Me thinks me want a mini....

Mickey

Or you could cut a Mangrate to 9" and round it off

Hi54putty

Mickey said:

Or you could cut a Mangrate to 9" and round it off

Yup, that's the play.

Eggcelsior

High Question???!!! Auto-correct is killing me.

AleBrewer

Been kicking around the idea of a second egg for some time now.....still haven't decided between a mini or a small.

I cook mostly for two, and have a large now.....so it seems like a mini would be ideal. 

Village Idiot

AleBrewer said:

Been kicking around the idea of a second egg for some time now.....still haven't decided between a mini or a small.

I cook mostly for two, and have a large now.....so it seems like a mini would be ideal. 

That's what I've got (Large & Mini).  There's only 2 of us, and I think that is a perfect combo.

Griffin

Large Mini is a great combo. Mini does most of the work for us during the week, the large is great for bigger weekend cooks. Hmmm...which one should I fire up tonight? Only cooking for one since Mrs G is back on the road again. Having choices is great.

AleBrewer

Yeah....you guys are helping push me toward the mini.

Mickey

Just thought of another reason to own a Mini. For those of you living where it gets cold you can put your Mini in the fireplace and use it all winter.....

Chubbs

Mickey said:

Just thought of another reason to own a Mini. For those of you living where it gets cold you can put your Mini in the fireplace and use it all winter.....

Nice!! It doesn't get too cold in SC but interesting comment Mick. I see it now....SWMBO comes home, there is a huge piece of meat hanging in the kitchen, me sitting at kitchen table with a headlamp and meat glue glueing bacon to jalapenos, the fridge full of curing pork bellies, my pantry containers emptied and refilled with curing salts, and the mini going strong in the fireplace.... Man oh man an eggers wife must be patient!!!!

jlsm

Don't know that the HighQue grate would work for anything very fine. The grids are far apart.

Griffin

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Mickey

jlsm said:

Don't know that the HighQue grate would work for anything very fine. The grids are far apart.

It would have to be very small, and then just use a screen.

 

Village Idiot

That photo is a picture of Mickey's 8 year old large Egg.  His wife asked him why he always wraps his cooks up in a Luby's Cafeteria bag before bringing them in the house from the Egg.  He said it keeps it fresher that way.

Mickey

ManGrate can't we just all get along........................

BeecaveKitchen

What is a mini woo and where did some of these folks purchase indirect plates etc? I thought they didn't have them for mini, because if they do- I'm getting one!!!!

Fred19Flintstone

BeecaveKitchen said:

What is a mini woo and where did some of these folks purchase indirect plates etc? I thought they didn't have them for mini, because if they do- I'm getting one!!!!

www.ceramicgrillstore.com sells the woo.  I bought two 8.5" pizza stones from Amazon.  One for pizza, one for indirect cooking.

R2Egg2Q

Mini Woo (now looks different than in many pics you'll see on here): http://shop.ceramicgrillstore.com/mini-10-woo-ring/

Pizza stones for Indirect: http://www.amazon.com/Old-Stone-Oven-4444-Stones/dp/B0000E1FDC

Mickey

@BeecaveKitchen Need for you to join us March 16 in Salado for the EggFest and bring your kilt if you have one. Tom will be here and you can see close up.

MrCookingNurse

What's going on here?

R2Egg2Q

MrCookingNurse said:

What's going on here?

A rack of St Louis spares cut in half & cooked on two tiers.

MrCookingNurse

R2Egg2Q said:

MrCookingNurse said:

What's going on here?

A rack of St Louis spares cut in half & cooked on two tiers.

That's amazing. I've got a small on hold at my dealer but this was a very interesting thread on the mini! I just feel like it'd be too small. Never seen one in person tho

Chubbs

 

MrCookingNurse said:

What's going on here?

A rack of St Louis spares cut in half & cooked on two tiers.

That's amazing. I've got a small on hold at my dealer but this was a very interesting thread on the mini! I just feel like it'd be too small. Never seen one in person tho

I was thinking about the small too. The reality is the small is not much bigger than the mini in terms of grate space. It is however a good bit heavier. My decision was to go with the mini for ease of packing up. Use the $100 difference in price to get a mini woo and ceramic stones. I mainly cook for SWMBO and myself only so mini would be great and a nice compliment to my large.

MrCookingNurse

Yea, I just want a smaller one for week night me and wife or just me. But biggest thing is camping, tailgating and stuff. Traveling and stuff.

Chubbs

If I had the mini last night it would have saved me two burnt fingers. Had the large full roasting peppers and tomatoes over the platesetter. When they were done, pulled them and was pulling PS out too to sear chicken and damn welders gloves failed on me. Got a nice blister on my middle finger. Could have seared the chicken on mini while roasting veggies on large.

Fred19Flintstone

Chubbs said:

If I had the mini last night it would have saved me two burnt fingers. Had the large full roasting peppers and tomatoes over the platesetter. When they were done, pulled them and was pulling PS out too to sear chicken and damn welders gloves failed on me. Got a nice blister on my middle finger. Could have seared the chicken on mini while roasting veggies on large.

I use my small or mini depending on who is home, just like you said & veggies in the large.

Mickey

First Egg was a Small, then a Large and later won a Mini. The Mini was used so much more than the other two I ended up selling the Small.

SkinnyV

R2Egg2Q said:

What's going on here?

A rack of St Louis spares cut in half & cooked on two tiers.

With or without woo? I tried to stack with couldnt shut the lid.

Chubbs

SkinnyV said:

R2Egg2Q said:

What's going on here? < src="http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss175/macman3130/C2E099FD-C044-4EED-B238-5F759EDCAA45-8154-000000E8BAD3061E.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket Pictures, Images and Photos">

A rack of St Louis spares cut in half & cooked on two tiers.

With or without woo? I tried to stack with couldnt shut the lid.

Looks like there is a woo then a custom second tier above the stock raised (on woo) grate.

thetrim

Mickey said:

volfan1 said:

I ordered a mini for myself because my local deal was out of stock.  Does it come with the daisy wheel?

Just as Gary said yes, but I do not find any reason to use it. Works fine without.

@Mickey, have you ever "broken down" why or how u can go w/o the daisy wheel?  do you keep the ceramic cap on or leave everything off?

RLeeper

Does anyone else have the CI grid for the mini?