green cooker

Muscle Head BBQ · Posted: Dec 04 2006 Post subject: green cooker

Hi guys, I just p/u what look to be a green ceramic type cooker kinda resembling the green egg at a estate sale today for $10. Anybody ever use one of these things?

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SoEzzy · Posted: Dec 04 2006 Post subject:

I'll give you a 100% profit and the s&h for a quick sale... Wink

Only joking.

I have heard the none BGE ones called Kamodo or something like that, I don't know if that is a big green egg or a kamodo, which ever it is you look like you picked up a bargin!

Good luck with it, you might take a look at Big Green Egg .com but I don't think it is one of theirs, it looks different some how, perhaps the fact that bges look hammered.
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Muscle Head BBQ · Posted: Dec 04 2006 Post subject:

I forgot to mention that I also purchased a nice cast iron dutch oven at the sale also.

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SoEzzy · Posted: Dec 04 2006 Post subject:

Just what DID you step in that morning, to come out smelling of roses so well? Laughing

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BBQMAN · Posted: Dec 05 2006 Post subject:

Awesome find on the Kamado there Flex- what a bargain! Very Happy

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Muscle Head BBQ · Posted: Dec 05 2006 Post subject:

Can I actually smoke on this thing or just grill and BBQ? It needs some cleaning on the inside, but overall it is in good shape. The Estate sale started on Saturday and i didn't get there till Sunday in the late afternoon when everything was half off. Original price was $25. I'm surprised so many people passed this by.

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SoEzzy · Posted: Dec 05 2006 Post subject:

I'd kill for the chance of picking up a BGE for $25.00...perhaps that was what happened to the person who wanted to purchase it?
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Muscle Head BBQ · Posted: Dec 05 2006 Post subject:

I don't yhink it is a BGE. It's more like a Komoto BBQ. Looks simular though.

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BBQMAN · Posted: Dec 05 2006 Post subject:

Of course you can smoke with it! Very Happy

They hold a real good temp for a real long time.

Also good for high temp cooking of pizza and steaks!
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smokemaster · BBQ Fan Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 281 Location: Europe

That's a Big Green Egg. Send a pic to their forum and someone will identify it. http://www.biggreenegg.com/wwwboard/wwwboard.shtml

Yours should look like this:

Enjoy the great find!!
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Jeff Hughes · Posted: Dec 06 2006 Post subject:

That model may be a BGE from before the ceramic went high temp...

It may only be a smoker, not a grill...

Still a great deal...
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Muscle Head BBQ · Posted: Dec 06 2006 Post subject:

That is exactly what mine looks like. The only thing it is missing is the small grate that goes inside the fire box. I will have to see if i can locate one. Cooked on it tonight, just burgers and chicken. I will need to get some cooking tips. I did have a little trouble with the fire, but I think the bottom grate would have helped.

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skybob · Posted: Dec 07 2006 Post subject:

You ought to be able to make a bottom grate out of expanded metal. Like the charcoal basket mod to the ECB's

Muscle Head BBQ · Posted: Dec 07 2006 Post subject:

To bad I can't get that flavor from my Traeger.

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skybob · Posted: Dec 07 2006 Post subject:

Do you use the Traeger pellets or the 100% pellets? When I switched to 100% pellets, I have been able to tell the difference in the amount of smoke in the meat. I cooked a couple 1" pork chops at 300 degrees today for lunch and got a nice smoke ring and flavor in that short amount of time, about 30 minutes.

Muscle Head BBQ · Posted: Dec 07 2006 Post subject:

Shybob, I have complained to them. The way they built my unit, the smoke just comes out of the opening above the door and along the back. They should have put a smoke stack on the dam thing! I will post some pics of the opening this weekend so maybe I can get some suggestions on how to fix. A lift up door could help as a start. Smoke just pours out the gap above the roll up. Still cooks good though.

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3970010 · Posted: Dec 08 2006 Post subject:

That looks like a big green egg and you did EXTREMELY well on that purchace. Those little guys are expensive. I understand that they cook very well..

There is another vent that replaces the one on the top that is supposed to be better. You can get it from big green egg. They also have a big green egg forum for questions and the like. Good luck.

TWOMINUTETOMMY · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 15 Location: Isanti Mn.

I think you did extremely well with the bge !
i am a dealer for primo and they are identicle to the bge and I know the
primo wholesale is 690.00 for round and 929.00 for oval.
retail will be much higher.
enjoy they are alot of fun and possibilitys are endless!

skybob · Posted: Dec 09 2006 Post subject:

Well, Flex, you could just drape a welder's blanket over the Traeger, that should cut down on the smoke getting away. I use a welder's blanket every time I smoke in the winter now. Helps keep the temp's up, though i have noticed that since I've gotten the digital thermostat it stays much closer to the set temp in the cold. The blanket just lets it do that with less fuel.

Gourmet-Gator · Posted: Dec 09 2006 Post subject:

Dude...you suck...I am SOOOO JEALOUS, j/k about the you suck thing.. good luck with your major score! Very Happy