Comments on: So you wanna buy a Big Green Egg?

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:14:55 +0000

Headed to the store to buy a large egg (on sale!!!). Great info on this website! Will come in handy as I get the recommended accessories and learn to use my new BGE!

Jay
St. Paul, MN

By: cam

cam — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:12:44 +0000

Hey Mimi
the egg will survive any weather.. my egg sets out all year( winter hits minus 25).. one thing tho.. put a quarter coin btween the lid and gasket.. it will keep the lid from freezing to the gasket

By: cam

cam — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:32:21 +0000

Hey Mimi
nothing to worry about with the weather… except.. if it gets below freeezing , put a quarter coin between the lid and gasket so the lid doesn’t freeze to it… my egg going fours years and still looks like new…
sits out in minis 20 weather ( ont. can.)

By: Dolly

Dolly — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:26:45 +0000

Great Blog! The BGE makes AWESOME bread and pizza… if you’re interested in learning from my trial and error, check this out: http://bgebread.blogspot.com.

By: TC

TC — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:16:09 +0000

Great site!! I am a new BGE owner and have successfully cooked hamburgers as the first try (and yes I burnt the hair off my left arm…gonna take some time getting used to burping the grill after just lifting the lid for the last 15 years ). I have been cooking on gas grills for the last 15 yrs and I can quickly see I won’t be going back. A couple of questions (1) I have purchased a custom table from the dealer that has an umbrella holder, but my concern is the heat that this thing produces. Is it possible to have an umbrella over this cooker without burning it up? and (2) I don’t see much mention of the BGE lump charcoal which is what I have used with the first meal. My understanding is there are different qualities of lump charcoal, but I’m unsure where to buy locally? I used one starter brick and it was at 700 in about 10 minutes. I was rather impressed at the speed and happy that it was indeed faster than my gas grill in heating up.

By: GreenEgger

GreenEgger — Mon, 02 May 2011 00:03:09 +0000

I noticed there were several comments from people on what to do about gasket replacements. I like cranking my Green Egg way up and decided to go for the Nomex high temperature gasket seal.

At http://www.high-que.com you can buy ones with adhesive tape already on the nomex, unlike other products out there that require you to use adhesive spray (which is a huge pain).

Would highly recommend that you check it out.

By: Mimi

Mimi — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:38:26 +0000

Is it okay to leave the BGE outside in the weather all the time? Our deck is small.

By: bbum

bbum — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:57:46 +0000

To get it out of the nest, you’ll need to take it apart, yes. It isn’t hard to do, but you MUST tie the top and bottom metal bands together!!! If yo don’t, the springs tha assist with lifting the lid will cause the bands to fly apart and can hurt you.

Beyond that, it is jus a matter of disassembly, putting it in the table and then reassembly.

By: Suzanna

Suzanna — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:38:06 +0000

I have a large big green egg. I have it in the next with the side trays. I have recently purchased an egg table. How do I move it from the nest to the table? Do I need to take it apart? Please help. I don’t want to crack my egg.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:57:33 +0000

Rich, I had the exact same thing happen on my large BGE. Fortunately, the gasket is relatively easy to replace. Getting the old gasket off is a pain.