Father\'s day egg and first cook

Wife and I managed to make it to the giant chicken coop to pick up my father's day egg. The dealer showed the features and explained a bit about cooking with an egg. Got it home and unloaded and re-attached the lid. I couldn't just let it sit there in it's pristine condition.

So I decided to do some simple boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I marinated the breasts in Italian dressing (didn't have time for a proper marinade) and lit the egg. At first, I didn't think I had it lit, but in a short time I had coals, and got the egg to temp very easily and quickly. I played with the controls to adjust temp and put the breasts on-I set up for indirect using the plate setter and cooked them at 350. I also got to try out the thermapen to confirm they were ready. I'm a novice egg user, but here are my observations: easy to light, and easy to maintain and control temp-this isn't your regular charcoal grill! Now we are talking about simple chicken breasts, but they were moist and juicy-the propane cooker produces a lot of chicken jerky with associated shrinkage, but not with the egg-very pleased!

Another shot, (Leiny shown for scale) went for the "upgraded" shelves as I haven't decided if I will build a cart or some sort of outdoor kitchen