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Do eggs cook at a higher boiling point?

jimdgreat1
jimdgreat1 Posts: 175
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Got an insta pot for quick meals. Got to wondering if an egg built up a little pressure inside it would work as a pressure cooker of sorts. Is this possible? Or more importantly, is this possible to measure? (I might play an engineer irl)

XLBGE - LBGE - Charbroil gasgrill

Wichita Kansas

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  • frazzdaddy
    frazzdaddy Posts: 2,617
    edited July 2019
    jimdgreat1 said:
    Got an insta pot for quick meals. Got to wondering if an egg built up a little pressure inside it would work as a pressure cooker of sorts. Is this possible? Or more importantly, is this possible to measure? (I might play an engineer irl)
    Fire needs oxygen. Not sure how that could work. 
    Xl bge ,LG bge, two 4' crusher cone fire pits. Weber Genisis gasser and 
    Two rusty Weber kettles. 

    Two Rivers Farm
    Moncure N.C.
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  • lwrehm
    lwrehm Posts: 381
    You would have to seal it better to build pressure.
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  • marysvilleksegghead
    marysvilleksegghead Posts: 862
    hmmmm . . . I'm thinking that an air source needed for the lump to burn, it would be difficult to make an air tight chamber to build up any kind of pressure and still have an air supply for the lump.
    Lrg 2008
    Mini 2009
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    Negative. Closest you’ll get is something in a covered pot

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    analyze adapt overcome

    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • Dobie
    Dobie Posts: 3,458
    You can’t boil anything in the egg  ;)
    Jacksonville FL
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,702
    I'm guessing you are referring to a real egg as opposed to a BGE.  Given the way water responds to increased pressure, in a closed system (the egg) as you increased pressure then the boiling point will go up.  Like the way the boiling point of water increases as the altitude drops.
    Now if you mean BGE- no way to get a closed system with it.  That's my story ... B)
    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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  • jimdgreat1
    jimdgreat1 Posts: 175
    edited August 2019
    I wondered if the updraft from the fire would draw in air with enough force to create a very small increase of pressure. Not talking about 5 psi but more like <1 psi.

    I just looked up the pressure to boiling point ratio and 3 psi is only 221 degrees. So a very slight increase in pressure wouldn't have much effect.

    XLBGE - LBGE - Charbroil gasgrill

    Wichita Kansas

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