PING* Gramdpas Grub ***

Tell her you really love her, then get it out of the car.

Geeze by all means I am no authority...

You need to tell us more about your situation. What you want to do and what other egg(s) you have.

One thing to keep in mind. Folks are doing whole chickens and some say longer smoking, but that is more of a novelty on the mini.

Chicken halfs, quarters, parts, are all great on the mini. Dogs, sausage, brats (for up to 10 in my case) is great on the mini. Burgers 4 or 5 depending on the size of the burger.

Anything you can do on any of the eggs for the most part can be done on the mini with the restriction of about 4 hours (higher temps) the size of the grid and the height of the dome.

Without any accessories I can somewhat have a raised grid - just put less lump in the fire box - just get the base of the lump further away from the grid. Keep in mind less cook time also with less lump.

The mini is extremely portable.

There is someone one here on the forum who has pictures of a lot of different food they have cooked on the mini.

For the wife and I and for the wife and I and 3 grandkids the mini is easy, quick (but my tests so far don't prove that), and very little lump.

I once loaded the mini with 6 large ears of corn, some sticking a little out the dome and it cooked them great.

If the choice were a small or a mini without knowing your goal I would blindly say small or medium first.

I hope some other folk will jump in with their thoughts for you.

GG

bt i have a bunch of mini pics but i have posted them so oftern i am afraid i will become annoying [or already am] ... i am considering putting all my mini pics in a slide show or i can just send you some.. i plan on doing some mini tests ala gg soon. would appreciate if you would make the request so i do not seem like a bandwidth hog
feel free to e-mail if you wish
bill

Think of a over inflated basket ball (and taller). I'll go out and measure mine in a minute.

You might consider a small, however, you can do the smoking and slow cooks on the large.

Like mainegg said I thought of it as a toy. I went to the dealer 7 or 8 times specifically looking at the mini. I finally said to myself to heck with I am going to get it anyway.

Actually Mainegg's post could easily have been my post, well except for the girly things (but your wife would like that).


My other eggs, l,m,s, get used the least of all now.

I sort of laugh when filling up the mini. It takes so little lump to fill up.

You will have the same experience with the small, it too just doesn't take much lump.

Now this is a guy thing... bigger is better! This thinking is probably the reason I got my medium over the small, then I got the small over the mini. This same thinking makes me wonder if I should be so strong on the mini when recomending which you should get.

Kent

for anyone looking for a mini!!!!!!!!!

I just bought a new mini at grategrillsonline.com. I had to call and have him ship it to me because I am too far away to go and buy it directly. However he told me he accidently ordered too many and is selling them at $169 a piece. The store close to me is selling them for almost $300 dollars!!!!!!!!!!! I have to pay for shipping, but this was a no brainer for me. Their number is 1-228-385-0799. Ask for George and tell him Chad sent you his way. I can't wait for mine. I have a large, but I am using this for small cooks for me and my wife and for tailgating!!!!!!!!! Football can't get here soon enough!!!!!!!!!!

I live in Kansas City, Missouri and he is shipping the egg and the stand for like 50 bucks... So still wayyyyyyy cheaper than I can buy it here... Shipping all depends on where you are. He can figure out the cost by you zip code.

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