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Chicklet
Chicklet Posts: 205
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Hey y'all!  
I'm a brand new egger from Alabama.  I'm an emergency room / trauma nurse and I'm back in grad school to become an acute care nurse practitioner.  I've loved grilling since I was younger.  I guess I've just kind of had a knack for it.  
I've been lusting over an Egg for a while but was just never really able to pull the trigger.  AC / heat goes out, need new tires, grad school....

Anyway,  my two uncles are very Egg savvy and I have enjoyed their feasts for many, many years.  My parents gave me some money for Christmas and said that it was time for me to have my own.  I was ready, finally, to get my LBGE!!!  Did my shopping and found a pretty good deal on a new one but decided to post on FB on a whim that I was looking for a gently used Egg.  Within 30 minutes a friend of mine offered to sell me her Egg for $450 with a nest and two little accessories.  She had only used it 7-8 times.  I was stoked!!  

I have just made some wings and some cedar plank salmon this past weekend.  I felt pretty good about my cooks and learned a lot in just those two adventures.  While it wasn't huge success, it wasn't a total failure either.  I'm ready to fire it up again this weekend and see what kind of trouble I can get into.  

Since I saved a few bucks with the used Egg, I'll be able to get a table and a few Eggessories I've had my eye on.  I decided to wait on a table for now.  I have a great covered patio outside with a TV and some furniture and may want just a buffet-type table and not one just for my Egg so I can use it for other entertaining.  I'm also left handed so most of the tables I've seen are more righty friendly.  I'll probably have something built later but I'm ok with the nest for now.  

I'm excited to learn to use this thing.  I'm not afraid to fail and know there is a learning curve to this gadget.  I'm very open to tips, tricks, ideas and critique!  
Also looking forward to reading and learn from y'all on this forum.  

Eat, drink and be merry!
meredith
Eat, drink and be merry

Huntsville, AL ~ LBGE noob
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    Welcome Meredith ... pics are the coin of the realm ... please post your cooks with pics.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • johnkitchens
    johnkitchens Posts: 5,227
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    Welcome Meredith! We are glad you here. Pics or it didn't happen!  



    Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
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    Welcome. Look forward to seeing some of your cooks. Enjoy.
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • UrbanForestTurnings
    UrbanForestTurnings Posts: 1,294
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    Welcome. You will never regret getting the egg
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  • grege345
    grege345 Posts: 3,515
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    Welcome. Cook to temp not time and no peeking. Yes we all love pics of food
    LBGE& SBGE———————————————•———————– Pennsylvania / poconos

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  • Hawg Fan
    Hawg Fan Posts: 1,517
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    Welcome to the forum Meredith! Good call to wait on the table. You may decide you don't really need one. If you don't have one, a Thermapen and a digital thermometer are great accessories.

    Any road will take you there if you don't know where you're going.

    Terry

    Rockwall, TX
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
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    Hawg Fan said:

    Welcome to the forum Meredith! Good call to wait on the table. You may decide you don't really need one. If you don't have one, a Thermapen and a digital thermometer are great accessories.

    Game hens, Cornish Hens, Pheasant etc are going to have more connective tissues to contend with vs chicken.
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • SMITTYtheSMOKER
    SMITTYtheSMOKER Posts: 2,668
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    Hello Meredith,
    Welcome to the fray. 

     

    -SMITTY     

    from SANTA CLARA, CA

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  • AUCE
    AUCE Posts: 890
    edited January 2015
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    Welcome to eggdom..where ambrosia flows freely and naked hot tubbin is strictly enforced at the Mermaid Lounge. Jk...well not really...lol..I'm a noob too and loving it. This forum will bless you with bottomless knowledge.
    My wife has fallen in love with our egg now if can just get it out of our bed all will be well.

    I would much rather be able to say I was glad I did than wished I had........

    XL owner and purveyor of pallette perfection...

    Homosassa....Mecca of Florida

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  • tcracing
    tcracing Posts: 378
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    Welcome, it only gets better.
    George Foreman? Who? 
    Tim C. Panama City, Fl. 
    Large, Minimax-soon
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  • AintEZbeingme
    AintEZbeingme Posts: 177
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    A big welcome to you. Dont worry about the righty/lefty issue. No big adjustment from this southpaw. Since the right brain controls the feft side of the body;  lefthanders are the only ones in their right mind!
    STAY THIRSTY MY FRIENDS!
    GIVE ME OYSTERS AND BEER FOR DINNER EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR
     & I'LL FEEL FINE!

    SW Georgia :  LARGE & MINI BGE


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  • DaveRichardson
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    AintEZbeingme said:
    A big welcome to you. Dont worry about the righty/lefty issue. No big adjustment from this southpaw. Since the right brain controls the feft side of the body;  lefthanders are the only ones in their right mind!


    Holy Out Of The Blue Jimmy Buffett quote!!!

     

    Welcome Meredith!  Have your friend help you with any warranty issues you might have down the road...

     

    That was an awesome deal!  Congratulations on the score.

    LBGE #19 from North GA Eggfest, 2014

    Stockbridge, GA - just south of Atlanta where we are covered up in Zombies!  #TheWalkingDead films practically next door!

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  • anton
    anton Posts: 1,813
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    Welcome Meredith, great score on the egg, looking forward to seeing your cooks,must see pics!
    :-bd
     Using a MBGE,woo/w stone,livin' in  Hayward California," The Heart Of The Bay "
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  • lousubcap
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    Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Encourage your uncles to join the forum if not already here-the more the merrier.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • GATraveller
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    Welcome.  And as a fellow lefty I too have noticed most tables are set up opposite of my needs.  One day we will have had enough and revolt.  I already have the makers of spiral notebooks in my crosshairs.

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • logchief
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    GATraveller said:
    Welcome.  And as a fellow lefty I too have noticed most tables are set up opposite of my needs.  One day we will have had enough and revolt.  I already have the makers of spiral notebooks in my crosshairs.

    Here, here for the leftys.  Welcome Meredith
    LBGE - I like the hot stuff.  The big dry San Joaquin Valley, Clovis, CA 
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  • THEBuckeye
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    Watch out for @NOLA
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
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    Welcome Meredith!
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • bluebird66
    bluebird66 Posts: 2,733
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    Welcome!
    Large Egg with adjustable rig, Kick Ash Basket, Minimax and various Weber's.
    Floyd Va

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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
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    Ah, another left-handed trauma nurse. I don't do the trauma thing anymore, but it was exclusively trauma for me when I did. Did you specialize in anything? I was in Neurotrauma. What level Trauma Center?
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  • cook861
    cook861 Posts: 872
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    Welcome
    Trenton ON 1 mbge for now
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  • tulocay
    tulocay Posts: 1,737
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    Welcome
    LBGE, Marietta, GA
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  • bbqlearner
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    Welcome. Hope to see more exciting cooks.

    Houston, TX - Buddy LBGE, Don SBGE, Tiny Mini & Shiny Momma Pitts n Spitts

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  • Biggreenpharmacist
    Biggreenpharmacist Posts: 4,341
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    Welcome aboard. Looking forward to your cooks.

    Little Rock, AR

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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
    edited January 2015
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    Welcome. Post em up!

    edit: Write "I will remember to burp the egg" 100 times and post in a conspicuous spot on the patio.
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  • Chicklet
    Chicklet Posts: 205
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    Eggcelsior said:

    Ah, another left-handed trauma nurse. I don't do the trauma thing anymore, but it was exclusively trauma for me when I did. Did you specialize in anything? I was in Neurotrauma. What level Trauma Center?

    No specialty really. I'm in a Level 1 trauma center so we see it all. I've gotten a few gun shot wounds d/t hunting related accidents this time of year. We've seen a few ugly falls lately too. We run traumas a little differently than some other trauma nurses I've spoken with. We have daily roles and have to earn our way to the "trauma team" and from there even have our strengths in the room. I prefer to either be the procedure or infusing RN. All that is on...The LEFT side of the pt! Go figure.
    Eat, drink and be merry

    Huntsville, AL ~ LBGE noob
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  • BYS1981
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    I found when i was new the easiest way for me to get comfortable with the egg was to compile an egg journal with meat times, temps, etc. I fly by the wire now, but it gave me a good foundation.
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  • Eggcelsior
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    I worked at Shock Trauma in Baltimore. That sounds like our Trauma Resuscitation Unit(Trauma "ER"). I couldn't tell you how many GSW, MVC, motorcycle crash, spinal cord injury, falls, stabbings, assaults ped struck and other conditions of human stupidity I saw. I only stopped because I was the only guy on the unit and didn't want back problems before I was 30. I miss feeling the medevac shake the entire building.
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  • Chicklet
    Chicklet Posts: 205
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    BYS1981 said:
    I found when i was new the easiest way for me to get comfortable with the egg was to compile an egg journal with meat times, temps, etc. I fly by the wire now, but it gave me a good foundation.

    a That's a really good idea. I will definitely do this. I need an app for that so I can take pics and write!
    Eat, drink and be merry

    Huntsville, AL ~ LBGE noob
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  • Froman
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    Welcome!! Great find. You will love the egg for years to come!
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