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vintage egg help

Peloton
Peloton Posts: 3
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Howdy

My father-in-law just gave me an egg he had tucked away in the back of the garage. He says he bought it in the early 1970's. (1974 he thinks) Got it home and broke it's cherry with steak and salmon.

I'm looking for any advice on restoring it. Obviously it needs some paint and the hinges need some TLC.

Thanks

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  • cookn biker
    cookn biker Posts: 13,407
    Nice, there are a few that can help you.
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  • Ripnem
    Ripnem Posts: 5,511
    First off, if your cooking in these pictures, you should really have the cap off. :P

    I'd love to run across an old one like that.
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  • Vetereggnarian
    Vetereggnarian Posts: 252
    Pretty cool. Doesn't the BGE web site say they started selling in 1974? That could be one of the first cookers off the lines. What is the orange stuff?
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  • Bacchus
    Bacchus Posts: 6,019
    I say cook on it like it is, if functioning well.

    Avoid High temp cooking(over 400)due to liklihood of cracking.

    Does/Did you Dad live in Atlanta?
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  • Mike in Abita
    Mike in Abita Posts: 3,302
    Welcme and great find. CHeck this link, scroll to the bottom of the page and you will find a few owners manuals for the earlier EGGS.

    http://www.nakedwhiz.com/infocentral.htm

    The Whiz knows all.
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    If it's that old,and is a REAL EGG,NICE SCORE.Do some research.The Orange coloring makes me think it's an old kamado someone tried to camo.I AM NO EXPERT by any means.Like I say,research.If it is clay,do not cook hi-temp,it will crumble.
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  • Grillin & Chillin
    Grillin & Chillin Posts: 733
    Hi P.
    If I kept it I would leave as is, maybe put a new gasket on it, or maybe it is smoking from the middle because you have lid on. I would send photos to BGE corporate in Atlanta. They would probably offer you a comparable size new for trade so they could have for display. I have done that with an old Weber Smokey Mountain. Nice collector’s item you have. Keep us posted as to what you decide. Welcome to the forum.
    BGE'er since 1996 Large BGE 1996, Small BGE 1996, Mini BGE 1997
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  • Frank from Houma
    Frank from Houma Posts: 5,755
    Very nice.

    Suggestion - rearrange the feet. Put one straight behind the egg and the other two in the front with equal spacing between them.

    Personally - I would use it as is and keep under 400.
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,532
    I would bet its a kamado clay smoker from the 1970's. I have read some reviews of these past smokers and many people enjoy them. Many of them eventually cracked from extreme heat overtime since they are made from clay. Another cracking problem was from cold climates the grill was used in. Hot grill and cold temps caused the grill to crack. The real reason why you have this grill today is that it was stored indoors. My biggest tip, keep the grill dry! Don't keep outdoors when not in use! They go to hell when exposed to rain and snow. You have a nice grill/smoker and should clean up nice! Hope this helps!
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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Oh yeah, great advice as usual.

    BGE is not going to trade a new Egg for that 35 year old clay unit. I'm sure they have a few laying around anyway.
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