How Much Smoke?

Unknown

I am thinking about getting me a BGE, but I am concerned about the amount of smoke it might produce. I live in a townhouse and my neighbors are very close and very, very easily annoyed. Will my Egg produce lots of smoke and bother my close neighbors?[p]Thanks!

Painter

St Kilda,
It won't produce any more smoke than any other charcoal cooker unless you want it to.
You'll get more when you add wood chunks or chips or if grease drips on glowing coals. A drip pan under the food will solve the latter problem.
More than likely the neighbors will be drawn into your yard wanting to taste the goodies that are wafting the aroma of good eats through the neighborhood.
More follow ups to come
Bob

Unknown

St Kilda, they're going to be REALLY annoyed when they smell what you're cooking and see you enjoying your new BGE everyday! [p]Seriously, if you don't use chunks or chips and stick only with the smoke from the lump, you'll get less smoke from the BGE than any other outdoor cooker I know of. Should not be a problem...even to ornary neighbors![p]Hugh Jass

stike

St Kilda,
though these guys are right, that the BGE can be used just for grilling, I can't imagine the torture of owning the perfect smoker and not being able to smoke on it.[p]you can keep a porsche under a 100 too, but why would you wanna? bwa ha ha [p]seriously. when you smoke BBQ, the egg smokes pretty copiously. and with my neighbors about 50 feet away each side, there are times when they are in their back yard with company and i am smoking them out...[p]you can grill a mean steak with no more smoke than usual, but you are gonna wanna do ribs or pulled pork someday.[p]this thing SMOKES when you wannit too