Newbie's first 2 grills

Yo_EGGcellency

Last Saturday, used the BGE for the first time. Made pizza using the same recipe and temp that I've been using for years in a conventional electric oven at 500° for 7 min per pie. Delicious, and not burnt. 

Today, grilled filet mignon at 500°. However, I've never used a thermometer before today on a grill. Bought a Weber iGrill 2 and set the probe for medium (140°). At approximately 70°, I flipped the meat. Probably beginner's luck, but I'm now 2/2. 

Have been reading many posts, as time allows, so I could learn from your experiences. Particularly to the heavyweight BGE users/contributors on this forum, I thank you for sharing your invaluable knowledge - much appreciated.

DoubleEgger

Glad you are enjoying yourself. Welcome to the forum. 

bgebrent

Welcome brother.

johnkitchens

Welcome. You are going to have a lot of fun. 

JohnnyTarheel

Welcome!!  Glad you are off to a great start..

Biggreenpharmacist

Welcome. And we need pictures from now on!

lousubcap

Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Above all, have fun.

buzd504

1 grill.  2 cooks.

Google at your own risk.

Yo_EGGcellency

buzd504, thanks for the correction - I wasn't sure.

blasting

Welcome to the forum.  We like pics btw.

Yo_EGGcellency

Yo_EGGcellency

Brushed on EVOO over thin-rolled dough, sauce, oregano, 1/2 mozzarella cheese and 1/2 extra-sharp yellow cheddar cheese - simple yet delicious, less is more. 

SamIAm2

Welcome aboard and looking forward to your next cook. 3/3 What's it  going to be?? 

Yo_EGGcellency

LOL … SamiAm2, do I feel stupid - a baked potato, believe it or not, will be my latest challenge tonight (want to see how my iGrill 2 handles it). And, of course, with steak.

This is an entirely different way of grilling for me based on time/temp. So used to lifting up my old grill cover 101 times, even for a simple burger - trying to gain a bit more confidence with each cook on the BGE by staying away from its cover handle.

SamIAm2

Yo_EGGcellency said:

LOL … SamiAm2, do I feel stupid - a baked potato, believe it or not, will be my latest challenge tonight (want to see how my iGrill 2 handles it). And, of course, with steak.

This is an entirely different way of grilling for me based on temp and time. So used to lifting up my old grill cover 101 times, even for a simple burger - trying to gain a bit more confidence with each cook on the BGE by staying away from the cover handle.

See nothing wrong with learning how your new tools work and loosing a baked potato is less costly than burning a whole load of lump to learn how to set and maintain temperatures. Just don't bend the probe going into the tater  Still, pictures of the steak will be welcome.

You may have a kindred spirit in England: @Stormbringer has a blog talking about cooking to temperature instead of time as he used to do. Check him out.

Stormbringer

SamIAm2 said:

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Yo_EGGcellency said:

LOL … SamiAm2, do I feel stupid - a baked potato, believe it or not, will be my latest challenge tonight (want to see how my iGrill 2 handles it). And, of course, with steak.

This is an entirely different way of grilling for me based on temp and time. So used to lifting up my old grill cover 101 times, even for a simple burger - trying to gain a bit more confidence with each cook on the BGE by staying away from the cover handle.

See nothing wrong with learning how your new tools work and loosing a baked potato is less costly than burning a whole load of lump to learn how to set and maintain temperatures. Just don't bend the probe going into the tater  Still, pictures of the steak will be welcome.

You may have a kindred spirit in England: @Stormbringer has a blog talking about cooking to temperature instead of time as he used to do. Check him out.

Cheers bud.

@Yo_EGGcellency welcome and feel free to check this out, it's what @SamIAm2 was alluding to.

https://thecooksdigest.co.uk/2017/07/21/cooking-food-to-temperature/

henapple

Welcome to insanity. Go ahead and throw money out the window. Lol

Yo_EGGcellency

caliking

Welcome! You'll soon find that booze + forum+ credit card= financial ruin

Nice cooks btw.

Hans61

Nice way to start! Welcome 

Yo_EGGcellency

SamlAm2, thanks for the heads-up regarding ease of bending the probe if you tried jamming it into the potato. Drove a nail into it first to get a pilot hole - this BGE is becoming addictive.

Stormbringer, thanks for the working link - good article.

SamIAm2

Yo_EGGcellency said:

Dang, looks like you got 3/3 done! You didn't say it was a sweet potato you were testing .

EggNorth

Welcome.   Great cooks you have so far, especially that pizza.