BIG GREEN EGG INTRODUCES NEW MINI-MAX PORTABLE GRILL AT HPB EXPO IN SALT LAKE CITY

allsid · March 2014

I was pretty shocked to see it myself!

Big Green Egg has announced today the release of the newest offering to it’s quiver of cookers. It is called the Mini-Max and it was unveiled today at the Hearth, Patio, and Barbecue Expo in Salt Lake City, UT.

You can tell some serious thought and work went into this one. The first thing you notice from the exterior is that the thermometer is about twice as large as the thermometers on the current Big Green Egg offerings.

When you open the Mini-Max, it has the same cooking area as the Small Big Green Egg, 13 inches in diameter. But what is noticeably different is that the bottom fire grate on the Mini-Max measures 10.5 inches across. In comparison, the bottom fire grate on the Small Big Green Egg measures in about half that size at 5.5 inches. This means more air flow for the Mini-Max and more control over what you are cooking. The Mini-Max sits under 20 inches tall but seems to have an impressive amount of surface area for its size.

Here it sits on the Left beside a Large and a Mini. If I could only take that hat trick of eggs home from the show…

Check out more about the Mini-Max here on my website:

http://grillingmontana.com/big-green-egg-introduces-new-mini-max-portable-grill/

Hi54putty · March 2014

What? Didn't see that one coming!

Jeremiah · March 2014

Holy crap! Glad I've been undecided now.

Eggcelsior · March 2014

Hmmm. No need for a small now...

Lit · March 2014

Man I just ordered the KJ Jr yesterday. How do I talk her into this now?

henapple · March 2014

Mani max?...designed by little Steven?

grege345 · March 2014

I was lied to!! I'm sure not on purpose. With that being said I'm getting one. Any idea when they'll be in stores?

Jeremiah · March 2014

I wonder if it will fit in the small eggcarten, and how much it will weigh?

YEMTrey · March 2014

Perfect. This solves my problem of deciding between a small and mini. Wanted the size of the mini, but the cooking grid of the small. Definitely getting one of these if the price is right.

DMW · March 2014

Ok. I wish I had this instead of my small. But, still glad I got my small. Now how do I justify another egg...

Little Steven · March 2014

Whoa guys! Look at the fire ring. How much lump (by volume)can you get in there? Can it sit on a flat surface? Looks like it has the same lower vent as the small. Love that table though

corey24 · March 2014

Wow, that's sweet. More squatty like XL.

brimee · March 2014

Little Steven said:

Whoa guys! Look at the fire ring. How much lump (by volume)can you get in there? Can it sit on a flat surface? Looks like it has the same lower vent as the small. Love that table though

The picture next to it it appears to be setting on some kind of feet.

Looks like something to add to the wish list...

grege345 · March 2014

Ceramic grill store better get to the fabricating table

Lit · March 2014

So is this thing available or like the xxl it'll be available in 2015?

allsid · March 2014

Lit said:

So is this thing available or like the xxl it'll be available in 2015?

I was told it goes live in June-

The Cen-Tex Smoker · March 2014

allsid said:

Lit said:

So is this thing available or like the xxl it'll be available in 2015?

I was told it goes live in June-

sold.

Wolfpack · March 2014

Thanks for sharing- it will be mine

GA_Dawg_EGGhead · March 2014

Seems like the perfect college football tailgating grill... Oh the possibilities...

Lit · March 2014

Throw the small woo in that thing and its a cooking machine. My only worry is it looks like its just like the mini with not much space for ash to collect before it starts messing with air flow. The mini has like an inchanf a half between th ebottom of th eegg and the bottom of th efire grate.

grege345 · March 2014

@Lit I was going this weekend to go buy a kamado Jr. Guess ill wait now.

SmokeyPitt · March 2014

Damn! I want it.

The Cen-Tex Smoker · March 2014

Lit said:

Throw the small woo in that thing and its a cooking machine. My only worry is it looks like its just like the mini with not much space for ash to collect before it starts messing with air flow. The mini has like an inchanf a half between th ebottom of th eegg and the bottom of th efire grate.

good point. This is when it really pays to use really good, low-ash fuel. Ozark Oak and Rockwood come to mind. Avoid mesquite......it would fill that thing up with ash in minutes (but it would be cheap)

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Lit · March 2014

I am going to keep the KJ Jr and maybe sacrifice the vision mini to CL once this comes out and hope as long as th enumbers don't change it won't be noticed. Another member here found a great deal on the KJ Jr they had a mistake on a coupon code that was 10% off with free shipping but th ecode was giving 20% off so I got the KJ for $359 delivered to my house through a registered dealer. The code is fixed today its $404 now with free shipping.

Eggcelsior · March 2014

I won't get a KJ because they lied to me. I'll be
all over this thing to go with the mini as long as there is enough separation with the medium, price-wise.

WeberWho · March 2014

Is it just a shortened small? Perfect buy for someone deciding between small and mini. Probably doesn't make much sense for owners of both small and mini though

Lit · March 2014

When has an egg purchase had to make sense in the past? I'm in for one and I have a small and a mini. I have to hoard my toys before I have one or 2 of those little things running around and I have to buy toys for them.

Beagle1 · March 2014

is this available at the GA MTN Egg Fest

Nature Boy · March 2014

The press release says it will be available in June. Looks like they mean business, and I can't wait to fire one up!

Chris

wmcguire93 · March 2014

Dang! Where was that last year? I love the cooking space on my small, but more more portability would be nice. It looks like the best of both worlds.

Someone at the mother ship must have been paying attention to all of those mini vs. small topics. Over time, that thing just might phase out both the regular mini and the small.

WeberWho · March 2014

@Lit
I have the small and mini too. Maybe not so much "sense" as it is justifying the purchase of something I already have but taller. Will be interesting to see the price difference between the small and MiniMax

BIG GREEN EGG INTRODUCES NEW MINI-MAX PORTABLE GRILL AT HPB EXPO IN SALT LAKE CITY

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