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First 2 Cooks on XXL
Foghorn
Posts: 10,228
So, I was gifted a gently used XXL BGE.
My first cook was just 8 burgers made from ground beef from a cattle herd that is owned by the guy who gifted me the XXL. It’s 50% Wagyu, 50% choice Angus.
I used a 20 lb bag of lump. I’m pretty sure it will hold 50 lbs. The fire got away from me so I didn’t get any good pics. But the burgers were very good.
The second cook was a complete meal.
Pineapple bacon shrimp (Argentine red shrimp) with raspberry chipotle BBQ sauce glaze for appetizer.
Mushrooms and onions cooked in red wine, butter, garlic, Worcestershire, and balsamic vinegar. Mostly wine.
Smashed potatoes. Zucchini grown by the daughter of our guests. Guests brought a 3 lb HEB Prime 1 tomahawk ribeye ($12.99/lb) that we butterflied and my wife and I had a Snake River Farms Gold sirloin (mine) and a RR Ranch filet (hers).
For dessert we had homemade ice cream and homemade baklava.
We had Pangloss True North Pinot Noir with dinner and it stood up to the steak very well.
Sorry the pics are out of order.
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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Nice!"I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat -
Very Nice!_________________________________________________Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!Large BGE 2006, Mini Max 2014, 36" Blackstone, Anova Sous Vide
Green Man GroupJohns Creek, Georgia -
That thing is as big as the death star. Very cool.Coleman, Texas
Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
"Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
YukonRon -
Yeah, it sounds like a bass drum, only deeper, when the lid closes. It’s my new favorite sound.SciAggie said:That thing is as big as the death star. Very cool.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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Better to be lucky than good any day. You have high roller friends. Way to jump in and use the cooking real estate. Great cooks 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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Awesome!"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 -
Wow! You have like a large
grid extender with an almost XL amount of grid around that. That is big.Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX -
I love it when your kids cook. They really know how to put a meal together.
And congrats on the new-to-you cooker.#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX. -
Speechless, what real estate. I'm sure @stlcharcoal wishes there's an XXL in every backyard jk canuckland
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Yeah, @Canugghead, I haven’t decided what approach I’m taking on the lump yet. At the store yesterday just for kicks, I picked up two 25 lb bags of lump of a brand I’ve never used just because they were $9.99/bag.Canugghead said:Speechless, what real estate. I'm sure @stlcharcoal wishes there's an XXL in every backyard jk This thing is really airtight when it’s shut down so it preserves lump very well. I think I’ve reached the conclusion that most of the differences in lump are noticed on startup. The longer the lump sits in a hot firebox the more the differences become less noticeable.Since I’m never going to be in a rush to cook on this thing, cheap lump may be the way to go.Or I may get a KickAsh basket and use Rockwood for small cooks.We’ll see.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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@The Cen-Tex Smoker, that's a XL grid extender. The base is 24" diameter. The cooking grid is 20" diameter.The Cen-Tex Smoker said:Wow! You have like a large
grid extender with an almost XL amount of grid around that. That is big.
This thing is a beast.
I'm hoping @DMW will chime in with some XXL insider tips.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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Very nice score. That’s a lot of Egg right there.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 -
Wow, what a great looking meal and rig.
Tell me more about those smashed potatoes please.LGE Mechanicsville Va, XLGE Wake Va., LGE Duck NC.
Formely Gman2 before password debacle -
@gmanrva, thanks for the kind comment.
For the potatoes, I do a variation on this recipe:
https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a10944/crash-hot-potatoes/
Instead of cooking them in the oven I usually do them on the grill for 35-45 minutes at about 350 - until they are somewhat crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside. I just season them with black lava salt and fresh ground pepper because I like seeing the black spots all over them - but obviously you can put whatever spices you want on them. The hardest thing is to remember to put the olive oil on the foil BEFORE the potatoes - then more olive oil on top of the potatoes. It's almost impossible to use too much olive oil...
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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The raspberry chipotle has become a hit at our house.
The XXL was almost purchased when I bought my XL, however, the dealer talked me down to tbe XL, knowing one day I will be back to buy another. I fell for it."Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
XL and MM
Louisville, Kentucky -
Thank you, I need to give it a try.Foghorn said:@gmanrva, thanks for the kind comment.
For the potatoes, I do a variation on this recipe:
https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a10944/crash-hot-potatoes/
Instead of cooking them in the oven I usually do them on the grill for 35-45 minutes at about 350 - until they are somewhat crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside. I just season them with black lava salt and fresh ground pepper because I like seeing the black spots all over them - but obviously you can put whatever spices you want on them. The hardest thing is to remember to put the olive oil on the foil BEFORE the potatoes - then more olive oil on top of the potatoes. It's almost impossible to use too much olive oil...LGE Mechanicsville Va, XLGE Wake Va., LGE Duck NC.
Formely Gman2 before password debacle -
You can simplify it by microwaving the potatoes to get them soft, but they don't get quite as light and fluffy on the inside - and the difference is noticeable once you're aware of it.gmanrva said:
Thank you, I need to give it a try.Foghorn said:@gmanrva, thanks for the kind comment.
For the potatoes, I do a variation on this recipe:
https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a10944/crash-hot-potatoes/
Instead of cooking them in the oven I usually do them on the grill for 35-45 minutes at about 350 - until they are somewhat crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside. I just season them with black lava salt and fresh ground pepper because I like seeing the black spots all over them - but obviously you can put whatever spices you want on them. The hardest thing is to remember to put the olive oil on the foil BEFORE the potatoes - then more olive oil on top of the potatoes. It's almost impossible to use too much olive oil...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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@YukonRon, it seems to me that you AND the dealer would have won if you bought a XXL. The dealer would have moved something that is hard to move, and you wouldn't have any regrets over getting the XXL...
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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no kidding. it's like bringing a gun to a knife fight! very cool. i foresee big family feasts being prepared on this.SciAggie said:That thing is as big as the death star. Very cool.Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle -
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@JohnEggGio, I regret to inform you that I went to my dealer today to file a warranty claim for my XL - and while I was there I stumbled upon an opportunity to significantly enhance the grid real estate within the XXL. If this exacerbates your envy, I apologize.If my calculations are correct, I should be able to fit about 160 chicken wings (parts, not whole wings) on the two levels. The upper grid is the 24” grid of an XL - and I’ve fit 72 wings on my XL before.
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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That's one heck of a gift!
Plz tell me more about the mushroomsaka marysvilleksegghead
Lrg 2008
mini 2009
Henny Youngman:
I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap -
@Foghorn do you have a good wing recipe? I've been wanting a xxl.2-XLs ,MM,blackstone,Ooni koda 16,R&V works 8.5 gallon fryer,express smoker and 40" smoking cajun
scott
Greenville Tx -
@loco_engr, I've seen @RRP post a Burgundy mushroom cook on here before with a 9 hour recipe. I didn't have 9 hours and I just decided to throw in some stuff that seemed good.
So, I just eyeballed it with the ingredients I listed above - but it did include a whole bottle of wine. After 2 hours the mushrooms were still pretty hard but at 3.5 hours they had softened quite a bit. I added onions because that's what my gang wanted. They tasted a lot like what you get at a good steakhouse.
I'll definitely do them again - when I have even more time.
@texaswig, I'll assume you're joking about wanting my wing recipe since you've had my wings and I'm pretty sure I've given you the recipe, but if you want me to post it here I'm happy to do so.
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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The only XXL insider tip I have is that it uses a metric s$it ton of charcoal.Foghorn said:
@The Cen-Tex Smoker, that's a XL grid extender. The base is 24" diameter. The cooking grid is 20" diameter.The Cen-Tex Smoker said:Wow! You have like a large
grid extender with an almost XL amount of grid around that. That is big.
This thing is a beast.
I'm hoping @DMW will chime in with some XXL insider tips.They/Them
Morgantown, PA
XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer - PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker -
Thanks @DMW. I was at my dealer today and almost bought a KickAsh basket for a Large so I could do some smaller cooks, but my son talked me out of it. It's pretty shallow and the height of the XXL is such that the grate would be quite far above the fire. I'm still going to look into other options.
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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Let me know if you figure something out.Foghorn said:Thanks @DMW. I was at my dealer today and almost bought a KickAsh basket for a Large so I could do some smaller cooks, but my son talked me out of it. It's pretty shallow and the height of the XXL is such that the grate would be quite far above the fire. I'm still going to look into other options.They/Them
Morgantown, PA
XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer - PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker -
@Foghorn haha .Im just messing with ya.yes you gave me the recipe .they are killer wings.I need to make some. I would be even more jealous of the xxl if I hadn't just pick up another Xl a week ago.2-XLs ,MM,blackstone,Ooni koda 16,R&V works 8.5 gallon fryer,express smoker and 40" smoking cajun
scott
Greenville Tx -
160 wings (parts)...envy exacerbated! All that landscape! I looked it up - 424 pounds...holy moly!Maryland, 1 LBGE
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160 wings! wow, that will feed like 4 guys at superbowl. Just kidding.Napoleon Prestige Pro 665, XL BGE, Lots of time for BBQ!
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