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Toast the crust before putting on toppings? Pard did that and it turned out great. Haven't tried pizza yet, but it's on the shortlist.

I guess you could but I can't imagine why somebody would.





Dave

Welcome to another addiction. I've had mine for 4-5 years and they are great. Got an XL and love it. But also have a small pellet grill. They both have their place and pluses and minuses. Just got get to know how to use your equipment. We all gotta eat may as well eat good.

I have the L BGE. If doing it again I would go XL without a doubt.

Any of you guys doing turkey for Thanksgiving? I did a test run the other night. 13lb bird @ 325 was done in just under 3 hours.

And it was damn good. May have to stuff it for actual game day.





Travis

Some of my BGE cooks.

Flave and Tom, those pizzas look darn good!

They are!




Travis

I wanted to bump this and advise anyone that has been on the fence about a BGE, just do it.

They are the best bang for the buck out there. A true do all cooker.

6lb shoulder on for some pulled pork - Using a single starter of lump and a half dozen pieces of hickory and it will be trouble free for whatever it takes to get it to 195 - Love the egg.

What's a single starter of lump?

One of the chimney starters - Chimney Starter

Pugs, what size is your BGE? It looks about right for what I want to do.

Mine is a medium (15" diameter grate). It's fine for two racks of ribs and a shoulder or brisket of 6-7 lbs. I got a great deal on it from another Campfire denizen but if I had to buy another I would go with a large.

I've always used those in traditional BBQ's but I'm surprised to see you use that in the Egg.

I got the LG but if doing over I'd go XL.

Even better - no man ever said they wish they had bought a smaller grill or a smaller TV.

The Chimney starter works well for me and I find that it gets up to temp quicker than starting the charcoal in the egg itself.

Nothing wrong with the chimney starters to try and speed things up. I use them all the time in my PK Grill for SCA competitions. The thing is with the BGE's I see no benefit, but that's just my experience. Whether you use a chimney or light in the egg, it still takes about the the same amount of time to get the egg stabilized and cooking. The benefit of the BGE is the stability the ceramic produces when it gets hot and ready to cook. If you're looking for a quick cook those little Hibatchi's are awesome, and I'm not [bleep] you, they will cook anything quickly. But, I will cook the same food the same way on my small and mini BGE's and you will like it better every time.

That's my experience.

Honestly, if I'm just grilling with my BGE on the weekdays I just keep relighting the same pile. All the ash just sorta falls off into the bottom.