I was very excited when members of my family pooled their money together to buy me a Big Green Egg as a wedding gift.

I will be having them all over to feed them as a method of repayment.

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The store that they bought it from offered free assembly. But they did not assemble it correctly. The hinge and the lid were not aligned with the vent at the bottom.

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I remembered to put the safety tabs on so that the spring did not fly open when I loosened the bands.

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After I loosened the bands, I gently tapped the hinge to rotate it to it's correct position. This puts the handle at the front

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Then I rotated the dome. This aligned the thermometer with the handle and the vent.

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At this point, the bands were too close together. This could cause the dome to slip out of it's band and fall to the floor ans crash. I used a hammer and a punch to shift the lower ring down and the upper ring up

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This brought a smile to the BGE

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I was now able to move the egg out to the deck and light it. The first 3 times you use it, you are supposed to keep the temperature below 400° F (this allows it to slowly evaporate all of the moisture from the porous ceramic).

It was thoroughly inspected by my two dogs.

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After lighting it, I was very impressed by how easy it was to keep a steady temperature with very little charcoal.

I was so excited about dinner that I forgot to take any pictures. To keep it simple, it was just some grilled chicken with a nice BBQ rub.

Dinner was delicious !!!

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Do you have a Big Green Egg?