Folks,

I have a size L BGE with the wheels stands and other items, all still banded together in their boxes. I won the grill in a silent auction around Halloween. I was excited about it at first, now I'm thinking of just selling it as it's still NIB. The thing is so fuggin heavy and seems like a total pain in the azz. Not even sure how I could get it out of the box, assembled and back to the pool deck without breaking the thing. Need advice here, sell it or try to make it work. What say you?

Thanks

Don't own one yet, I see one in the future. Have a friend who won one also, warranty went to the purchaser as long as it was still unused.

Its not hard to put together,I wheel mine from garage to back pool patio very easily

Well one thing is for sure. There's a ton of help and knowledge here to keep you going forever.

I would keep it because you will never regret it. I promise!!

Besides, you can darn near get as much for a used one as new. If you don't like it sell after you at least try.

I use my WSM and my pellet smoker waaaaaaaaayyyyyy more than my BGE. Both are capable of turning out fabulous food as it's the cook not the cooker.

The BGE is overpriced patio bling IMO that doesn't justify the additional outlay.

Oh, but it can sear! BFD. I'm searing using a #10 can the some green beans came in with some holes poked in it and a charcoal grate and it hits over 900 degrees.

Selling it today to another 24HCF member. I wish him well in his new cooking adventure but honestly can't bring myself to buy into the hype and chant the BGE mantra.

Denny Denny Denny why ya gotta be a hater

While I doubt that I ever will fork over the $$'s required to purchase a BGE, if I were to win one I'd certainly put it to good use.

Darn things should come with a pack of seeds and some dirt.

Glorified flower pot.

As Denny said don't bother with the patio bling. I'll be glad to pay freight to Nebraska to get it out of your garage.

Mike

Heck Mike I would drive out and pick it up. But I'm afraid I'd be knocked out and tied up in a room under the stairs!!

FWIW I labored a long time over deciding whether or not to buy one. Glad I did as it was one of the better investments I have made. I run mine all year long unless it is just too nasty to be outside. It will light when it is so cold my propane grill won't. I use it as an oven, a grill a smoker, a cold smoker. Lots of guidance here on this forum and one old sourpuss it seems (gotcha Denny! )

Maybe one day......

Yeah but it ain't near as easy as loading up with chopped cork and plugging it in.

And you might have to shovel snow to get to her!! Note smoke from pig!!

I cold smoked 6 or 8 lbs of cheddar cheese in January with mine. After aging it for 2 months it disappears fast around here. A buddy at work told me he would buy all the cheddar cheese I cared to smoke as long as I shared with him

I just put a 5.5lb prime rib on my medium. Smells great!!

Denny you okay?? You're not going into BGE PTSD are you?? Because you will!!

We're here for ya' buddy!

Yup, ya got me pegged.

Missin' my ex-mother in law more than that oversized coffee cup.

My big dawg MAX and I are cleanin' up a rack of spares done yesterday on the Treager drowned in Sweet Baby Rays sauce.

To further help me cope with my depression I think I'll crack a mason jar of apple pie and then put on some tunes to help me through this.

Thanks for caring tho'

Denny quit being a hater! Pellet smoker?

Thanks for the chuckle,

Doubt I would spend the coin on one, but if I won it,

Game on.

The BGE's are the most overpriced pieces of schitt grills that you could ever throw your hard earned money at!

.... don't waste your time

and pray tell how much you waste on other frivolous crap?

Get some real tunes Denny if you are gonna be a pellet smoker

WTH have you been? Watched Talladega Nights the other night and briefly thought about you!!

Thanks for all of the replies. Opinions certainly seem varied. Had me a pile of whiskey drinks that night, just HAD to have that egg. Reckon I'll put it together and give it a whirl.

No snow worries here....

I've been all jacked up on Dew!!! BaHaHaHa!

In all seriousness though, my Eggs are pure enjoyment. It's something I can do that helps me blow some steam off at the end of a work day and at the same time the Misses appreciates me helping out with the meals. Plus, she can't count how many beers I consume if I'm doing the cooking outside. Lol! I cook on my Eggs 3 or 4 days a week ... even more when weather is good.

Understood, no doubt we all have our "toys",

As Denny says, overpriced patio bling to some.

I make Ribs on my weber, they taste good,

I make Ribs in my smoker, they taste good.

I'll take a good cook with an average grill, over an average cook with a good grill, know what I mean?

I'm about to order a 1800 dollar Lowrance depth finder for my boat, just to basically tell me how deep the water is, LOL!

Go figure.

sell that monster and get a weber 22" kettle with the smokenator 1000 insert. if you want to splurge, get a kettle pizza adapter too. and you can pick the whole thing up and plunk it into the back of your truck without ripping yer nutsack.

Yup!!! All I can tell you boys is that I still have my first ceramic BGE purchased almost 20 years ago at $399. It works better than anything I have in the shop. $399 over 20 years and still ticking. Not bad.

I've had the Primo Oval for close to the same and it works even better. Well about the same but I still dig the oval design over the BGE.

Actually, my first BGE was the older terra cotta clay pot design. It's also still ticking up on the family Biltmore mountain. Just can't take her over 400 degrees or so.

How can you beat 20-25 years out of a cooker???

And BTW...favorite grill is my $30 Weber Smokey Joe! A man can never have too many grills/smokers!! Sound familiar??

Guess I'll have to journey to a genyoowhine KCBS comp this summer to do some rekon.

Betcha there's more WSMs than BGEs in attendance.

Betcha there's more offsets than WSMs & BGEs combined.

Guess I'll have to call David Klose.

I guess size maters. 5.5lb chunk of a great cut of meat and cooking for yourself.


Waste of meat and $$$$$$$.

Enjoy your leftovers, Slick.

FUG a bunch of BGEs. It's the cook not the cooker.

Well it's only right to cook enough to share with my folks and siblings.

Heck, I'll even cook some for you if you like!!

Which state are you in?

SC where Spring has sprung!!

Headed to Virginia late week. In fact, going right by you up 77 & 81 into NOVA. I'll flip you a one pounder bone in!

Exit 114 off 81, as you go by look south, second mountain over[after exit bridge]....is mine.
I'll be waiting.

P.S. bring your winter clothes!!

I know exactly where you are. That's usually where I wind up having to refuel. Beautiful country through there. Thinking about a home/land search from there North.

Locked inna BGE state of mind. He should wear the damn thing on his head.

Hollar some time when you aren't in a hurry.

Fired up the BGE for some chicken tonight it's a balmy 35 degrees here

bge = cult ...... smoke'm if u got'em ... wsms rule !

yup---WSM's are great! Especially with a guru or stoker.

Eggheads – Cult of The Big Green Egg

“Music has Deadheads. Football has Cheeseheads. And barbecue has Eggheads. You’ll know this last group by the egg-shaped green grills they’ll be standing next to, tongs in hand,looking to extol the virtues of the Big Green Egg. Their mantra goes something like this… It’s foolproof, fuel-efficient, and can cook anything from fish and steak to pizza and pie. You have to get one. Now.”

— Bon Appetit Magazine

WTF IS A WSM

Who's yo' daddy!??

or how about a La Caja China Cooker!!

I call dibs on the skin!

WTH! Go big or stay home!!

I have 3 Weber grills but my BGE gets used the most.

Now I'm hungry!

Well, thanks to friend denny I have been assimilated. It will live out at the camp for the summer and experimentation will commence next trip out! This trip the meals have been planned and I can't see anyone here suggesting lasagna is good on an egg!😄

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/914330/lasagna-recipe-picture

Photoshopped I'm sure! 😜. Besides its alread out of the oven and resting

No sir. What you bought was an outdoor oven. Plain and simple.

I've baked bread, lasagna mac & cheese and pizza on that thing. Tin foil will reduce smoke intake.

I need to knock together a stand tomorrow before I build something a little nicer. Maybe the weber on one end and the egg in the other. Research will commence once I have more than the phone to work with.

Yup! You do!!

http://www.nakedwhiz.com/TableGallery/tables.htm

I like to poke fun at the eggheads, but sure as hell wouldn't get rid of it without some experimentation.

That said, Kenneth and Dave ate correct, not much you can't do with a $40.00 Weber. Sure it will take more work ( read, skill), but they are damned sure another tool every back porch gourmet needs to know how to use.

Heck, I'm a mechanic, and there are quite a few items in my box that don't get used often. But they sure make the process easier.

I'm so depressed I think I will go back to using my electric hot plate

Praise GAWD !!!! Moses dragged one around for 40 years.The true Arc of the Covenent fo' sho' !!

2 things ~

Why did you buy one?

&

Did you give it a fair chance? (because I'll admit there was a learning curve with mine)

RickyBobby,


1) I guess my decision was influenced by BGE owners foaming at the mouth over the "miracle cooker"

2) Yes, gave it the good old college try and went through several bags of lump in the process to form an honest personal opinion.

3) It's a great cooker but I have many years of cooking under my belt with a WSM and recently added a Traeger to the collection with excellent results.

4) The honest bottom line is that I never noticed any marked difference in my cooking experiences with the BGE over the WSM that I've been using for many years as well as the new pellet smoker so I offered it to a friend at a fair price and wish him a lifetime of fun and good eats with it.

5) To a lessor extent the decision to sell was the almost mandatory usage of lump charcoal in the BGE which is almost impossible to find in my area.

6) Please continue to enjoy your blossoming collection of BGEs.

7) It's the cook not the cooker JMHO

8) Now go cook something for your friends and family and please share with us.

Welcome aboard Pugs! Just give me a shout if I can offer any assistance. Hopefully you can get the stench of Swanson TV Dinners out of your new egg.

Mike

Yes, you should. You clearly need a break from corn likker and below average food.

Yes, no doubt. They're affordable and damn good cookers.

Throw in cookers other than offsets like drums, gravity feeds, etc and that bet I'll take. Offsets were great in their day, but there are much better cookers out there now that aren't so heavily affected by humidity and ambient temperature.

You talk about over priced and then mention Klose pits? With the exception of Tuffy winning the Royal this year offsets have been getting their asses kicked by gravity feeds, drums, WSM's and kamado styles for a good while now. You really wanna piss some money away then buy a Klose or a Jambo.

Mike

I just talked to David K aka, BYC II a short while ago. What a hoot he is!!

I'd like to spend a weekend with "Stump"

Michael, Michael, Michael, What am I gonna do with you. I guess we need a sarcasm icon because the above was just drippin' wit it.

I have tons of free wood runnin' out my azz so an offset would be fun to run but it's just me and Muttly so that's prolly not going to happen as I'm pretty content now.

Ran a modded Chargriller Smokin' Pro for a season or two but gave it to my wife's son prior to our move to WV. It made good eats.

Horizon or Yoder offset is more in my $$$$$ neighborhood.

Stumps Baby cabinet smoker would be my hands down next purchase but it's just me and dawg. WOOF!!!

Yeah, Bobby Flay has a BGE in the background of his patio setting on his show and I've never seen him use the damn thing.

WHOA !!!!! Kin ah git a witness here. High five !!!! Game, set, match !!!!!!!!!



Pugs needs to brush up on his negotiating skills !!!
I should have paid him !!!! Used car sales are definitely not in his future. Wouldn't look good in a plaid jacket and sans a belt slacks anyway.

Do the BGE's come with a free Yeti and a pair of Costa's?

Don't know but it's 30 degrees here and wet heavy snow falling but my BGE is puffing smoke as I type holding steady at 255 degrees and a rack of ribs is getting happy

Birkenstocks. Only green foods need apply.

What are the temps looking like up that way over the next couple of days?
Can't be a pretty picture.

Yadda, yadda, yadda, yadda,..... My WSM will do the same thing.

Whatcha yer point, cowboy ???

Btw, if yer BGE is puffing it's sick.

My WSM gently emits a thin blue smoke as it should.



Sorry about the snow. it's 72 and balmy.

Yep, Friday-Sunday pretty much mirrors ours, minus 10 degrees.

Those look great Dan!!! Going for fresh Carolina grilled shrimp here!!

Leaving for Virginia Saturday and looking forward to Wegmans----wild Alaska king salmon!!!!

Yum, Pat and I made jumbo shrimp grilled over mesquite in Tx last week

"Jumbo shrimp"

Sort of like "rational liberal."

It's shrimpS Mike.... shrimpS!!

I'm diggin' the firepit, Dan. Looks like a tank head from Trinity that I used to weld.

I need one on our deck.

As someone who was pretty much set on getting a Kamado Joe this spring (BGE style) - what's the advantage of a WSM over the flower pot?

The reason I was thinking KJ was efficiency in burn, particularly in the winter.

Have you noticed a difference between WSM/BGE when it comes to maintaining temps/lump expenditure?

Figure DigiQ for each- regardless.

I can easily smoke at 225-250 for 20 plus hours on one decent load of lump in my Egg or KJ. WSM? Not a chance..

Agree 100% You will not find anything that burns more efficiently than a kamado style cooker.

Mike

Yup!! 20 plus hours is a breeze at 250 with left over lump.

I have a Pellet grill as well, another advantage to the BGE over most smokers is keeping things moist. For example I really hate wrapping a brisket, I've tried a couple on the Traeger and wrapping is almost a must. I never have to open the lid on the BGE and don't want to.

I like the Weber, cooked at 250 degrees for 16 hours last weekend without feeding it.

Ended up selling it. Made a couple hundo and will pay for the deer lease with the $$$.

Deer lease? WTF is a deer lease? You rent deer?