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[jswaykos]

Morning, all.  Hope the weekend was good to everyone.

[Bad Dad]

I use my Dad's, he has the Large which I think goes for around $800-900, woof!  I am going to get a smoker later this summer, but I am eyeing the Weber Smokey Mountain 18.5"...$299.  Great smoker for the price, only con is it's not ceramic, so during extreme weather conditions the temperature is more work to control, but I can handle that for $600...

Is the Big Green Egg a lot of work?  To light, clean, etc.?

Lighting charcoal is the 'hardest' part.  We use a hot iron, like a cattle prod, to heat it up-takes maybe 15min.  Other method would be a chimney starter, that's maybe a little faster and gets it going in about 10.  All organic lump charcoal.  Maintaining the temp is as easy as set it and forget it, vent on top and bottom make it really easy to lock it in for 8-10hrs w/o the need for more charcoal.

I love my chimney starter...!  3 sheets of newspaper or a few of my wife's old photos to get the fire started, and I'm ready to bar-b-q..!!!

[Bad Dad]

Good morning Joe, and anyone else I missed this morning...

[CigarGuy87]

I use my Dad's, he has the Large which I think goes for around $800-900, woof!  I am going to get a smoker later this summer, but I am eyeing the Weber Smokey Mountain 18.5"...$299.  Great smoker for the price, only con is it's not ceramic, so during extreme weather conditions the temperature is more work to control, but I can handle that for $600...

Is the Big Green Egg a lot of work?  To light, clean, etc.?

Lighting charcoal is the 'hardest' part.  We use a hot iron, like a cattle prod, to heat it up-takes maybe 15min.  Other method would be a chimney starter, that's maybe a little faster and gets it going in about 10.  All organic lump charcoal.  Maintaining the temp is as easy as set it and forget it, vent on top and bottom make it really easy to lock it in for 8-10hrs w/o the need for more charcoal.

I love my chimney starter...!  3 sheets of newspaper or a few of my wife's old photos to get the fire started, and I'm ready to bar-b-q..!!!

BAHAHAHA-the Weber fire starters work well too, the little white cubes.

[CigarGuy87]

Morning, all.  Hope the weekend was good to everyone.

Morning JWacky!

[A Friend of Charlie]

Morning, all.  Hope the weekend was good to everyone.

It was.  And yours?

[Baby Face Finster]

G'morning Gents! Hope you all had a most excellent Fathers Day.

[Bad Dad]

Good morning, gentlemen.  I enjoyed a lovely, but smokeless weekend.  I hope yours was equally fulfilling, +cigars.

Good morning Tony! Mine was smokeless as well, but not in the sense of bbq/steaks Used the smoker for the steaks last night, big green egg, damn that thing's amazin!

That sounds great... I've always wanted to cook a pizza on the bbq grill.

They are awesome, highly recommend it!

big green egg , I want one , just one thing stops me from buying it , the price $550 , I do hear that they are great .

I use my Dad's, he has the Large which I think goes for around $800-900, woof!  I am going to get a smoker later this summer, but I am eyeing the Weber Smokey Mountain 18.5"...$299.  Great smoker for the price, only con is it's not ceramic, so during extreme weather conditions the temperature is more work to control, but I can handle that for $600...

I used to have a Brinkman Texas BBQ with the side fire box.  I'm sure the neighbors hated me at 8am when I'd start a 20lb brisket...!

[jswaykos]

Morning, all.  Hope the weekend was good to everyone.

It was.  And yours?

It was good.  beers and cigars and good food and whatnot.  Kids still too young to be 'not nice' to me every other day of the year, haha.

[jswaykos]

Morning, all.  Hope the weekend was good to everyone.

Morning JWacky!

Hey there, Shaun.  Love this smoker talk, making me hungry!  I've wanted one for years but I don't know how much I'd really use it.  Not that that's ever factored in to such a purchase before.

[LuvTooGolf]

Morning, all.  Hope the weekend was good to everyone.

Morning, Wacky Joe.

[LuvTooGolf]

Morning, all.  Hope the weekend was good to everyone.

It was.  And yours?

It was good.  beers and cigars and good food and whatnot.  Kids still too young to be 'not nice' to me every other day of the year, haha.

That time is coming. Haha.

[A Friend of Charlie]

G'morning Gents! Hope you all had a most excellent Fathers Day.

Thank you, sir.  Same to you.

[CigarGuy87]

Morning, all.  Hope the weekend was good to everyone.

Morning JWacky!

Hey there, Shaun.  Love this smoker talk, making me hungry!  I've wanted one for years but I don't know how much I'd really use it.  Not that that's ever factored in to such a purchase before.

Yea I can't believe what you wrote, had to read it 3x before I comprehended it
If you want to get started in smoking, get a Weber Smokey Mountain 18.5", all day every day...then based on use, upgrade and teach the craft to someone else and sell them your broken-in WSM.

[Bad Dad]

Morning, all.  Hope the weekend was good to everyone.

It was.  And yours?

It was good.  beers and cigars and good food and whatnot.  Kids still too young to be 'not nice' to me every other day of the year, haha.

That time is coming. Haha.

Hopefully not..., and teach them out to make there own money too.  I wish I would have thought of that one...