New Dealer

I got egg #1 at the mothership and egg#2 at an Eggfest.  The dealers here suck. No. 

Oh yeah, lucky bastard you 

WHOA! Jamie - at first I just assumed you lived in Washington, IL like your Father. Then I read something that made me think that wasn't right and you were in Morton.  3 BGE dealerships within our small SMSA of less than 250K sounds VERY short sighted to me for our wholesaler out of Fargo, ND! Plus -wasn't there a dealer in Bloomington/Normal who couldn't make a go of it? Why not try to break in to the HUGE population markets of Chicago and St Louis where BGE hasn't done crap rather than to beat up 3 BGE dealers within a stone's throw of each other in central IL? This JUST doesn't make sense to me! 

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I really like my dealer he is great to deal with and very knowledgable, but he is 11 miles from my house.

A new dealer just opened up within walking distance of my house.  I feel almost like I am cheating when I wander in and scope out the eggs at the new joint.

Anybody else feel that way when they go to a different dealer?

My dealer (who I like) is way on the edge of town past the airport.  A sporting goods store about a quarter mile away just became an egg dealer, and, yeah, I feel like I'm cheating a bit.

But they also carry Ozark Oak and tell me they have enough to last through most of the summer, so I don't feel so bad.

@RRP ... the new BGE dealer is a newly opened Ace Hardware store.  I asked them why they weren't carrying the Kamado Joe units like most Ace Hardware stores.  His answer was; "If you're going to sell kamado grills, why not sell the best?" 

I had stopped in on a Sunday at five minutes to closing time to check out their smoke wood stock and he still wanted to talk BBQing with me.  I think he'll do well.

@RRP ... no ... the Ace Hardware in EP is older than hammers.

@blasting ... yes, I agree.  My dealer here in town is an egger, as is his brother/partner and his nephew.  Together they're worse than your local drug dealer ... "oh, you've got to try this" ... "hey, we've got tri-tips in right now and since we don't always have them you need to cook one" ... "have you tried cooking (fill in the blank)."  The point is they use what they sell and the enthusiasm shows.

When I asked about registering my first egg, he told me there was no need to do that because he was responsible for taking care of me.  My temperature gauge clouded up in the first two days ... I asked him about drilling a hole in the bottom of the dial.  He said it shouldn't fog up, took a new gauge off the shelf, and handed it to me.  Told me to bring the old one back when I had a chance.  That's typical of how he treats all of his customers and why I'll continue to show with him.