EVANS GEORGIA EGGFEST

well we certinally had a blast.. my friend mike drove down from murphysborough tn thursday night. we did all of our prep work friday night got up early this morning and drove down there...

we were really impressed with the people there the staff took care of us asked us what we need.. and provided well for us...

it was my first time cooking in fron of a bunch of potential eggers.. was alot easier than i expected. since we did all of our prep ahead of time all i had to do was decide which flavor to throw on the egg.. i did stuffed tenderloin one i have posted here before and one i made up over the last week.. the one was stuffed with sun dried tomato, spinach, and cheese. the other was stuffed with apples, raisens, and green onion...

fidel was the man i think he made three or four diffrent things, including :the chicken, bacon wrapped tater tots, and some flat irons... we had a blast cooking next to each other.... unfortunatly he was really quick on the draw at the cash register and he bought me two of john henry's rub.. i will try them soon... thanks alot fidel i did not expect that :laugh:


fiero guy is the one with the longest lens on a camera today i noticed him taking several shots hopefully he will feel like posting some of those pictures hint hint

YB was in his element cooking from the time we got there till the end.. he made me more certian i need to place a mustard order :cheer:


and however nice steeler guy said i was i have to admit i was a pretty happy camper today..

talked with smokey he kept trying to make sure i did not get to try some of his stuff :( but i snuck some in anyway

and as always good to see miles


i did get some pics not very many but here they are

the only food pic i took





YB selling another egg


smokey plotting to keep me hungry :woohoo:



i had to stand in the middle of a highway for this shot




and finally the best picture i took today



all in all thanks members and potential buyers i had alot of fun... here is the tenderloin recepie:::


Pork, Tenderloin, Stuffed, Bente


Pork Tenderloins butterflied
1 cup chopped apple
1/4 cup chopped raisins
1/2 cup chopped green onions
3 tbs balsamic vinegar
couple shakes of your favorite rub



1 put couple shakes of rub on the butterflied tenderloins
2 add balsamic vinegar
3 spread onions, raisins, and apples over tenderloin..
4 roll tenderloin up, and tie.. do not worry if some of the stuffing comes out but get it tight enough to keep most of the mixture in..
5 egg direct at 400 for about 20 min turning a few times. until 145..
6 cut off string, slice, and enjoy


Recipe Type
Barbecue, Main Dish, Meat

Recipe Source
Author: T Bente

Source: BGE Forum on 2008/05/31

YB nice to have met the missus and daughter. Good to put some faces on the handles/names too. Darn I wish you didn't mention the cookies as I missed them. However, I and CR had a good time and as you say so much food and so little time!

it was great meeting you also i know i should have had a pad so i could write everyone's name down :(

we will be in atlanta. hope to see you there

I finally made it home - long drive. The heat got pretty tough there for a bit, but we had a great time. The staff at the shop really bent over backwards to make us comfortable.

Terry's pork tenderloin with spinach and sun dried tomatoes was really good. Other things that were cooked include: Mike (fieroguy) did some panko crusted wings and ribs, Damon put out some really great flank steaks before those peanut butter cookies. There were some grilled bananas, a sweet potato souffle, salmon, turkey...I'm sure I'm missing someone or something, and I'm sorry in advance.

I have to say that the best feedback I got was from "the chicken". I did full thighs and cooked around 35 of them total. I took my adjustable rig so I was able to load it up pretty good. Everyone loved it. Thanks again Randy for giving me the greenlight to offer it up today.

And the bacon wrapped tots disappeared as fast as I could pull them off. I finished them with straight maple syrup for the last 2-3 minutes of the cook to caramelize, then drizzled them again after they came off.

The one thing that was missing was ABTs. I didn't see a single one cooked all day.

I did confirm with the staff that they did in fact sell out of eggs at about 1:00 and had to go to their distributor/warehouse to re-stock. There were a lot of eggs rolling out of the parking lot before the demos were even shut down.

I had a blast!!! And before anyone asks - I forgot my camera so no shots from me. :(

WOW! I have been working with Pete for seven years and I have never seen the store so crowded! I know we will not stop talking about this Eggfest for a long time. My hat goes off to the Eggers. It became VERY hot, but the smiles continued from all of you outside. Our customers were treated "egg-ceptionally" well. The food was phenomenal. I especially liked the watermelon rinds wrapped in bacon. The chicken thighs…whooooee. This was Pete’s (my husband) first Eggfest. He did the turkey and sweet potato casserole. He said he had a blast meeting you all. Couldn’t believe the distance that some of you traveled.

Thank you all for making this event a great one! The Alewine staff can't wait till next year. I heard Brett and Amber planning it already! HA… See you in Atlanta. :cheer:

That is a BEG apron (folded down). It was a hot day and I took it of after shortly after cooking.

What a great time with fantastic people.

Our Host, Pete Alewine Pool and Spa were just as nice as you can imagine. My hat goes off to them with hopes that their business will see a big increase.

People approached many of us cooking asking question as if we worked there. I was funny to see the looks on faces of people when they leaned we just came out to see our fellow eggheads and cook. I guess it is understandable, but still allot of fun.

Smokey
Alpharetta, GA

Sounds like you guys had a great time, you must be pooped! How did you end up serving the thighs, whole or cut up? -RP

Hey Damon, good seeing you again, even if it was just a photograph. :P -RP

Not this year, airline fares are getting brutal, tell Charlie I said hey. -RP

Hey man - you're not alone. I took the kids swimming when I got home, and am eating a pulled pork sammie now.

It's addictive I tell ya!

It was a true pleasure having time to chat with you and get to know you better Damon.

I think I could have given out another full batch. I had two full grids as full as I could get them. The rig makes it easy, that's for sure.

Maybe in October you need an XL.....

I'm still going to play around with doing BS thighs and chop them up, maybe tomorrow. I've got a busy week coming up, going to NC Tuesday thru Thursday, then going to my SIL's graduation in Phoenix on Friday morning. Then my neighbor who owns PSE Archery called and asked me to cook 6 butts for a get together of their video production people on Saturday. Guess I'll be busy. -RP