I have to lean something new!

[insight3fl]

Well, with a Weber Kettle that used to be my only grill 40 years ago and that is used only a few times a year now, along with my Broilmaster primary gasser used 4 times a week, my back up old Sunbeam Aluminum headed classic gas grill from when my Mother passed 5 years ago, to my second MES I just got after the first one died from over use for 10 years, I just WON a fully decked out Big Green Egg!!! (Local Charity Raffle)

Now what do I do??

 

[JLeonard]

Build a bigger patio/deck? Welcome to the forum.
Jim

 

[chopsaw]

That's awesome ! Good things happen from time to time .

Now what do I do??

Start by posting some pics when you get it home .

 

[Bearcarver]

You're gonna love that BGE !!
Bear Jr has one for years, and LOVES HIS !!!
Enjoy!!

Bear

 

[Brokenhandle]

Yep, get it home season it up and throw on some meat! Only way to learn! And take lots of pics!

Ryan

 

[Colin1230]

Congratulations! Good cooks ahead.

 

[retfr8flyr]

Congrats on the new BGE. You will love Kamado cooking, check out Man Cave Meals https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=man+cave+meals John has lots of Kamado cooks and some great information on his channel. You also may want to check out the Kamado Guru forum https://www.kamadoguru.com/ Big Green Egg also has their own forum.

 

[JckDanls 07]

First things gonna be figuring out how to get it home and then set it wherever you gonna set it.. those things are HEAVYYYYY ...

Congrats on the win ...

 

[GaryHibbert]

Nice win!!!!
What do you do now?? Fire it up and cook something on it.
Gary

 

[jcam222]

Congrats on the win. Nothing compares to lump charcoal flavored grilling. Sell the gassers and convert that money to meat and coal haha

 

[agaffer]

If you plan on just grilling on it, nothing. Just add charcoal and get to it. If you are planing on also using it as a smoker, get a BBQ Guru set up and if it doesn't already have one, a deflector plate.
When using it as a smoker there is a bit of a learning curve, first thing you need to learn is to bring it up to temp slowly. It is easy to increase the temp, almost impossible to decrease the temp. Start it up with vents wide open but, as soon as the charcoal has started to catch begin closing things down. Without a BBQ Guru, for smoking, close down the top vents to a small slit, maybe a 1/4 inch max, even a 1/8 inch. Close the bottom vent also to just a very small opening of 1/8-1/4 inch.
I used to have a XL BGE and with those parameters it stayed steady at 250° for hours and hours and hours.

 

[Winterrider]

Congrats,

 

[insight3fl]

First things gonna be figuring out how to get it home and then set it wherever you gonna set it.. those things are HEAVYYYYY ...

Congrats on the win ...

Thanks... local Ace Hardware.... Assembled and delivered free!!!! Thank Goodness from what I read about putting it together.

 

[insight3fl]

If you plan on just grilling on it, nothing. Just add charcoal and get to it. If you are planing on also using it as a smoker, get a BBQ Guru set up and if it doesn't already have one, a deflector plate.
When using it as a smoker there is a bit of a learning curve, first thing you need to learn is to bring it up to temp slowly. It is easy to increase the temp, almost impossible to decrease the temp. Start it up with vents wide open but, as soon as the charcoal has started to catch begin closing things down. Without a BBQ Guru, for smoking, close down the top vents to a small slit, maybe a 1/4 inch max, even a 1/8 inch. Close the bottom vent also to just a very small opening of 1/8-1/4 inch.
I used to have a XL BGE and with those parameters it stayed steady at 250° for hours and hours and hours.

Thanks.. that is a great tip. I always had trouble with my weber keeping it below 300 degrees...I can imagine the heat retention of the ceramic on the BGE compared to the weber. Would be very hard to cool down.