Mini Egg Question

Que-Dawg · 10-19-2009, 09:27 PM

Okay I am thinking on getting a mini egg this weekend. Since getting my 1st Lg. egg this year, I have really got attached to the Ol’ gal. I think the mini will be a nice addition for small cooks for 2 or 3.
For those who have a mini, how do you like yours?
Pros and Cons

BBQchef33 · 10-19-2009, 09:30 PM

i like my mini, but it will NOT cook for 2 or 3. It cooks for one. It will fit 2 small burgers or one steak, or 2 chicken breasts. A london broil wont fit, but a porterhouse fits perfectly.

anamosity · 10-19-2009, 09:35 PM

You need a small egg.

10-19-2009, 09:37 PM

you might want to hold out for a mini with a spring assist hinge. i will upgrade my mini when those hinges come out.

it will cook for more than one if you put the right food on it...

Que-Dawg · 10-19-2009, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick's Tropical Delight

you might want to hold out for a mini with a spring assist hinge. i will upgrade my mini when those hinges come out.

it will cook for more than one if you put the right food on it...

When is that expected to happen?

Ron_L · 10-19-2009, 09:40 PM

I've only done a coupe of cooks on my mini, but I like it. I think cooking for two is possible, but it depends on the meat. It can fit two strip steaks or two chicken breasts or a half dozen brats, but as Phil pointed out only on t-bone or porterhouse, and maybe one bone-in pork chop.

MilitantSquatter · 10-19-2009, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBQchef33

i like my mini, but it will NOT cook for 2 or 3. It cooks for one. It will fit 2 small burgers or one steak, or 2 chicken breasts. A london broil wont fit, but a porterhouse fits perfectly.

you need to update your signature

BBQchef33 · 10-19-2009, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick's Tropical Delight

it will cook for more than one if you put the right food on it...

and I am not on the guess list, or unless the others already ate.

10-20-2009, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Que-Dawg

When is that expected to happen?

i'm not sure. the only people that would know for sure are at the headquarters in atlanta. it's still a great cooker with the locking hinge, but a spring assist hinge will make it even better.

and i meant the mini will feed more than one "normal" person.

Big Poppa · 10-20-2009, 07:53 AM

the mini is just a blast

ljh34465 · 10-20-2009, 08:49 AM

I just sent an email to Atlanta re: spring assist hinge - will advise.

thirdeye · 10-20-2009, 09:00 AM

An egghead by the name of ClayQ has posted pictuures of his mini for years and I have been close to pulling the trigger on one many times. Burried in my BGE folder is a 9" diameter circle I cut out of paper to represent the cooking grid. It's bigger than you think it might be, but might be smaller than you want it to be.

ljh34465 · 10-20-2009, 11:08 AM

Just got an answer from the mothership about the spring assist hinge - they hope to have it available in January -

FWIW -that was from Bruce Bohannon in Customer Service.

Damn, so much for my Christmas present

(well, one of them anyhow - the cast iron grate for the large is available

)

thillin · 10-20-2009, 12:00 PM

I love my mini. I use it alot. It's a steak machine. I use it to smoke a couple of fatties, abts, MOINKs, wings or armadillo eggs. I can adjust the temps very well with my wood block that I use, cause I don't have a daisy wheel.

10-19-2009, 09:27 PM	#1
Que-Dawg is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-11-09 Location: somerset, kentucky	Mini Egg Question Okay I am thinking on getting a mini egg this weekend. Since getting my 1st Lg. egg this year, I have really got attached to the Ol’ gal. I think the mini will be a nice addition for small cooks for 2 or 3. For those who have a mini, how do you like yours? Pros and Cons __________________ [COLOR=darkred][B][FONT=Georgia]BBQ Naked, & Toast Your Bunz[/FONT].[/B][/COLOR]

10-19-2009, 09:30 PM	#2
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Name/Nickname : Phil	i like my mini, but it will NOT cook for 2 or 3. It cooks for one. It will fit 2 small burgers or one steak, or 2 chicken breasts. A london broil wont fit, but a porterhouse fits perfectly. __________________ Site Administrator and Grand PooBah CBJ with a Fuzzy Blue Hat, 18 Foot Competition Trailer, Customized Klose BYC, Custom Built Shirley built to feed our Veterans(A.K.A "Abrams"), 1 Double Barreled Lang 84, 1 Heavily Modified Bionic Bandera, 1 Custom Super Medium Stickburning Spicewine w/stoker, 2 XL BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 2 Pit Barrel Cookers, 3 WSMs, 3 Weber Kettles, an NB Hondo, A Modified Brinkman Horizontal, DCS 48" Grill, a Broilmaster P3, a Blackstone 36 and 17, a covered, pellet pooping FEC100, and our duck died. :( News Flash: "A mans worth is judged by the weight of his integrity " You know your getting older when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy Smoke on KC. WWW.BBQ-BRETHREN.COM

10-19-2009, 09:40 PM	#6
Ron_L Moderator Join Date: 12-09-04 Location: Wandering, but not lost Name/Nickname : Captain Ron	I've only done a coupe of cooks on my mini, but I like it. I think cooking for two is possible, but it depends on the meat. It can fit two strip steaks or two chicken breasts or a half dozen brats, but as Phil pointed out only on t-bone or porterhouse, and maybe one bone-in pork chop. __________________ "Ron Rico, Boss. You can call me Captain Ron..." Naked Fatties Rock! PKGo X 2/PK360/Weber Q1000/Blackstone Camping Griddle/Pit Boss Pro Series 850

10-20-2009, 09:00 AM	#12
thirdeye somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-14-06 Location: At home on the range in Wyoming	An egghead by the name of ClayQ has posted pictuures of his mini for years and I have been close to pulling the trigger on one many times. Burried in my BGE folder is a 9" diameter circle I cut out of paper to represent the cooking grid. It's bigger than you think it might be, but might be smaller than you want it to be. __________________ ~thirdeye~ I Play With Fire and Smoke *Barbecuist ~ Charcuterist ~ KCBS Master Judge & CTC* Big Green Eggs, Big Drum Smokers, Big Chiefs, Weber Smokey Joe "Custom Tall Boy" Oil Patch Horizontal, SnS Deluxe Kettle Visit my Cookin' Site by clicking HERE Barbecue is not rocket surgery “The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it's hard to verify their authenticity” ~ Abraham Lincoln

10-20-2009, 12:00 PM	#14
thillin somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-21-04 Location: Keller, Texas	I love my mini. I use it alot. It's a steak machine. I use it to smoke a couple of fatties, abts, MOINKs, wings or armadillo eggs. I can adjust the temps very well with my wood block that I use, cause I don't have a daisy wheel. __________________ Med Spicewine-adopted 3/13/10 *CL Score* 2 Large BGEs(pimped out w/Thirdeye Eggcessories)-hatched 6/4/07 & 4/20/11 Med BGE-adopted 2/2/08 *CL Score* -SOLD Mini BGE-adopted 1/31/08 *CL Score* Traeger 075-adopted 12/3/11 CL Score Weber 1 touch *CL Score* Weber Spirit 500 *CL Score* Weber Smokey Joe Silver *CL Score* BLUE & RED Thermapens Klose 20x42-SOLD Paddlin Pigs BBQ Ty

10-19-2009, 09:35 PM	#3
anamosity Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 05-18-09 Location: Montana	You need a small egg.

10-19-2009, 09:37 PM	#4
Rick's Tropical Delight Guest	you might want to hold out for a mini with a spring assist hinge. i will upgrade my mini when those hinges come out. it will cook for more than one if you put the right food on it...

10-20-2009, 07:53 AM	#10
Big Poppa is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 04-11-09 Location: La Quinta, Ca	the mini is just a blast

10-20-2009, 08:49 AM	#11
ljh34465 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-14-09 Location: Ocala, Florida	I just sent an email to Atlanta re: spring assist hinge - will advise.

10-20-2009, 11:08 AM	#13
ljh34465 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-14-09 Location: Ocala, Florida	Just got an answer from the mothership about the spring assist hinge - they hope to have it available in January - FWIW -that was from Bruce Bohannon in Customer Service. Damn, so much for my Christmas present (well, one of them anyhow - the cast iron grate for the large is available )

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