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Seeking advice on new cooker

chuckytheegghead
chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
in Off Topic
Hello all, I am currently shopping around for a new cooker to use as my "winter beater". I've narrowed it down to a few choices. I'm thinking either a large or kj classic (the classic is $500 less with the roadshow discount) or a XL. Opinions?
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    If all options are open, the XL.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    Thanks for the suggestion @bgebrent. This is not going to be an easy decision. 
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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
    Love my XL!!!
    “There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
    Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    What is a winter beater? Seriously.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    KJ classic would serve you well, no doubt. The XL is just a great, volume cooker. 
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    I also love my XL but I have it in a cart which gets covered. The cover can be a little cumbersome to remove and then having to wait for the egg to cool before covering again, especially in the winter in between precipitation. 
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  • johnnyp
    johnnyp Posts: 3,932
    If you can get a KJ classic fully warrantied for $500 less, no question to be had.  

    If you don't need the functional benefits of the XL, choose the best value.
    XL & MM BGE, 36" Blackstone - Newport News, VA
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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    Thanks for the replies guys. I guess I don't really need the real estate that the XL offers but I was thinking that my eggcessories could just switch between units and the extra space would be a bonus. However the large/classic would suffice in size. 
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  • XLentEGG
    XLentEGG Posts: 436
    I bought my XL based on the " better to have it and not need it " than the " to need it and not have it " when it comes to space. No regrets :-)
    More meat please !! :-)
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  • chrisc133
    chrisc133 Posts: 501
    If you want the extra space and are looking to save money with the road show...Why not just get the big joe at the road show?
    Augusta, GA
    #BGETEAMGREEN member
    MiniMax, Large, XL BGE
    Featured on Man Fire Food Season 7
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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    The big joe is actually 50 more than a demo XL here. 
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    chuckytheegghead said:
    The big joe is actually 50 more than a demo XL here. 
    Does the demo XL include all the goodies you get with the Big Joe?
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    Except for the shelves, not a deal breaker 
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    chuckytheegghead said:
    Thanks for the replies guys. I guess I don't really need the real estate that the XL offers but I was thinking that my eggcessories could just switch between units and the extra space would be a bonus. However the large/classic would suffice in size. 
    So just to understand...you already have an XL, but it is in a cart so you want a second cooker that you can keep uncovered?  

    If that is the case then I think a large or classic would be plenty of space.  For $500 less I would go with the classic without a second thought. 

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
    Im not telling you to not get a second device, but why not just ditch the cover?
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    SmokeyPitt said:
    chuckytheegghead said:
    Thanks for the replies guys. I guess I don't really need the real estate that the XL offers but I was thinking that my eggcessories could just switch between units and the extra space would be a bonus. However the large/classic would suffice in size. 
    So just to understand...you already have an XL, but it is in a cart so you want a second cooker that you can keep uncovered?  

    If that is the case then I think a large or classic would be plenty of space.  For $500 less I would go with the classic without a second thought. 
     That's correct. Thanks for the input. 
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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    saluki2007 said:
    Im not telling you to not get a second device, but why not just ditch the cover?
    I don't want to expose the cart and the contents in the drawers to the elements. 
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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    I'd go $500 off on the KJ and be happy with the decision. Though it would be a lot cheaper to just buy a stand for the XL and move it over during the winter. 
    Aledo, Texas
    Large BGE
    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,400
    all my eggs are winter beaters =)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • westernbbq
    westernbbq Posts: 2,490
    Carolina Q said:
    What is a winter beater? Seriously.
    When you live in places where cars rust like Wisconsin, you typically get an older, heavier (for the snow) vehicle for five hundred bucks that you use as your winter beater.  in places where there is snow, ice and road salt, fender benders are more likely and you keep your 'nice' car from getting rusted out.

    a big green egg will handle winter just fine.  my only concern is that if you have extreme cold temps, and then heat it up, would the metal band coatings flake off or would any of the bolts that are torqued down pretty good stress with the temperature differential.


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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262

    Whatever rationale has brought you to the point of another cooker, I support you 100%.

    I think for second eggs, most guys stick with "I can save lot on lump with a smaller egg".


    Phoenix 
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    fishlessman said:
    all my eggs are winter beaters =)
    All my vehicles too!

    Yeah, my bolts are a little rusty, and I have covers I seldom use, but handling all elements is the biggest virtue of the BGE IMO. 

    He may be one of the dudes who buys a truck, and frets about gravel. 

    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    Not fretting about the gravel. Just don't want the water in my lump and not moving it to a nest. 
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