Anyone use one of these grills?
Any good reviews and/or recipes?
August 22, 2011 at 10:03 pm
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Big Green Egg??
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August 22, 2011 at 10:33 pm #108977
I have had smoked/grilled food off of a couple… simply awesome
my buddy makes ribs, a dry rub and in about 6 hours….OMG 
August 23, 2011 at 12:08 pm #109004Quote:
I have had smoked/grilled food off of a couple… simply awesome
my buddy makes ribs, a dry rub and in about 6 hours….OMG
If Tuckner can to it, it’s gotta be good…
They are awesome, I have always wanted one.
August 23, 2011 at 12:26 pm #109009Our gas is about shot and I’ve been kicking the tires on one of these. The biggest limiting factor for me is price right now. Trying to justify in my mind I’d use it for smoking, cooking etc….
August 23, 2011 at 2:52 pm #109015That is another one on my hit list. From what I’ve read, you can’t go wrong with either. Our problem is time, we never seem to have enough and gas of course is hot instantly. I won’t be buying anything this summer yet, so I’ve got some time to make up my mind.
August 23, 2011 at 3:03 pm #109016Quote:
Our gas is about shot and I’ve been kicking the tires on one of these. The biggest limiting factor for me is price right now. Trying to justify in my mind I’d use it for smoking, cooking etc….
My gas grill(s) also kicked the bucket. (One started on fire at the tank level… Think fire extinguisher… ouch…) And regular charcoal takes a while to get going. From what I understand, you can have BGE’s up to temp in 10 minutes (even up to 800+ degrees for searing steaks, etc…)
Anyway, sound like you can cook/smoke for 24-48 hours straight without ever having to add charcoal. With everything thing it can do (smoke, grill, brick oven baking, etc…), the fact that it will outlast me, and considering my gas ones are shot, I decided to just go “all in” and pick one up… (Vs getting another gas grill and replacing it in 10 years…)
Here are a few photos of the table that I built for it. (Sorry, lighting and camera are poor – CFL’s and camera phone = poor combination).
Should be a nice setup. Heavy, though. The XL weights 205 lbs, and my table is probably 300+ lbs (Each granite slab is around 60-70 lbs, I’m sure…)
August 23, 2011 at 3:23 pm #109019Very nice. I know if I decide to go that route, I will be making a big table like that on wheels also.
August 23, 2011 at 3:39 pm #109022Ya, I wasn’t comfortable with a 205 lb piece of ceramic sitting on metal legs… The potential for “something bad” happening is much less with a table like this, I think.
Lots of designs and variations out there on the net. I didn’t go by any specific plans for this one, just built it as needed.
August 23, 2011 at 6:04 pm #109034Yep Dennis… Tuckners
August 25, 2011 at 3:06 pm #109128My Big Green Egg report: Success story #1
Ribeyes on the Big Green Egg were awesome last night (sorry, no photos of the food – it was gone too fast…
) — it was amazing how fast that grill got to temp (Less than 10 minutes from lighting the lump charcoal to steaks on the grill at 750+ degrees — and steaks were done perfectly in 6 minutes). And after shutting the vents and killing the fire, I took a look at how much charcoal I used… I barely scratched the surface with how much it burned, even with an 800 degree fire. Waaay more efficient with way less ash that those clay and binder-filled briquetes…Start to finish, the Egg actually was faster than my old gas grill. And I won’t even begin to try to compare the taste difference (its just not fair to the gas grill…)
Homemade pizzas on the Egg tonight — and a pork shoulder slow cooked for 12+ hours is on tap for this weekend.
August 25, 2011 at 3:12 pm #109129You are going to talk me into one of these yet this year.
August 25, 2011 at 3:23 pm #109133If I start doing weekly (daily, if I cook on it as much as I think I will!) reports and getting good pics of the food, talking people into one probably won’t be difficult!
(FYI, I have no affilitaion with BGE, other than having just bought one.
)August 25, 2011 at 8:17 pm #108989I don’t believe you whittsend! I think you’re lying! There’s no way those ribeyes were that good in your green egg. So…. therefore I would like to see it for myself and I would need to taste those ribeyes (preferably with a beer two, three or four) to make sure they are as good as you say they are… and we might as well test those homemade pizzas too…
August 25, 2011 at 10:02 pm #108641Quote:
I don’t believe you whittsend! I think you’re lying! There’s no way those ribeyes were that good in your green egg. So…. therefore I would like to see it for myself and I would need to taste those ribeyes (preferably with a beer two, three or four) to make sure they are as good as you say they are… and we might as well test those homemade pizzas too…
Just let me know when to expect you.
I’d bring it up to Mille Lacs for a trolling session / grilling session, but it weighs 205 lbs….
I’ll try to post photos of the pizza tonight if I can get people to keep their hands off long enough.
August 26, 2011 at 1:01 am #108499BGE success story #2…
AWESOME pizza on the grill, “wood-fired oven style”. We made 4 different pizzas last night, all turned out very good.
Not great photos, but they were DELICIOUS!
Baked on a stone at 600-650 degrees. Outstanding!
Cheers.
September 1, 2011 at 8:42 pm #109525That pizza looks awesome!
Have beer – will travel! 
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