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henapple
henapple Posts: 16,025
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Ok...got the mini. Throw out some tips on indirect, cooking apps at a get together, etc...
Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • bcsnave
    bcsnave Posts: 1,009
    do you have a plate setter for it?

    The Dude..a Mini and a Large Egg..a DigiQ DX (BGE Green)..some Cast Iron...a Thermapen.............and an Ol' Fashion

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Woo...2 stones.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    Anything small in shape. Meatballs, wings, etc. @fishlessman‌ has a basket that fits his where he can do a mess of wings. You could turn out quesadillas or mini pizzas pretty quickly.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
    @henapple
    Brother Apple of my very favorites on the mini is chargrilled oysters. I don't know if fresh oysters are available in your area or even if you like them. But if they are and you enjoy them then chargrilled oysters are hard to beat my friend. Me and brother Nola was turning some out that would more than give Drago's a run for their money. I know that's saying a lot but brother I'm telling you that they are incredible. We had his mother fighting us for them. Also unpeeled shrimp with the head still attached and soaked in melted butter are phenomenal. The sky is truly the limit brother Apple.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,674
    I cook 90% direct raised (with the woo).
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    When indirect, do you cover the stone?
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
    Brother Apple here is a tip. I use my cast iron lump grate out of my large for a semi indirect affect when I still want some charring from the flame but want to control bad flare ups. This is excellent for fish, shrimp and oysters. Try it sometime my friend.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,646
    Here's a tip for ya...... Stop drinking cheap ass beer! Life is to short fool!

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     LBGE,SBGE, and a Mini makes three......Sweet home Alabama........ Stay thirsty my friends .

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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,674
    henapple said:
    When indirect, do you cover the stone?

    image
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    @mickey how long did that tenderloin take? I'm in charge of a tailgate for 8(thanks, SWMBO)
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,674
    Eggcelsior said:
    @mickey how long did that tenderloin take? I'm in charge of a tailgate for 8(thanks, SWMBO)

    Sorry. Under an hour at 400.
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,463
    Beef Clod.  
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    Remember when teachers used to say 'You won't have a calculator everywhere you go'?  Well, we showed them.


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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,739
    i think my kub might be a half inch larger but this was 20 plus wings cut into 40 plus pieces. this was easier to do in a basket dumping into a bowl every 20 minutes and back into the basket to flip and rotate. my indirect setup was foil and even the cooking grid was not needed

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    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    @fishlessman‌ where is that basket from?
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,739
    Eggcelsior said:
    @fishlessman‌ where is that basket from?
    its a lodge chicken fry basket, just dont know if it will fit a mini, it fits in the kub
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    shtgunal3 said:

    Here's a tip for ya...... Stop drinking cheap ass beer! Life is to short fool!

    Everyone says that till you get together. Centex, Steven, sgh's wife, fleur, cali, ...always the first thing, "that's pretty good".
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200

    Commie lover.

    Cook on it just like your other Egg, just less food.

    Rowlett, Texas

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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    henapple said:
    Here's a tip for ya...... Stop drinking cheap ass beer! Life is to short fool!
    Everyone says that till you get together. Centex, Steven, sgh's wife, fleur, cali, ...always the first thing, "that's pretty good".
    I tried to drink one for you before Salado this year(with CT). It was bad. Really, really bad. Even ice cold. One sip for me, the rest of the 16 oz can for my homies(buried in a potted plant, that is).
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,739
    henapple said:
    Here's a tip for ya...... Stop drinking cheap ass beer! Life is to short fool!
    Everyone says that till you get together. Centex, Steven, sgh's wife, fleur, cali, ...always the first thing, "that's pretty good".
    every one says that to free beer
    :D then halfway thru it they realize it went warm and dump it when no ones looking
    :))
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Yeah...that's why my cooler was empty. =D>
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,646
    Hell I'll take free any day. And if I had to buy cheap beer it would probably be PBR. But I normally don't buy cheap beer.

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     LBGE,SBGE, and a Mini makes three......Sweet home Alabama........ Stay thirsty my friends .

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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    shtgunal3 said:
    Hell I'll take free any day. And if I had to buy cheap beer it would probably be PBR. But I normally don't buy cheap beer.
    When I buy cheap beer it's Yeungling. 
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Yueling is too sweet for me.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,646
    Rolling Rock is a good cheap beer.

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     LBGE,SBGE, and a Mini makes three......Sweet home Alabama........ Stay thirsty my friends .

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  • tcampbell
    tcampbell Posts: 771
    Mini cooks indirect
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    tcampbell Posts: 771
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  • fence0407
    fence0407 Posts: 2,236
    edited October 2014

    Large - Mini - Blackstone 17", 28", 36"
    Cumming, GA  

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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    henapple said:
    Yueling is too sweet for me.
    Really? That was the issue with PBR for me, it reminded me of that sickeningly sweet smell garbage can have. Yuengling tastes better than the standards(Bud, Miller, Coors) but it still tastes like cheap beer and is best cold. 
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
    henapple said:
    Here's a tip for ya...... Stop drinking cheap ass beer! Life is to short fool!
    Everyone says that till you get together. Centex, Steven, sgh's wife, fleur, cali, ...always the first thing, "that's pretty good".

    Just because I drank it all, doesn't mean I liked it. It just means that I have lower standards now, after having cooked next to you.


    And since everybody is wailing on your PBR, instead of being  forthcoming with the tips, here's one - save a cork from a bottle of beer/champagne/wine, drill a hole down the length of, slide the stem of the thermo through it, and use it as a spacer between the thermo and the dome/lid. Gives you extra clearance on the inside if you want to cook a butt or whole chicken. Make sure you use a real (natural) cork, not the plastic ones.

    You're welcome.


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    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    @Caliking. ..thanks.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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