So I'm looking at putting in an outdoor kitchen. Just got a Big Green Egg for Christmas (haven't used it yet). Was originally thinking about a medium-sized gas Grill (Weber, Fire Magic, etc.) plus a large BGE. Anyone have both? For those that do, if you were starting over, would you do both or just do two BGE's? I need the convenience of cooking relatively quickly on a weeknight plus the ability to smoke, grill, etc. for groups of 10-15 on the weekends when time is less of a factor.

you don't need a gas grill. ever.

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you don't need a gas grill. ever.

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This.

ttt for splicer97

Gas grills. Taste the meat, not the heat.

BGE is awesome. No need for a gas grill if you have a BGE.

Gas grills for speed

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Taste the meat, not the heat.

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common rebuttal for those who don't know how to cook with fire

No, it's a Strickland Propane advertising slogan coined by Hank Hill.

Where do you do meat that you only have 30 mins to cook?

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you don't need a gas grill. ever.

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This, this, 1000x this.

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Just got a Big Green Egg for Christmas (haven't used it yet).

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FAIL.

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Gas grills for speed

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I use mine when I don't want to take the time to prep coals

Y'all cook outside? Savages

FWIW, at my old house I had the BGE and a Weber Genesis. I rarely used the Weber because I didn't want to bother with the cover or propane and ended up giving it to my in-laws. My new outdoor kitchen has built in propane and the grill sits under a covered porch so my current utilization is closer to 50/50

Why wait so long to use the BGE?

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Gas grills for speed

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This

I have a BGE, a gas grill, an offset smoker, and a pellet grill. The gas grill has not been used in probably a year. It is going to go away as soon as I can figure out some corner of hell to send it to. I use the pellet grill for weeknight cooking of things like chicken, pork, etc. The BGE is by far the best grill I own, but the pellet grill is more convenient and the wife can use it. My suggestion would be a BGE and a good (not Traeger) pellet grill.

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Just got a Big Green Egg for Christmas (haven't used it yet).

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FAIL.

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+1.

How do you not fire that ***** up within the hour? You sound like the worst. This has got to be a troll.

Charbroil gas/propane grill with tru-infrared cooking surface FTW

www.charbroil.com/why-tru-infrared-grill

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I have an egg and a Weber Summit built in propane grill. I use the egg, mostly for smoking, and the wife uses the gas grill. She does most of the cooking and is not willing to mess around with starting the coals. I tried to talk her out of getting the gas grill when we were building our outdoor kitchen by telling her that texags said we would never use the gas grill if we had an egg. In this case texags was wrong.

Have both

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Taste the meat, not the heat.

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I'm about 85% sure that gas grills cook with fire.

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Just got a Big Green Egg for Christmas (haven't used it yet).

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FAIL.

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+1.

How do you not fire that ***** up within the hour? You sound like the worst. This has got to be a troll.

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I'm don't so much feel shame for myself as I feel embarrasment for my kids to be stuck with such a failure. Even worst, it took me an hour to unpack the box and put together the effing stand/nest last night. Working on getting it finished up this evening.

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FWIW, at my old house I had the BGE and a Weber Genesis. I rarely used the Weber because I didn't want to bother with the cover or propane and ended up giving it to my in-laws. My new outdoor kitchen has built in propane and the grill sits under a covered porch so my current utilization is closer to 50/50

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Fido - this is about the setup we're looking to do. So is speed the main reason you use your Weber? The other argument I've heard is cooking/grill space, but it would seem you could just get another egg ands solve that problem.

You do not need a gas grill, ever.

You're really in such a hurry you can't wait the fifteen minutes it takes to use charcoal?

Kamado + infinity. Try making pulled pork on a gas grill. Try making pizza on a gas grill. Try making a steak seared at 700F for 1.5min a side then letting it rest for 10 mins and throwing back on around 400F for another 2 mins per side.

Now try all that on a kamado and get back to me.

I'll be the voice of dissent...if you're spending 10k plus on an outdoor kitchen out in a gas grill. Future buyers will expect one.

I've got a Kamado
A DCS gas grill that has a seer(700 F)
And an old school New Braunfels smoker

Use all 3 depends on the occasion, prep time and whatnot suchas moreover...

Just don't start acting like you are a BBQ champ because you cook on the Big Green Crock Pot. I hate talking to guys who think they know the art of smoking and come to find out they use a crock pot called BGE.

****'s about to get real up in here

Just got one of the Char-broil infrared grills, it works like a champ.

I've heard good things about the BGE and may eventually get one, but for now I don't need one.

BGEs are overrated.

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Just got one of the Char-broil infrared grills, it works like a champ.

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Quartz.

I love results with a BGE, I really do, but you said what I was thinking on this one. Here in Atlanta, every suburban dude I know that buys a BGE automatically thinks he's Steven Raichlen. I also see this "expert-itise" when they walk out of the Orvis store with fly fishing equipment.

Again, not disparaging the kamados; I have the time for brisket on Saturdays, but not always burgers on Tuesdays after work.