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First cook on my new egg?
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Welcome aboard. Me, along with 10 other people are gonna say the same thing. All together nowOne...Two...Three...Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg.
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I'm one of the few that don't say that. Although I'm not a poultry person. I spent too much time as a kid killing and eating chicken but that's a story for another day.
I say go for some ribs, pork loin, or maybe burgers raised direct. I done a practice run with no food the day before my first cook. Whatever you do will be great. Have fun and welcome aboard.___________________________________
LBGE,SBGE, and a Mini makes three......Sweet home Alabama........ Stay thirsty my friends .
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Congrats on the new egg! +1 on spatchcock chicken
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spatchcock is a great first cook, I personally would say cook something that you were good at cooking on whatever you are used to grilling on. Congrats on the new purchase.
I raise my kids, cook and golf. When work gets in the way I'm pissed, I'm pissed off 48 weeks a year.Inbetween Iowa and Colorado, not close to anything remotely entertaining outside of football season. -
Do anything you want, gasket be damned.The only thing about high heat cooks is that it is very easy to overshoot and wind up with fresh charcoal above the grid, instead of below it. It is helpful to get used to egg with temp regulation before doing the extremes that it can handle. They love being in the 350-450 range so this is a good place to start. Chicken, burgers, sausage, pork loin or tenderloin... The possibilities are endless.You are going to learn a ton on this site. Don't mind the inpatients on the ward. They don't bite.Look into attending a fest. You can learn a ton there. Youtube is your friend for cooking videos.There is no "right" way to do things, just the way that makes you enjoy your food the most.Welcome.
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I'll buck the trend. I made a pork loin. Boy was that good. Gotta do that one again.Bx - > NJ ->TX!!!All to get cheaper brisket!
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Welcome! +1 on @eggcelsior's comments...tons to learn here, lots of great videos on Youtube - if you're like a lot of us, the egg will inspire some creativity and enthusiasm and may well make you a better cook.
Hell - I say forget anniversary dinner reservations and egg something instead - chances are it will come out better anyway!
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I did ribs for my first cook and I thought I made fairly decent ribs before but these were amazing from what I was told.Gerhard
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Bone-in rib-eye's done right and the next time around your fiance will choose to skip the dinner out in favor of what is served up from the Egg.Spatchcock chicken is also great.Enjoy the journey... and get working on building your table!! An Egg needs a proper home you know.
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ddegger said:Welcome! +1 on @eggcelsior's comments...tons to learn here, lots of great videos on Youtube - if you're like a lot of us, the egg will inspire some creativity and enthusiasm and may well make you a better cook.
Hell - I say forget anniversary dinner reservations and egg something instead - chances are it will come out better anyway! -
Welcome. I am prefer pork for first cook myself.
XLBGE, LBGE
Fernandina Beach, FL
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"Its his FIANCE!!!!!!!!"
All the more reason to establish the ground rules now - before the marriage. A man should be honest and forthright and show a woman exactly what she it getting when she is shopping before she buys the merchandise.
Otherwise you are just pulling a "bait and switch". That's not manly.
XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle
San Antonio, TX
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Foghorn said:
"Its his FIANCE!!!!!!!!"
All the more reason to establish the ground rules now - before the marriage. A man should be honest and forthright and show a woman exactly what she it getting when she is shopping before she buys the merchandise.
Otherwise you are just pulling a "bait and switch". That's not manly.
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shtgunal3 said:I'm one of the few that don't say that. Although I'm not a poultry person. I spent too much time as a kid killing and eating chicken but that's a story for another day. I say go for some ribs, pork loin, or maybe burgers raised direct. I done a practice run with no food the day before my first cook. Whatever you do will be great. Have fun and welcome aboard.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Wow, thank you all for the responses! So much feedback in such a short amount of time says a lot to me about this community. Sounds like I've got some great options to consider next week while I'm away.
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I went straight to a thick Rib-eye steak on my first cook and took it up to 600F (mostly because I didnt know how to control the fire yet). The gasket survived that first event. Now all the pizzas and paella that I have cooked have killed the gasket, but it still works fine without one.LBGE, Twin Eagle 36" grill to hold my EGGcessories
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Welcome, I'd keep the dinner with the soon to be SWMBO and blow off the business trip.We all know you will go, so when in Texas, hit a BBQ joint, those boys know their stuff.If anyone answers to the name of Travis, Mickey or Cen-Tex, it might be good for a BBQ moment, but you might never see your future SWMBO again, will she still love you if you're swilling a Tito's, wearing a kilt and munching on brisket, just saying.Spatch the chicken or pork loin, can't go wrong.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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Welcome!!,PROUD MEMBER OF THE WHO DAT NATION!!!!! Stuck in Dallas.......
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ThirteenDaysAWeek said:Wow, thank you all for the responses! So much feedback in such a short amount of time says a lot to me about this community. Sounds like I've got some great options to consider next week while I'm away.
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