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HurricaneT
HurricaneT Posts: 19
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Hello all eggheads, new to the forums, first time bge owner and very excited. So last week my birthday was on the 9th, I got home from work the day before on the 8th and saw this sitting out in the back yard...

My wife surprised me with a new XL egg. I was shocked, she has heard me talking about the bge in the past and got some help from an uncle picking the size. Instantly my favorite grill I own and can’t wait to cook on it for years to come. She also got me the plate diffuser since I mostly enjoying smoking. Any other accessories you guys recommend?

Happy to finally join the forums after frequently visiting and reading around some in the past. 
XL BGE
Pit Barrel Cooker
MHP wnk gasser

Miami, FL
Go Canes
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  • johnnyp
    johnnyp Posts: 3,932

    Welcome.  enjoy the journey.

    There are too many accessories and too many opinions to count.  I'd recommend using the egg as-is until you can gauge which accessories will actually be useful. 

    XL & MM BGE, 36" Blackstone - Newport News, VA
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,675
    Congrats on good wife and the Egg!

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,675
    First accesory I recommend is a thermopen or a thermopop.  Wait to decide on the rest.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    Welcome to the fray. 

    BGEs rock! 
    Living the good life smoking and joking
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  • HurricaneT
    HurricaneT Posts: 19
    Thank you guys, and yes I have a thermopen and the smoke as well. 
    XL BGE
    Pit Barrel Cooker
    MHP wnk gasser

    Miami, FL
    Go Canes
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  • EggMcMic
    EggMcMic Posts: 340
    Welcome, enjoy, read a lot of posts, spend a lot of money...but you will be eating good!
    EggMcMcc
    Central Illinois
    First L BGE July 2016, RecTec, Traeger, Weber, Campchef
    Second BGE, a MMX, February 2017
    Third BGE, another large, May, 2017
    Added another griddle (BassPro) December 2017
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
    'Happy Wife - Happy Life'! .. don't know what you did, but congratulations!!
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,421
    That thing looks purdy!

    Welcome!

    What is it with all the XL BGEs as gifts lately?
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,527
    Welcome! 
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Welcome aboard.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Welcome to the club!

    That is a very nice photo by the way.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • Thapco
    Thapco Posts: 44
    Hmmm, wonder what she wants for Christmas?
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  • GrillSgt
    GrillSgt Posts: 2,507
    Thapco said:
    Hmmm, wonder what she wants for Christmas?
    Apparently a big piece of meat. 
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  • RajunCajun
    RajunCajun Posts: 1,049
    Welcome aboard, Mate!  Life will never be the same.  Enjoy.
    The problem with a problem is that you don't know it's a problem until it's a problem, and that is a big problem.
    Holding the company together with three spreadsheets and two cans connected by a long piece of string.
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  • tml1230
    tml1230 Posts: 237
    As a relative New guy myself, welcome aboard this train wreck. the regulars here are perhaps the funniest SOB's I have ever not met in person. If it were not  for their great advice and really humorous comments , which are absolutely unrelated to anything BGE related....I would drop this site like a festered boil on my buttocks.
    Sarasota Fl. and  Lake Toxaway N.C. (and Novembers on the island of Kauai) (and April in France.... Don't hate on me for that)
    BGE  medium and minimax
    HOW  BOUT THEM GATORS !
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Ummmm... so, you got this on the 8th, its now the 15th... and all you have is a pic of a new egg??? Cook, dammit!!

    Welcome aboard :)

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Eggdicted_Dawgfan
    Eggdicted_Dawgfan Posts: 1,912
    Welcome to the fun. I’m sure you got a bag of BGE lump with your egg. Burn through that. Then locate locally or order yourself some Rockwook lump. You will be happy. 
    Snellville, GA


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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,793
    Better to be lucky than good any day.  The return serve will cost you but worth it, I think...
    Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Above all, have fun.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • HurricaneT
    HurricaneT Posts: 19
    Lol you guys are hilarious. But thank you all for the welcoming. 

    And yes I am looking into Rockwood lump from reading through the forum  =)
    XL BGE
    Pit Barrel Cooker
    MHP wnk gasser

    Miami, FL
    Go Canes
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  • HurricaneT
    HurricaneT Posts: 19

    caliking said:
    Ummmm... so, you got this on the 8th, its now the 15th... and all you have is a pic of a new egg??? Cook, dammit!!

    Welcome aboard :)
    I’ve made a few chickens and some steaks messing around with it, getting use to it. Will post more pics for sure.
    XL BGE
    Pit Barrel Cooker
    MHP wnk gasser

    Miami, FL
    Go Canes
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  • R2Egg2Q
    R2Egg2Q Posts: 2,137
    Wow, great gift, congrats!  As someone who has purchased a number of accessories that I regret purchasing, I’d advise you to spend some time reading posts on the forum and watch for accessories that you really believe you’d use before you consider buying.  If possible try different cooking techniques before buying as well (for example you might find you prefer to cook ribs flat on the cooking grid as opposed to buying a rib rack).   I think I must have bought like 4 or 5 beer can chicken or turkey accessories before realizing I preferred to drink my beer and cook my birds spatchcocked.  

    Welcome aboard!
    XL, Large, Small, Mini Eggs, M&M BBQ Texas Smoke King, Shirley Fabrication 24x36 Patio, Humphrey's Weekender, Karubecue C-60, MAK 1-Star General, Hasty Bake Gourmet, Santa Maria Grill, Webers: 14" WSM, 22.5" OTG, 22.5" Kettle Premium, WGA Charcoal

    Bay Area, CA
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  • BBQBuddy
    BBQBuddy Posts: 275
    Congrats on the new egg and GO CANES!!
    2 Large BGE, MiniMax, Miami, FL

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  • ewyllins
    ewyllins Posts: 461
    Welcome and congrats! Go with Thermapen and go Canes!!!
    O-Town, FL

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  • kweitz
    kweitz Posts: 305
    The one thing I regret buying is the BBQ Guru. Replaced it with SMOBOT and absolutely love it! BTW, Guru for sale, used three times!

    Charles Town, West-by-God Virginia

    Sazco large Casa-Q

    Large BGE

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  • NewbeeMinimax
    NewbeeMinimax Posts: 174
    Welcome aboard. It is very true what YukonRon said. I seem to think about BGE 24/7 now. 
    Bucks County, PA
    Minimax, XL, Flameboss 200, Roccbox

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  • mEGG_My_Day
    mEGG_My_Day Posts: 1,661
    YukonRon is a wise man - take his advice seriously.  And welcome aboard.
    Memphis, TN 

    LBGE, 2 SBGE, Hasty-Bake Gourmet
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  • TideEggHead
    TideEggHead Posts: 1,345
    Welcome aboard and enjoy the ride!
    LBGE
    AL
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  • camofreak
    camofreak Posts: 161
    Welcome. I’m going to tell you, getting a BGE is life changing. You’re gonna love it. And the people you invite over for suppers are going to love it too.
    Green Eggin' in South Carolina
    Go Gamecocks!!!
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    after unloading my truck today....it's a disease.
    ______________________________________________
    I love lamp..
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