Before the Egg?

tonyled

weber genesis (10 years old now) and still have it.  i actually prefer it for direct cooking over the egg

A2Z

A Jenn-air gas grill and a walmart propane box smoker.  All jokes aside that cheapo propane smoker made some awful good babybacks, just a pain to keep adding water.

Griffin

I have a Brinkman offset that has moved on down to the in-laws ranch. Still sees some action for smoking while the built in is for grilling

Some ABT's and turtle eggs

Had a gas grill that moved to my parents house. Gets used on holidays.

Greart for quick grilling in the summer while swimming in the pool, but the Egg by far blows away any grill I have ever owned or used.

BYS1981

I had a cheap charcoal grill from walmart and my old gasser.

scooter759

Hibachi - long gone

1st Weber Kettle - wore it out

2nd Weber kettle - wore it out

Weber Genesis - used it a lot, IMHO it went through too many burners and flavorizer bars - sold it

BBQ Galore 4 burner turbo - used lots of propane and too many hotspots, sold it

30 inch offset pit smoker from Jeff's Backyard (San Antonio), good smoker, too heavy to move to MN, sold it (quickly)

Weber Summit Silver - still have it, mostly used as a heat source for Griddle Q

3rd Weber Kettle - still have it, mainly it's "yard art"

Traeger Lil Tex - okay smoker, had problems with temp controller electronics, sold it when I got the BGE, imo it tended to dry food out on longer cooks.

Weber Q - used a lot when camping in TX, now mainly gets used in garage in bad weather, and when we go to "in-laws" for "BBQ's". I always end up at the grill and I refuse to use anything my in-laws have.

And of course large BGE, currently having a hard time not pulling the trigger on a second one, but being unemployed overrules that right now.

Cymbaline65

I have two Webers (Gold, Smokey Joe), gas grill, Brinkmann Dual Zone charcoal grill (the one they made that was actually worth a crap) and of course my Egg.

I use them all but prefer the Egg overall. Had a birthday party Saturday and I needed all the grill square footage I could get. Had three grils going and everyone got fed. Use the gas for weekday stuff when I'm home.

All just depends on timing and what needs to be done.

preneau

Weber kettle... still have it

Ducane gasser ....

calracefan

Brinkman Gas Grill- just about burnt up
Weber Kettle Grill- still in good shape
Masterbilt Electric Smoker- works good but requires some attention while smoking !

RocEGG

Prior to the egg I had:
1: a New Braunfels barrel type smoker/grill. Gave it away a month or two ago shortly after getting the egg.
2: A 2009 model Weber Genesis S-330 propane grill. Still works great and gets used occasionally.
3: Have a Little Chief electric smoker that has been in the family for at least 30 years. Doesn't get used much anymore.

boatbum

Lot's of gassers over the years.   Older weber.

First dedicated smoker was a Brinkman ( I think) - that looked like R2D2.

Then went to a side firebox, vertical smoke chamber smoker - fought that thing for years.

Cooked quite a bit on my friends trailer based rig.

Will never want to be without an Egg for low and slow.

 

BGE4Life

I had a weber kettle, switched to a Ducane Gas Grill that I hated to my first LBGE and now a second LBGE.

cookingdude555

I love my webers. Started with a kettle and that was it. Then bought a WSM, and I was hooked. Several kettles and performers later I got into eggs. Bought four, need to stop. Then came across a bubba keg grill, love that too. Now my brother and I picked up a ranch kettle. That thing is the bomb. They're all fun and cook great. Man I love charcoal cooking.

jonessteave

travisstrick said:

I had a Char-Grill side box smoker. It required CONSTANT tending and couldn't be left alone for more than about 1 hour. I also used a lot of "match light" and my food tasted like crap. I sold it for $50. I will never be without an EGG as long as I live.

I also have the same smoker.

1voyager

Vintage brown Weber kettle, rarely used by my parents. They were going to donate it to Goodwill until I found out. 

Weber kettle #2. Used it until BGE.

Ducane gasser. It lasted 14 years. I still have the removable cutting board. Loved it.

Jenn Air gasser with all the over-priced options. What a fine-looking piece of junk. Pitched it after about 3 years.

PGS gas grill. Still going strong after 16 years. I use it now and then for reverse sear.

dannys

I had a series of gas grills. Cheapo ones, up to Weber's. I still have a weber, but it is used pretty much for storing BGE parts and accessories.

I had, for a year or so, a weber kettle. It proved a lttle inconvenient and I was never happy with it.

Today, I've got a large and MM and will not be trading them for anything else.

ColbyLang

A few Weber gassers from top of the line to the Lowes specials. Upgrade to XL plus Blaze Pro 3 burner when we built outdoor living space. Also have a charcoal pit, hasn’t been used in 6+ years. Custom job from a local welding shop. Nothing fancy, but can cook a load of leg quarters like it ain’t nothing! 

TEXASBGE2018

I had a weber performer, a weber smokey mountain, and a 36" blackstone

BikerBob

Some kind of vertical sheet metal smoker-maybe Brinkman, Lodge Sportsman which lasted for years, a bunch of whatever charcoal grill or smoker showed up at a foreclosed house and was brought to the island where I lived.
Finally the egg came to the island and the Sportsman went to the mountains until the bottom finally gave out and it was replaced with a cheap sheet metal grill. Then came a Mini Max for the mountains. 
Don't see any need to change anything now.

cookingdude555

cookingdude555 said:

I love my webers. Started with a kettle and that was it. Then bought a WSM, and I was hooked. Several kettles and performers later I got into eggs. Bought four, need to stop. Then came across a bubba keg grill, love that too. Now my brother and I picked up a ranch kettle. That thing is the bomb. They're all fun and cook great. Man I love charcoal cooking.

I’ve never quoted myself, but in ten years since this post, I bought more. Still haven’t stopped. 

Mr1egg

Had a Napoleon prestige ng for 15 years before trying charcoal grilling. Bought a medium bge and loved it. My most recent purchase has been the primo oval xl. Now sadly my Napoleon is in storage. 

xfire_ATX

Started with a smokey joe while I lived in Apts and rental houses.
Had a few Gas Grills along the way
Bought some low cost Side Smoker that got me into the idea
Bought my neighbors LGBE
Found a weber kettle I used for a bit- gave away
Have a Portable Gas Weber I take camping but soon I will get a stand for it to put all my Egg accessories in and dump the tired Gas Grill I havent lit in 3 years.
Likely buying my same neighbors XL as he's into his $$$$$ Traeger now.
Talked to another neighbor this weekend about buying the LG off me.

Mr1egg

xfire_ATX said:

Started with a smokey joe while I lived in Apts and rental houses.
Had a few Gas Grills along the way
Bought some low cost Side Smoker that got me into the idea
Bought my neighbors LGBE
Found a weber kettle I used for a bit- gave away
Have a Portable Gas Weber I take camping but soon I will get a stand for it to put all my Egg accessories in and dump the tired Gas Grill I havent lit in 3 years.
Likely buying my same neighbors XL as he's into his $$$$$ Traeger now.
Talked to another neighbor this weekend about buying the LG off me.

The lg egg and lg joes r too small. The xls r perfect

danhoo

Smokey Joe in the 80s.  Used it for 15 or so years. 

Crappy gasser in the early 90s

Hand me down weber 22 inch kettle mid 90s. 

Genesis silver B in 2001

Large bge in 2011 

alaskanassasin

A chicken? 

Hansm

Weber Genesis B gas grill (13 years), Weber 22" kettle (10 years) and Weber 14" Smokey Joe camp(4 years)  grill. Still have all of them, complement my LG BGE well. Had a Traeger, what a POS ... sold it after 6 months

Clay Q

Started BBQing with Brinkmann water smoker mid 1980's.  Upgraded to Weber 18" Smoky Mt. and Weber gas grill.  Later graduated to offset smoker stick burner that was difficult to maintain in Wisconsin winters.  Eventually gave away my second Weber gas grill the offset smoker for 2 new Weber Kettle charcoal grills.  In 2004 sold my Smoky Mt. and got a large egg.  Currently have 4 eggs, 4 Weber kettles, a home made Ugly Drum Smoker, Ooni Pro Wood/charcoal pizza oven, Blackstone griddle and a fire pit.

littlerascal56

Sold the eggs and kamado joes, as they are too high maintenance with the warranty issues.  Loving the Oklahoma Joe Bronco.  Burns lump & briquettes, wood chunks, and great flavor.  And it won’t crack!  No bands to keep adjusted either.  Makes great BBQ!

jonessteave

My wife and I were determined to combine our pizza oven and fireplace. We found only one other person, in Japan, who was successful in making this combination. We spent time researching and planning the logistics and it works perfectly! As an added bonus, how many scoops of coffee per cup we can use our pizza oven as a smoker as well when we’re running the fireplace. We successfully smoked our Thanksgiving turkey this year. We are thrilled with our accomplishment.

nolaegghead

jonessteave said:

My wife and I were determined to combine our pizza oven and fireplace. We found only one other person, in Japan, who was successful in making this combination. We spent time researching and planning the logistics and it works perfectly! As an added bonus, how many scoops of coffee per cup we can use our pizza oven as a smoker as well when we’re running the fireplace. We successfully smoked our Thanksgiving turkey this year. We are thrilled with our accomplishment.

Exciting.  Care to post a pic?

Langner91

jonessteave said:

My wife and I were determined to combine our pizza oven and fireplace. We found only one other person, in Japan, who was successful in making this combination. We spent time researching and planning the logistics and it works perfectly! As an added bonus, how many scoops of coffee per cup we can use our pizza oven as a smoker as well when we’re running the fireplace. We successfully smoked our Thanksgiving turkey this year. We are thrilled with our accomplishment.

I have been in the market for some new kanives, thanks for the link!  I don't drink coffee, but I learned a lot about the different heights of coffee cups!