Few questions about the small...

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• Celtic Wolf Posts: 9,773

  August 2008

  You might do a whole butt with one load if you filled it passed the fire box with a good lump

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• Jersey Doug Posts: 460

  August 2008

  The draft door on our Small was a pretty sloppy fit too. As a temporary work around I put the door behind the screen and bent the frame of the screen a bit so is acts as a spring to hold the door tightly in place. That has worked well enough for the three months since I did it that I haven't bothered with a more elegant fix.

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• Ike Witt Posts: 195

  August 2008

  Interesting post. I went to 2 different shops last weekend looking at small's. The bottom vent doors on both were exactly as you described. One also had a mini which appears to have the same door but it worked fine.
  Wonder if this was just a bad run or what.
  best
  allen

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• milesofsmiles Posts: 1,377

  August 2008

  That was just the thing to do. I call that a minor tweek. Some times I do that on others as they slide off. Enjoy your egg and cook well. Miles out.

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• Chubby Posts: 2,955

  August 2008

  I do single Butts on the Small often, as my wife's not a big fan of PP.
  
  Here's a 7 lb'r about an hour from comming off.
  I think this one went about 13 hours.
  
  
  
  Now...here's what was left at the end.
  
  
  
  Keeping in mind to clean, fill, use more dense Lump for the longer cooks, the Small will do Butts quite nicely...IMO!
  
  Evans

  I spent most of my money on good bourbon, and bad women...the rest, I just wasted!!
  

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• Bacchus Posts: 6,019

  August 2008

  Chubby:
  
  Do you get consistent/stabilized temp suring your butt cooks on the small?
  
  Is that a home made ring resting on your fire ring or is it commercially available?
  
  Thanks!

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• Rib Fan Posts: 305

  August 2008

  Thanks for all the imput guys. I must say that after owning the Large that the small just does not have the same fit and finish that the Large has. First time I pulled the daisy wheel out of the box the daisy wheel rolled across the back deck with me holding the handle in my hand. Pair of needle nose pliars solved the problem with me pinching in the wire handle around daisy wheel. Issue with bottom vent was solved by me having to hammer sliding doors closer to egg to create a snug fit. The spiral top on daisy wheel (not sure of correct name) seems very loose and shifts from side to side. I am not bitching and I have used the small every day since I picked it up Monday but for $758 Canadian I would think that BGE would have a little better engineered product.
  I realize that the large probably outsells the small by 10 to 1 (just a guestimate) and that is probably where the company puts most of its focus but...
  Just thought I would throw it out there. Why is the Large so much better put together? Or is it a production timing thing?

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