What is a big green egg? A charcoal grill/smoker. Damon had seen this grill in some various magazines/online, etc and had a bit of a desire for one. Then, we went to a friend's birthday party and the host was smoking salmon on it. His love affair with the big green egg blossomed. He did more researching online and found out that the material is actually what they make the space shuttle out of (it's HEAVY!) Then, when he was at a local Ace Hardware they had one on sale. One lift of the lid and he was close to a purchase. Being the good husband he is, he came home, we talked it over. I went to see this big green thing. We left, talked some more and then decided to take the plunge.
My hesitations with returning to charcoal were the amount of time it takes to heat and the messiness factor. I will say it doesn't take much longer to heat up, if any. It is messy to deal with the grate but they have a grate lifter that I want to purchase sometime. Anyway, the taste of the meat is worth the hesitations. We have made chicken, pork butt, ribs, hamburgers, brats, corn on the cob, hot dogs, sausage, steaks and pizza on our big green egg. I wasn't sure I'd notice a difference in the taste of things but I do and I'm a believer!!
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