Burping the Big Green Egg

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So I had heard all about "burping the Egg" all over the forums, YouTube videos, and documentation. Apparently, gases build up in the dome of the egg. If you open the lid all the way, the gases could flashback. So, you lift the lid a few inches (the burp) and then open completely. The burp allows the gasses to escape enough to hinder the flashback.

During the first cook today, I remembered the burp.... the first couple of times. Randy and I were cooking and talking away and I forgot to burp. Well, it belched! No visible flames, but you could hear the gases ignite. WHOOOM!!! The evidence was all over my hand... and the smell of burnt hair.

It was kinda cool, but I wouldn't want to do it again.
 

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It's the rapid introduction of oxygen that causes flashback. The same thing happens on my Klose firebox when I open the door when running it with the damper almost closed.

It's much more common with the egg, and seems to happen more often the more beer you drink...
 
Welcome to the club! At least you got it out of the way on your first cook! Been over a year until I got my first taste of the flashback, I was careless and didn't burp and before it happened I knew I screwed up!
On the other side Saturday morning I fired the Egg up at 6AM and while waiting for it to stabilize, I was getting blue flames out the top around the platesetter and through the slide draft, it looked pretty cool!
I've got to go back to sorting the lump and lose the dust.

Glad your OK!
 
smells kinda like toast, eh? :biggrin:

i find the flashbacks happen when there's a lot of small lump pieces; when you are running at high temps, then close the dampers down and then open the dome.
 
Todd,
Know your a good parent but just had a vision of your little helper checking on his favorite Q and getting blasted. Know little guy would not be there unattended but what a scary thought.
 
Norcoredneck said:
Todd,
Know your a good parent but just had a vision of your little helper checking on his favorite Q and getting blasted. Know little guy would not be there unattended but what a scary thought.
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that is exactly why no one touches my eggs! and if they do, they have more problems than a potential flashback.

i had a guy try to pickup the metal top, and cause it was hot, he kinda dropped it back on. not a good idea.

i had another guy reach to open the egg when it was coming up on 700 degrees and i had just come out the door with a tray of beef tenderloin... he was just trying to help, but i had to yell at him and explain what could happen.
 
So far I haven't been bitten by Eggbert, but I'm sure that it will happen one day.
 
My son is pretty careful when he;s outside and I'm cooking. He knows not to touch the cookers, he'll even wave his hand by them and ask if they're hot or not. He's 4 now, can't wait till he actually wants to start cooking. He loves to help but the attention span isn't there yet.
 
Rick's Tropical Delight said:
i had another guy reach to open the egg when it was coming up on 700 degrees and i had just come out the door with a tray of beef tenderloin... he was just trying to help
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Just buy life insurance policies on your friends....and run that sucker to 1000* (just kidding).
 
Rick's Tropical Delight said:
smells kinda like toast, eh? :biggrin:

i find the flashbacks happen when there's a lot of small lump pieces; when you are running at high temps, then close the dampers down and then open the dome.
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The first thing I cooked with my BGE was ME! :eek:

I have a scar on my right knuckle where I touched my dad's red kettle grill when I was 2-3 years old. I can completely remember the moment to this day. Wondering if it was hot, I put my knuckle up to the grill. A few third degree burns later... I still have the scar. Branded by BBQ.

Growing up BBQ, my boys know to stay away. They both do a good job of either trying to sense if something is hot without touching or asking first.
 
I was sold when I saw, first hand, what they turned out for Ray at the Royal. There's not a lot of capacity, but I want one.

PS. that picture of Michael in the egg should be your Christmas card for next year!
 
Plowboy said:
The first thing I cooked with my BGE was ME! :eek:

I have a scar on my right knuckle where I touched my dad's red kettle grill when I was 2-3 years old. I can completely remember the moment to this day. Wondering if it was hot, I put my knuckle up to the grill. A few third degree burns later... I still have the scar. Branded by BBQ.

Growing up BBQ, my boys know to stay away. They both do a good job of either trying to sense if something is hot without touching or asking first.
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my new egg barney got me a little yesterday.
 
Jorge said:
I was sold when I saw, first hand, what they turned out for Ray at the Royal. There's not a lot of capacity, but I want one.

PS. that picture of Michael in the egg should be your Christmas card for next year!
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I could do a whole calendar of my kids sitting in cookware. I have Michael sitting in a turkey fryer and in a 30" Oklahoma Joe. Here's Christian sitting in the 14" skillet I got for Christmas.
 

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Mine has gotten me a few times, especially when doing pizzas and t-rexing. It got my pinky the other day accidentally.

My 2 year old knows not to touch hot things, especially the egg.

I wear an oven mitt sometimes when I open mine up, just in case. :wink:
 
Good boys Todd, although in that last pick, Christian looks like he might be up to something. Very COOL.
 
I made pizzas in my newly acquired XL BGE yesterday, and was careful to avoid cooking myself, but somehow I did end up pretty badly cooking the felt gasket. I had the egg running at about 650F with the platesetter in place. Can somebody tell me how to avoid cooking these gaskets? I think a new one is going to set me back around $15.
 
Just curious can the gasket go on the lid? In the pics I see it appears to be on base. Seems to me to be better protected if on lid?
 
Plowboy said:
So I had heard all about "burping the Egg" all over the forums, YouTube videos, and documentation. Apparently, gases build up in the dome of the egg. If you open the lid all the way, the gases could flashback. So, you lift the lid a few inches (the burp) and then open completely. The burp allows the gasses to escape enough to hinder the flashback.

During the first cook today, I remembered the burp.... the first couple of times. Randy and I were cooking and talking away and I forgot to burp. Well, it belched! No visible flames, but you could hear the gases ignite. WHOOOM!!! The evidence was all over my hand... and the smell of burnt hair.

It was kinda cool, but I wouldn't want to do it again.
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Whoa!...been there...done that! :lol: Glad to see that it's not a bad one! :p
 
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