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Married men on here, does your wife support or (roll their eyes) regarding your addiction?

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  • cook861
    cook861 Posts: 872
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    My wife like the food on the egg she wants me to get a mapp torch so it wont take so long to get to tempuerature

    Trenton ON 1 mbge for now
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  • MJG
    MJG Posts: 598
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    Pretty sure I will have the egg a lot longer than this wife. She likes the food that comes off the Egg but is a disagreeable bee-otch otherwise. 
    Large Big Green Egg in a nest. North Shore of Boston.
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    MJG said:
    Pretty sure I will have the egg a lot longer than this wife. She likes the food that comes off the Egg but is a disagreeable bee-otch otherwise. 
     :o 
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  • ilwaldens
    ilwaldens Posts: 27
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    I am the wife and the one who does the bulk of the cooking and smoking in this household.  Yes, he rolled his eyes every which way when I said I wanted to add an egg to my outdoor kitchen.  Then again when I said I wanted a table in.  So, we traveled to Georgia to pick up the table (were in illinois).  I got both in April and have been playing on the weekends.  He has accepted it and knows that he will benefit from the fruits of my labor.  =)
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    My awesome wife enjoys the break from cooking.  We raised 5 kiddos and she managed the majority of the meal preps while I worked.  I work a little less now so it's a win-win.  She green lighted an XL yesterday to add to our large and it's on the way.  So stoked!!!  Yup, she's supportive!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
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    MJG said:
    Pretty sure I will have the egg a lot longer than this wife. She likes the food that comes off the Egg but is a disagreeable bee-otch otherwise. 

    I hope for your sake you are being funny, but I agree with others - HILARIOUS!

    Maybe you could look into a warranty claim on the wife....



    Phoenix 
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  • johnkitchens
    johnkitchens Posts: 5,227
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    MJG said:
    Pretty sure I will have the egg a lot longer than this wife. She likes the food that comes off the Egg but is a disagreeable bee-otch otherwise. 
    That is the best post ever!

    Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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  • mrw123
    mrw123 Posts: 202
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    Lit said:
    My wife loves it. She is vegan and I cook her veggies all the time. I am attempting a vegan Mac and cheese for Memorial Day so she has more than veggies to eat. I have been roasting heads of cauliflower for her and after the first one she said I can buy whatever other smoker I want.
    I'd love your recipe! (As well as that response☺)
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  • mrw123
    mrw123 Posts: 202
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    northGAcock said:
    gabriegger said:
      It's my other 2 addictions she frowns on from time to time.  
    Right there with you on that one.
    Agreed! 
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  • pipermaru9
    pipermaru9 Posts: 11
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    Mine is coming around....so much so, that she has had me cook for her Doctor employer a few times.....
    Gallant, Alabama      Medium and XL

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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    Which addiction? Several she yells and screams about. The egging she seems OK with.
    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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  • BearQ
    BearQ Posts: 174
    edited May 2015
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    The wife was supportive when I wanted my 1st smoker (Treager) then once I started thinking about another (WSM) she couldn't understand why we needed it. I was dropping the BGE hints for 2 years, she was dead set against a third, said I'd have to sell some before I got another, then when I come into some money I got us a demo Large. Funny things is She has been supportive of each model, only the support is after I get it and she experiences the differences. have yet to tell her about an offset.
    Barrie,Ont.,Canada.
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  • SkinnyV
    SkinnyV Posts: 3,404
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    Umm not just support she pays for it all.
    Seattle, WA
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    SkinnyV said:
    Umm not just support she pays for it all.
    I'm doing it wrong!  My wife's on year 13 of maternity leave. 

    Im an idiot!
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    @theyolksonyou ... if you think you're an idiot, listen to this.

    When it's just the two of us, my wife doesn't cook breakfast.  When I retired, she informed me that she wasn't planning on doing lunches ... hmmm.  She is the one who wanted the egg ... talked me into it for our anniversary.  Said she used to really love the steaks on our 1970's kamado.  Since she would cook on it occasionally, I had visions of drinking beer and watching her cook.  What a sucker I am, cuz that never happened ... got the egg home and she said "what are you going to cook on your egg." 

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,186
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    My wife is smart. She doesn't say a word because she knows I'll go rambling through her closet. God only knows how many eggs her shoe and handbag collection would buy...
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  • SkinnyV
    SkinnyV Posts: 3,404
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    theyolksonyou said:
    SkinnyV said:
    Umm not just support she pays for it all.
    I'm doing it wrong!  My wife's on year 13 of maternity leave. 

    Im an idiot!
    Year 6 of stay at home dad , ending soon though my youngest getting close to school age and I'm getting itchy
    Seattle, WA
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    Jeepster47 said:
    @theyolksonyou ... if you think you're an idiot, listen to this.

    When it's just the two of us, my wife doesn't cook breakfast.  When I retired, she informed me that she wasn't planning on doing lunches ... hmmm.  She is the one who wanted the egg ... talked me into it for our anniversary.  Said she used to really love the steaks on our 1970's kamado.  Since she would cook on it occasionally, I had visions of drinking beer and watching her cook.  What a sucker I am, cuz that never happened ... got the egg home and she said "what are you going to cook on your egg." 
    Ok. I'm a double idiot!  She doesn't work, or cook....
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    @theyolksonyou ... ditto ... but in all honesty, she did work until retirement ... if you can call being a college prof working ... just saying ...

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • Sammi
    Sammi Posts: 598
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    First egg - no comment, somewhat puzzled.

    Second egg - definite eye roll but now more interested.

    Third egg - no issue, and plenty of texts ' start the egg'

    After reading her @MJG's post - 'I'M SUPPORTIVE!'

    That's a keeper in my book.

    Sudbury, Ontario
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  • MunchkinRedux
    MunchkinRedux Posts: 35
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    I am SWMBO, and the Eggs (plural) were my idea.  Early in our marriage, I burned through two Cabelas Sportsman grills and a third hibachi trying to make grilled food for DH.  I grew up with grilled meat, he couldn't stand the taste of lighter fluid.  Inexperienced and uneducated, my results weren't great, and I gave up trying years ago.  When he recently expressed an interest in smoking meats and fish, I had but three words:  Big.Green.Egg.  He researched, and agreed.

    We picked a date to make the purchase (reading plenty on this forum, first).  The Saturday of our buying trip, he got up early and banged out a table.  We went and bought the Large and Small together, in one swoop.  

    We've been using them 3-4 nights a week since.  I grill and bake; he's an L&S and cold-smoke kinda guy. 

    We both love our Eggs.  A picture of them shortly after we got them attached.




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  • Backyard Mike
    Backyard Mike Posts: 80
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    I could be going to Vegas with a redhead in a Corvette.  Instead I'm cooking dinner. What's not to like?
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,522
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    DoubleEgger said:
    No problem here. I have an Italian wife. 
    DIL is italian, son can do all the cooking on the BBQs, but God help him if he messes around in the kitchen, true Italian household, the kitchen is the woman's domain, men tend the fire and make wine!
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • JRWhitee
    JRWhitee Posts: 5,678
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    Support unless she wants fast food!

                                                                
    _________________________________________________
    Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!
    Large BGE 2006, Mini Max 2014, 36" Blackstone, Anova Sous Vide
    Green Man Group 
    Johns Creek, Georgia
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,186
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    ;) Skiddymarker said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    No problem here. I have an Italian wife. 
    DIL is italian, son can do all the cooking on the BBQs, but God help him if he messes around in the kitchen, true Italian household, the kitchen is the woman's domain, men tend the fire and make wine!
    I must have one of those New Age Italian wives. I do all of the cooking.  ;)
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  • VB_egger
    VB_egger Posts: 364
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    My wife definitely enjoys our egg, so do my children and the neighbors. Our stove is rarely used anymore and I hardly cooked before buying our first egg. I know she is happy when she gets home from school and there is a good meal in the works 3-5 days a week. 
    VA Beach
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  • xiphoid007
    xiphoid007 Posts: 536
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    @cazzy it is good to have an honest critic. Most of my family and friends think everything that comes of the egg is perfect. Quite honestly I think it's because I do know how to cook and the egg does make it a lot easier. Compared to other lousy grilling and boiled BBQ they get elsewhere, I'm sure it is the best.

    That being said, I know everything I turn out has room for improvement, some with more room than others. I know my wife will never BS me just to make me feel good. Too much smoke, overdone, skin not crispy enough, she's an honest sounding board.

    It works on the other end too. I, like many of you undoubtedly, enjoy tinkering with technique and recipes. She will give me the line, "This is perfect, just leave it, be done, and move on." Sometimes the enemy of really good is better!!
    Pittsburgh, PA - 1 LBGE
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    She bought the first one.  I bought the next two.  Plenty of purchases she rolls her eyes over that I've made, but not the egg habit.  Well, there was last year's brisket camp....
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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,282
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    I groveled for a while about getting a BGE and my wife caved in this year. I promised it would kick my game up with amazing food. 

    She's now a believer.  :)
    South Jersey Pine Barrens. XL BGE , Assassin 24, Weber Kettle, CharBroil gasser, AMNPS 
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