Who here has a Big Green Egg smoker, cooker

[Ironpost]

Google big green egg and check them out. We've had ours for 10 years now and nothing compares.

[pie]

1. What kind of wood do you use in your Big Green Egg smoker?

[Ironpost]

3. I use lump charcoal

Have you tried cooking cakes or cornbread. If you don't put anything to add smoke flavoring you won't know it wasn't cooked in a regular oven until you eat it of course.

[pie]

6. I must have a Big Green Egg smoker! What size do you have?

[Ironpost]

11. Medium

I cooked a 14 pound turkey last thanksgiving and my stepson told me it was much better than his grandmothers and nobody cooks better than her. It cooks the turkey up so moist you won't believe it.

[pie]

What was the cook time on that 14 lb turkey?

Did you thaw it first or cook right from the freezer?

[Ironpost]

14. Thawed and it takes about an hour and a half.

[pie]

16. Do you make mashed potatoes and gravy in the egg as well?

[Ironpost]

20. I haven't tried that but bacon on the Egg is excellent.

[pie]

9. What do you do to add smoke flavoring?

I have never cooked out in my life. Looks like fun.

[Ironpost]

13. I put the wood I want to flavor with in the fire pit around the outside

of the charcoal,

[sandnsea]

30. Oh good

I thought you meant you were just using charcoal. lol. :dunce:

[Ironpost]

17. Get yourself a big green egg and you won't want to cook inside again

And you can trust me on that.

[BOSSHOG]

2. I don't have one but

my brother in law loves his.

[Ironpost]

5. A ribeye cooked on the Egg is to die for.

[DemoTex]

4. I have a Texas Smokemaster.

I cook with well-seasoned (dried) split hickory cut to 15" to fit the fire box.

[kliljedahl]

39. Here's what I use

http://www.kliljedahl.net

[Ironpost]

41. Looks like the brinkman we had when we bought the Egg,

We gave it to my brother and it was a good cooker too, it was just not going to get used anymore

[kliljedahl]

44. Yep, it is a Brinkmann

I love it, use wood only. Start it with charcoal & throw on logs as needed. This is the one I want, with the amount of food I cook I'd need 10 Big Green Eggs.


Southfork Smoker/Grill


http://www.kliljedahl.net

[GumboYaYa]

7. My neighbor has one. He is a grill afficianado.

The guy has at least ten different grills. They are rebuilding their deck on their house and adding extra levels for different grills. He swears by the Green Egg for some things.

[soothsayer]

8. I'm a Weber Smokey Mountain grrrl

But I admire the BGE, and the kamodo

[amazona]

10. I have the knock-off

It's fantastic!

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[pie]

15. Who makes the knock-off? That Egg is a bit pricey

[Ironpost]

19. When we bought ours it was 400 dollars

and I've never looked back. The best 400 bucks I ever spent.

[pie]

21. Looks like they are around 589 now

I think we should have a Big Green Egg forum.

[Ironpost]

23. I believe you would agree it would be money well spent.

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26. What accessories do you have for your Egg?

I assume you have the nest (stand) and the wings
(shelves), do you need anything else?

[Ironpost]

27. I made a table that is 5 feet long with the egg in the middle.

rib rack and a poultry rack.

[pie]

28. What does it sit on?

[Ironpost]

33. The Egg has a lip that the hinge is mounted on

so I cut a hole it the top where the Egg sits on this lip. It puts the grate at table top height which I made 36 inches high. There is plans that come with the Egg for building a table.

[kliljedahl]

40. Not a Big Green Egg forum, but a BBQ forum would be nice

Could be a sub-group of the cooking forum or whatever.


http://www.kliljedahl.net

[Ironpost]

18. I'm sure its as good as the Egg.

[cheezus]

12. we smoke pork sausage, but cold smoke

in other words, the air temp in the main smokehouse (in our case, cardboard refrigerator box) never breaks 40'F (so it's still raw, smoked meat)

this requires a seperate cooling chamber, and can only be done on days when it's right around 0 outside

anyone have a better solution?

[Ironpost]

31. Mother earth news had plans years ago

That sounded like it might be pretty good, don't know if it would be better that what you're doing though. They built a fire box and then connected it with clay tiles buried under the ground for about 10 feet and then came up into the smoke chamber, which can be built out of about anything including wood, They used an old refrigerator that has a metal lining on the inside for their smoke chamber. And then they put a chimney on top of that. By the smoke traveling under ground in the clay pipes all of the cresote condensed out and all was left was good clean smoke. I've always wanted to build one but never got around to it. Anyway it sure sounds like you have a good handle on smoking meat.

[Ironpost]

22. I would like to add

The inside surface of the Egg stays too hot for moisture to condense so the food stays real moist, no water pan needed here.

[dcfirefighter]

24. Always wanted one.

The cooking surface seems a bit small for groups, though.

[Ironpost]

25. Buy an extra grill and a couple fire bricks and you can have two layers

[sandnsea]

29. Tall round metal one

I don't know the brand. But it's the best smoker we've ever had. But we use wood chips in the bottom. Try it. Much better than charcoal.

[Ironpost]

32. Sounds good, I'll have to try that

I've never tried real wood but the next time I'm at my brothers sawmill I'll pick up some dried hickory and give it a try. thanks

[sandnsea]

35. soak it in water

Overnight. We use alot of different kinds. Alder, apricot, plum, cedar. My husband chooses the wood, I have no clue what wood goes with what meat.

[Ironpost]

42. Never tried cedar. Apple, pear, pecan, peach are all good also.

[sandnsea]

43. salmon

Salmon on a cedar board. Yum.

[Gold Metal Flake]

34. I built an Alton Brown smoker.

Two large clay flower pots (about 18" tall or taller for the lower pot, I use a shorter one for the lid), a round replacement smoker grill (fits about 1" down from the top of the lower pot), a hot plate and a pan for wood chips (can also use charcoal or wood to provide the heat, but the hotplate gives me easy temp control). Get the pots and the grill from Lowe's or similar. The hotplate in an Emerson that is often found on Ebay or locally. I did have to do some power cord repair, as the hotplate takes some abuse from the heat, but I do a lot of electrical repair anyway.

It was cheap, and it works very well. I drilled a small hole in the lower side with a masonry bit so I can adjust the hot plate. I smoke ribs (beef or pork) usually. I have smoked a chicken and a brisket as well. I use a turkey fryer temp gauge that fits into the top pot drain hole for temp readings, and it's easy to keep it around 200-230 for low & slow smoking. I plan on smoking some pork ribs Sunday.

[kliljedahl]

36. No but I want one

I've seen them in use & was really impressed.




http://www.kliljedahl.net

[Ironpost]

38. I had never seen or heard of one until I googled clay cooker

and I was apprehensive about spending that much money but I soon forgot the cost. Never looked back.

[Ironpost]

37. Something more, the ceramic that the Egg is made of is the same

as what the tiles on the space shuttle is made of. It is a very poor conductor of heat so the outside never gets hot enough to burn you. The air inside of the cooker is going to stay at 100% saturation so due to the fact the inside surface of the cooker stays well above the temperature of condensation the moisture in the food is not being cooked out. When you cook a steak you start at about 700 degrees for a minute and a half on each side then you shut it down and leave it for about 6 or 7 more minutes to finish cooking. In less than 20 minutes I can build a fire cook the steak and have it on the table. And a steak will come out much larger than it was when you put it in and oh so moist. Another bonus is a you use very little charcoal due to the fact when you shut it down the fire goes right out.

[sandnsea]

45. Do you sell these?

If you don't, you should!! lol.