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Q-talk *ON TOPIC ONLY* QUALITY ON TOPIC discussion of Backyard BBQ, grilling, equipment and outdoor cookin' . ** Other cooking techniques are welcomed for when your cookin' in the kitchen. Post your hints, tips, tricks & techniques, success, failures, but stay on topic and watch for that hijacking. |
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02-15-2005, 01:28 PM | #1 |
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Big Green Egg Advice
Going up to my folks place this weekend and was thinking about q'n. They have a Green Egg (though it is shaped like an acorn...I know...my folks are weird) and I have NEVER used it. They only use it for grilling. Now everything I read says these things are great for slow & low cooking. So, I am gonna give it a shot. Any advice for this 1st timer (as far as the Egg is concerned) would be appreciated.
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02-15-2005, 03:19 PM | #2 |
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Fill the fire ring with lump charcoal (Kingsford won't work) lighting with firestarter cubes (weber sales them) in a couple fo spots. You need to use a pan or a plate setter if they have one to make it indirect.
You control the pit temp with the bottom vent and the exhaust, bottom vent maybe only open 1/8 to 1/4" and the top vent will closed to 1/2" . Use very little wood for smoke for that reason. Because it is ceramic once the pit temps get too high it is very hard to get them back down. If you would like to call me it would be much easier to talk you throught it rather than write it. 888-527-7661
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02-15-2005, 04:01 PM | #3 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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I'm not sure but I'm guessing big green eggs would go good together with big green ham.
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02-15-2005, 06:24 PM | #4 | |
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02-15-2005, 06:36 PM | #5 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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Also, go to www.BigGreenEgg.com - kind of like the virtualweberbullet site.
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02-15-2005, 07:31 PM | #6 | |
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02-15-2005, 09:16 PM | #7 |
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tk
You cooked direct on an egg, that must have been interesting.
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02-15-2005, 09:23 PM | #8 | |
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02-15-2005, 11:08 PM | #9 | |
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02-16-2005, 07:41 AM | #10 | |
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02-16-2005, 05:33 PM | #11 |
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Does it really cut down on the cooking time?
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02-16-2005, 10:05 PM | #12 | |
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02-16-2005, 10:27 PM | #13 |
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You do get a heat load from all the ceramics and it does effect cooking times. Radiant heat does seem to shorten cooking times a little. I know of cooks that would run the pit temps so low that they would get real long cooking times. The problem is you have to close the pit down so much that you can use very little or no wood.
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02-16-2005, 10:41 PM | #14 |
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I think I should retake science
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