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Saw an XXL in person for the first time today. Holy Chit that thing is big.

Vegas Eggus
Vegas Eggus Posts: 154
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Think the guy said close to 500 pounds. With a bit of creativity you could get half a hog on one - whole. 
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Every time I go to Roswell Hardware I leave being pulled by my better half, away from the XXL.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    I want one. 
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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324
    Got to play with a XXL a few months back at a demo cook out in Senoia, GA. That egg is huge, holds a crap-ton of lump, but it sure does cook amazingly!  And the thermo was even personalized for the guy from the distributor that owned it!

    LBGE since 2014

    Griffin, GA 

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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    I almost bought the XXL for my first, but the salesperson actually talked me out of it. I am very happy she did. I frequently cook for dinner parties, which the XL more than not handles everything. XL and MM, for me, has been awesome.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Jstroke
    Jstroke Posts: 2,605
    It's beautiful and a novelty. I don't know if owning one would increase the amount of big cooks I attempt. The other thing is that kind of money will get me an offset and my next goal is to diversify. And I want a trailer cooker--not tomorrow--but in the future.
    Columbus, Ohio--A Gasser filled with Matchlight and an Ugly Drum.
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  • six_egg
    six_egg Posts: 1,112
    If I was close to retirement and had my final house it would be in my out door kitchen.

    XLBGE, LBGE 

    Fernandina Beach, FL

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  • Zippylip
    Zippylip Posts: 4,768

    Seems to me it’s a novelty like the original mini, in the category of we made it because we can & not so much because it fills some need; given its price, immobility & weight (and added physically daunting hassles of one day exercising the warranty to replace the base for a crack), if you really need that much real estate you’d be better served spending half the money or less for a trailer mounted offset or the like with even more real estate to play with.

    happy in the hut
    West Chester Pennsylvania
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  • stompbox
    stompbox Posts: 729
    Zippylip said:

    Seems to me it’s a novelty like the original mini, in the category of we made it because we can & not so much because it fills some need; given its price, immobility & weight (and added physically daunting hassles of one day exercising the warranty to replace the base for a crack), if you really need that much real estate you’d be better served spending half the money or less for a trailer mounted offset or the like with even more real estate to play with.

    The mini is a novelty?  non-sense.
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  • Zippylip
    Zippylip Posts: 4,768
    stompbox said:
    The mini is a novelty?  non-sense.
    yes, a novelty.

    I replaced it with a $29 smoky joe years ago & haven't used it since, actually sold it last summer.  At 1/10th the price & nearly twice the grid space, it rendered the mini, well...

    by the way seems bge sorta figured that out too, thus the introduction of the mini max with a grid basically the same as the joe
    happy in the hut
    West Chester Pennsylvania
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,532
    edited June 2016
    I noticed a local dealer is going to be using the XXL as a demo egg during a fest they are hosting. $2600 takes it home
    "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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  • westernbbq
    westernbbq Posts: 2,490
    WeberWho said:
    I noticed a local dealer is going to be using the XXL as a demo egg during a fest they are hosting. $2600 takes it home
    Now THAT is interesting.   BGE XXL at that price causes me to take a look.  The trick for me would be to find one at an eggfest at that price, figure out delivery and then make sure warranty is there.   

    I wouldnt use it often but love the idea of the capacity it would have for large party cooks....
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  • Jstroke
    Jstroke Posts: 2,605
    Well, that gives us an idea of the mark up
    Columbus, Ohio--A Gasser filled with Matchlight and an Ugly Drum.
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,423
    I would be seriously interested at $2600.


    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • Pridnjoy
    Pridnjoy Posts: 130
    Jstroke said:
    Well, that gives us an idea of the mark up
    And they are still making great money at that price...
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