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1st Egg on its way

therealhaddock
therealhaddock Posts: 54
in EggHead Forum
Just ordered my first ever Egg (large) which arrives in 10 days. Really looking forward to giving it a go and wondered if you guys could through a couple of tips my way to help me through the learning curve. Cant wait for doing the steaks on it!
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  • corey24
    corey24 Posts: 386

    Congrats! Welcome to the club! 

    Adjust vents as you reach target temp - don't overshoot as it takes a while to get it back down.

    For low and slows when you reach target temp and put in cold meat it will drop.  Give it around an hour to stabilize again.  Avoid the urge to mess with vents and 'chase temps'

    Have fun and experiment with temps!



    XL Egg Owner Since Dec 2013 - Louisiana

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  • JethroVA
    JethroVA Posts: 1,251
    Welcome. Best advice is to peruse this forum. Put "advice for newbie" in the search box. Search YouTube for how to light a big green egg.
    Richmond and Mathews County, VA. Large BGE, Weber gas, little Weber charcoal. Vintage ManGrates. Little reddish portable kamado that shall remain nameless here.  Very Extremely Stable Genius. 
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  • revolver1
    revolver1 Posts: 372
    You Tube is loaded with videos, how to XXXXXX on a Big Green Egg.
    Dan, Columbia,Mo.
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  • Acorn
    Acorn Posts: 163
    This is the place to get your egg questions answered, stay tuned and enjoy your new toy.
    Atlanta, GA  - LBGE -
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  • Ktim
    Ktim Posts: 364
    Welcome,enjoy the journey. The way I learned to cook on my Egg was to watch on youtube at Tastylicks.com.Fred puts out some awesome videos. Please check them out. And stock up on Budweiser! Have Fun!
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  • tksmoke
    tksmoke Posts: 776
    Welcome aboard - enjoy the ride!!
    Santa Paula, CA
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  • GeorgeS
    GeorgeS Posts: 955
    edited July 2014
    Welcome to the forum! Plus one on the search, there is a ton of info here and some really cool people as well. Don't take things too seriously, take a day to just play with temp settings on the egg by adjusting top and bottom. Buy a therma pen, sit back and enjoy the ride!
    Bristow Virginia XL&Mini One of the best feelings in life is watching other people enjoy the food I cooked!
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  • Nanook
    Nanook Posts: 846
    + 1 on thermapen. IMO it's a must!
    GWN
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,836
    If you don't already have a second fridge, it wouldn't be a bad investment. Half for beer, half for meat.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • therealhaddock
    therealhaddock Posts: 54
    Thanks for all the advise! Cant wait to get going.
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  • hapster
    hapster Posts: 7,503
    And at the very least, have a decent camera phone... Posts without pictures of the food are worthless around here no matter how good your prose is.

    ;)

    Whatever you do, just remember it's supposed to be fun, and that even "mistakes" are likely to taste better than most other "nailed it" cooks on gassers, stoves, what have you...

    Welcome!
    MSV Chill Spot
    Chester County, PA

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