Recently got a Big Green Egg - tips? suggestions? recipes?

Get to cooking! Start with something easy like ribs or chicken. You're embarking on a wondrous journey into culinary excellence.

unless the newer eggs have changed you can expect to change out your gasket.

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Any tips,

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-Get a leave in thermometer (maverick)
-Thermopen
-Kick ash basket
-Rutland gasket (after you cook yours off lol)
-Royal oak lump fa life
-Plate setter if you didn't get one yet.
-Smoke ware cap is legit. They make some cool aftermarket shite for egg.
-Mapp torch for lighting
-egghead forum for advice

Cook a pizza

Get a plate setter
Get a maverick remote thermometer


Use royal oak lump
Cook a Boston butt
Enjoy!

Sort your lump charcoal int large, medium,and small chunks. Place them in the fire box in that order.

Learn how to reverse sear a steak on the BGE and use a little smoke when you do it.

If you like having eye brows, make sure to burp the egg when searing at high temperature.

My favorite egg cook is a spatchcocked chicken. Foolproof, especially when you're just learning to regulate temps on the Egg.

The thing I realized after I started using mine is that I had bought a charcoal oven. The temp can be dialed in accurately for long periods of time without messing with it so anything you'd do in the oven but would taste better with a charcoal flavor is fair game.

I've also buried the temp needle on my BGE knockoff which is great for steaks but please understand that you need to "burp" the pit when you go to open it when it's this hot. The coals are starving for O2 and opening the lid too quickly will create a backdraft capable of burning your face or robbing you of your eyebrows. Don't ask me how I know...

second third and fourth the burping before fully opening. i burned the shite out of my hands a few weeks ago from opening it too fast after a few whiskeys.

I got one for for Christmas myself. Love the convegger, I failed to see a reason not to Jude it on everything. Second the burping. Was searing a steak at 700 the second time I used it and didn't burp it enough. I swear 6 ft of flames come out of that thing. Lost arm hair, some hair on my head, some eyelashes and brows.