BGE HQ is hiring...

HeavyG

The new boss is going to triple their investment in innovation and is looking for someone to be their leader of the Product Development team.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dangertsacov_three-months-into-my-new-role-at-big-green-activity-7131714975043129344-9EcV?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Looking forward to whatever they end up creating/modifying/enhancing.

ColbyLang

Must be able to rip off already existing add ons and call them eggscessories?

loco_engr

IMHO . . . better training for the dealers that don't seem to understand costumer service and handling warranty issues 

JohnInCarolina

ColbyLang said:

Must be able to rip off already existing add ons and call them eggscessories?

Ozzie_Isaac

Holy smokes!  .... Edit: sorry, cannot move to Atlanta.

Also, my math is rusty, what do you get when you triple $10?

WeberWho

I don't get it. Triple their investment in innovation? What else is their to innovate? How about revamping your business between dealers, headquarters, and the consumer. Those three are hardly ever on the same page when it comes to warranty work. I'd start within BGE and focus on the very basics of what customers want. Not some new BGE salt and pepper shaker set. 

JohnInCarolina

You know I’m starting to wonder if BGE is actually a smartly run business…

Ozzie_Isaac

I hope they see this as constrictive criticism.  We are such a mean ornery bunch of BGE fanatics.

(Dealers need training on warranty.  3 of 4 local dealers had no idea that BGE even had a warranty, the definitely couldn't help me with a claim.  Luckily I found one.)

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I hope they see this as constrictive criticism.  

Well they’d have to read the thread, so…

dbCooper

"triple our investment in innovation of our core product, accessories and charcoal."

I am really curious about these innovations in charcoal.  Just what have folks like @stlcharcoal been missing all these years?

buzd504

dbCooper said:

"triple our investment in innovation of our core product, accessories and charcoal."

I am really curious about these innovations in charcoal.  Just what have folks like @stlcharcoal been missing all these years?

Hear me out...

Extruded coconut shells...

Legume

buzd504 said:

dbCooper said:

"triple our investment in innovation of our core product, accessories and charcoal."

I am really curious about these innovations in charcoal.  Just what have folks like @stlcharcoal been missing all these years?

Hear me out...

Extruded coconut shells...

I see your extruded coconut shells and raise you self-lighting charcoal...in a bag you just light.

Legume

Toughest part of the job is coming up with all the clever names.

GrateEggspectations

For charcoal innovation, how about a bag that opens without making me curse?

JohnInCarolina

Legume said:

Toughest part of the job is coming up with all the clever names.

Hard to believe nobody’s come up with “Schwetty Balls Lump” 

Ozzie_Isaac

Legume said:

buzd504 said:

dbCooper said:

"triple our investment in innovation of our core product, accessories and charcoal."

I am really curious about these innovations in charcoal.  Just what have folks like @stlcharcoal been missing all these years?

Hear me out...

Extruded coconut shells...

I see your extruded coconut shells and raise you self-lighting charcoal...in a bag you just light.

Hollow extruded tubes.

lousubcap

Some excellent comments above along with the expected shots.  That said, as many here know, there is no such thing as standing still and your business expanding.  The challenge with educating your face to the customer, aka dealers is that they are carrying your product along with many others.  So, you have to make it attractive for them to put you at the forefront.  That can be a hard sell. 

@WeberWho is on it.  Get some level of alignment in play from the company thru the dealer and customer. 

BTW-toss in a plug for this forum!  You can learn any and everything you may have a question about regarding your BGE right here.

But there are some serious rabbit holes lurking...Buyer beware. 

Ozzie_Isaac

I used to hang out at a friends Ace Hardware.  I sold more Eggs just chatting with customers than his sales people did.  I also educated his sales people on the eggs, pros/cons, warranty, etc.  I loved it.  Too bad it didn't pay anything.

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I used to hang out at a friends Ace Hardware.  I sold more Eggs just chatting with customers than his sales people did.  I also educated his sales people on the eggs, pros/cons, warranty, etc.  I loved it.  Too bad it didn't pay anything.

Wasted talent!

Dobie

JohnInCarolina said:

Legume said:

Toughest part of the job is coming up with all the clever names.

Hard to believe nobody’s come up with “Schwetty Balls Lump” 

Tis the season.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPpcfH_HHH8

unoriginalusername

So we all are applying? 😆 

Legume

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Legume said:

buzd504 said:

dbCooper said:

"triple our investment in innovation of our core product, accessories and charcoal."

I am really curious about these innovations in charcoal.  Just what have folks like @stlcharcoal been missing all these years?

Hear me out...

Extruded coconut shells...

I see your extruded coconut shells and raise you self-lighting charcoal...in a bag you just light.

Hollow extruded tubes.

Good point.  They do burn much better than the non-hollow tubes, that was bad innovation.

Botch

"Non-hollow Tubes" WBAGNFARB, along with being a great oxymoron.  

Langner91

unoriginalusername said:

So we all are applying? 😆 

I've applied under my god-given name as well as my EggHandle here.  It's a long EggShot, but stranger things have happened!  

Of course, both have also referred the other, so there is a chance I will end up with the job and the EggGive-Away!

Ozzie_Isaac

I applied from my Kamado Joe work email.

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

"Non-hollow Tubes" WBAGNFARB, along with being a great oxymoron.  

This forum makes me happy.

kl8ton

It would be great if all of us applied. They would have to hire a part-time associate for 2 days just to go through all the applications.  

They should honestly buy out the ceramic grill store.  Retain the brain trust there for innovation.  The brains are there.  The money might be there.  (In Ed Fisherville).

caliking

Legume said:

Toughest part of the job is coming up with all the clever names.

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I applied from my Kamado Joe work email.

Any replies so far?

YukonRon

JohnInCarolina said:

You know I’m starting to wonder if BGE is actually a smartly run business…

Well when you think about an innovative process to build these things, I think it not too difficult getting a something superior than the current model of a couple dudes using a certain mud, poured in to molds after being mixed by the stomping on by donkeys, really should not be a major cost to behold. 

Tripling their investment in innovation to that process could not be much more than a couple hundred bucks, or far less, to do so. 

Not really enticing to me. 

TechsasJim

Jimbo Fisher and Zach Arnett are out of jobs.   Anyone know if they’ve applied yet?