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Honorary first post

Skrullb
Skrullb Posts: 666
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So my cousin got a new XL today and I got to break it in for him. Someone has to do it, right?
I did some chicken quarters over apple wood, zucchini noodles with clam sauce and pasta salad. 
I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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  • CPARKTX
    CPARKTX Posts: 2,095
    Looks like good eats. Welcome
    LBGE & SBGE.  Central Texas.  
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  • Skrullb
    Skrullb Posts: 666
    CPARKTX said:
    Looks like good eats. Welcome
    Thanks. I’ve been here for a while, I was posting on behalf of him, I got to cook on his new Egg for the first time 
    I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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  • onedbguru
    onedbguru Posts: 1,648
    edited May 2018
    Welcome to the cult (or so my wife says - but she never complains about the food we get off of our XL Egg - like the brisket we did last weekend). 

    Chicken looks good.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,995
    Nice move to step in as the relief cook on a virgin XL.  Great looking outcome right there.  Don't apply too much pressure right out of the gate.  
    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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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,379
    Nice job!  Few things are quite as satisfying as getting that first cook on a previously unblemished BGE!
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP PitBoss Navigator 850G 11/25
    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
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  • Theophan
    Theophan Posts: 2,654
    Looks wonderful!  Once in a while I envy people with XLs.  My wife bought me a Medium as a surprise many years ago, and I LOVED it, but there were times when it just wasn't big enough, and then she bought me a Large, and now one or the other is almost always just right, and on very rare occasions I'll have both going at once.  I hardly ever entertain, mostly it's just me and my wife, but I have to admit that once in a rare while it would be nice to just have more real estate on that grid.  Looks cool, and you did a GREAT job of breaking it in for them with a fantastic looking cook!
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  • Skrullb
    Skrullb Posts: 666
    Theophan said:
    Looks wonderful!  Once in a while I envy people with XLs.  My wife bought me a Medium as a surprise many years ago, and I LOVED it, but there were times when it just wasn't big enough, and then she bought me a Large, and now one or the other is almost always just right, and on very rare occasions I'll have both going at once.  I hardly ever entertain, mostly it's just me and my wife, but I have to admit that once in a rare while it would be nice to just have more real estate on that grid.  Looks cool, and you did a GREAT job of breaking it in for them with a fantastic looking cook!
    Thanks. I started with a medium as well. My wife just bought me an XL this past Christmas and I love it. Still use the medium, I love it for wokking
    I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,166
    Over achiever. Been cooking in the BGE for years, and have never done anything as good as that.
    Than you for posting.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,282
    Tell your cousin that he’s a smart guy.  
    1. He bought an XL
    2. He got someone else to cook a fine meal on it 



    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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