Product Review: The Big Green Egg...

[Q-Dog]

OK.
I've been BBQing for a while....





...and it's hard for me to get worked-up about a new cooker.

I sold my Lang 84/MeadowCreek BBQ48 last fall....



...it was just too big and I had stopped catering.

I had gotten used to the automatic features of the J&R Oyler 700 we had at our store...



...just keep a fire lit, at this bad-boy would go!


Since we closed the store...we had been without good BBQ for some time.
The little cooker I had was way too finicky and had to be watched, for tempature spikes, constantly during a cook. 4-6 hours is bad enough for ribs...but this becomes exhausting trying to cook a Boston Butt for pulled pork or a Brisket.

I had been looking into an electric unit by CookShack...but got re-directed at the last minute by a friend. I did some research & decided The Big green Egg was a good cooker.


Air controls on top...


My first cook ... 2 chickens cooked low & slow...the potato supports a temp probe just off the surface of the grate....


Since then I've done pork spare ribs, Boston Butts...a leg of lamb...

....and last night I put on a 16lb. Brisket...rubbed with my White Rub...


...this morning it's looking good...


...should be off in a few hours....

It rained all night...this thing held a constant temp of 224* since last night at 9pm when the Brisket went on....UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!

This is a very cool cooker...great for BBQing or grilling with high temps (up to 800*)!!!
The one pictured is a Large model.

[duhast]

See,what you gotta do now is work out some sort of endorsement deal for Gorilla Sauce tied to the Egg, so you can retire soon....

[Q-Dog]

Originally Posted by duhast

See,what you gotta do now is work out some sort of endorsement deal for Gorilla Sauce tied to the Egg, so you can retire soon....

Hmmmmmmmmm.....

[MegaGlide]

No link, I'm lazy, how much, Unkie Dave?

[y2kflhr]

does it make a lot of smoke? I live in a townhouse community, they get pissed when I smoke for 6 hours on my grill, all night I would get evicted.

[jasilva]

Originally Posted by MegaGlide

No link, I'm lazy, how much, Unkie Dave?

http://www.google.com/products?sourc...=Big+Green+egg

[Q-Dog]

Originally Posted by MegaGlide

No link, I'm lazy, how much, Unkie Dave?

Not cheap.
The 125lb. ceramic cooker comes at a price....about $700.
Add the stand and an interior piece they call a Platesetter(to cook indirectly..i.e. BBQ) anther $150.
This can be used as a Grill & slow-cooker...

And...Lifetime Warranty if bought through one of their stores.

http://www.biggreenegg.com/


You can't get more easy and still burn lump charcoal.

[Q-Dog]

Originally Posted by y2kflhr

does it make a lot of smoke? I live in a townhouse community, they get pissed when I smoke for 6 hours on my grill, all night I would get evicted.

Straight-up lump charcoal makes smoke and ash, not much of either..but it is wood. Direct-cooking chicken will smoke like h*** when the birds start dripping grease...it's a smell I love and I know drives the neighbors wacky!!!

[TalonChief]

When I was a kid--8 or so--a friend's dad had a similar cooker he'd gotten in Japan.

[Xkvator]

Dave...
why would these work better than the ones from Char-broil/Brinks/etc.../?

[TalonChief]

I knew I recognized the design.....

Kamado

[Red Rider]

Looks like something you can store radioactive waste in. Bet it's good though, Making my mouth water...

[Half Pint]

I've got a couple friends who have those and they swear they will never use any other cooker again. They really are that great! Expensive, but if you're a serious grillmaster, it can't be beat!!!

[Scabbydoo]

OK, a ride to Q-Dog's place.......who's in...

[y2kflhr]

Originally Posted by Scabbydoo

OK, a ride to Q-Dog's place.......who's in...

I still didn't clean the bike from last week so its good to go.........

I was inspired, I just pulled a turkey off my rotisserie, only smoked the neighbors for 3 hrs nobody at the door ......yet....