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Summary of Contents for Big Green Egg

Page 1: ...Big Green Egg User Guide Big Green Egg User Guide...

Page 2: ...earing at a scary 450 C 845 F and everything in between With a little practice you can set up your Big Green Egg to run clean or to smoke at any temperature The versatility a Big Green Egg offers is u...

Page 3: ...atented as a ceramic barbecue in 1960 s under the name Big Green Egg which is the Japanese word for stove or cooker Richard Johnson s original promise was that the Big Green Egg is the best barbecue i...

Page 4: ...t you can purchase terracotta pot plant feet from a nursery A lot of users opt to make a mobile bench for the Big Green Egg to sit in Mobile benches provide mobility stability and raise the working he...

Page 5: ...l the moisture is driven out If you are using your Big Green Egg on a timber deck always use something heatproof to protect the timber from the radiant heat from the base of the Big Green Egg floor ti...

Page 6: ...r of your food you can use a small amount of a flavour wood in chunk pellet or chip form to increase the level of smoke Herb bundles are also a good way to smoke flavour food A new charcoal product to...

Page 7: ...ing this first heat cycle let the Big Green Egg settle in look for leaks around the gasket At the end of the seasoning burn just before shutting down add two small pieces of wood to the charcoal let t...

Page 8: ...oasting just give it more air to increase the temperature I prefer to not use firelighters as I do not like the smell they produce I use a gas Weed Burner to light my charcoal but there are plenty of...

Page 9: ...splay will help you develop an understanding a sixth sense if you like for how your charcoal is behaving inside the Big Green Egg Charcoal is Alive and responds quite rapidly to an increase in air the...

Page 10: ...rature inside the Big Green Egg cooker If you restrict the input air you very effectively control the amount of the charcoal fuel load that can light and you will have a low temperature fire capable o...

Page 11: ...p damper more temperature will increase and smoke flavour will decrease When both vents are open fully the fire will quickly accelerate and your Big Green Egg will rapidly reach temperatures in excess...

Page 12: ...um temperature up to 250 C 480 F close the Bottom Vent completely but leave the Top Vent open where it is for roughly five minutes then close it down completely this will evacuate some of the heat and...

Page 13: ...drop slowly to 200 C 390 F at this point you can close the Top Vent roughly half the remaining amount leave it like this for 5 minutes before closing completely This technique vents heat and moisture...

Page 14: ...temperature for larger roasts Turkey and Ham 200 C 390 F Medium to Oven Hot Bake breads pastries and cake roast chickens and premium cuts 225 C 440 F Oven Hot Fast bread baking BBQ burgers chicken pie...

Page 15: ...ing technique can be used at any temperature Drop a handful of woodchips soaked in water for an hour if you like or wood pellets unsoaked directly onto the coals or lightly wrap them in a foil package...

Page 16: ...culating air by using the Raised grill to hold the Pizza stone cook Pizza directly on the Pizza stone at a temperature of 250 300 C 575 F For Grilling Roasting and Pizza Baking remember to Burp your c...

Page 17: ...l pieces of charcoal can block the air holes and using one side allows for the air to come from the other side if some vent holes are blocked Using just a couple of pieces of charcoal in a flowerpot o...

Page 18: ...e the fire will slowly build and the temperature in the Big Green Egg will take longer to come to the target This Upward heat cycle is extremely useful You can retard the heat up even more by starting...

Page 19: ...sit cooking in the tight Big Green Egg This technique is best described as similar to the practice of searing a steak in a pan and finishing in a hot oven Sear a steak on both sides then shut down Dw...

Page 20: ...lled by the bottom vent and the fuel load This technique is valid and although it does not offer precise temperature control it is a good place for a beginner to start learning the finer arts of Big G...

Page 21: ...ing under control afterwards you also risk damaging the Big Green Egg Learn the Safe Shut Down and Burping techniques so that you intuitively use them Take care when cooking fatty foods dripping fat c...

Page 22: ...fairly standard for many Big Green Egg cooking tasks One of the best things to come out of a Big Green Egg is the humble roast chicken Place a large fuel load in the Big Green Egg have the top of the...

Page 23: ...g towards 300 C 592 F Unless you want to cook immediately close the vents a little to temper the heat and save fuel Sear on the lowest level as close to the molten hot fuel as you can Remember to Burp...

Page 24: ...years as a cooking pan diffuser and drip pan Cast Iron Grill Cast Iron Replacement grills are available to fit most Big Green Eggs and will produce great grill marks on your food Cast Iron holds heat...

Page 25: ...eap but can take all the stress out of a long low temperature cook They are a digital control unit that monitors the temperature of the meat and the Big Green Egg and feeds air to the charcoal periodi...

Page 26: ...d grills and other parts are able to withstand extreme heat however porcelain is brittle and will chip easily it also scratches Once the surface of the porcelain is compromised by scratches cracks or...

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