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exspo · May 2012

So I was talking egg stuff to a coworker, and he was glazing his eyes over, when another coworker walked by and pipes up: "did you say big green egg"?

Turns out he has been egging for 7 years ( me 5 months).

Now we nod in the hall like fight club. Have terse charcoal convos. Have short detailed temperature debates about pork shoulder.

Anyone else do this?

RichardBronosky · May 2012

At my work we do Tech Talks. Everyone is required to do them. We are pretty relaxed on what the subject matter is as long as it is instructional. My favorite Peruvian Olympic athlete, Alfredo Deza, did a Tech Talk on "15 hour Pulled Pork" in which he fed us with 2 whole 10lb pork butts. Here are the slides he used for the presentation. (they are just photos) After that about 12 of us went out and bought Big Green Eggs.

Now it is common to hear "What did you smoke last night?" or "You gonna burn this weekend?" or "Smoke one for me, man. I'm gonna be too busy." a few times a day. We sound like a bunch of stoners.

Brownie · May 2012

My coworkers act like they think I'm nuts for talking about food and how it got cooked, but seems to me they are just jealous every time I reheat my left overs for lunch. So this forum is my club.

bigguy136 · May 2012

There are now three co-workers that are planning on getting an egg. They love the versitility and flavors of everything I bring for them.

Ragtop99 · May 2012

one other egger in my office. He helped push me into getting an egg. If we start talking about BBQ, the younger staff write it off as a bad side effect of being married 20+ years.

dlk7 · May 2012

So I was talking egg stuff to a coworker, and he was glazing his eyes over, when another coworker walked by and pipes up: "did you say big green egg"? Turns out he has been egging for 7 years ( me 5 months). Now we nod in the hall like fight club. Have terse charcoal convos. Have short detailed temperature debates about pork shoulder. Anyone else do this?

Same thing happened to me. My co-worker has been egging for over 5 years ( me 2 months) and now at least twice per week we are exchanging recipies and tips. Monday morning is all about what did you cook this weekend.

Lit · May 2012

A guy i worked with gave me my first egg. One other guy had an egg butt he just left the company. Not sure it's just an egg thing though because one of the PMs uses a WSM and him and I talk all the time about our cooks.

mountaindewbass · May 2012

I think its an obsession:-) my wife has talked about banning this forum because im always on it at night. Live, breathe, cook on the egg mwhaha

spotco2 · May 2012

A guy i worked with gave me my first egg.

WOW!

That's a nice gift from a coworker.

I am the only egg owner I officially know, so I have to talk to my friends that only have regular grills and smokers :(

Even they think I'm nutz for buying a $100 thermometer to go with my $1500 egg setup. My wife supports it and that's all that really matters.

Jameson19 · May 2012

This past week, the guys I work with started talking about having a "BBQ" and how great of an idea it was, but they had to go get a propane tank filled. I just laughed. When asked what was funny, I told them I use charcoal in my Big Green Egg. It went silent. Nobody knew what an egg was, so the rest of the lunch hour was "show and tell" with phone pics.

I rarely run into anyone here in Vegas that know what a BGE is. Anyone else have that problem?

FxLynch · May 2012

Most of the people that I work with are interested in the Egg, and love to hear about and see pics from my cooks, but they just aren't the Egging types. I'm sort of known for my Thai food, but for the few that have been over for Egged food they tell all the others that it's amazing from what I hear. A few of the ladies I work with have husbands who are really into BBQ, but don't want their husbands to hear about the Egg because they don't want the expense lol.

When I do facebook posts of cooks, the coworkers all chime in. One day I'll convert them all.

BOWHUNR · May 2012

1st RULE: You do not talk about FIGHT CLUB.
2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about FIGHT CLUB.

exspo · May 2012

It's not like we all pick our best friends to work with all the time (although I know some great people at work, along with, um, some other personalities).

When we can bond with someone at work about good food, prepared honestly for good people, well what's not to like about that?

R2Egg2Q · May 2012

I enjoy talking BBQ with my co-workers even though some of them cook on WSMs, Traegers, kettles, & one on an old Kamado. After feeding my co-workers at birthday potlucks for the last 2 years, three of them are buying Eggs at the next Eggfest. I'm looking forward to some Egg specific chats!

woody's wood pit · May 2012

There is a THIRD RULE: Show people the "Force" The reason all the fighting was going on was due to a lack of good Q

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1st RULE: You do not talk about FIGHT CLUB.2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about FIGHT CLUB.

1st RULE: You do not talk about FIGHT CLUB.
2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about FIGHT CLUB.