considering an Egg purchase

I have 2 mediums. The dealer made a good offer on my first, tossed in the nest and a platesetter. At the time, with 3 out of 4 kids still in the house, the medium was a little to confining. Got another later, mostly for the convenience of cooking at 2 different temps.

Now, with only 1 kid around, a medium is fine most of the time. But having 2 Eggs is nice, 'cause I can clean them on the weekend, and with some stirring of the lump, be ready to cook most days after work. I don't need to start lots of lump for some burgers or brats.

The downside is that some racks of ribs don't quite fit without being cut up, and I can only do about a 15 lb bird for the holiday family meals.

Large...it has more accessories and gives you more versatility when cooking.

With just 3 of us at home now, I was thinking the same as you at the beginning of the summer.

I ended up going with the large and glad I did. It is very versatile. The extra room is used more than I thought it would.

Once you get it, you'll be using more than you imagine.

Good Luck!

Wyatt,

Definitely go with the large! You can get lots of accessories that expand your cooking capabilities without increasing the amount of lump you need for each cook. After 3 years, I recently added a small for quick cooks for just the two of us and for sides being cooked at a different temp than the main course.

http://theceramicgrillstore.com has well-thought out accessories

The large also allows you to load enough lump for those long, slow cooks like boston butt and brisket.

Go with the large. When I bought my egg I was trying to decide between the 22 sizes. You can't cook that 20 lb turkey at Thanksgiving on the medium. As someone pointed out there are more accesories for the large. I want a medium for my second egg, when I can convince my wife we can't live without another egg.

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Newb42,

The great thing about the BGE is the ability to reused the unused lump. If you "shut it down" after your cook, the fire quickly goes out. All you have to do is stir the ashes down through the holes add a little more if needed and '"light her up".

I recently did a 16 hour cook on my large, followed by 2 more cooks without adding any more lump.

The large is the most popular and I believe the most versatile. I have a family of three (at home) and I couldn't imagine anything smaller than my large as my primary Egg. I also have an Xl that I use on bigger cooks mostly on the weekends. There are a lot of accessories to add to the large if you ever needed the space. I usually cook the entire meal on the Egg and the space of the large will accommodate that without cooking everything separate. I would recommend getting a little more space than you think you will need and you will grow into it. It is better to have the room and not need it than to need it and not have it. A lot of Eggers have both a large and a small combo of Eggs to cook at different temps at the same time. You will get to that later. :laugh:

I was at chim chimney in League city yesterday . There was a guy at the counter contemplating an egg purchase. I said get one ,it'll be the best thing you ever did. That wasn't you was it :laugh: . Get the large. more is better when you need it

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MississippiEgger,

That is a cool feature but it doesn't mean that the eggs use no fuel. What fuel is used, will be smaller in a smaller egg, because the fire box is smaller and the fire covers less coal. So the smaller sizes should be cheaper to use if they're big enough to fit whatever food is necessary.