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Tailgate egg?

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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    One T ****!

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,024
    edited March 2014
    I was tailgating with my small for awhile after softball games but eventually became too much of a hassle and honestly worked way too good. The ceramic retains so much heat that even a lumpless egg cleaned out stays hot for a good period of time. Hated waiting for it to cool down to where I could pack it away and leave. So I bought a Smokey Joe and does what I need it to do for basic tailgating. I will grab the small or mini egg if it's 3+ hours of tailgating and food worthwhile on the egg. Just not worth hauling around for burgers, brats, dogs, etc
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    You weren't prepared if you are waiting for it to cool down. Before the carten I had a small wooden crate with a paver in it and I emptied the egg and threw it back in the wooden cart and put it in my trunk. With the carten I do the same. The carten difuses heat very good. I have had the mini at 500 plus for hours cooking directly on a plastic cooler or table and no issues.
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,024
    Lit said:

    You weren't prepared if you are waiting for it to cool down. Before the carten I had a small wooden crate with a paver in it and I emptied the egg and threw it back in the wooden cart and put it in my trunk. With the carten I do the same. The carten difuses heat very good. I have had the mini at 500 plus for hours cooking directly on a plastic cooler or table and no issues.

    A wooden crate would definitely help the situation with the egg and heat. Just not worth lugging around a small for 1/2 hour of cook time and for basic foods I can achieve on the Joe. If i was going to do some real tailgating I would grab my egg. Doesn't make sense on softball nights for something quick
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    I'd grab a weber. ..
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • BYS1981
    BYS1981 Posts: 2,533
    henapple said:

    I'd grab a weber. ..

    BANNED.
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Maybe. It's burgers and dogs for ballplayers. I've spent many a blistering, hot afternoon watching little league. Easy is better. JMHO.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • BYS1981
    BYS1981 Posts: 2,533
    henapple said:

    Maybe. It's burgers and dogs for ballplayers. I've spent many a blistering, hot afternoon watching little league. Easy is better. JMHO.

    I'm not there yet, I'll take your word for it though.
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  • Mike_the_BBQ_Fanatic
    Mike_the_BBQ_Fanatic Posts: 700
    Thanks for all the great feedback...ive been looking to get a second egg so I'm trying to leverage this two birds thing...After a few attempts we bay abandon the traveling idea.

    @lit the carten might be the way to go if they start making them again...

    I saw the trailer hitch for sale but I'm quite a ways from TN.

    Thanks again for all the feedback.
    Making the neighbors jealous in Pleasant Hill, Ia one cook at a time...
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  • alynd
    alynd Posts: 130
    SGH said:
    Mike_the_BBQ_Fanatic
    I just purchased a kamado joe jr. It has the capacity of the small egg and the portability of the mini. Its kind of like having 2 eggs in 1. You really should give it a look if you are looking to get a portable ceramic cooker.
    How much was it and where'd you buy it from?
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
    @alynd

    It was purchased at Comptons Appliances in Gulfport. My son picked it up for 399.00

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • GlennM
    GlennM Posts: 1,365
    I just bought an akorn jr from Menards for $139. Haven't tried it yet but I think it will be great for the price?
    In the bush just East of Cambridge,Ontario 
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    Honestly for the ball field I don't know if an egg is the best tool for the job.  The mini is too small to cook for a group and even the small might be if you are cooking for the entire team + parents + siblings.  

    The other thing is there is a good chance that where you want to grill is far from where you park, so you might need to carry it a long distance.  Chances are you already have coolers, camping chairs, ez-up, baseball gear, etc, etc.  

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    Man I have been trying to find a Kamado Joe Jr. since I saw this thread and I just found a red one like I wanted and its only like a half hour away. Problem is they want $500 for it and the store is in the same town that the Kamado Joes ship from. What a rip.
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  • Helmet
    Helmet Posts: 163
    I personally would recommend this, I love mine for stuff like that:
    Medium BGE, Weber Q120 (The traveller)
    "I claim artistic license, it has a good beat, I can dance to it"
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  • Chris_Wang
    Chris_Wang Posts: 1,254
    edited March 2014
    My coworker loves his Jumbo Joe. Very portable, and he's even done butts and ribs on it.

    Ball Ground, GA

    ATL Sports Homer

     

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  • Tackman
    Tackman Posts: 230
    I still use the weber smokey joe for tail gates. Usually cook a few slabs of ribs on the egg a day or two in advance, food saver them, throw them in the cooler, and then sauce and heat on the weber.
    Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    Woohoo. Kj junior on the way.
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