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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    lousubcap said:
    @Dyal_SC - great magazine quality photo right there.  Eliminate all the green accessories and I would kill it.  Most eggcellent job on the tuna.  
    Why would you eliminate the Egg?
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,406
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    I would not chance it.  I forgot to buy grade 8 for a project I was working on.  The first time I used the standard strength bolts, they bent and were unusable.  
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,164
    kl8ton said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    I would not chance it.  I forgot to buy grade 8 for a project I was working on.  The first time I used the standard strength bolts, they bent and were unusable.  
    Yeah that's kinda what I was thinking. 
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    pgprescott said:
    So who's living large Pete?  Very nice!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited September 2017
    Rain N stainin' some new $50 kicks I found at Ross', eggin' burgs for the boys.


    1/3 lb ground chuck, toasted Aldi brioche, mayo, mustard, ketchup, homegrown mater, red ernyin.  The boys actually enjoyed the red ernyin, and ate 2 burgers each.  "This is the best cheeseburger I have ever had Dad."
    Love how that soft yet crunchy Aldi brioche smashes down for a big bite.
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
    DoubleEgger said:
    kl8ton said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    I would not chance it.  I forgot to buy grade 8 for a project I was working on.  The first time I used the standard strength bolts, they bent and were unusable.  
    Yeah that's kinda what I was thinking. 
    Agreed. 
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    kl8ton said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    I would not chance it.  I forgot to buy grade 8 for a project I was working on.  The first time I used the standard strength bolts, they bent and were unusable.  
    Grade 8 are the wrong grade for eggs. They are supposed to be grade five and are in fact designed to bend as tightened. If you have grade 8, I would replace them with grade 5. Good luck. 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,164
    Jeremiah said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    kl8ton said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    I would not chance it.  I forgot to buy grade 8 for a project I was working on.  The first time I used the standard strength bolts, they bent and were unusable.  
    Yeah that's kinda what I was thinking. 
    Agreed. 
    Fastenal doesn't even have them  :|



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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    DoubleEgger said:
    Jeremiah said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    kl8ton said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    I would not chance it.  I forgot to buy grade 8 for a project I was working on.  The first time I used the standard strength bolts, they bent and were unusable.  
    Yeah that's kinda what I was thinking. 
    Agreed. 
    Fastenal doesn't even have them  :|



    I call it fasten none. They can get anything in a couple days but hardly carry crap anymore. 
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,406
    pgprescott said:
    kl8ton said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    I would not chance it.  I forgot to buy grade 8 for a project I was working on.  The first time I used the standard strength bolts, they bent and were unusable.  
    Grade 8 are the wrong grade for eggs. They are supposed to be grade five and are in fact designed to bend as tightened. If you have grade 8, I would replace them with grade 5. Good luck. 
    I don't want to confuse anyone.  I was not working on an egg when needing grade 8 hardware.  I was merely giving an example of things going wrong if the proper grade of hardware is not employed.  Thanks @pgprescott


    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,406
    DoubleEgger said:
    Jeremiah said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    kl8ton said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    I would not chance it.  I forgot to buy grade 8 for a project I was working on.  The first time I used the standard strength bolts, they bent and were unusable.  
    Yeah that's kinda what I was thinking. 
    Agreed. 
    Fastenal doesn't even have them  :|



    Not sure if menards is nationwide or not but they have grade 5 and 8 as well as an excellent selection of stainless.  It puts home depot and lowes to shame
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    kl8ton said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    Jeremiah said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    kl8ton said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    I would not chance it.  I forgot to buy grade 8 for a project I was working on.  The first time I used the standard strength bolts, they bent and were unusable.  
    Yeah that's kinda what I was thinking. 
    Agreed. 
    Fastenal doesn't even have them  :|



    Not sure if menards is nationwide or not but they have grade 5 and 8 as well as an excellent selection of stainless.  It puts home depot and lowes to shame
    Not
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    kl8ton said:
    pgprescott said:
    kl8ton said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    I would not chance it.  I forgot to buy grade 8 for a project I was working on.  The first time I used the standard strength bolts, they bent and were unusable.  
    Grade 8 are the wrong grade for eggs. They are supposed to be grade five and are in fact designed to bend as tightened. If you have grade 8, I would replace them with grade 5. Good luck. 
    I don't want to confuse anyone.  I was not working on an egg when needing grade 8 hardware.  I was merely giving an example of things going wrong if the proper grade of hardware is not employed.  Thanks @pgprescott


    Got ya. Agreed. 
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,406
    theyolksonyou said:
    kl8ton said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    Jeremiah said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    kl8ton said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    I would not chance it.  I forgot to buy grade 8 for a project I was working on.  The first time I used the standard strength bolts, they bent and were unusable.  
    Yeah that's kinda what I was thinking. 
    Agreed. 
    Fastenal doesn't even have them  :|



    Not sure if menards is nationwide or not but they have grade 5 and 8 as well as an excellent selection of stainless.  It puts home depot and lowes to shame
    Not
    Too bad. 

    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,746
    @Eggcelsior - I may be well into LEO but I did not see an Egg in the pic and I would not consider a BGE an accessory if I had.  But I may be missing something here...
    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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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,708
    Delta Rae at the Grey Eagle


    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,836
    Well, I spun up our beta online labs on Kubernetes integration with our data center switching platform and couldn't login to the K8S master node, so...


    Been drinking too long to figure this out...
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    DMW said:
    Well, I spun up our beta online labs on Kubernetes integration with our data center switching platform and couldn't login to the K8S master node, so...


    Been drinking too long to figure this out...
    I couldn't comprehend that sober. 
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  • YEMTrey
    YEMTrey Posts: 6,835
    @JohnInCarolina Not sure if any of this interests you, but this is going on tomorrow in Asheville. It's a really good time.

    https://www.brewgrassfestival.com/



    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
    @DoubleEgger isnt that something Roswell hardware could get you??
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,406
    Watching white fang with the kids. 
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,353
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    This is actually a very good question.  The original bolts/instructions with our Eggs require torquing until the bolt head/nut/straps all "bend" into coordination, which goes against my Mechanical Engineering and shadetree mechanic degrees simultaneously.  Granted, I haven't had an issue with either of my Eggs in 5 years now, but it still doesn't leave me "comfortable".  

    “I'll have what she's having."  

        -Rob Reiner's mother!   

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    Botch said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was only able to find Grade 2 carriage bolts for my XL band. The stock bolts are Grade 5. Is this going to be an issue until I can locate some 5s? I am wondering about thermal expansion yada yada yada. 
    This is actually a very good question.  The original bolts/instructions with our Eggs require torquing until the bolt head/nut/straps all "bend" into coordination, which goes against my Mechanical Engineering and shadetree mechanic degrees simultaneously.  Granted, I haven't had an issue with either of my Eggs in 5 years now, but it still doesn't leave me "comfortable".  
    Those bolts?  They're fine, just let'um ride!  
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,164
    Jeremiah said:
    @DoubleEgger isnt that something Roswell hardware could get you??
    I'm going to call and ask in the morning. 
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    Nice install of some equipment I support in a wastewater facility in Canada.  


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  • Eoin
    Eoin Posts: 4,304
    Your Grade five is our 8.8. Anything lower here is effectively ungraded, otherwise known as monkey metal.
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227
    Spending the weekend helping/hanging/watching a competition BBQ team compete. Got a few hours of sleep in a cot under an oak tree. Got up at 5 AM to start the fire and put 8 layers of rub on 2 briskets.  They are effectively center cut so that the right slices can be turned in. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,746
    @Foghorn -  sounds like a great endeavor.  Post oak for the fire?? Curious as to turn in time with a 5 AM fire start.  
    Feel free to share any tricks of the trade you acquire (and they will let you release).  
    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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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227
    edited September 2017
    lousubcap said:
    @Foghorn -  sounds like a great endeavor.  Post oak for the fire?? Curious as to turn in time with a 5 AM fire start.  
    Feel free to share any tricks of the trade you acquire (and they will let you release).  

    @lousubcap, you need to pay better attention.  I already told you there are 8 layers of rub in a very specific order.  

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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