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Asking for a friend - indoor egg?

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blasting
blasting Posts: 6,262
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I reside in Phoenix, so I don't have a need for this.  However, I still have friends up in Canada who have different types of shops.  What would be wrong with installing a commercial hood fan and cooking on an egg right in the shop?

Obviously carbon dioxide detectors would be needed, and the egg couldn't be left unattended, and the building would have to be concrete / steel.

I know there are unfortunate stories, but given the scenario I laid out, what is the downside?  How specifically would this be different than a wood stove?  I'm thinking with a commercial hood, my friends to the north could cook inside, and utilize the generated heat.

Thanks for the input.


Phoenix 
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  • johnnyp
    johnnyp Posts: 3,932
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    Restaurants do this.   If the appropriate safeguards are in place, I see no reason why it can't (or shouldn't) be done.
    XL & MM BGE, 36" Blackstone - Newport News, VA
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,027
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    Here a video of my egg friends restaurant. They use their egg indoors daily

    https://youtu.be/L9gbiQAWKjY
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,754
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    have done it in the shop with half a oil tank used as a grill, the other half above with a large flexible vent pipe hooked to a window vent fan.  i use the same setups for welding and plasma burning smoke vents with blower fans.
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    I have always understood it to be a very bad idea. Never saw anything that said you shouldn't burn charcoal indoors UNLESS you have a good exhaust fan or unless your building is made of metal or unless you have CO detectors or unless you never leave it unattended. Just that you should never burn charcoal indoors. Period.

    Lawyers talkin'? Maybe. Dunno.

    Then again, the Weber Grill does it.
    Image result for weber grill restaurant

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

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,754
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    would mention though, a good vent sucks the heat out of the building. the closer the vent to the smoke output the better
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • AlbertaEgger
    AlbertaEgger Posts: 1,387
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    What's their issue with using it outside? Are they new to Canada?
    County of Parkland, Alberta, Canada
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,429
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    Double check with insurance company.
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, & 22, and 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
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    Thanks all for the input.

    @AlbertaEgger It's not that anyone has an issue.  Some days are simply miserable up there, while shops need heating.  I'm just thinking out loud about killing a couple birds.
    Phoenix 
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  • Gym
    Gym Posts: 366
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    AlbertaEgger said:
    What's their issue with using it outside? Are they new to Canada?
    Agreed =)
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    Tell them to grab a case of Molson, turn on a hockey game, while ice fishing, next to their shop, and check the BGE every so often.

    I know, I know, July and maybe August,  is bad for ice fishing, so mount ghe egg on skids, and have the dog team pull it to more solid ground during those two months......but the other ten months, it could work, no problem, amiright?
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • BYS1981
    BYS1981 Posts: 2,533
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    Carbon dioxide gonna give them some serious burps.

    Carbon Monoxide gonna suffocate them. Big difference lol
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
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    Paging @NPHuskerFL
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
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    They have to have x amount of fresh air exchanges per minute by code re: F.A.M. fresh air make-up. Ventilation in the hood plus an air curtain in said hood + Ansul suppression. As far as burping an egg I'd say they have it covered. Then again this is in Canada :get_outta_here:
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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