Will the BGE smoke meat like a smoker?

Welcome!!

 (But, seriously??!??)

A little research on your part will show that a BGE will do just about everything you need. 

Hello Lady... happy to see there's another female among the group.  I almost bought a Traeger.  SO happy I didn't.  The BGE does almost everything and THIS is the place to find help if you need it.   

blenderlady said:

Our Smoker (which we love when it works) had a "fail" again last night so we've been talking about getting a BGE. What we love the most about the Traeger is the wood smoke flavor (as evidenced by the smoke ring). Can you get the same results with a Big Green Egg? How would you get the WOOD smoked flavor?

You joined in Jan of 2014 and are not sure whether you can smoke meat on the egg? Look around for a few minutes, all the answers you need are here

The BGE produces world class BBQ. That has been proven here and on the BBQ circuit. The difference is it also produces great seared food, baked food, stewed food, pizza, stir fry, and just about any other thing you can think of. The egg has no peers IMO, with the possible exception of their competitors in the ceramic Kamado market. The competition is way behind though. 

@YukonRon, you should at least go tell the poor guy he'e welcome to use your egg for the holiday weekend so that he can quit wasting his time (and maybe patience) screwing with the Traeger. Imagine how badly that might turn out if he gets too frustrated.

Platesetter with some chunks of your smoke wood will allow you to smoke like your traeger. No electricity needed unless you use a stoker fan. 

I've had great rings on ribs and a pork loin. 

pgprescott said:

YukonRon said:

Next door neighbor has a Traeger. First smoke went well, and has not worked correctly since. His birthday is July 7th, his wife bought him a large BGE, and is storing it in my garage, to give to him prior to the holiday weekend, for his family get together.  He is working on the Traeger now, not having any luck, his wife, hates it.
BGE  is the best for all around cooking. You will love it.

The traeger is a fine pellet smoker, but it cannot do what the egg does. They produce pretty good smoked bbq with little effort. The only issue they might have is replacing the "hot rods" which are the ignition source in the fire pot. If you don't let the warm up like the directions Telly you to do, they can burn up. Also moving them around is not they best for them. 

I have been told it is the best, I will take my MM or XL any day, based on what I have seen thus far. His might be the lemon of the batch, but that thing is corroding, loose and seems not well put together. I have worked on it a couple times, and although a cool idea, not so much on durability, it seems, based on this one.

TexanOfTheNorth said:

Trixie_Belle said:

Hello Lady... happy to see there's another female among the group.  I almost bought a Traeger.  SO happy I didn't.  The BGE does almost everything and THIS is the place to find help if you need it.   

Well, it won't do the laundry for you... 

I said ALMOST.  

henapple said:

Trixie_Belle said:

Hello Lady... happy to see there's another female among the group.  I almost bought a Traeger.  SO happy I didn't.  The BGE does almost everything and THIS is the place to find help if you need it.   

Hey I'm a woman... Or will be Wednesday. 

Think I will just sit back and watch where this goes, while filling up the 30oz Yeti.

The Treager was my 1st smoker, I used it little after I got my WSM that gave me a much better smoke flavour, I sold it after having the BGE for awhile. I believe that the Treager pellets whatever flavour are mostly Alder mixed with the named wood. I get a better more smokey flavour with other types of smokers.

I think you guys are being very subtly trolled here. I'm having a hard time believing this is a real question for this forum.

+1 @Black_Badger.

blenderlady said:

Can you get the same results with a Big Green Egg? 

Sister blender, I will attemp to give you a honest assessment to the question at hand. First let me say that all cookers are different and as such will more often than not yield different results when everything else is equal. The results may be minor but they still exist nonetheless. The very nature of how a cooker applies heat and draft certainly does make a difference in the out come no matter how subtle or vast that it maybe. As far as the BGE, it's what I call a great all around rig. It serves as a grill, a smoker and a convection oven. It does most things exceedingly well. However as with all things, there are certainly units out there that will out perform it in some instances. The BGE like some of the higher end pellet smokers such as Yoder, Fast Eddy etc, etc, all do a good job of smoking meat. However none of them can fully equal a airtight, high quality, clean burning, wood fired offset stick burner in terms of how much deep clean smoke that can be applied. The laws of Physics prevents it. It comes down to burning fuel versus smoldering fuel. However, the BGE and the said pellet burners above all do a pretty good job at smoking. More than good enough for most applications. The more fuel that you burn (not smolder) the more smoke that you can lay down without getting the acrid or sooty taste. There are certainly many different types of great rigs out there. However if absolute maximum smoke is your forte, nothing can quite match a true stick burner. As a owner and user of most every type of smoker there is, I assure you that I'm not expressing sentiment. I'm stating absolute fact. If you doubt my assessment, go to PBS and watch Aaron Franklins latest video on smokers. He has a ceramic cooker (Kamado Joe) and a WSM on there and points out himself that they cannot match the offset for clean smokiness. At the end of the day, the BGE is a great all around rig without question or doubt. But it's not a offset nor was it designed to be so.