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The eagle has landed!

AlaskanC
AlaskanC Posts: 1,346
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
My Egg is finally here!!!!![p]I just got done assembling it, and I am getting ready to fire it up![p]WoooooooooHoooooo!![p]I'm going to cook some of that salmon I caught yesterday.... and then some ribs..... and then pulled pork... and....... :)
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  • Bordello
    Bordello Posts: 5,926
    AlaskanC,
    A great Big Congratulations. Have fun and please don't forget about the flashback. We have our little club, LOL but hope ya don't have to join. Grin[p]Let us know how ya do.[p]Cheers,
    Bordello
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  • SMITTYtheSMOKER
    SMITTYtheSMOKER Posts: 2,668
    AlaskanC,[p]Now your life is complete.[p]ps-I really enjoyed your fishing pictures the past couple of days...what beautiful country you have up there.[p]-Smitty

     

    -SMITTY     

    from SANTA CLARA, CA

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  • Car Wash Mike
    Car Wash Mike Posts: 11,244
    AlaskanC,
    I'm jealous about that salmon. Sweet on getting the egg.[p]Mike
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  • DobieDad
    DobieDad Posts: 502
    AlaskanC,[p]AwRight!!!![p]Makes me remember the day I assembled mine![p]I didn't know about this Forum for about 3 months after I bought, and at first I was overcooking EVERYthing! I wasn't accustomed to the efficency of a ceramic cooker. Discovered the Forum as I was getting into the groove and never looked back.[p]While you are seriously colder in winter than we in Chicago, you will be so pleased, as was I, that you can cook in the winter (something my 'W' transported from our former home in south Florida could not do). I've done ribs in -4°F. I know others can beat that, but it was such a thrill! I don't hate the cold, which might be unusual for someone who moved to Northern Illinois after a life in the sub-tropics. Actually, I hate what I can't do in the cold, and before I discovered the Egg, that included BBQ.[p]There is something really special about a bright, sunny, well-below freezing day when I have the Egg pumping away.[p]There is a couple we met at Waldorf this year who's handle is 'FourSeasonEgger'. I like that![p]An Egg makes life better in all latitudes, whether you are a Parrot Head or a ... Hey ... What do you call yourselves up there, anyway?[p]Good luck and ENJOY!!![p]DD
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  • dhuffjr
    dhuffjr Posts: 3,182
    DobieDad,
    Are you using a guru for those very cold blustery winter days?[p]H
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  • AlaskanC
    AlaskanC Posts: 1,346
    Smitty[p]It sure is beautiful up here. Hopefully one of these days you can make it up! This coming weekend is the last part of the salmon derby, so hopefully I can get some more pictures (and some more fish)![p]My second box of lump made it today - I can't thank you enough!![p]Melissa
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  • DobieDad
    DobieDad Posts: 502
    dhuffjr,[p]Yes. It's a great product.[p]I would cook outdoors in the middle of winter without a Guru if I had too.[p]But Fred has made mid-winter life easy for me.[p]An Egg and a Guru make my day, what ever the weather![p]Cheers,[p]DD
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  • AlaskanC
    AlaskanC Posts: 1,346
    Bordello,[p]Oh you have no idea of how paranoid I am about flashback!! I have no doubt that in due time I will have a few too many beers and fall victim, but for now I am being very, very careful.[p]We should come up with some kind of badge for flashback survivors!
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  • AlaskanC
    AlaskanC Posts: 1,346
    DobieDad,[p]I have to say that I am so fortunate to have found this forum before I got my egg. The education has been priceless!
    And now that I have the education I need to build up the experience. I know that I will be out there rain, snow or shine using the egg![p]On a P.S. note - I am a dobiemom. I absolutely love the breed. I had to put down my 14yo dobermutt a year ago and I am trying to talk my husband into getting another one. He's dead-set against it.... but hey.. I talked him into getting me an egg! ;)
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  • Chubby
    Chubby Posts: 2,955
    AlaskanC,[p]Congratulations!![p]Still time to make that short trip to the EggsbytheBay shindig!![p]Evans
    I spent most of my money on good bourbon, and bad women...the rest, I just wasted!!
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  • AlaskanC
    AlaskanC Posts: 1,346
    Ok - here are some pics of what I made on my first cook. I made a slab of ribs and 1/2 of a filet of the salmon. I cooked both of them indirect with the plate setter and then finished them off direct. I used the Lazzari lump that SmittytheSmoker sent me, and also a handful or so of the apple chips he sent too. The ribs were coated with Dizzy Dust, and then finished off with my very last jar of my homemade BBQ sauce.
    The salmon was wrapped in foil and layered with limes (I like it better than lemons), sliced onions and a sliced up stick of butter and coated in Tsunami Spin. I would have used dill as well, but I forgot it down at the boat.
    When I cooked direct I pulled off the top layer of foil and pulled the limes & onions off to the side.[p]Anyway, my husband kept taking pics of me when I looked my worst(which is why I am laughing) but at least I'm not posting the one of me coming after him with the tongs telling him to STOP IT!!!! :)[p]By the way - I freakin' love this thing!!!![p]food.jpg[p]
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  • SMITTYtheSMOKER
    SMITTYtheSMOKER Posts: 2,668
    AlaskanC,[p]Looks like a tasty meal to me.[p]You're "Eggin" like a pro.[p]-Smitty

     

    -SMITTY     

    from SANTA CLARA, CA

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  • egret
    egret Posts: 4,188
    AlaskanC,
    That's tremendous! What a way to get your feet wet. That's a pretty advanced project for your first cook! You're going to be giving advice to all of us in the near future. BTW, let me know about that apple wood......
    John
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  • WooDoggies
    WooDoggies Posts: 2,390
    AlaskanC,[p]Hey, I thought you already had an egg! Congrats... and it's nice to put a face with a name.
    You should be well-practiced cooking on the bge by the time we come up to visit... keep those great pictures coming.[p]john

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  • AlaskanC
    AlaskanC Posts: 1,346
    WooDoggies,[p]I was a wannabe egger for quite a while, and then I ordered my egg back in April..... and now here we are in June with an egg finally! :)[p]I don't know if I will be a pro by the time you get up here, but I bet I will be a lot closer after your visit!
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  • AlaskanC
    AlaskanC Posts: 1,346
    Mike,[p]I know - I can't believe I finally got one! The problem is now I am already wanting more..... I'm thinking a small. I want something I can take out on the boat.[p]My husband would shoot me if I even mentioned it! Heehee..

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