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acolle
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My egg is nested in a table. Just moved into a new place with a wall behind the table location. To open the lid, with the chimney cap on, I need to pull the table a bit far off the back wall. Am I crazy to think I might just rotate the EGG or the lid so it opens to the side or 45º off center?
Moved from upper left to Denver, CO | BGE LG & MMX + Kotaigrill [Hibachi]
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Whatever will work for you. But something to consider, if you presently have a good dome to base seal I would not rotate just the lid. I gather leaving the BGE pulled away from the wall is not a permanent solution/option??
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lousubcap said:Whatever will work for you. But something to consider, if you presently have a good dome to base seal I would not rotate just the lid. I gather leaving the BGE pulled away from the wall is not a permanent solution/option??canuckland
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I have the same issue, probably not to the same extent as you, but nonetheless my Egg lid will contact the raised bartop that runs behind it. Mostly it does not bother me, but sometimes I do move my Egg to avoid it, such as in a multiple pizzas cook where I'm opening/closing the Egg a lot.
What I did was to take a slab of granite from the hole they cut into my countertop for the Egg, and attach it to a Lazy Susan base ring I bought online. Now I just rotate the Egg when desired.
You could probably find a Lazy Susan made with granite, I just did it the way I did so it would match my countertop.XL and a MM.
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Here it is rotated about 15 degrees I think.
XL and a MM.
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lousubcap said:Whatever will work for you. But something to consider, if you presently have a good dome to base seal I would not rotate just the lid. I gather leaving the BGE pulled away from the wall is not a permanent solution/option??Moved from upper left to Denver, CO | BGE LG & MMX + Kotaigrill [Hibachi]
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Kelso said:I have the same issue, probably not to the same extent as you, but nonetheless my Egg lid will contact the raised bartop that runs behind it. Mostly it does not bother me, but sometimes I do move my Egg to avoid it, such as in a multiple pizzas cook where I'm opening/closing the Egg a lot.
What I did was to take a slab of granite from the hole they cut into my countertop for the Egg, and attach it to a Lazy Susan base ring I bought online. Now I just rotate the Egg when desired.
You could probably find a Lazy Susan made with granite, I just did it the way I did so it would match my countertop.Moved from upper left to Denver, CO | BGE LG & MMX + Kotaigrill [Hibachi] -
acolle said:Kelso said:I have the same issue, probably not to the same extent as you, but nonetheless my Egg lid will contact the raised bartop that runs behind it. Mostly it does not bother me, but sometimes I do move my Egg to avoid it, such as in a multiple pizzas cook where I'm opening/closing the Egg a lot.
What I did was to take a slab of granite from the hole they cut into my countertop for the Egg, and attach it to a Lazy Susan base ring I bought online. Now I just rotate the Egg when desired.
You could probably find a Lazy Susan made with granite, I just did it the way I did so it would match my countertop.
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