Need Adice on Egg for New Lake House

Crittercam · April 2015

I just put a contract on a shiny new house at the Lake. My first purchase is going to be a new BGE. I'm struggling. I have a LBGE at home, but I'm wondering if I should go XL at the lake. I anticipate having larger crowds there. Most of the time, I'll be cooking simple stuff like burgers and hot dogs. At home, it's typically just the wife and kids, so the Large is perfect. I've heard the XL uses a lot more fuel and takes longer to heat up. Thanks everybody.

mahenryak · April 2015

Sounds like you're making the case for both an XL and a MM. Maybe you're dealer would make you a deal on two of them. (I know... easy for me to say)

THEBuckeye · April 2015

An XL would be harder to steal as you're not there all the time.

Hi54putty · April 2015

I recently bought a mountain house and had this same decision. I ended up taking the Large to the mountains and keeping the XL and Small at home. I figure I am more likely to entertain more people where I live and want the versatility. Also, i don't want more people at my mountain house than I can feed using a Large.

Funny how long and hard I thought about that decision.

TheShaytoon · April 2015

I think @Crittercam is on point. The XL is the way to go at the lake house...

You have more guests at the lake house...and if you are planning on cooking burgers and such, the extra grid area will be nice!

You really worried about a bag of $20 lump every other week when you are buying a vacation home? I don't think that the lump cost should be a factor.

Buy the XL....You will not regret it. I wish I had!

fishlessman · April 2015

i find i dont cook much burgers and dogs at the lake house and lots of burgers is a greasey smokey adventure at most for an egg, after doing that a few times you wont want to do that again. im more apt to throw a cheap ham on or a pork butt over night, or a big potroast and dont think you wont want a gasser up there, really easy to cook a couple dozen ears of corn on a gasser

big inexpensive pieces of meat are an easy cook, involve less actual work, and a large is plenty. i will repeat the first part again, cooking large quantities of burgers in an egg is no good

MJG · April 2015

First world problems. If you will be entertaining more at the lake as compared to home go XL.

Foghorn · April 2015

fishlessman said:

i find i dont cook much burgers and dogs at the lake house and lots of burgers is a greasey smokey adventure at most for an egg, after doing that a few times you wont want to do that again. im more apt to throw a cheap ham on or a pork butt over night, or a big potroast and dont think you wont want a gasser up there, really easy to cook a couple dozen ears of corn on a gasser big inexpensive pieces of meat are an easy cook, involve less actual work, and a large is plenty. i will repeat the first part again, cooking large quantities of burgers in an egg is no good

I will beg to differ. I think @fishlessman just made an argument for an XL with a raised, direct grid so you can get your burgers/dogs out of the flames - like the one shown on this thread:

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/comment/1720757/#Comment_1720757

I don't have an AR, but I suspect there is a configuration that would work.

dcc · April 2015

My brother and sister in law have a lake house. They have a gasser now. I would recommend the XL for them. They get large crowds sometimes that a large just won't hack. If all you plan are burgers and dogs, two loads on the large would work fine. Or get a large for the lake and a mini max for home and haul the MM back and forth where you need it. Thats what I do between my two houses. Lots of ways to skin that cat.

Legume · April 2015

if capacity for burgers and dogs is really what tips the decision, then get a simple weber kettle for those and pick the egg that's the right size for everything you would egg. I'd rather cook burgers and dogs on a kettle anyway.

fishlessman · April 2015

Foghorn said:

fishlessman said:

i find i dont cook much burgers and dogs at the lake house and lots of burgers is a greasey smokey adventure at most for an egg, after doing that a few times you wont want to do that again. im more apt to throw a cheap ham on or a pork butt over night, or a big potroast and dont think you wont want a gasser up there, really easy to cook a couple dozen ears of corn on a gasser big inexpensive pieces of meat are an easy cook, involve less actual work, and a large is plenty. i will repeat the first part again, cooking large quantities of burgers in an egg is no good

I will beg to differ. I think @fishlessman just made an argument for an XL with a raised, direct grid so you can get your burgers/dogs out of the flames - like the one shown on this thread:

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/comment/1720757/#Comment_1720757

I don't have an AR, but I suspect there is a configuration that would work.

i dont think its the flames so much as the billowing grease smoke, burgers stunk, yard stunk, i will never do 30 something burgers again in my egg

mgd_egg · April 2015

The XL is close to the combined price of the Large + Mini Max and about the same area. I would get a large for the lake and bring a Mini Max back and forth. I like the Large and MM combo.

texaswig · April 2015

Xl is where it's at. I do tons of burgers using the woo.

badinfluence · April 2015

You would be good with the XL unless you invite @sgh to dinner.

Cm23 · April 2015

I have 2 larges at my lake house and take my mini back and forth; this allows for some cooking variation options.

jtcBoynton · April 2015

If you are having large crowds and cooking burgers and dogs, nothing beats having a lot of cooking surface. A good griddle is great. Trying to get enough grid surface area in an egg for this purpose is tough. Maybe a LBGE supplemented with a gas griddle.

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FlashkaBob · April 2015

dcc said:

My brother and sister in law have a lake house. They have a gasser now. I would recommend the XL for them. They get large crowds sometimes that a large just won't hack. If all you plan are burgers and dogs, two loads on the large would work fine. Or get a large for the lake and a mini max for home and haul the MM back and forth where you need it. Thats what I do between my two houses. Lots of ways to skin that cat.

Are those cats done low and slow or turbo? direct raised grid or indirect?

dcc · April 2015

Usually low and slow indirect with an occasional raised direct for variety

tarheelmatt · April 2015

Get a large and a Weber (for the burgers and hotdogs).

DaveRichardson · April 2015

Grab a gas cooktop off craigslist and build a table for it. Then you can use a burner for soups, sauces. Toss a griddle over for pancakes in the mornings and doing hotdogs and burgers on the same griddle for the little ones while you do steaks, brats, etc on the egg.

jhl192 · April 2015

I have a LARGE at my Lake house and with the AR R & B Combo its meets almost all my needs. What I need is a bigger lake house! One piece of advice. I bought a duck cover for it so no-one can tell there's a BGE under the brown cover.

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