Should I get a Big Green Egg?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would also pick a Weber Smokey Mountain over the GBE, if you have a gas grill already. The WMS excels as a barrel smoker. It beats out the GBE and Trager any day. We've used it to smoke pretty much everything--meats, veg, cheese. Options are limitless. Plus you can use it as a reg charcoal grill too.

If it's a dedicated smoker AND you're comfortable tending a fire constantly on a long smoke then the bullet is better.

The kamados are great for an all in one option, because they can do really high heat and you can go to bed on an overnight smoke.

I switched to a BGE when my bullet rusted out and while it doesn't get as much of that glorious smoke into pork butts and brisket nobody seems to notice but me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would also pick a Weber Smokey Mountain over the GBE, if you have a gas grill already. The WMS excels as a barrel smoker. It beats out the GBE and Trager any day. We've used it to smoke pretty much everything--meats, veg, cheese. Options are limitless. Plus you can use it as a reg charcoal grill too.

DH is our bbq master and this is his preference as well. My parents have the egg and find it hard to use correctly.

[Anonymous]

The only way to grill. It’s not really difficult to get going. You light it with the air wide open and come back 30 minutes later and adjust the air flow. I never have a problem finding 30 minutes of something to do instead of standing over the grill watching it warm up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gas sucks. What’s the point of grilling if you will just use gas? Might as well cook in the stove or oven. The entire point of cooking over fire is to have coals. Food drippings fall onto the coals and release vaporized juices imparted with smoke, which adds tons of more flavor.


Kamados are nice because without question they hold heat way, way wayyyy better than standard charcoal grills made out of metal. It’s a basic fact of materials science. If you just want a simple grill though, you don’t need a kamado.


It’s also not hard to get a charcoal grill going. Get a torch or a charcoal chimney. You light the coals and then go prep your food. It’s not a big deal, and you get way better food than gas.

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