What pushed you over the edge ....

Serendipity.
My Maco electric water smoker was falling apart, I had to go to the auto parts store for motor oil, brought the smoker to find a dumpster to drop it into, and a new hardware store next to the auto parts store was having a grand opening, they were an Egg dealer, passing out sample brisket, ribs and chocolate chip cookies, and I listened to the pitch awhile.
Went home, got on the 'netz, did some research, went back and bought an assembled Large.  Never looked back.  

I'd had different charcoal grills for years, notably including a Weber kettle, and then a Weber gas grill, and I loved how easy the gas grill was, but the food never really tasted grilled to me.  It looked grilled, but tasted like it could have been broiled in the oven.  And it seemed clear that practically everybody who really is an expert on grilling cook over charcoal, not gas.  I heard about Big Green Eggs, and how people were raving about them, but they were so expensive I wasn't sure whether they were worth the cost or not, and I was waffling, don't know if I ever would have bought one, really...

And then my wife gave me a Medium for Christmas a number of years ago!    And I couldn't believe how great it was, how wonderful everything tasted -- I was hooked!  It didn't happen often that the Medium was too small, but every once in a while I wished it were bigger...

And then she gave me a Large for Christmas!    So now I have two, and it seems perfect to me.  I use the Medium the most, sometimes the large, and on a few occasions, I've had them both going at once.  It's been great.

Actually is is as much for baking as traditional grilling. I've always wanted a brick oven. The egg gives me at least an analog of that. The other factor was that I have never heard one bad review of the egg. It took about five years before I pulled the trigger. It also helped that my old gasser was worn out. 

My boss has one, but I wasn't convinced until I lurked on this forum and saw what could be accomplished on an egg.

Big Green Egg or engagement ring

 I was shopping at a nursery  and was within earshot of two grown men first just talking about a "big green egg" whatever that was! Then they began arguing and then in each others face about to come to blows. Why? It was in the late Fall and the one guy had bought the last 3 bags of lump the nursery had and he refused to resell even one bag to the other. That was in 1999 back when lump was an unknown commodity around here and quite scarce. I went home and started my research on this BGE thing and "lump".    

A friend of ours had one and I thought it looked cool but I never gave it much more thought. A couple years later I saw an add from a local dealer in the paper. Went in and talked to the sales guy and then asked my wife if we could buy one for my retirement. She said yes! Here's the photo from the day it arrived. Got rid of the kettle, in hindsight It should have been the gasser. 

I had been doing my research and wanted to get something I could smoke and cook with so BGE was my choice.  I was balking a little at the pricing though.  I had a business trip to New Orleans and had a very successful night at the Poker Table at Harrahs.  When I got home, my wife said "You should just use that money and buy the Egg. Otherwise next time you play poker, you will probably just lose it."  Great wife and best suggestion ever.  Now I wonder why I waited so long.

I had spent $500ish on a Brinkman and it began falling apart within 2 years, I had begun wanting to do brisket, ribs, etc and I didn't like the end game of the gasser. I looked around and Cooks Illustrated did a review on them,  rated them and they picked Weber I think,  but I did more research and picked up a medium about 3 years after the purchase of the Brinkman.

Had been considering a Weber after a few years with a gasser. Happened to see a guy post his new table on a MC related site. Started research and was impressed with the overwhelming positive reviews. 

Well I've talked about getting an egg for the better part of 10yrs.  My wife got sick of me looking and talking about it so oneday she called and told me about a package deal she had found and asked if I were to get it would I want s lg or XL.  I hesitated as usual because I hate to spend money on anything....then came the notification from chase she had run the debit card and that was that.  So my wife getting sick of me talking about it was the only reason it's sitting in the back yard.  Every time she gets mad about me buying stuff for the egg I remind her it's her fault.....I'd still be talking instead of cooking 

Our local pool supply store is a BGE dealer.  They have a massive display set up in their showroom.  And about every other weekend they have a medium going in the parking lot cooking up something good for the customers that drop in.  I have been going there about twice a month since we put in the pool two years ago and am always drawn to the displays.  At the end of May my wife was with me and we spent some time talking about them. I had of course mentioned them a time or two.  They were having a great sale on already lower than average prices. An additional 10% off till the end of the month, which happened to be the next day.

So she whipped out her checkbook and asked me which one.  I told her the XL.  As we have a lot of family meals and gatherings at our house.  With the discounts our price was $899.  She said that when my birthday rolls around in August, to not forget that I had already received my gift.

When I was looking for a table, I found one that would handle two eggs, so I went back in and bought the medium.  I figure the medium would handle most of the everyday use for the two of us.

I love cooking outdoors, but to be honest I felt the gasser was limited and everything tasted about the same.  Also have a smoker that my son has been coveting, and has now claimed.

After 30 years of grilling I wanted to BBQ and smoke. Started researching and found this site. Then everyone here was screwed 

I'd wanted one for a few years then one if my good friends got one which reinforced that I wanted one even more. However found the cost to be prohibitive.  Well then my wife hurt her ankle aggravating an old college injury. With her going to be laid up for 6-8 weeks my mother in law knew I'd be doing the majority of the cooking and bought me my first egg for Christmas.