Egg, what is true cost?

The real question is how long can you wait after buying the egg before you give in to all the great accessories which are strong temptations once you start cooking, especially if you cook often. For me it started with about $400 for a used large egg with lump, nest, plate setter, and a few replacement parts. I quickly added another $600 in building a custom table, buying all sorts of ceramic-coated pans and cooking tools, and then getting a Reveo Marivac. All of the extras were truly optional but I would highly recommend getting a Maverick ET-73 ($35), a pizza stone ($10), and 5-6 bags of wood chips ($20) at a minimum. I don't regret any of it even though it was certainly much more than I ever planned to spend at the start.

My sister just got her brand new large egg for $600 including tax and shipping. She only purchased a few bags of lump and she is paying a small shipping fee to get my old nest so she is only out $640 so far, although she hasn't started cooking yet. I imagine once the bug bites her that she will be in for another $200 or so, maybe more in accessories.

It all just depends on how often you cook and how fast you get addicted.

Buying a BGE is just the same as buying a horse. All you need to ride is just a pad/saddle and bridle. But if you REALLY want to ride good....trainer, groomer, suppliments, special treats, etc.
AND...all you need to cook is the EGG, match, lump. BUT....if you REALLY want to cook, grid extender, SS grates, ash tools, LR handles, Nest, tables, Guru, thermapens...etc.
Catch my drift?

Just kidding....but really. Your wish list can last several holidays for presents.

Kim
PS...one won't do either....we have 2 large, small, and recently added a mini......and won a large in OKC and gave it to our son in law.

Just being honest Sundown....as I indicated, it's worth it!

Don't forget that the egg can be used for smoking, grilling, pizza and will cook just about anything else you can think of. Compare the cost all of the seperate pieces of cooking hardware (grill, smoker, etc...) that would be required to accomplish all this.

Oh yeah, you will need a good pair of running shoes because with all of the great recipes listed on this forum you may find that your pants start getting a little tight! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I would buy one again in a minute.

TC

It's not a cost; it's an investment. You will realize many years of enjoyment from it. If, for some reason you ever tire of it, I'll bet you can sell it (to me!) for only slightly less than you paid when you consider all the benefit you derived from it.

I will posit that the rate of depreciation on a five-year-old BGE is far less than that of a new car or truck.

Buy it and enjoy it.

maart,

First of all you are going to get the best smoker/grill available.

As for the accessories to cook great food the expense really isn't that much more. Now the toys are all a different matter.

You are going to get as much enjoyment going 'slim' as you are going 'all out'.

Get your egg a very few basics and get started. You, like all of us, well 99.9% of us, will be very glad you did.

Now what no one is talking about. The savings. We got our first egg about a year ago. Our going out to resturants and those expenses have almost stopped. We still go out and do other things just not much to resturants.

For us that was a big savings. The food we eat tastes better. Even in the coldest of winter we used the egg the majority of meals.

GG

It is a small price to pay as your quality of life will go way up.

I have about $5,000 tied up in my Eggdiction, but then again I have 6 eggs, various implements to cook food with, several dutch ovens, grate extenders, plate setters, grate mates and a 6x12 Cargo Trailer.

Stike is right all you NEED is egg (includes the Metal Top and dome thermometer), a bag of lump (a good dealer will give you a bag of this and the fire starters) and a match. Ohhh something to cook.

The Filly is right in the fact you will WANT more..

To Paraphrase Mastercard:

Big Green Egg: Priceless..

You have to realize that if all you're doing is looking at the cost, you're missing half of the equation. The other side is the benefit.

From all the previous posts you can get a good handle on the Egg and the gizmos you may need/want in order to get started. From there, you either have the money or you don't. Now if you're trying to justify spending that money think about the following:

How much have to cooked outdoors before and is it something you really like doing?

Do you find satisfaction in creating great food?

Do you really enjoy being outdoors?

Do you like, or are you willing to try a lot of new things?

Do you think you could benefit from the collective wisdom and community that this forum provides?

If the answer to most of those is yes, then unclench your grip on that $$ and take the plunge. Few if any who have done so have any regrets.

Good luck

While the egg and eggcessories may be a bit pricey, they are worth FAR more than you spent.

Mike Tripp

Yep, the gasket is not covered by warranty. You will want to get one of the new nomex gaskets. Search this forum for details.

Daisy wheel is included.

I would guess that most of those that got their large at around $600 got it at an eggfest.