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Eggplant on the Egg questions

BrotherEgg
BrotherEgg Posts: 95
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I've cooked eggplant many times before on the gasser and love it. I tried it on the BGE for the first time this weekend. I seasoned them with EVOO, salt pepper and some garlic powder. Stabilized the egg and cleared the smoke before starting. I cooked it raised direct at about 300* dome temp for 5 minutes per side (needed more) and left them on a few more minutes to melt a little mozzarella on top. The amount of smoke absobed by the eggplant was overwhelming. Needless to say there were a lot of leftovers and unfortunately they wound up in the trash. Is this common when cooking veggies on the BGE. Should I have cooked them indirect? Thanks for your help.

Steve

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Large BGE, PSWoo3, 13"CI grid, Grid Extender, Weber Genesis B Gasser/BGE Storage Cabinet
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  • fljoemon
    fljoemon Posts: 757
    Eggplant set directly on the cooking grate does tend to absorb smoke. Some people like the smoke taste and I have made Baba Ghanoush with the smoky eggplant. I think you will need to experiment with grilling them in an aluminium tray.

    For cooking veggies I have a Weber Steel Fish Basket (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LR7R6W) and the veggies are nice & crisp with no sticking to the cooking grate.
    LBGE & Mini
    Orlando, FL
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Type of charcoal? No matter what temp I'm at I wait till the smoke smells good.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • BrotherEgg
    BrotherEgg Posts: 95
    henapple said:
    Type of charcoal?
    I'm using the last of the BGE lump that I purchased with the Egg.

    I really like the smokey flavor of most everything I've cooked on the Egg. This is the first thing that was too much for our tastes.

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