We recently made a purchase that will change our way of life. Well some of what we eat anyway, and how we cook it. We are the proud owners of a Big Green Egg. If you have never heard of that, it's a grill / smoker/ outdoor oven even. It has us loving cooking and most importantly, eating! We have been contemplating for some time now which way to go with getting a new outdoor cooker.
We have had a gas grill for the past several years, it was getting old and we missed the taste of a charcoal grill, so we converted the gas grill and used it as a charcoal grill for a while. We have looked at other gas grill types and had done some comparison shopping on many different types of grills. Shhh don't tell the hubby I said so, but I have been the grill master most of our grilling life, and I am glad that he is also taking an interest in becoming a grill master too!
We have had a gas grill for the past several years, it was getting old and we missed the taste of a charcoal grill, so we converted the gas grill and used it as a charcoal grill for a while. We have looked at other gas grill types and had done some comparison shopping on many different types of grills. Shhh don't tell the hubby I said so, but I have been the grill master most of our grilling life, and I am glad that he is also taking an interest in becoming a grill master too!
We decided on the Big Green Egg-(BGE) after much research and a trip to the local distributor, where we learned much more and also even tasted some BGE grilled food right on site. We were hooked, or hooked-up that is with our large sized BGE and a few extra accessories, egg-cessories that is, which we just couldn't do without. We have been cooking on it quite frequently since the purchase and we are very happy we made the choice of the BGE!
We have done some basic grilling such as chicken, burgers, and pork chops<--my specialty, along with veggies and side dishes, such as roasted corn-on-the-cob too. We smoked a pork boston butt over the past weekend that has us wanting to do it again this weekend, and so we are and we will be enjoying it for Easter dinner with the family. The BGE is a fantastic long slow smoker, which as I said we tried over the weekend with cooking the pork boston butt. Oh my, that was some kind of tasty, not to mention impressive and it made for some delicious barbecue pulled pork sandwiches!
I look forward to even more experimenting using the BGE as an outdoor oven and cook pizza or calzones, it gets hotter than the oven in my kitchen! I really want to try that out, how fun making homemade pizzas?! Grilling is even better now that we have our Big Green Egg, and we love it! It's good timin' grillin'!
We have done some basic grilling such as chicken, burgers, and pork chops<--my specialty, along with veggies and side dishes, such as roasted corn-on-the-cob too. We smoked a pork boston butt over the past weekend that has us wanting to do it again this weekend, and so we are and we will be enjoying it for Easter dinner with the family. The BGE is a fantastic long slow smoker, which as I said we tried over the weekend with cooking the pork boston butt. Oh my, that was some kind of tasty, not to mention impressive and it made for some delicious barbecue pulled pork sandwiches!
I look forward to even more experimenting using the BGE as an outdoor oven and cook pizza or calzones, it gets hotter than the oven in my kitchen! I really want to try that out, how fun making homemade pizzas?! Grilling is even better now that we have our Big Green Egg, and we love it! It's good timin' grillin'!
~ The Big Green Egg ~
It is a little unusual looking, and it does indeed look like a big green egg! Admittedly, I wasn't in love with the look of it when I first saw it, but I know now that what is does is by far much more important, and what it is all about! I have been eyeballing some tables that are created to house the BGE and offer storage too. So many ideas and different types of tables to choose from, we will take some time to figure out what choice is best for us, and our egg!
Now for some drool worthy food photos!
~ Grillin' ~
Grilling up a feast with all of the dinner food on the grill.
My pork chops, corn-on-the-cob, and one of my recipes-potatoes cooked in foil. I actually prefer my thick pork chops to a steak any day!
Grilled prosciutto wrapped asparagus! That's some yummy good stuff. Two things that I love, put together and making each taste even better.
Grilled fresh pineapple too, mmm so delicious! Grilled fruit takes on a whole new flavor!
~ Smokin' ~
Pork boston butt roast! I wish this were smell-a-vision so you could enjoy the wonderful mouth-watering aroma of this baby. Hubs found a butt-rub recipe that he put together, rubbed it on the pork, then wrapped it up and let it sit over night in the frig.
The smoked pork boston butt after pulling it open, it fell apart easily! The pork had been long smoked slowly for almost eight hours on the Big Green Egg. It was tender, juicy, and quickly became pulled pork bbq sandwiches that were very tasty and delicious!
Big Green Egg <~ Learn all about the Big Green Egg on their website.
We are very happy to be Big Green Egg owners!...
