Ed Wort help with Big Green Egg Purchase

Cakehole · Jul 21, 2008

I got mine today as well. No picture yet because I cant find my camera. Plus, I want to build a table for my egg. Until I do that it is sitting on 2 huge bricks. I will most likely move it to the ground because I am not happy with the stability.

Now I need to figure out what to cook for the first flaming of the Egg.....

Yuri_Rage · Aug 5, 2008

BBQs Galore has their own line of lump charcoal. I bought a bag, along with some of the BGE stuff to compare it. So far, BBQs Galore is a clear winner. The pieces seem just as large, slightly more dense, and just as hot, but the price is $6 less per 20 lbs.

Also, I bought this torch for weed burning, but I quickly found a second use. Due to the large flame size, it's WAY better at lighting the Egg than any other MAPP torch I own.

Chairman Cheyco · Aug 6, 2008

I use the same torch, Yuri - SWMBO had one kicking around in her garden shed, now it lives in the Egg-zone in my garage. Gotta watch the flying embers when lighting with it though, I had one stick to my eyelid and burn me - and I was wearing glasses.

EdWort · Aug 6, 2008

Yuri, check at HEB if they have any B&B lump. It's awesome stuff too. You can find it usually for 10 bucks for a 20# bag.

HighPlainsDrifter · Nov 2, 2008

Whoo hoo!

We celebrated my birthday tonight and SWMBO got me the large BGE! It was so funny, she hands me a present, I open it, and it's a box with a hardboiled egg thats been colored green inside and nothing else. I was like "whats this?" she said, "I don't know, what is it?". I said "its' a green egg..." then it hit me!

It will arrive from the store on Tuesday. She also got the nest, the electric starter, the grill gripper, the plate setter, and a large bag of lump for it. I'm heading to the butcher tomorrow! I'm planning on building a custom table for it, so I can bring it to a height that will keep me from having to hunch while I'm 'qing. I'll probably take the nest back and get some other things for it instead. I really am looking at the spider that edwort linked to earlier in the thread.

I'm so excited that I called the family an told them that I would be doing the turkey for Thanksgiving this year. Does anyone have any killer recipes that they would like to share?

talleymonster · Nov 2, 2008

John Beere said:
For indirect cooking, I found this Pizza Stone and holder on clearance at Target today. It hangs perfectly under the main cooking grate and leaves about 3/4" clearance all the way around. You can see it in action the top photo. All in all, I've been pretty amazed at how easy it was to hit 225 degrees and hold it there...

You can also use an un-glazed quarry tile as a pizza stone.