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Mini Egg Close Call Happened

Florida Grillin Girl
Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 5,029
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WOW...

I have owned my mini EGG since 2008, and it has been a great addition to my collection of eggs, also perfectly suited for travel.  So, I traveled with it... and the EGG and the table it was sitting on somehow fell over onto a paved driveway in a storm in the middle of the night. The egg was in the BGE stand with 4 feet sitting on the table.

So, I went out to check on it in the morning, and the Egg and the table were laying on their side on the paved driveway, and I was SURE it was broken forever... didn't take any pics because I was freaked out! Just picked it up to examine it and believe it or not... NOT DAMAGED!! It landed on the thermometer and the handle just perfectly face down in the driveway. The thermometer was broken, but I believe the way it fell that the thermometer and handle saved the egg from breaking.

Am I lucky, or what? Never had that happen to any of my eggs.

Thanks for lookin.
Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
 
3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 37,667
    Better to be lucky than good comes to mind. Glad you and the BGE dodged a bullet. Must have quite some wind gusts.

    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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  • Florida Grillin Girl
    Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 5,029
    @lousubcap - not sure, but with winter in FL, you just never know.

    Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
     
    3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 22,079
    Un-devastated!

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 12,167
    Eggcellent outcome. Buy a lottery ticket!
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,983
    Glad to hear it ended well, next time don't tie your dog to it, kidding.
    canuckland
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,956
    after they changed the original stand years and years ago, i dont think ive seen another mini break.  even my mini knockoff by vision bought along time ago has not even had a crack in the firebox.  strong little buggers
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Corv
    Corv Posts: 619
    A few years back my Medium and the Mini, both on my table, were left outside overnight while the Medium cooled down. It got windy and the table blew over. The Medium was destroyed and the Mini survived. Luckily it fell onto some snow on the grass adjacent to the patio.
    I still use it (plus the new Large) but they go back in the shed overnight now.
    Somewhere on the Colorado Front Range
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  • Florida Grillin Girl
    Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 5,029
    @Corv - I kept checking on egg temperature, and it was still 200 degrees when I was going to bed, so I left it out overnight, not knowing a storm was coming. Next time... I will check on that, for sure.
    Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
     
    3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • Corv
    Corv Posts: 619
    edited February 22
    I've found that for both my Mini and the Large, that the fire goes out in less than 1/2 an hour, consistently. I'll open the lid for a few moments to let some of the internal heat escape, and then close it. I don't bother with the thermometer on the Egg because it reads internal temp. I'm now concerned with the external temp, and the infrared remote thermometer measures that. When it's at least down to the mid-100s (F) I figure it's safe to put back in its shed. 

    And I no longer leave either Egg outside overnight!

    I like the idea of an Egg for every purpose, good for you. If I had more room I'd probably get more cooking tools. But living alone, cooking for just me, it's probably better that I don't.
    Somewhere on the Colorado Front Range
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