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KennyCJR
KennyCJR Posts: 262
in EggHead Forum
Hi y’all.  New here from Pearland, TX. I’ve been lurking for a few weeks and finally joined the forum.  Just got a new to me Big Green Egg from a family member. They say they’ve had it 10-15 years, but can’t really remember, maybe longer. It’s a medium with a 15” grid, ceramic fire grate, auto-lock hinge, dual function metal top, and the handle is of the smaller variety, welded to the top band. The grid barely fits atop the place setter and will fall in if you move anything around too much.  Any idea of when this configuration was available?   

Happy to to join and I hope this is posted in the right place.  I’m used to the vBulletin style forum layout. 

Pic of my BGE showing the overall external configuration, before cleanup and gasket replacement. 


First cook turned out some nice pork ribs. No sauce, good bark, decent smoke ring, and bite off the bone tender juicy ribs.  


Llano, TX   -  Med and XL BGE’s
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  • GrillSgt
    GrillSgt Posts: 2,507
    Welcome aboard and a damned good smoke ring to me.
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,211
    Welcome. The medium is a great cooker. A Kick Ash Basket works wonders in the medium airflow wise. 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,872
    Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Above all, have fun.
    Can't comment on your ? about vintage year.  Great cook right there.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,345
    Just like my 2008 medium. I second the Kick Ash Basket recommendation. 
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  • bluebird66
    bluebird66 Posts: 2,955
    Welcome!!
    Large Egg with adjustable rig, Kick Ash Basket, Minimax and various Weber's.
    Floyd Va

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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,549
    Welcome!
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • KennyCJR
    KennyCJR Posts: 262
    Thanks everyone.
    Llano, TX   -  Med and XL BGE’s
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    Showing some love for the Medium and your mighty fine looking ribs. 
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • mEGG_My_Day
    mEGG_My_Day Posts: 1,661
    edited May 2018
    Welcome aboard - and great looking ribs.

     I am fairly sure my large was purchased in 2005.  It has a smaller handle than current models, but the handle bracket is screwed on - yours is welded.  I can't really tell you the age of yours, but I suspect it is pre-2005.

    Also, if you care, that daisy wheel dual function top is easy to clean.  Cleans up just like a cast iron skillet.  Oven cleaner approach or high heat burn will do the trick.
    Memphis, TN 

    LBGE, 2 SBGE, Hasty-Bake Gourmet
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,872
    And another part of maintaining the DFMT - once you clean it up, at the close of the cook toss it on to the cooking grate when finished.  Use the ceramic cap to snuff the fire and the DFMT will be self-sustaining clean.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Welcome. God Bless Texas! 

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • KennyCJR
    KennyCJR Posts: 262
    Seems the ceramic top was broken long ago.  I do plan to clean of the DFMT though. 
    Llano, TX   -  Med and XL BGE’s
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  • onedbguru
    onedbguru Posts: 1,648
    Welcome to the cult. Hang onto your wallet. ;) 
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    welcome to the asylum!
    Have a medium, the fuel miser of the manado world. I use the High-Que grate, much better air flow control than the swiss chess OEM grate. An alternative is what @DoubleEgger suggests - use the KAB. 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • Vonbergmann
    Vonbergmann Posts: 7
    As much as I like my Egg, if I lived in Pearland, TX, I’d be eating at Killens everyday. Had Wagyu brisket there last year, and the experience has forced me to get significantly better at brisket. Every cook, my wife critiques the result, and it is ALWAYS in comparison to that Wagyu on that day. 
    And congrats on the Egg. 
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Well I’ll be darned... I’m in Pearland too :)

    welcome aboard.  Feel free to PM me anytime. You’ll be turning out grub that will rival Killen’s pretty soon. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • KennyCJR
    KennyCJR Posts: 262
    Killen’s is amazing, but expensive. Snake River farms supplies their wagyu, but I can’t find a place to buy their meat locally. 

    To be technically correct, we live in Iowa Colony, just south of Pearland.  Might need to do a meet and greet someday, @caliking
    Llano, TX   -  Med and XL BGE’s
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    KennyCJR said:
    Killen’s is amazing, but expensive. Snake River farms supplies their wagyu, but I can’t find a place to buy their meat locally. 

    To be technically correct, we live in Iowa Colony, just south of Pearland.  Might need to do a meet and greet someday, @caliking
    Well there goes the neighborhood. B)
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • The_Stache
    The_Stache Posts: 1,153
    Do we need to mention bourbon slushies?? B) 
    Kirkland, TN
    2 LBGE, 1 MM


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  • Tspud1
    Tspud1 Posts: 1,514
    Welcome to the club

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  • SemolinaPilchard
    SemolinaPilchard Posts: 1,282
    KennyCJR said:
    Seems the ceramic top was broken long ago.  I do plan to clean of the DFMT though. 
    Smokeware makes a stainless steel flat cap to snuff out the fire. They're real cheap, just not sure if they make them for all size eggs.
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  • Thegrim1
    Thegrim1 Posts: 28
    New to the forum. Looking forward to sharing cooks and thoughts with all.
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,228
    Welcome aboard to both of you.

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • NorthPilot06
    NorthPilot06 Posts: 1,179
    Welcome!
    DFW - 1 LGBE & Happy to Adopt More...
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  • KennyCJR
    KennyCJR Posts: 262
    Bourbon slushee?! I’m game.  

    Spent a few years in the Louisville area and grew fond of Woodford, especially their Sonoma Cutrer reserve.  I’m back in Texas now and have been on a Garrison Brothers kick. I always keep a 5th of Woodford on the shelf though. 
    Llano, TX   -  Med and XL BGE’s
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Welcome to the forum. Congrats on the medium. You will love that cooking machine.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • stv8r
    stv8r Posts: 1,127
    Nice relative!   Your gain for sure....enjoy the new toy =)
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,397
    Welcome to both!  
    If you cook 1/2" ribeyes to medium-well, best just keep that to yourself, for now   =)  (@OP, if you've been lurking a couple weeks hopefully you'll get a chuckle out of that)  

    "Dumplings are just noodles that have already eaten"   - Jon Kung

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • KennyCJR
    KennyCJR Posts: 262
    Botch said:
    Welcome to both!  
    If you cook 1/2" ribeyes to medium-well, best just keep that to yourself, for now   =)  (@OP, if you've been lurking a couple weeks hopefully you'll get a chuckle out of that)  
    lmao.... they got burned, but the steak seemed fine.  :dizzy:
    Llano, TX   -  Med and XL BGE’s
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  • Killit_and_Grillit
    Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
    Welcome aboard! Feel free to ask stupid questions. People will tell you to check the search function...then they will answer you anyways. 

    Watch out for @caliking. He will woo you with his delicious onion petals and the next thing you know...well, you’ll figure it out. (Heis a solid guy. He is a killer cook and can spot a great dish at an Eggfest faster than a truffle pig)

    Dont get frustrated at first by the Egg. It’s a classic car, not a Hyundai. When you get it figured out it’ll change your cooking experience. 

    "Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

    South of Nashville, TN

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