What to do with my old stuff when I get my LBGE?

Sea2Ski said:

Keep it all.  They all have their time and place. 

This

Easier to beg forgiveness then ask permission...but you must weigh the downside of that approach.  
As above, keep it til you figure out how the BGE has changed your cooking style.
You will likely find that the relatively limited single level of real estate on the LBGE will lead to accessorizing it.  BTW-this place can suck the $$ out of you before you know it.  FWIW-
BTW-welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  

the gasser is handy when your feeding a crowd and theres lots of kids and you can cook alot of corn on the cob on it, the egg doesnt cook much corn if your going for bulk quantities.. i liked my kettle but when i got the egg it turned into an herb garden

Burgers on the gasser....not anymore....you are about to have some smash burgers and your burger world will change as well.

Keep it all.  As others have said, you just never know what you will use, and believe it or not, once I got myEgg, I started using the side burner on the gasser...something about wanting to stay outside with the cook as much as possible...but I may just be weird.

You are going to love the Egg.........but 3-4 times a week?  Cmon-----I'm 6-7 so far with ease, and now people are starting to ask for certain meals again!  Just pulled a butt out of the freezer to day for Sunday!  Game Hens tonight.  Going by Costco tomorrow for tomorrow's dinner...$$$$$$...Friday will be Smash Burgers again......Saturday Filet's.........wait, have to squeeze in the smoked spaghetti pretty soon again.......

Great People around here....I can't begin to express how much they have helped with cooking.....as well as spending $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

my gasser is my storage unit....

SaintJohnsEgger said:

Some good ideas. Thanks.

Next I will need help planning out the weekly meals so that they build off of each other. Like doing a chicken or a brisket early in the week then using the leftover meat for stew or tacos later in the week.

With 4 college age kids at home the leftovers are limited.

Pulled pork works great in many dishes, relatively cheap, and will reheat great. A vacuum sealer will come in handy when thinking ahead for meal planning. Once vacuum sealed all you need to do is drop the bag in a pot of hot water and heat up. 

rmr62 said:

Back when my son was in college, he was talking about buying a cheap grill for him and his roomies, but I had a big SS gasser ($1000) that I no longer touched, so I told him not to spend any more money, just take the one I no longer used !!

I haven't had a gasser in years and haven't missed it. Sorta wish I still had a weber though

Sea2Ski said:

Keep it all.  They all have their time and place. Convince her to promise and not say a word till after the first meal, then do a chicken for her. It will change her world and you will have the approval.
If not, man up and keep it anyway, because you....

Crap, sorry, got to go - my wife is calling....

Clasic post.

Little Steven said:

Carolina Q said:

SaintJohnsEgger said:

4 college age kids

Oh my. FOUR?! At the same time? And you can still afford an egg?

Little Steven said:

I haven't had a gasser in years and haven't missed it. 

@Little Steven,  The good ol' days, huh?

Thanks for that memory buddy

Sorry, bud. I figured when you posted about your gasser, you already remembered quite clearly.

It's no biggie. Pretty much over it now but still have a fair bit of work to do. I was actually thinking of the gasser pre fire.

The following is a response to the OP's first paragraph.

Take it from someone who has truly refined this practice to an art form. I don't often share these pearls of wisdom, so grab a chair and consider yourselves one lucky group of
SOBs. 

The true secret to ensuring buy-in (or at a minimum, little-to-no resistance) on seemingly-frivolous purchases is to heed to the following:

1) Ensure that any said purchases will depreciate only slightly, if at all. This is actually a good rule for all purchases and not just those for which you may need to obtain permission. As long as you can get the approximate value of the product back, there is no risk. As an example, I searched long and hard before buying my brand new "used" Egg for an incredible deal. I was later able to snowball this into another, bigger purchase of a more expensive Egg when I used sizeable profits from the first (still sold at the going rate) to supplement the cost of the second. I hate spending on electronics but have no trouble spending far larger sums on guitars or amps. This is because with guitars, I always buy at prices for which I know I can ultimately recuperate my costs. Regardless of the item being purchased, this model makes for an easy pitch to any and all stakeholders. 

The next one is the biggie, so it bears reading several times over such that it is sufficiently seared into your medial temporal lobe......

2) Reciprocity. This one is key not only to ensuring you may make extravagant purchases, but also key to a happy marriage (coincidence? I think not.). Long story short, I have a friend who wastes no time in identifying the best gift he has ever received. For his wedding anniversary one year, his wife completely forgot their anniversary. From his perspective, this made for the best anniversary gift he could ever have imagined - not because they had a great night out (they didn't), not because he felt more valued than ever (he didn't) - but because he knew that one day down the road, he himself would forget the anniversary and this very moment would relieve him of any future grief, hardship, pain or persecution that may otherwise have been thrown his way in response to such a scenario. 

The principle relevant to the example outlined above is that of reciprocity and it can equally come into play when couples who have pooled their resources are identifying the goods or services on which they wish to expend these resources. 

If you don't already, take your significant other on a nice date night. Have a few fancy cocktails, eat a nice meal, and most importantly, collectively indulge in a purchase for your significant other that, while not essential, will bring your partner a great deal of  pleasure. They will feel special, loved and appreciative of your support with respect to the purchase. In the words of my friend in relation to his example above, you will "have one in the bank".

Sooner or later, you will identify your white whale - of the moment, that is - (in the OP's case, a BGE). When this moment comes, your significant other, ever-mindful of the joy you have demonstrated in making a purchase that was meaningful to them, will in turn support a purchase of yours, however frivolous, that will bring you joy of a commensurate level. 

While this method can admittedly induce bouts of distress (my wife purchased a $300 bikini last year, contradicting item number 1 above), I think that you will find that it is unparalleled in yielding concrete results, both in terms of securing the item that you covet and the affections of the one that you covet.

GrateEggspectations said:

The following is a response to the OP's first paragraph.

Take it from someone who has truly refined this practice to an art form. I don't often share these pearls of wisdom, so grab a chair and consider yourselves one lucky group of
SOBs. 

The true secret to ensuring buy-in (or at a minimum, little-to-no resistance) on seemingly-frivolous purchases is to heed to the following:

1) Ensure that any said purchases will depreciate only slightly, if at all. This is actually a good rule for all purchases and not just those for which you may need to obtain permission. As long as you can get the approximate value of the product back, there is no risk. As an example, I searched long and hard before buying my brand new "used" Egg for an incredible deal. I was later able to snowball this into another, bigger purchase of a more expensive Egg when I used sizeable profits from the first (still sold at the going rate) to supplement the cost of the second. I hate spending on electronics but have no trouble spending far larger sums on guitars or amps. This is because with guitars, I always buy at prices for which I know I can ultimately recuperate my costs. Regardless of the item being purchased, this model makes for an easy pitch to any and all stakeholders. 

The next one is the biggie, so it bears reading several times over such that it is sufficiently seared into your medial temporal lobe......

2) Reciprocity. This one is key not only to ensuring you may make extravagant purchases, but also key to a happy marriage (coincidence? I think not.). Long story short, I have a friend who wastes no time in identifying the best gift he has ever received. For his wedding anniversary one year, his wife completely forgot their anniversary. From his perspective, this made for the best anniversary gift he could ever have imagined - not because they had a great night out (they didn't), not because he felt more valued than ever (he didn't) - but because he knew that one day down the road, he himself would forget the anniversary and this very moment would relieve him of any future grief, hardship, pain or persecution that may otherwise have been thrown his way in response to such a scenario. 

The principle relevant to the example outlined above is that of reciprocity and it can equally come into play when couples who have pooled their resources are identifying the goods or services on which they wish to expend these resources. 

If you don't already, take your significant other on a nice date night. Have a few fancy cocktails, eat a nice meal, and most importantly, collectively indulge in a purchase for your significant other that, while not essential, will bring your partner a great deal of  pleasure. They will feel special, loved and appreciative of your support with respect to the purchase. In the words of my friend in relation to his example above, you will "have one in the bank".

Sooner or later, you will identify your white whale - of the moment, that is - (in the OP's case, a BGE). When this moment comes, your significant other, ever-mindful of the joy you have demonstrated in making a purchase that was meaningful to them, will in turn support a purchase of yours, however frivolous, that will bring you joy of a commensurate level. 

While this method can admittedly induce bouts of distress (my wife purchased a $300 bikini last year, contradicting item number 1 above), I think that you will find that it is unparalleled in yielding concrete results, both in terms of securing the item that you covet and the affections of the one that you covet.

This, is an epic post and something all men should pay attention to if you like to buy toys. 

GrateEggspectations said:

The following is a response to the OP's first paragraph.

Take it from someone who has truly refined this practice to an art form. I don't often share these pearls of wisdom, so grab a chair and consider yourselves one lucky group of
SOBs. 

The true secret to ensuring buy-in (or at a minimum, little-to-no resistance) on seemingly-frivolous purchases is to heed to the following:

1) Ensure that any said purchases will depreciate only slightly, if at all. This is actually a good rule for all purchases and not just those for which you may need to obtain permission. As long as you can get the approximate value of the product back, there is no risk. As an example, I searched long and hard before buying my brand new "used" Egg for an incredible deal. I was later able to snowball this into another, bigger purchase of a more expensive Egg when I used sizeable profits from the first (still sold at the going rate) to supplement the cost of the second. I hate spending on electronics but have no trouble spending far larger sums on guitars or amps. This is because with guitars, I always buy at prices for which I know I can ultimately recuperate my costs. Regardless of the item being purchased, this model makes for an easy pitch to any and all stakeholders. 

The next one is the biggie, so it bears reading several times over such that it is sufficiently seared into your medial temporal lobe......

2) Reciprocity. This one is key not only to ensuring you may make extravagant purchases, but also key to a happy marriage (coincidence? I think not.). Long story short, I have a friend who wastes no time in identifying the best gift he has ever received. For his wedding anniversary one year, his wife completely forgot their anniversary. From his perspective, this made for the best anniversary gift he could ever have imagined - not because they had a great night out (they didn't), not because he felt more valued than ever (he didn't) - but because he knew that one day down the road, he himself would forget the anniversary and this very moment would relieve him of any future grief, hardship, pain or persecution that may otherwise have been thrown his way in response to such a scenario. 

The principle relevant to the example outlined above is that of reciprocity and it can equally come into play when couples who have pooled their resources are identifying the goods or services on which they wish to expend these resources. 

If you don't already, take your significant other on a nice date night. Have a few fancy cocktails, eat a nice meal, and most importantly, collectively indulge in a purchase for your significant other that, while not essential, will bring your partner a great deal of  pleasure. They will feel special, loved and appreciative of your support with respect to the purchase. In the words of my friend in relation to his example above, you will "have one in the bank".

Sooner or later, you will identify your white whale - of the moment, that is - (in the OP's case, a BGE). When this moment comes, your significant other, ever-mindful of the joy you have demonstrated in making a purchase that was meaningful to them, will in turn support a purchase of yours, however frivolous, that will bring you joy of a commensurate level. 

While this method can admittedly induce bouts of distress (my wife purchased a $300 bikini last year, contradicting item number 1 above), I think that you will find that it is unparalleled in yielding concrete results, both in terms of securing the item that you covet and the affections of the one that you covet.

or

2) Reciprocity.  husband gets bge, wife gets 40,000 dollar kitchen