1st cook/ any advice

egg salad · January 2011

1st steak today on new egg, anyone have any advice, I'm ready I think but its only 15F. out with a wind chill below zero, 30 mph wind gusts.

stevesails · January 2011

keep it simple, Load it up. fire it up . let it settle out at 400-500 for 20-30 minutes .
depending on thickness and how you like it, 5-6 minutes a side.

YB · January 2011

Chicken is easy and turns out good for a first cook...Good luck.

Larry

Pjoe · January 2011

Dress warm and cook them quick!

Bill

egg salad · January 2011

Thanks stevesails, was going to try searing then dwell, but wasnt sure how the temp would react in these conditions during the dwell...keeping it simple today !

skihorn · January 2011

Although no one knows for sure a lot of folks will tell you to not go over 400 degrees on the first few cooks to protect your gasket. I don't think the official instructions tell you that (or mine didn't) and as many gasket problems as there have been the folks at BGE must not think that a break-in is necessary.

I did chicken (individual pieces) my first time so it would be an inexpensive lesson if I messed up. They turned out great!

Freddie
League City, TX

skihorn · January 2011

Although I have never been in that cold of weather I don't think the weather really affects the Egg temps at all. Now if you are talking about the steaks sitting out in that weather during the dwell that could be a problem. I would take the steaks inside for that portion of the cook.

Freddie
League City, TX

egg salad · January 2011

Agreed, my instructions didnt say anything about break in time, did some reading about it in the forums, and with temps getting to minus teens around here we'll see if I see the same. cold temps and glue usually not a good thing. Thanks for the tips.

Gary
Wisc.

RajunCajun · January 2011

I agree with YB. Spatchcock chicken is veryyyy hard to beat.

boston_stoker · January 2011

The egg don't care about weather. This makes a mean steak. http://www.nakedwhiz.com/trexsteak.htm

If you are worried about high temps or want a good second cook trt this.

http://www.nakedwhiz.com/spatch.htm

stevesails · January 2011

easy chicken. whole chicekn put a halved lemin and onion inside and cook it till it's done.
325 indirect if you can.

egg salad · January 2011

OMG....OMG... First steaks were unreal !!! never thought there would be such a difference between my gas grill and the EGG !!! I Feel like a idiot, all these years waisting all that good meat on my gas ! cooking tomorrow not sure what...... thanks to the forum people, what a site !

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