Defitely Going to buy.....

I miss my mini. I was pretty much using it exclusively until my dog knocked it over. Yes, I was devastated. Now, I just have my large. I've owned it since 2009 and I have never wished I had bought an XL. Not once. In fact, sometimes I wonder - if I had started with the mini, would I have ever bought a large? I kinda doubt it.

Depends on how many you need to feed. And what accessories you select. A large can cook tons of food.

I have Large and XL.  90% of my cooks get done on the Large.  The other 10% cold be done on the large with a little effort.  The extra space is convenient on the XL but if I could only have ONE I would want the Large.  The XL is a little harder and slower to warm up when you want a quicker or smaller cook.  

It doesn't matter which one you get now because if you get the xl sooner or later you will be getting another egg! If you get the lg sooner or later it's egg #2. I have 2 lg's in NC and 1lg in FL a small in the motor home and a Mini Max in NC would never purchase a MM I won the one I have. I say if ya got the money, space for an xl do it. Jim

Interesting read. I am still learning how to use my two eggs.  I have Large for a while but added XL last July.  Generally like other say large gets used the most.  But not 9 out of 10 for me.  More like... every 6 to 7 uses of large, I go XL.  

Here my ways of cooking.

I make food for my large family (siblings, in laws) and then occasionally for friends.  Example -- I do 3 packers or 10 salmon filets or 9 butts.  2 turkeys at one time.  Most recently I did 14 ribs.  Using CGS.  We food saver and we're set for many weeks at a time.  Especially nice when it's winter time.

I also prep ahead a lot of times.  For example, some weekend, I'll do 10 to 14 chicken breasts (indirect) before cooking the main dinner.  Often plain.  Then we weight in a lb portion and food saver it with little spices added. We do 2 to 3 flank steaks cooked medium rare and slice em and food saver it as well. 

Sous vide is is a blessing.  We get our kids to start sous vide (water filled in the pot and temp are already preset).  Just plug it in and throw in the packet when they get home after their activities in the afternoon.

We do not do much cooking during the week with the grill.  Only time we grill during the week are things we insist grilling fresh.  Such as vegetables, and few meat like hamburgers or pork chops or fish.