics warm up. 

    Little Rock, AR

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,520
    Biggreenpharmacist said:
    Dome and grid slowly equilabrate as the ceramics warm up. 
    "Equilabrate"? You mean like what this damn metronidazole 500mg I take 3 times a day since oral surgery last week is doing to my body? I swear less food and liquid goes in than what this med rips out of my body at the exit ramp! 
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Biggreenpharmacist
    Biggreenpharmacist Posts: 4,343
    Thats some NASTY stuff. Sorry bud. 

    Little Rock, AR

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  • bluebird66
    bluebird66 Posts: 3,016
    Welcome to the addiction!!
    Large Egg with adjustable rig, Kick Ash Basket, Minimax and various Weber's.
    Floyd Va

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  • ewyllins
    ewyllins Posts: 461
    Welcome to the obsession! Use that search box alot, itll help you 
    O-Town, FL

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  • camofreak
    camofreak Posts: 161
    Welcome aboard. They ain't lying when they say addiction. I cook things on my Egg that I never grilled before. And I'm always looking for something else to try. My family will be having pizza tonight.
    Green Eggin' in South Carolina
    Go Gamecocks!!!
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,629
    Welcome!!! Enjoy the ride....
    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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  • abpgwolf
    abpgwolf Posts: 567
    Welcome! You're going to have a great time with your egg. 

    Lititz, PA – XL BGE

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  • Eggdicted_Dawgfan
    Eggdicted_Dawgfan Posts: 1,912
    Welcome aboard!
    Snellville, GA


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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,520
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  • da87
    da87 Posts: 640
    Welcome - have fun and enjoy the great eats!
    Doug
    Wayne, PA
    LBGE, Weber Kettle (gifted to my sister), Weber Gasser

    "Two things are infinite:  the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe"   Albert Einstein
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 37,913
    Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Above all, have fun.
    Regarding the dome thermo and the calibration-you've got the process down-use the nut on the back to adjust out any off-set then recheck and you are good to go.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,520
    lousubcap said:
    Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Above all, have fun.
    Regarding the dome thermo and the calibration-you've got the process down-use the nut on the back to adjust out any off-set then recheck and you are good to go.  
    Agreed! And then while you have that dome thermometer out for testing - turn around and throw that stupid spring as far as you can! Trust me - this weird thing on planet earth called G r a v I t y will keep that thermometer in place! 
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Froman
    Froman Posts: 201
    Welcome aboard!  Hope you are ready for all your friends and neighbors asking you to cook food.

    I also wrap some heavy duty foil around my wires for the temp probes.  I'm not sure if it is needed...but it makes me feel better.
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  • SSQUAL612
    SSQUAL612 Posts: 1,186
    Froman said:
    Welcome aboard!  Hope you are ready for all your friends and neighbors asking you to cook food.

    I also wrap some heavy duty foil around my wires for the temp probes.  I'm not sure if it is needed...but it makes me feel better.
    I'm going to try that next time...maybe it'll help with the tv reception. 
    Welcome to Eggland Natel.  May all your cooks turn out just like you planned.
    Tyler, TX   XL BGE 2016, KJ Classic 2019,  MES, 18.5 WSM,  Akorn Jr,  36"&17" Black Stone, Adj Rig, Woo, Grill Grates, SS Smokeware Cap, KAB,  FB 300, Thermapen 
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Hey welcome....nice to have you around. 

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • NateJ
    NateJ Posts: 6
    Thanks! Got a brisket in now, just a four pounder but it's almost done and I can't wait to try it!
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  • da87
    da87 Posts: 640
    @NateJ, pics of that brisket or it didn't happen!  Hope it was amazing, and there are lots of brisket wizards on the site willing to help!  @lousubcap
    and @YukonRon coached me through my first full packer.  Enjoy!
    Doug
    Wayne, PA
    LBGE, Weber Kettle (gifted to my sister), Weber Gasser

    "Two things are infinite:  the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe"   Albert Einstein
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  • gbvinla
    gbvinla Posts: 96
    Welcome aboard!!
    Large BGE x2  Now we're cookin' in Dothan Al.
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  • SaintJohnsEgger
    SaintJohnsEgger Posts: 1,826
    Welcome. Enjoy the ride.

    While you are calibrating the dome thermometer check the accuracy of that ChefMate too. We tend to assume that fancy electronic thermometers are accurate but that isn't always so.
    Marshall in Beautiful Fruit Cove, FL.
    MiniMax 04/17
    Unofficial BGE MiniMax Evangelist
    Facebook Big Green Egg MiniMax Owners Group


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  • logchief
    logchief Posts: 1,432
    Hey Welcome, you'll be hooked quick.  Don't forget pics
    LBGE - I like the hot stuff.  The big dry San Joaquin Valley, Clovis, CA 
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  • Jeffroe189
    Jeffroe189 Posts: 273
    Welcome
    Jeff from Winston-Salem, NC  - LBGE, MiniMax, Blackstone
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