Dangit, y'all gonna make me spend some money. I've got an Egg but I rarely use it. It's just too much trouble to fool with. It's never worked exactly right. Hard to light, hard to control temp, etc... No air leaks that I can find, but there's something not just right about it. I want to buy a pellet grill and sell the egg, but the wife wants to keep the egg, which she has never, one time, cooked on, "but one of the kids might want it when they get out of college."
I use a looft lighter and light the egg in a “5” pattern just like you see on a dice. I used mine for 6 hours the other day and held 350 degrees for the entire time (digiQ assisted of course). I have a traegar and it’s definately easier but the egg smokes more. Also got these whisky barrel chunks from academy and they smoked like crazy.
