Demo cook ideas

CSmith

Hey, I’m an authorized retailer for BGE and we are doing our first demo cook for customers this weekend. I personally have owned an egg for over two years so I’m familiar with it. But I was looking to get some ideas on some cooks for our customers. Something easy that we can serve a lot of people and demonstrate the cooking abilities of the egg. Thanks!

johnnyp

The Georgia Mountain Eggfest posts recipes from their cooks.  This is a good resource for demo cooks.

http://www.mountainegg.com/recipes/

pgprescott

Keep it simple. Just do ordinary things like chicken and pork. The sell job is in tasting the food. We routinely hear " this is the best chicken I have ever eaten" 

Once you get some demos under your belt you may or may not want to get more aggressive. Just remember, you will likely be continually distracted. I don't know how much staff you have, but it can get hectic.

OshawaDave

ribs and chicken (legs, thighs, breasts) go along way and people have a sample so it won't cost you a bundle.

GrillSgt

I too vote for chicken. Simple chicken, chicken that people with a gasser would turn their nose up at. Maybe have some smoked chicken salad as an app. 

GrillSgt

One thing that I didn’t know until I had one was that most any recipe that calls for baking uncovered can easily be converted to a BGE cook. That isn’t possible on the kettle. 

johnnyp

Oh man, I almost forgot about these.  Grilled S'mores.  Use a pepper rack and buy small waffle cones from the grocery store.  Stuff with Hershey bar squares and marshmallows, grill until melted. 

Gulfcoastguy

Grilled pineapple with spears.

CarolinaCrazy

Some things you can do in an hour that will def. higlight some smokey goodness:

- Smoked Cream Cheese w/ Jam (Fig, Blueberry) & Crackers
- Spatchcocked Chicken - Raised Direct (chicken really highlights smoke flavor easily); or wings!
- ABTs
- Lamb chop-cicles

SSQUAL612

Pig Shots

SciAggie

Bacon wrapped dates. ABTs for sure. Cream cheese stuffed sweet peppers for those that don’t want the heat (mix your favorite rub into the cheese). Cut chicken tenders into thirds, wrap with bacon, dust with rub, grill and then toss in @NecessaryIndulg tequila lime chipotle wing sauce. Meatballs are pretty good too. You can serve them in a variety of ways or sauce with whatever flavors you like. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

I would do pulled pork. you can do it overnight so you don't have to man the egg when you are busy with customers. It keeps well for a few hours and you can serve a ton of people for $20. Then maybe do a short demo or 2 during the day with some wings or abt's or something easy but tastes good. 

Griffin

My vote is for wings. Do some buffalo wings, maybe some lemon pepper and some garlic parmesan.

pgprescott

Griffin said:

My vote is for wings. Do some buffalo wings, maybe some lemon pepper and some garlic parmesan.

It’s nice to pick a simple protein and highlight various rubs and sauces. I agree. 

ChrisSonn23

We do demo's quite a bit. Some things that are easy to pump out quick are

-Meatballs
-Pizzas
-Wings
-Whole Chickens
-Pork Tenderloin

I would also do a Pork Butt the night before. People go crazy over the pulled pork. Good luck! Demo's are a great way to show off the Egg. Every time we fire it up, people gravitate towards it and ask questions. 

Foghorn

I would give serious consideration to a turkey breast.  It has impressed my friends and family as much as anything I cook on an egg.  The key is that most people overcook it so they have never had a moist slice of white meat turkey.  And most slice it wrong.  So while the egg does an excellent job of cooking turkey breast and keeping it juicy - there are some other aspects of the cook/prep that can really accentuate it without giving people the impression that it's just a great "recipe".  It makes the egg seem more magical than it really is.

GATraveller

SciAggie said:

Bacon wrapped dates. ABTs for sure. Cream cheese stuffed sweet peppers for those that don’t want the heat (mix your favorite rub into the cheese). Cut chicken tenders into thirds, wrap with bacon, dust with rub, grill and then toss in @NecessaryIndulg tequila lime chipotle wing sauce. Meatballs are pretty good too. You can serve them in a variety of ways or sauce with whatever flavors you like. 

I like the way you think! Come to Athens in the fall so we can do some tailgating  

GATraveller

Pineapple Gems are pretty good. 

zyou11

We fire the Egg up first thing when we get to the store. Cinnamon rolls in CI skillet in the morning. Throw a pork loin (not tenderloin, more expensive and not as big) on shortly after and have it ready for lunch time. Cube it up and have some different sauces we carry out for customers to try. Chicken wings on after that for the customers coming through after work. Maybe some chocolate chip cookies after that if time allows. Really shows the versatility of the Egg and certainly gets all the employees excited!