Big Green Egg vs. Costco brand

[GrayStangGT]

I'm all for saving moneys, go for the costso grill and spend the rest on some good beer. Take the time to build you a good table, it is much better the the stand with little shelves.

[ceyko]

Yeah, I do wish Costco broke out the shipping price. Generally the show S&H costs or they say shipping included - you do not see "Free Shipping" too often.

[mustang_revival]

http://www.costco.com/Vision-Grills-Classic-Kamado-Charcoal-Grill.product.11760270.html

Damn that things weighs 200lbs

[bcoop]

Damn that things weighs 200lbs

It's made out of an engineered ceramic. Of course it's heavy.

[petyweestraw]

For two people the egg works fine. If your like me and cook for 7 then bigger.

Gas vs charcoal.

Gas heat can be controlled with the turn of a knob.
Coal just move the food over away from heat source.

Gas there is no ash to clean up.
Coal there is.

Gas grill you light and ready to go.
Coal a bit longer.

Taste? Hands down will always go to coal.

Get a chimney style coal starter. Soo easy to use and does away with lighter fluid to get coals going. Just stuff a couple sheets of newspaper in the bottom of it. Fill it with coal and light the paper and set In to grill while it heats up the coals. Come back in bout 5 to 10 minutes and dump into your grill.

There is a learning curve but not bad. The trade off in flavor is waaay worth the extra work. I'll never go gas.

[ceyko]

I don't even use fluid anymore with my charcoal grill. I bought this...

http://www.harborfreight.com/propane-torch-with-push-button-igniter-91037.html

1 minute and ready to roll.

[Rick Modena]

I don't even use fluid anymore with my charcoal grill. I bought this...

http://www.harborfreight.com/propane-torch-with-push-button-igniter-91037.html

1 minute and ready to roll.

Im gonna buy one of those and keep it my car, someone cuts me off or flips me off, Im starting their god damn car on fire...

[stevo]

I don't even use fluid anymore with my charcoal grill. I bought this...

http://www.harborfreight.com/propane-torch-with-push-button-igniter-91037.html

1 minute and ready to roll.

I do the same.

stevo

[yellowstang]

Just got back from Costco, guess what I bought!
Fucker is heavy, but I got it loaded onto the cart, and from Lyn's Transit into the Garage by myself.

Probably put it together tomorrow after work, buy a few accessories at Home Depot or True Value and fire it up this weekend!

[GrayStangGT]

Chicken wings and poppers are a good easy smoke, made some decent ones tonight.

[yellowstang]

So far I've cooked a pizza, burgers and corn on the cob, chicken sausage (for lunch this week at work!) and tonight I'm doing a whole chicken on a vertical stand. Herbs and lime stuffed inside. Getting that temp is still a battle, got it up to 650 once, right now trying for 375-400 for the chicken and can't get it right, hanging around 420 now, slowly coming down. Had it set right, then added the diffuser and it dropped low, so I mistakenly increased the airflow too much... Shoulda probably waited a while longer. Oh well, live and learn, only my 3rd try at a non gas grill.

[ceyko]

BGE pros can probably tell better - but I'd think the key with those is be patient in make minor airflow adjustments. It may take a bit to see changes.

[yellowstang]

Yeah, I'm learning that, and getting it hotter is easier than cooling it down!

[GrayStangGT]

I usually start adjusting my vents when I'm with in 25 degrees of getting to my target temp. Once you cook enough on it you get a pretty good idea of what the vents should look like for the different temps.

[Silverback]

Rob...

follow my buddy Jason's Egg Blog.

He does a lot of cooking on it. http://griffinsgrub.wordpress.com/