Big Green Egg - are they worth it? Post Reply

[Freds Gang]

Contemplating geting a 'Big Green Egg' v a traditional bbq. Love the name    and the look of them but but they aren't cheap.
Wondering if anyone who has bought one thinks that they are worth the money, we would probably go for a large or an extra large for social events? 

[SJ1979]

Yes, we love ours and have quite a few friends who have them, and for the bbq expert the Green Egg wins hands down. We have the MiniMax as it sits nicely on a table, we are a smaller family and don't have a huge garden, but it still manages to feed a crowd when we've entertained if you're clever with the timing as it keeps it heat a long time.  We've done fish, shoulder of lamb, spatchcock chickens etc all really easily on it.  My husband was not a bbq fan before and hated our Weber charcoal one, so we did a lot of a research and settled with this and he's now coverted, we use it a lot even in the winter and the taste is amazing.  

[supergirl]

I second the comment above. We have the big one. We ve done all of the above plus roast chicken and pizzas.
I need to try it for cakes - a french chef Helene Darroz has done many.
For us totally worth the money

[Wandsworth21]

We were having the same debate last year. To help us decide we did a ceramic BBQ cooking class (highly recommend London barbecue school, though very tough to get a spot!) which really helped us see these barbecues in action and what is possible with them. We have since bought one and no regrets here - you can use it all year round.
However - we didn’t go for the green egg but Kamado which are essentially the same, but red and cheaper (and came recommended by the BBQ class). We are very happy with ours.