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Great Christmas Present

MotownVol
MotownVol Posts: 1,072
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My beautiful wife of 25 years just bought me a mini max for Christmas.  Will add this to my large and expand the egging possibilities. Can't wait to break in the mini max. 

Also made our hotel reservations to the North Georgia egg fest.  
Morristown TN, LBGE and Mini-Max.
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,629
    You must have been a good boy this year...
    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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  • YEMTrey
    YEMTrey Posts: 6,838
    Nice.  You're going to love it.
    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • GaBGE
    GaBGE Posts: 556
    edited December 2017
    I thought you was going to say that Tennessee finally hired a coach, then I remembered y’all finally found one. Nice gift from the wife. I too plan to attend the North Ga Egg Fest.
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    edited December 2017
    Gym said:
    Why do I keep reading threads about wife's purchasing m/m's for their husbands Christmas gifts? I got bed sheets.. 
    OP....congrats on the present.

    I got half a Romba in a joint gift. Really didn’t need much so all good. Good news I already have a mm. Had to purchase it myself a couple years back. Your point is well made though.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    Gym said:
    Why do I keep reading threads about wife's purchasing m/m's for their husbands Christmas gifts? I got bed sheets.. 
    You're doing it wrong. 
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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,900
    Big time score! You might want to keep her around for another 25.
    Stillwater, MN
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  • MotownVol
    MotownVol Posts: 1,072
    I think I will.
    Morristown TN, LBGE and Mini-Max.
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  • Chris8938
    Chris8938 Posts: 156
    theyolksonyou said:
    Gym said:
    Why do I keep reading threads about wife's purchasing m/m's for their husbands Christmas gifts? I got bed sheets.. 
    You're doing it wrong. 
    Maybe he's doing it right and wore out the bed sheets...
    XL BGE, Lg BGE, MiniMax BGE, Mini BGE

    Appleton, WI 
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  • MotownVol
    MotownVol Posts: 1,072
    I finally got a table for the mini max my wife got me for Christmas and fired it up for some burgers last night.  What a great present!
    Morristown TN, LBGE and Mini-Max.
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  • MasterC
    MasterC Posts: 1,612
    My wife got me one too 
    Fort Wayne Indiana 
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,629
    All of you are braggarts!!   ;)
    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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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    edited January 2018
    Burgers great.......wife giving an egg.....priceless!
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • epcotisbest
    epcotisbest Posts: 2,176
    Great Christmas present. My wife got me an ipad, so I can't complain.
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,667
    Chris8938 said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    Gym said:
    Why do I keep reading threads about wife's purchasing m/m's for their husbands Christmas gifts? I got bed sheets.. 
    You're doing it wrong. 
    Maybe he's doing it right and wore out the bed sheets...
    Maybe the gifted ones are rubber. 
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  • MotownVol
    MotownVol Posts: 1,072
    I cooked some NY Strips on the Mini-Max tonight.   I can't get over how close the grill grate is to the lump, but they turned out great.   Much closer than my large.

    I have heard others talk about using a woo on their mini max's.   Is that just to allow for longer cooks by adding more lump to the fire box or is it to raise the cooking surface further away from the lump?  Also, for those who have the woo, do you also have the ceramic stone?    If so, what type of cooks do you use it on?

    Morristown TN, LBGE and Mini-Max.
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  • tml1230
    tml1230 Posts: 237
    My wife of 37 years insisted we drive to Atlanta last summer to buy a slightly used minimax to compliment the medium BGE.
    next to marrying her, it may be the best decision I have ever made.
    now... U gotta get a kick ash basket for it...order it tomorrow! 
    Truth be known... Me and the MM talk back and fortth about politics and women!
    Sarasota Fl. and  Lake Toxaway N.C. (and Novembers on the island of Kauai) (and April in France.... Don't hate on me for that)
    BGE  medium and minimax
    HOW  BOUT THEM GATORS !
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  • SamIAm2
    SamIAm2 Posts: 2,007
    edited January 2018
    Raise the cooking surface - yes. Woo and ceramic stone - yes. Just did a raised indirect Spatchcock chicken yesterday. Took a photo of the setup but photo wasn't worth sharing.

    Edit:Found this from a previous cook.You will need a smaller grid for raising the food because the dome will hit if you want to go higher than this. 

    For yesterday's cook I used the platesetter legs up, the grill you see on the platesetter, the woo upside down with the large ring on the normal grate, and the smaller grate on the small ring of the woo. I had to slide the rig toward the rear so the dome wouldn't hit the grate. It was a small chicken so the dome didn't touch the chicken.
    Ubi panis, ibi patria.
    Large - Roswell rig, MiniMax-PS Woo; Cocoa, Fl.
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