Questions on mini

I have a medium and it is perfect for 2 to 4 people. That said my inlaws have a mini and I am thinking about getting one. I don't believe you could fit 2 steaks at a time or a whole chicken although where there is a will there is a way. Anyhow, love my medium!

Most of the time there are just the two of us also. My excuse to buy a mini was mobility, however, not once have I moved the mini other than to acquire some additional table space for food preparation.

We easily can cook for the wife and I as well as 2 or 3 of the younger grand kids using the mini.

My dealer kept talking me out of getting a mini which now I regret waiting so long. We use the mini all the time. For longer cooks or special set up cooks we next go to the large. Once in a while use the medium and only fire up the small because it's there.

Doing it all over I would get a large (maybe an XL) mini then second large (or possibly an XL if my first was a large).

GG

Don't let my inability to find one deter you. I've got a large and a small. I'm going to get the mini because a lot of the time we just want two pork chops, two burgers, or I'm going to use it for tailgating. Even with a (small 6-8)crowd I figure it's going to cycle so fast that I can keep everyone fed with burgers and hotdogs. For sure it's not for doing chicken for 8 people.

Isn't it wild about how many questions the mini conjures up? I guess it's because the little guy just is so small people are concerned about it's usefulness.

Do most of you buy the stand for it?

Ron,

I kept going to the dealer and looking at the mini. It looks like a novelty or toy. My dealer never sold one before me and kept talking me out of getting it.

It ended up being cheaper to buy the mini than to keep going to the dealer to look at it and wonder, should I get it.

I use the mini more than any of the other eggs (my L, M & S). I use the mini more than the M & S combined.

Inwardly I laugh every time I fill the mini up with lump. A hand full or two of lump is all it takes.

I don't particularly like the stand but I didn't have any other solution at the time and I didn't want to use the mini without something.

Kent

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Out here eggs sell at retail or above, anyway that's the way it was when I got all of mine.

Hopefully you can some kind of discount. If I recall, I paid just under $300 for the mini & stand. I am thinking the stand was close to $70. For tailgating the stand might be a great way to go. I wonder about cushioning the egg while in the vehicle.

On the forum I have seen some nice stands/carrying devices built for the mini.

Kent

Ron, I have the stand for the mini. It doesn't fit perfectly, as the egg, and also the stand, isn't completely round, It holds it okay but there are "high spots" that contact the stands ring just here and there. This allows the egg to tip back and forth a little bit, but it is a good solution for holding the egg while cooking. If one wants to place the egg in the stand during transport, I would be concerned that the stresses on the high spot areas might damage the egg, so I wrap an old towel around first.
You will enjoy having the mini. Recently someone posted images of kabobs placed vertically through the top vent. The daisy was removed and a small plate had been placed on the grid so the skewers wouldn't slide through. I hope to try this soon.

I have the same rocking condition with the Mini in its stand. I thought about getting it lined up nice and level and running a bead of high temp silicone around the joint between the base and the stand. We plan to transport the Mini in the stand anyway when we go camping.