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edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
Hi,

This may be difficult to answer, and I know it probably depends on a bunch of things, but ballpark estimate how much does it cost in lump to grill a steak on a small egg?

In other words, if one grilled a steak every night and just filled up the egg with enough every day to top it off, how much new fuel would be used every day?

Assume say $1/pound for the lump.
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  • PhilsGrill
    PhilsGrill Posts: 2,256
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    How big is your steak? How long do you want to cook it? What temperature do you want it cooked at? Dome open or closed? But acually, who cares? :cheer:
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  • FlaPoolman
    FlaPoolman Posts: 11,677
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    My guess would be 15-20 steaks before you would have to top it off. You'll use more getting to temp than cooking.
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  • FSUScotsman
    FSUScotsman Posts: 754
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    If it were me doing it, since I like my steaks rare, I doubt that I would use 10# bag in two weeks. Of course that is a guess, but someone smarter than me is going to have to help. Less than a $1 a day.
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  • BENTE
    BENTE Posts: 8,337
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    i have no idea but if you are asking what kind of fuel efficiantly you can get with the egg. when i first got my egg i counted 14 diffrent sessions before i needed to buy another bag! one of those sessions was a turkey breast.. like flapoolman said you use more getting up to temp than you do maintaining ;)


    HTH

    happy eggin

    TB

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  • FSUScotsman
    FSUScotsman Posts: 754
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    That's a good point. I remember doing my first butt. I had it on for about 13 hours and after it was done I still got a cook of a chicken and burgers out of that load of lump. I was just amazed.
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  • otisdog
    otisdog Posts: 187
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    Friday night I started a 12 hr butt cook. Since I was going to do some brats for lunch I just let it burn on low another two hours then cooked lunch and shut it down. Still half full now.
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  • Dr. Strangelove
    Dr. Strangelove Posts: 261
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    Not a direct answer to your question, but; I use my large 4-7 nights a week and on average use an 8.8lb bag of lump per week at $5.99 per bag. This is a mixture of short and long high and low temperature cooks.
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