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what size egg?

highpress
highpress Posts: 694
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
I'm thinking about getting a BGE in september. At first i was set on a large, however after reading several posts about how great a small is i'm beginning to second guess myself. 99% of my cooking would be for just my wife and I. I'm thinking maybe we'd be better off with a small or medium? Wouldn't a small or medium heat up faster and use less fuel compared to a large? I've been on naked whiz's site and i know what he would recommend... but i want to hear from all the other "eggheads" out there. I know alot of people would say get a small and a large, but i don't think that would fly to well with wifey....

I'm sure this question has been asked 1000 times allready, sorry for the reduntancy! :whistle:
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  • Morro Bay Rich
    Morro Bay Rich Posts: 2,227
    LARGE!!
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  • Celtic Wolf
    Celtic Wolf Posts: 9,773
    Large pusher...
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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I bought a large several months ago, and I'm getting ready to buy a mini as a supplement--specifically for those small, fast weeknight cooks (a couple of burgers, etc).
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,806
    the large works better, i have both a large and small and usually am cooking for 1 or 2, i almost always use the large. i think i would use a mini more than the small and just use it for high temp searing and quick burgers, would have been a better option for me. the small doesnt get as hot as my large and it comes up to temp slower than my large, about twice as long, the small is a miser with lump though if you think you will be using it alot. if it were between the medium and large i would still get the large, better accessory options.
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Bacchus
    Bacchus Posts: 6,019
    Small is awesome, but IMHO doesnt hold temp as steadily as Large. Medium has the same size draft door as Large(which is key) but probably uses less lump, though I have only cooked on a medium twice.
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  • Pickle
    Pickle Posts: 74
    I would go with the large. Once you start using the egg for more than just grilling a couple steaks you will be happy you did.
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    highpress,

    I have a full set. The lump usage doesn't vary as much as one might think. The Medium is great and would probably meet your needs but for a couple of hundred bucks, you would give yourself a lot more capability with the large. You could do larger cooks and freeze batches etc. Ribs can be a problem on the medium as well.

    Steve

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Ashman
    Ashman Posts: 375
    I'll stick my neck out-

    Get the XL, have leftovers!! :silly:

    There is no "wrong" answer.
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  • Hamilton
    Hamilton Posts: 115
    I've owned them all, the large is the most practical and the XL is my favorite.
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  • Semolina Pilchard
    Semolina Pilchard Posts: 768
    The large. A small will burn less lump than a large, but the large burns way less lump than regular charcoal cookers.
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  • danny285
    danny285 Posts: 360
    Go with the Large, you will never be sorry, as for lump i cook for a week on the same fillup.

    good luck
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  • Celtic Wolf
    Celtic Wolf Posts: 9,773
    I bought and XL.. it was really cheap..

    I broke the XL.. BGE helped me fix it cheap..

    I bought two larges.

    I bought a small

    I bought another XL..

    I traded in the new XL for a Large and a Small

    I want a mini..

    How many Eggs does the Wolf have..
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  • Ashman
    Ashman Posts: 375
    How many Eggs does the Wolf have..


    Not as many as he desires.
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  • JLOCKHART29
    JLOCKHART29 Posts: 5,897
    OK I'll be the first to admite that there are times I wish I had more grill space but for the most part I want 2 differant temps. I have a Medium and like you 75% of cooks are for me and wife and the other 25% for four people. I love my Medium and would't change for anything. As most folks on the forum know I have been wanting a small for a long time and have blown enough money to buy one many times over but still whining I don't have one! :P I want the Small for cooking sides such as potatoes,beans,ect at a higher temp than say I am cooking ribs at. I wouldn't go down any smaller than a Medium for a primary cooker. When I get the Small I think I will have the ultument set up for two people.
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  • highpress
    highpress Posts: 694
    Ribs can be a problem on the medium as well

    ... didn't even think about that... good point.
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  • TXTriker
    TXTriker Posts: 1,177
    Large
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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
    I have 2 mediums, which gives me about the same grill space as a large an a small. I hope, in a year or two, to swap out one of the mediums for a large. For now, with just 1 kid left in the house, its a good situation. Holidays with the whole family is served pretty well too.

    I wonder if more folks would go with a medium if there were more accessories?
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  • highpress
    highpress Posts: 694
    Wow, looks like most everyone who has posted would opt for a large. Actually i thought there would be more responses saying to go for a medium/small. Sounds like if i had to have one BGE, it should be the large. Well,
    i thouth the small/medium might be more fuel efficient but i guess there's not a whole lot of difference their either. Thanks for the great info!

    highpress
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  • Ex-Gasman
    Ex-Gasman Posts: 287
    One vote LARGE .............
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  • Camano
    Camano Posts: 134
    Large
    I cook for 3 most of the time and holidays perhaps 10-15 and the large excels all the time.
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  • PhilsGrill
    PhilsGrill Posts: 2,256
    You are correct. Do not get a large for just two persons. A medium would do perfect and will use much less charcoal.
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  • big bob mn
    big bob mn Posts: 41
    You can cook every thing that a small one will on a lrg. But you cant cook everything a lrg one will on a small. If I had my choice between the two, I would go big!! Have fun!!! :woohoo:
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  • Morro Bay Rich
    Morro Bay Rich Posts: 2,227
    Too many? ;)
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  • TXTriker
    TXTriker Posts: 1,177
    What you do highpress, you start out with a large, then as a second egg, then you get the small.
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  • Sooner Egg
    Sooner Egg Posts: 578
    go large........I now have a large and a small :P
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,780
    I did the small first, had it for 2 years before getting my large. Have had the large now for 6 mo's and not used the small at all. I see using the small when I do a turkey thanksgiving to do sides, etc....
    Get the large first, then the small.
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Just given another Mini to add to the herd. 

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  • Panhandle Smoker
    Panhandle Smoker Posts: 3,018
    For a primary Egg I would say a large. It is the most versatile of all the eggs. It is small enough for two and still big enough to entertain. A 16" pizza is a ferfect fit for the large as well as other baking. Big enough to cook a whole brisket or just a few burgers. :)
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  • Grandpas Grub
    Grandpas Grub Posts: 14,226
     
    Lump usage is a small consideration vs capibility and usefulness.

    Further, don't fill the lump all the way up in the large, use smaller loads and you won't see a huge difference is fuel usage.

    There are two of us 90% of the time and with the kids & grand kids 24.

    The large will work for both and all in between.

    Doing it all over again in my case I would first get a large then mini and then a second large (maybe one of the larges would be an XL, not sure.

    If you really think you only will get 1 egg and can't see going large then get a medium. Cook on either for a while and make a decision on what 2nd egg to get.

    GG
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