One thing leads to another....again.
Submitted: Saturday, Jan 01, 2011 at 16:56
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GoneTroppo Member (FNQ)
18 months ago I happened to read about Cobb Cooker here on this
forum.
Liked the sound of that and promptly went and bought one. Have cooked all sorts of stuff on it too.
Then I got interested in this
Big Green Egg So I had a word with the fat guy in the funny red outfit and because I had been good all year!!! he saw fit to bring me one for Christmas.
He mentioned that Barbeques Galore are running these out as they are no longer distributing them in OZ. He got a floor stock one at a great price from
Townsville Barbeques Galore store. (Shane there is terrific bloke to deal with) no association etc etc, just happy.
At this moment I have a shoulder of pork on which went in 7 hours ago and has another 4 or so to go. The smell has been driving me and everyone else mad.
Sadly the complete Cobb outfit just went up on ebay. My only problem is that the Egg at 50kg is too heavy to go
camping, ahh
well a small price to pay.
I have been experimenting for 30+ years and I seriously reckon this is the BEST way to
cook stuff!!
Reply By: Alan S (WA) - Saturday, Jan 01, 2011 at 19:47
Saturday, Jan 01, 2011 at 19:47
Hi GT
Just cheched out the site and my wife is curious, as she loves cooking?
Which size did you get?
Looking at the picture it looks like the charcoal is in the base, how do you stop the fat dripping down and flaring up?
Alan
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Follow Up By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Monday, Jan 03, 2011 at 15:11
Monday, Jan 03, 2011 at 15:11
Mine is the Large, only one stocked by Barbeques Galore. It's BGE's most popular size anyway.
I wondered about the flareup also, however it's just not an issue, you do occasionally get flames when fat drips down but they just go out immediately.
I suspect it may have something to do with being enclosed and a limited supply of oxygen being available.
When I
cook on my Hibachi on charcoal I keep a spray bottle of
water handy just in case. Even so I rarely have to use it, whereas when I had a gas barbeque with grate and those lava rocks underneath i was forever incinerating stuff when it caught fire from the flareup.
Have to say I'm a charcoal convert, the flavour is unbeatable.
BTW the pork I was talking about turned out just amazing, just melted in your mouth, loved it!
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