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    Toronto Eggfest and Smoke Show

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    This looks interesting, for your $30 you get access to an Eggfest (http://www.biggreeneggtoronto.com/) and a Smoke Show (http://torontosmokeshow.com/?mc_cid=8cf20929b4&mc_eid=14c49770c1)

    Haven't been to an Eggfest in a few years, so looks like this one is it!  I like the fact there will be other smokers, as I'm more into the food now, but having said that I would not have gone without the Eggs there  :)

    Thanks
    Dave
    Cambridge, Ontario - Canada
    Large (2010), Mini Max (2015), Large garden pot (2018)
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      Looks like a fun event(s).
      “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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      Hey Dave, why not sign up to cook?

      First 40 COOKS to register online will receive our COOK'S Thank You Package which includes the following.


      GIFT CARD - The Butcher's Son - $150

      GIFT CARD - Dickson Barbeque - $150

      Lane's BBQ Rubs (3) - $36

      Acacia Concave Board Eggfest Edition - $80

      SHUN 8" Chef Knife Eggfest Edition - $180

      canuckland
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      We are planning on going. 
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      I was worried when I got the smoke show email it there was no mention of Big Green Eggs.  Emailed a Rob at Dickson and he confirmed it’s two events at one location.  Am I the only one half expecting a North Korea/South Korea DMZ line between the Eggs and other cookers? :lol:
      LBGE (2012), MiniMax (2014), and too many Eggcessories to list.  - Sudbury, Ontario
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      Canugghead said: 
      Hey Dave, why not sign up to cook?

      First 40 COOKS to register online will receive our COOK'S Thank You Package which includes the following.


      GIFT CARD - The Butcher's Son - $150

      GIFT CARD - Dickson Barbeque - $150

      Lane's BBQ Rubs (3) - $36

      Acacia Concave Board Eggfest Edition - $80

      SHUN 8" Chef Knife Eggfest Edition - $180

      That's almost worth cross country travel to cook!
      Thank you,
      Darian

      Galveston Texas
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      edited April 2018
      Canugghead said:
      Hey Dave, why not sign up to cook?

      First 40 COOKS to register online will receive our COOK'S Thank You Package which includes the following.


      GIFT CARD - The Butcher's Son - $150

      GIFT CARD - Dickson Barbeque - $150

      Lane's BBQ Rubs (3) - $36

      Acacia Concave Board Eggfest Edition - $80

      SHUN 8" Chef Knife Eggfest Edition - $180

      How about you @Canugghead , are you in this year?
      Sudbury, Ontario
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      edited April 2018
      @Sammi probably, we've been cooking there almost every year, missed one year due to kitchen renovation.  Tempted to cross the DMZ line and cook on the Fontana Forni instead of BGE!
      canuckland
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      @Canugghead Ya not sure about the split but I'm sure it will work out. I'm planning on being on the other side of the table this year too. Should be fun.
      Sudbury, Ontario
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      Greeno55 said:
      I was worried when I got the smoke show email it there was no mention of Big Green Eggs.  Emailed a Rob at Dickson and he confirmed it’s two events at one location.  Am I the only one half expecting a North Korea/South Korea DMZ line between the Eggs and other cookers? :lol:
      Haha, yes!
      I too was a little confused as to whether or not this was an eggfest, ou something different.
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      Are cooks on the hook for the cost of the protein?
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      edited April 2018
      @Gymyes 

      http://www.biggreeneggtoronto.com/cooks.html
      ... Besides food, we kindly ask you bring gloves for food handling, foil trays and foil, utensils, paper plates, plastic forks and spoons, toothpicks, paper towels, cooler or ice chest, and meat thermometer....

      In previous years Dickson sent out Lane's rubs and the $150 butcher gift certificate in advance so you can purchase the protein on your menu, you'll need to visit the butcher or make pickup arrangement with them.

      Eggcessories will be discounted by 20%, giving the $150 Dickson gift card extra mileage.



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      @Canugghead you certainly get around. I don't think you will stray from the BGE but then again your cooking skills are many and well versed. Hope all is well with you and Mary.
      Larry
      Aiken, SC. and
      Fancy Gap, Va.
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      @Double Bogey  great hearing from you my friend! Say hi to Vicki. Will shoot you a pm to catch up!
      canuckland
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      @Canugghead you really need to get in there and show them how its done :)

      Now if you could only rope in that slacker @Little Steven ... it would be a treat for all !

      I hear he doesn't really know how to cook... especially Indian grub.

      #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
      A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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      Anyone attending?  We'll be there, cooking on the Smoke Show side with Pro 34 and KJ Classic. Blasphemy! Drop by to say Hi if you are.
      canuckland
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      edited September 2018
      I will be there as a taster, with my wife.  Will try and find you.
      Dave
      Cambridge, Ontario - Canada
      Large (2010), Mini Max (2015), Large garden pot (2018)
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      I was there but it was no Eggfest thats for sure. I think maybe 10 BGE tents total. I was expecting something more similar to the last three years . I was honestly a little disappointed . 
      Cambridge, Ontario , Canada . XL BGE
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      edited October 2018
      It was advertised as Toronto Smoke Show and Toronto Eggfest. Unfortunately Weber+Traeger+KJ+Fontana collectively dwarfed BGE.  The dealer was just thinking outside the egg!
      canuckland
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      Also, previous eggfests were held at start of bbq season in early June, with no competitions.  This was end of September, I think KJ alone outsold eggs. 
      canuckland
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      edited October 2018
      The food was great.  Was there for 4 hrs and once again missed the demonstrations I wanted to see.   No idea when they started.

      Did stumble onto one but it was under the music speaker and could not hear anything, except the music.

      Stayed a few minutes at another, it was only a sales pitch for cooking classes and after the second put down of ceramic cookers we left that one.

      It was nice having other cookers there, it's all good.

      Edit: Did buy some nice Peach chunks ... Looking forward to using that.
      Dave
      Cambridge, Ontario - Canada
      Large (2010), Mini Max (2015), Large garden pot (2018)
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      EggNorth said:
      The food was great.  Was there for 4 hrs and once again missed the demonstrations I wanted to see.   No idea when they started.

      Did stumble onto one but it was under the music speaker and could not hear anything, except the music.

      Stayed a few minutes at another, it was only a sales pitch for cooking classes and after the second put down of ceramic cookers we left that one.

      It was nice having other cookers there, it's all good.

      Edit: Did buy some nice Peach chunks ... Looking forward to using that.
      I’ve been looking for peach chunks with no luck. Was it Dixon’s that sold them?
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      @unoriginalusernamehttps://dicksonbbq.com/search?q=furtado
      Watch out for any online discount and/or free shipping offer this weekend.
      canuckland
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      There’s a new smoke profile in CA. 
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      edited October 2018
      Matt1969 said:
      I was there but it was no Eggfest thats for sure. I think maybe 10 BGE tents total. I was expecting something more similar to the last three years . I was honestly a little disappointed . 
      Close, there were 13 BGE tents. Most, if not all, tents housed the usual two cook teams and two eggs.  

      To put it in perspective, I heard this year's Niagara Eggfest in August had about the same number of cook stations and that was strictly eggs. Dickson set the eggfest bar too high in previous years I guess, with the time of year and format changes I doubt they can match past numbers again. Competitions is good IMO.

      Hopefully eggheads in attendance also took the opportunity to socialise with some of the 30+ KJ cook teams and sampled their food, after all KJ works exactly the same as BGE!
      canuckland
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      unoriginalusername said:
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      I’ve been looking for peach chunks with no luck. Was it Dixon’s that sold them?
      Yes, cannugghead has the link below.  Big chunks, I will have to split a few before using, then again maybe not.
      Dave
      Cambridge, Ontario - Canada
      Large (2010), Mini Max (2015), Large garden pot (2018)
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      Canugghead said:
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      Close, there were 13 BGE tents. Most, if not all, tents housed the usual two cook teams and two eggs.  

      To put it in perspective, I heard this year's Niagara Eggfest in August had about the same number of cook stations and that was strictly eggs. Dickson set the eggfest bar too high in previous years I guess, with the time of year and format changes I doubt they can match past numbers again. Competitions is good IMO.

      Hopefully eggheads in attendance also took the opportunity to socialise with some of the 30+ KJ cook teams and sampled their food, after all KJ works exactly the same as BGE!
      Yes, it was nice as there was always something available, of course we had to take a few breaks.  I believe I got some pineapple from you ... Looked very busy so I just moved along, there was a long line behind me.

      Best thing I did this year was we each had a big water bottle with us, the lineup to buy water and booze was long.
      Dave
      Cambridge, Ontario - Canada
      Large (2010), Mini Max (2015), Large garden pot (2018)
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      edited October 2018
      @EggNorth the beverage situation is 'interesting', was there just one server? I suppose that's the price of running an event at a licensed venue; I recall attending eggfests in PA at the dealer's parking lot where attendees helped themselves to huge coolers of beverages.

      We cooked chicken wings and Moroccan beef koftas on the Traeger, brownies and pineapple on the KJ. btw, I was wearing a BGE apron, lol.  As predicted, the cheater no-prep pineapple and brownies were way more popular than the proteins, we couldn't cook them fast enough... I guess our proteins sucked or tasters were already in meat coma just couple of hours into the event, probably both  :)  
      canuckland
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      Canugghead said:
      @EggNorth the beverage situation is 'interesting', was there just one server? I suppose that's the price of running an event at a licensed venue; I recall attending eggfests in PA at the dealer's parking lot where attendees helped themselves to huge coolers of beverages.

      We cooked chicken wings and Moroccan beef koftas on the Traeger, brownies and pineapple on the KJ. btw, I was wearing a BGE apron, lol.  As predicted, the cheater no-prep pineapple and brownies were way more popular than the proteins, we couldn't cook them fast enough... I guess our proteins sucked or tasters were already in meat coma just couple of hours into the event, probably both  :)  
      Looked like there was always 40 to 50 people in line ... Did not bother us as we had our water and no need for that.   Probably meat coma, sure was a lot of it there.   
      Dave
      Cambridge, Ontario - Canada
      Large (2010), Mini Max (2015), Large garden pot (2018)
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      I considered attending as a taster, but, didn't see the value for money...…$40 per person ($80 for wife and I) to walk around and stand in line......nope.

      Weber Genesis CP310; Weber Q1200 (camping); LBGE.

      "If you haven't heard a rumour by 8:30 am - start one"

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      Canugghead said:
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      Close, there were 13 BGE tents. Most, if not all, tents housed the usual two cook teams and two eggs.  

      To put it in perspective, I heard this year's Niagara Eggfest in August had about the same number of cook stations and that was strictly eggs. Dickson set the eggfest bar too high in previous years I guess, with the time of year and format changes I doubt they can match past numbers again. Competitions is good IMO.

      Hopefully eggheads in attendance also took the opportunity to socialise with some of the 30+ KJ cook teams and sampled their food, after all KJ works exactly the same as BGE!
         Food was great but the venue was poor in my opinion . I'm all good for having a Smoke show with all the others its just that in past years at Brick Works the atmosphere was far better , beverage service far better (who doesn't take debit in this day and age ) . Maybe Brick works set the bar too high . I also agree the time of year was odd to me . 
      Cambridge, Ontario , Canada . XL BGE
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