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I have a 1000* Tel-Tru thermometer in one of my larges and I have bury it with no effort. Should be hot enough ehh??

Mike

Do you use the original felt gasket?

You da man!

Honestly, if you're going into it with doubts; maybe consider sitting patiently a while and see if you could snatch up a good used Egg or even buy a demo Egg from an Eggfest. I don't know if there would be any Eggfest in your area or not.

Hell, find someone locally and offer them some beer to let you cook on it.

Nope. I have Rutland's on everything but my XL and it has the Nomex.

Mike

The nearest dealer is 120 miles away. But I don't call people until I know exactly what I'm looking for. I have found demos online but they are pick up only.

Cooking a couple times won't tell me anything. I want to use one for a year or two. If I like it, it stays. If I don't, I'm going to upgrade my pit and buy a Genesis.


Travis

I bought a mini and used the chit out of it for a year before buying my large. Its pretty tiny but you can get creative.

I still use it to sear steaks and used it last night on a 2.5lb tri tip roast.

Not saying that would be the best option for you but I'm glad I bought my mini.

I don't know if they sell them anymore but my BIL has a Akorn, I believe its slightly larger than the Large BGE but its made out of insulated metal. Not a bad deal for $299. http://www.lowes.com/pd_131712-49769-6719_0__?productId=3609214

I love my mini. I use it and my small more than any of my others. Like said, just get creative.



Mike

That's awesome you made a movie about your mini. I like your raised grid setup, how did you make it?

Dayum Mike. That's awesome!! I cook a lot on both the small and medium. And, I can easily haul the small to small cook tailgates.

I didn't make the movie. There are a couple of my pictures in it but it was all put together by a guy that posts on the BGE forum as Spring Chicken. He compiles shots from a bunch of mini owners.

Mike

Are the minis a good choice to practice on and maybe keep in reserve for camping? Or are they too fragile for that?


Travis

They're built like tanks and would be fine (albeit a little heavy) for camping. They are good way to learn your way around an egg but you'll need to rig up your own accessories.

Go big or go home
If you really want to see what a BGE is capable of like you say get the large

I think you meant XL

I have a large BGE and use to cook fer 5-6 folks all the time on it. Family has downsized so now 2-4. I have a 3 tier grate fer big cooks but the regular grate will accommodate 2 x 10 lb butts w/ ease. I have been using my egg fer years now and it took a while to be comfortable enough to fork out that case fer the egg but once you rationalize the cost of a good gas grill and they only lasted me 3-4 years, 2 grills paid fer my egg! U won't regret the BGE, and there is actually a forum I have belonged to fer a while that is LOADED w/ ideas and tips!!!

http://eggheadforum.com/categories/all

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I also wanted it for pizza/prime rib. My understanding was they could be cranked up to near brick oven temperatures.


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I regularly cook steaks (big tbones) in 3 minutes when I fire my Egg up to 650-700, just make sure you have welding gloves or nomex gloves fer cooking on!!!! I personally have all the hair on my arms burnt off regularly due to not worrying about gloves!!!

Thanks Jason.



Travis

If you want to do your own table, here is a link to a thread where I did mine....

http://www.pensacolafishingforum.com/f22/bge-tree-table-lots-pics-70766/

Well, after three years of non-action my wife brought home a Big Green Egg for me. It is the large.

So far I've done ribs, spatchCOCK chicken, brautwurst, baked potatoes, porkloin, ribeyes and filets on this bad boy and it is pretty impressive.

I think its most most amazing attributes are the ability to achieve high temps and the efficiency (low use of fuel) is pretty amazing. Can't say it makes BBQ any better than a regular pit but it is air tight enough to negate the need for foil or anything like that in the final stages.





Travis