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Stainless steel egg

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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,251
    It's only about $300 more than a similar XL package. That grill would have probably bounced off my truck and not cracked when running it over =)
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  • FlashkaBob
    FlashkaBob Posts: 373
    Not nearly enough information on the site to make a decision. 304 stainless on outside and inside. Does this mean that it is built like a S.S. Thermos with a vacuum between the 2 layers? It would seem to me that without the heat sink of the ceramics, it would have a hard time maintaining your desired temps. Also the cost isn't a whole lot different than the BGE

    1 large BGE, 2 small BGE, 3 Plate setters, 1 large cast iron grid, 1 pizza stone, 1 Stoker II Wifi, 1 BBQ Guru Digi-Q II, 1 Amaze N pellet smoker and 1 empty wallet.      Seaforth, On. Ca.

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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,935
    Save $1500 and buy an Akorn if you want metal...
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  • cookingdude555
    cookingdude555 Posts: 3,196
    I think it's cool. 
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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
    Agree with Ric Flair. One of my brothers has an Akron and is happy with it. 
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    edited January 2016
    Another shiny steel kamado in the marketplace is sold by Kamado Joe. They have a "Pro Joe" which is pretty sweet. It actually costs more than a Komodo Kamado Big Bad at around $7,000. I'd rather have the KK Big Bad tho.


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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Looks a bit big for 22 caliber...but whadda I know!?
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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    Viking made one that looked decent. They went on sale when they discontinued them a couple years ago they were around the same price as the one in this thread but made by Viking so most likely decent quality. 
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,232
    nolaegghead said:
    Looks a bit big for 22 caliber...but whadda I know!?
    Everything
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    edited January 2016
    The rotisserie looks pretty cool (in the slide show).
    http://www.caliberappliances.com/collection/kamado

    They claim it is 40% more efficient than ceramic.  If there is insulation between the steel or if it is double walled vacuum that could be true.  I read a few independent reviews of the bubba keg/broil king keg years ago and they said you could lay your hand on the side of it while it was 700+ degrees.  It is basically like a big yeti rambler.   

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  • stompbox
    stompbox Posts: 729
    SS is great for longevity.  But, in the summer it is blinding and hot from the sun.  I quite like the egg the way it is.
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    SmokeyPitt said:
    The rotisserie looks pretty cool (in the slide show).
    http://www.caliberappliances.com/collection/kamado

    They claim it is 40% more efficient than ceramic.  If there is insulation between the steel or if it is double walled vacuum that could be true.  I read a few independent reviews of the bubba keg/broil king keg years ago and they said you could lay your hand on the side of it while it was 700+ degrees.  It is basically like a big yeti rambler.   
    That is also true of the much less expensive Akorn kamados. They don't make a shiny all stainless model but they are insulated steel and can be barely warm to the touch. Very fuel efficient.
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Lit said:
    Viking made one that looked decent. They went on sale when they discontinued them a couple years ago they were around the same price as the one in this thread but made by Viking so most likely decent quality. 
    Or just a shiny knockoff of the original.

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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    GATraveller said:
    Lit said:
    Viking made one that looked decent. They went on sale when they discontinued them a couple years ago they were around the same price as the one in this thread but made by Viking so most likely decent quality. 
    Or just a shiny knockoff of the original.
    The original what???
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    HeavyG said:
    GATraveller said:
    Lit said:
    Viking made one that looked decent. They went on sale when they discontinued them a couple years ago they were around the same price as the one in this thread but made by Viking so most likely decent quality. 
    Or just a shiny knockoff of the original.
    The original what???
    Kamado

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    GATraveller said:
    HeavyG said:
    GATraveller said:
    Lit said:
    Viking made one that looked decent. They went on sale when they discontinued them a couple years ago they were around the same price as the one in this thread but made by Viking so most likely decent quality. 
    Or just a shiny knockoff of the original.
    The original what???
    Kaman
    Then....aren't all kamados made today knockoffs of the original????
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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    jtcBoynton said:
    GATraveller said:
    HeavyG said:
    GATraveller said:
    Lit said:
    Viking made one that looked decent. They went on sale when they discontinued them a couple years ago they were around the same price as the one in this thread but made by Viking so most likely decent quality. 
    Or just a shiny knockoff of the original.
    The original what???
    Kaman
    Maybe RTIC can make us one. Order now for delivery for our grandkids.  =)


    We all know Yeti has to make it then RTIC will follow.
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    And when Rtic makes it it will be the same or better quality at half the price. I'd wait a few months for that.!
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  • 4Runner
    4Runner Posts: 2,948
    And then it will fall apart. 
    Joe - I'm a reformed gasser-holic aka 4Runner Columbia, SC Wonderful BGE Resource Site: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm and http://www.nibblemethis.com/  and http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2006/02/recipes.html
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Naaahhh. It would be made in the same factory so...
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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 6,748
    I don't know but this keeps reminding me of something filled with fissile fuel and strapped under the wing of a plane..
    Greensboro North Carolina
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  • bhedges1987
    bhedges1987 Posts: 3,201
    SmokeyPitt said:
    The rotisserie looks pretty cool (in the slide show).
    http://www.caliberappliances.com/collection/kamado

    They claim it is 40% more efficient than ceramic.  If there is insulation between the steel or if it is double walled vacuum that could be true.  I read a few independent reviews of the bubba keg/broil king keg years ago and they said you could lay your hand on the side of it while it was 700+ degrees.  It is basically like a big yeti rambler.   
    I had a keg. You couldn't do that.I also went through more charcoal with a keg. My food didn't taste as good either. 

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