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use feet or no feet?

Large Marge
Large Marge Posts: 404
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
just curious here-- how many of you have your BGE sitting on a big brick but also are using the feet? Any physical reason for doing both? thx...
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  • Mainegg
    Mainegg Posts: 7,787
    on a paver with the feet under it :) there are lots of pics of the egg sitting on a paver and then down the road it gets moved and surprise! scorched wood under the paver. long term dry heat... it will do it.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,806
    mine sits on a patio stone, but a space cant hurt, it will help the egg stay cooler. 3 quarters works if you dont like the looks of the feet and its less tippy
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Gator Bait
    Gator Bait Posts: 5,244
     
    Hi Marge, My egg is in a nest so I don't use my feet but if I ever put it in a table I will put the feet between a paver and the egg just to give the add insulation of the air space they would create. I figure I payed that much for 'em I might as well use 'em. Just my .02¢ worth.

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    Gator

     
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  • FlaPoolman
    FlaPoolman Posts: 11,677
    You should use the stone then the feet for the air gap. Here was my table with just the stone. I had no idea until I removed the egg to refinish the table

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,806
    have you ever flipped the egg over and inspected the bottom, thats what i was getting with a cracked base, very hard to see the crack until i looked at it real closely. it usually forms in the lower corner of the vent and disapears underneath, almpst looks like crazing just under the vent.
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Large Marge
    Large Marge Posts: 404
    yikes. thx for the pics...no doubt mine will look like that. Guess I now have an egg-swap on my to-do list...thx
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  • FlaPoolman
    FlaPoolman Posts: 11,677
    I did look for that last year when I redid everything but it all looked good. I looked hard because I was one of the ones saying you don't need the feet and I'm proof :whistle: This one came back to haunt me :P
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,780
    feet and paver
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Just given another Mini to add to the herd. 

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  • otisdog
    otisdog Posts: 187
    I use the feet, but it is mostly to get proper hinge clearance. I didn't allow enough vertical distance between levels. I use a stone inset instead of a paver. It has air space under it with as little wood contact as possible.
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  • Davekatz
    Davekatz Posts: 763
    I've got similar burn marks from using my large with feet on a kiln shelf. It sure gets warm under there.
    Food & Fire - The carnivorous ramblings of a gluten-free grill geek.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,806
    i would add another piece then, it only takes temps as low as 212 to ignite wood over time, steam pipes on an old boiler system will cause a fire if precautionsarent taken , it jus takes time for the wood to get dry enough repeatedly.
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • NoVA Bill
    NoVA Bill Posts: 3,005
    My table was built with "rafters" to set the paver and egg on and the feet weren't necessary as there's plenty of air flow around the egg and paver plus I "shimmed" the egg with pieces of nomex gasket material to make the egg sit level - hopefully providing and additional gap albeit pretty small.

    However on a flat wood installation(see FLAPoolman's pic)I'd recommend a paver with the egg feet just to increase air flow.
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