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What are the items you can't live without?
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Thermapen, Thermopop, Thermapen. anything else is gravy. Proper instant read thermometer will improve your cooking a million times over.I raise my kids, cook and golf. When work gets in the way I'm pissed, I'm pissed off 48 weeks a year.Inbetween Iowa and Colorado, not close to anything remotely entertaining outside of football season.
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I think in this order
1. BBQ Guru CyberQ
2. Plate setter
3. Ceramic sitting chicken (beer can)
I tried spachcock chicken several times and for me it's not the same and much prefer using my #3 accessory
XLBGE, MMBGE, CyberQ -
Meat, Fire and Lump Charcoal
1, Thermopen
2, Raised grate
3, Pizza Stone
Cleveland, TN.
LG BGE, PSWOO2, Stoker WIFI.
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1. Tongs
2. Spatula
3. LighterAledo, Texas
Large BGE
KJ Jr.
Exodus 12:9 KJV
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. -
1) Instant read thermometer (eg. thermopop / thermopen)
2) Item that enables indirect cooks (eg. plate setter)
3) Raised grate (eg. Woo)
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Thermopen
Heat resistant gloves
Bernzomatic propane lighterIt's a 302 thing . . . -
Woo
plate setter
javelin pro
Canton, GA
LBGE, Joe Jr., 28” Blackstone -
Weed burner
Raised cooking item of choice
Thermapen------------------------------
Thomasville, NC
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Burn Ointment
40 oz tumbler.
just kidding
thermopen
indirect cooking device
lighter or lighting device."Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
XL and MM
Louisville, Kentucky -
In no particular:
some way to cook indirect.
some way to go raised direct.
adult supervisory beverages.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. -
Thermapen or pop
Setup to cook indirect
setup to cook raised direct
gloves, tongs, pigtail, looftlighter, CI pans, BGE apron, good collection of rubs & sauces, tin snips, HDAF, and all that other stuff I have in my porch box, basement, kitchen...
Lititz, PA – XL BGE
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1) Beer
2) Meat
3) See 1 and 2"I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike -
All great advice, but 3 honestly won't get you there. Not saying a thing wrong with trying to start with 3, but I bet you'll find the number a little larger, unless you possess way may more self control than I ever hoped to have.
Western, North Carolina
Large, MiniMax, Blackstone 17" Smashburger Griddle & Stuff
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JohnInCarolina said:1) Beer
2) Meat
3) See 1 and 2
as far as accessories go,
1)thermapen
2) I'd go woo and stone over platesetter. Similar cost, more versatility.
3) heat resistant glovesXL & MM BGE, 36" Blackstone - Newport News, VA -
1. Welding Gloves 2. Thermapen 3. Adjustable Rig
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Johnson, Navin R... Sounds like a typical bastard.
Belmont, NC
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Pretty hard to believe no one has mentioned crocs yet.
1. thermapen
2. adjustable rig
3. kick ash basket
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NOLA
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1. Platesetter or some way to go indirect
2. Instant read thermometer
3. Maverick wireless thermometer or similar to monitor low and slow cooksOne large BGE in Louisville, KY. -
i went for maybe ten years with a thermapen and a spare grid and firebricks to raise the grid direct or raise it indirect. pretty much had all the otherstuff in my kitchen the spare grid came off my weber. take your time, dont overthink it, i even went a few years without a dome gagefukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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buzd504 said:It's a 302 thing . . .
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Here is my list:
1. Raised grid of some form
2. Thermometer (quick read, don't skimp on the cheapest one possible)
3. Some way to go indirect is spot on
As far as lighting, I find a napkin and some cooking spray to work just fine.XL BGE, Lg BGE, MiniMax BGE, Mini BGE
Appleton, WI -
1) Thermapen
2) Plate setter
3) Mapp TorchLouisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's -
Kick Ash Basket
Maverick remote thermometer
Heat Resistant gloves
Large Big Green Egg
Weber Gold
Old Smokey
San Diego, Ca -
Thermopop
Way to go indirect -
bo_mull said:Meat, Fire and Lump Charcoal
1, Thermopen
2, Raised grate
3, Pizza StoneNew Albany, Ohio -
ThermApen
Kick Ash Basket
Weed Torch"The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan
Minnesota -
1) Remote read thermometer
2) Plate setter or similar
3) Heavy duty glove
Those are the only accessories I use on any regular basis.
New Orleans LA -
1.) Thermapen
2.) Ceramic Stones
3.) Adjustable Rig
XL, Small, Mini & Mini Max Green Egg, Shirley Fab Trailer, 6 gal and 2.5 gal Cajun Fryers, BlueStar 60" Range, 48" Lonestar Grillz Santa Maria, Alto Shaam 1200s, Gozney Dome, Gateway 55g Drum -
No specific manufacturer (I have my brand favorites).
1> Means to go indirect & raised (giving more options to the cook)
2> High heat gloves
3> Instant read thermometer
Meat & Fire & Whiskey & Repeat
LBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL -
1) Indirect cooking apparatus
2) raised cooking device
3) Stone
3a) bottle opener.Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax
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