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marineforce10

Hello everyone, my name is Alex and I'm a new BGE owner here. Received a BGE extra large this weekend. Looking forward to learning some tips and tricks, recipes and share my experiences.

SoCalTim

Hey Alex ... Welcome! If your looking for 'tips & tricks' this is the place. Don't know if you have any experience on the egg .. I didn't when I first got mine. Had mine a year now - for me the learning curve has been about 9 months. I feel pretty comfortable now. The more you use the egg obviously the better you will get. Tim 

berndcrisp

Welcome Alex!

By using the 'search' feature, you will find everything you will need to know.

lousubcap

Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  What follows is a collection of info that may be of use (or not:)):

Here’s a link to all things ceramic-chances are if you have a question the answer is within this site somewhere.  Check out the recipe section for some great ideas.

http://www.nakedwhiz.com/nwindex.htm

For additional links to cooking/recipe sites; here are two very good ones, depending what you are cooking:  This site contains a wealth of the science behind Q cooking along with info on about every type of meat cook you would attempt: http://amazingribs.com/

Here’s the second one:  http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/

After-market toys- With the BGE there are three basic styles of cooking;  “direct”-where the cooking grid is on top of the fire ring; “raised direct”-where the grid is elevated at least to the gasket-line (this setup requires after-market stuff-easiest is to get another grid and then use three fire bricks (or three empty aluminum beer cans) and place them on the grid at the fire ring and then put the second grid on top. The third is “indirect” where there is a heat deflector (platesetter or some other type stone) between the burning lump and the cooking grid.  This is the setup for low&slow long duration cooks.  I would get comfortable playing around with the BGE before any major after-market investments.  Will save you $$ in the long run.

Some observations-make sure you calibrate your dome thermo-boil some water, then insert the thermo and check the temp.  If not around 210*F, then note the off-set and use the nut on the back to correct.  Then recheck.

Temperature is a controlled by the volume of lump burning.  The volume is controlled by the air-flow thru the BGE.  In thru the bottom vent and out the top.  Make sure when you set it up that the fire box opening is aligned with the lower vent. 

When adjusting the vent(s) to change temperature, the feedback loop can take some time.  Changes in air-flow are reflected in the dome thermo temp.  Don’t chase temperature; +/- 10-15*F is close enough.

“Stable temperature” is a relative term.  Means you haven’t moved the vents and the temperature is steady for anywhere from 30-60 minutes.

 

That's more than enough.

theyolksonyou

Welcome to the zoo. This is the best place to learn and get some great ideas/recipes. If you have a question, you'll get an answer 24/7.

very important lesson, remember to burp the egg

lesson 2 embrace heavy duty aluminum foil and all it's wonderful uses.

Canugghead

Welcome aboard Alex.  All good info above, but no one mentioned camera?

theyolksonyou

theyolksonyou said:

Welcome to the zoo. This is the best place to learn and get some great ideas/recipes. If you have a question, you'll get an answer 24/7.

very important lesson, remember to burp the egg

lesson 2 embrace heavy duty aluminum foil and all it's wonderful uses.

sorry, 1a after the safety lesson is "pics or it didn't happen"

there ya go @Canugghead‌

Skiddymarker

Welcome to the asylum. Don't forget to search for Eggheads Everywhere and give your postal code to our resident co-ordinator - great to see where everyone is. Many of us add info to our signature line. Again, Welcome!

Jeremiah

Welcome

Fred19Flintstone

Welcome Alex! USMC?

DoctorMojo

Welcome, Alex!!!

tulocay

Welcome

Grillin_beers

My name is Alex as well. Welcome to the cult.

TigerTony

berndcrisp said:

Welcome Alex!

By using the 'search' feature, you will find everything you will need to know.

Not sure about that. The search engine here has not been good to me. But maybe it's just me.

jcaspary

Welcome aboard, there is a ton of good people here with terrific ideas.

dldawes1

Welcome to the eggdiction Alex !!

Yep, great folks...more info than you'll ever use here !!!!  Sift through it with care....

You'll quickly learn who the eggsperienced eggheads are ( egghead is an earned title ).

Some pretty comical threads go on around here, too !!  You'll see !!

Donnie

SGH

Welcome aboard. Glad to have you and congradulations on the new egg.

Ladeback69

Welcome, Alex to the Eggdiction. There are a lot of great people on here that are her here to help.

marineforce10

Fred19Flintstone said:

Welcome Alex! USMC?

Yes, back in the day.

tcracing

Welcome.

Monty77

Congrats on becoming an Egghead, looking forward to seeing some posts!  

grege345

Looking forward to some cooks as well. Welcome

marineforce10

grege345 said:

Looking forward to some cooks as well. Welcome

Thanks and good luck to your team tonight.

grege345

I have to switch my avatar. They are dead to me until draft day. Lol. @marineforce10‌ where do you reside?

lousubcap

@marineforce10-always remember, "The best marine is a submarine!"  Good thing I'm not within the same zip code as you or I could be in trouble >-

Fred19Flintstone

marineforce10 said:

Fred19Flintstone said:

Welcome Alex! USMC?

Yes, back in the day.

Welcome sir! Thank you for your service to our country!

NPHuskerFL

Welcome to the sickness Alex! \m/
Disturbed - Down With The Sickness [Music Video]: http://youtu.be/09LTT0xwdfw

marineforce10

grege345 said:

I have to switch my avatar. They are dead to me until draft day. Lol. @marineforce10‌ where do you reside?

Maryland.

Ladeback69

grege345 said:

I have to switch my avatar. They are dead to me until draft day. Lol. @marineforce10‌ where do you reside?

I already changed my avatar. Chiefs have looked really bad in the last 2 weeks.

abpgwolf

Welcome Alex! I have an XL BGE and have had it for about 2 1/2 years. This site (and the sites mentioned above) have been a great source of support, help, information and entertainment. If you have a question, want a recipe, need help, just ask - there is always someone willing to help.  If you don't have an instant read thermometer, buy one ASAP! Learning to cook to temp rather than time has improved my results more than anything. Don't hesitate to try new techniques and recipes. Have fun with the new egg!

bcsnave

Welcome to the forum. Use the search function and you will find answers to most questions.

 

Also, there are a bunch of guys that will help you out with questions. Start cooking and you wil learn a lot...