Big Green Egg Smokers

Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 4:17 am

Why the Big Green Egg Smokers Are such an Excellent Product

Although The EGG is known to be an excellent griller, the real value comes with this product when you use it as Big Green Egg smoker as the smoking results come out perfect.

Why is that so? EGG’s big dome provides great smoking environment: Big Green Egg smokers will give your food a wonderful, deep smoke flavors and since it is made of ceramics there is no chemical or metallic aftertaste. For smoking food in EGG the manufacturer recommends natural lump charcoal in Big Green Egg smokers.

The special type of charcoal can be found on Big Green Egg official website and they are sold at $24 per 20-pound bag. It is made from 100% hardwood that burns cleaner and hotter than briquettes. Their charcoal also lights faster and produces fewer ashes.

It is very important of course to achieve the best smoke flavors. For that you should use the best wood smoking chips. Big Green Egg offers different wood chips: hickory, mesquite, alder, cherry, pecan, maple and Jack Daniel’s. Each wood chip gives different and distinct flavors to your food.

If you are bold enough you can mix and match different wood chips to achieve variety of flavor combinations. If you are not familiar as to what wood chips goes well on different meats and foods, Big Green Egg provides you with a chart that will guide you. You can buy these wood chips through their website or through other online stores. They sell for $3.95 for a 1.5-pound bag of hickory, mesquite and alder; $4.95 for 1.5-pound bag of apple, pecan, maple and cherry wood chips, while the Jack Daniel’s wood chips sells for $8.95 for 1.5-pound bag.

Big Green Eggs smokers can be combined with a variety of different smoking and grilling accessories that can make grilling easier and more pleasurable. Such products are: natural fire starter that is made from saw dusts and paraffin, electric starter, Eggcelerator and grilling flanks.

Besides these EGGcessories, the key for perfect smoking is low and stable temperature which Big Green Egg smoker definitely provides. 200* to 275* F is the perfect temperature for smoking and it can easily be maintained by the Egg’s thick ceramic wall. And with the help of the outside temperature gauge, you can monitor the temperature even without lifting the grill cover.

And the secret to rich and delicious smoke-flavor is to properly soak wood chips before throwing it to your smoker.

Get and Take Good Care of Your Big Green Egg Smoker

Of course you don’t want to ruin your $250 to $1000 investment, so make sure to always keep your Big Green Egg smoker and grill clean. And since these eggs are made of ceramics, cleaning can be a breeze.

First, make sure that you cool off your smoker. Scrape off residues in your grills and wipe them off with damp cloth. Remove the ashes using the ash pan and scrape off excess ashes using the ash tool. This should be done after every use Big Green Egg smokers. If in any case, there has been a mold build up in your EGG, simply heat your eggs to 450*F and leave for 30 minutes. Close the vents afterwards to stop the fire and let the egg cool down. Then you can scrape away mold residue with wire brush.