Update: Big Green Egg Demo Cook

A few weeks ago, I told you that I'd been invited to demonstrate the Big Green Egg at a local grill & BBQ store.  Over the past few days, I've begun to give a lot of thought about what to do for the event.

The event is Saturday April 24th and I'll be cooking from approximately 8:00am-6:00pm.  Here are the guidlines that I've been given:

• They'll buy the meat
• It's not about feeding the masses but samples are good
• They'd like to ensure that there's something cooking all day
• I'll have 2 Large Big Green Eggs to use

Given these parameters, here's what I'm thinking.

• One Large Big Green Egg setup for Q'ing low & slow
• One Large Big Green Egg setup for grilling at ~325-350*
• If I start cooking at 8:00am or so, I could stagger the start time of 3-4 racks of ribs by an hour or so each.  In this way, I'll have samples coming off the cooker throughout the day.
• On the one setup for grilling, I'm thinking of doing the same thing with a variety of snack/appetizer items.  Maybe cook ABT's a dozen at a time, a fatty (or 2), moink balls a dozen at a time, and maybe another bacon wrapped appetizer (water chestnuts or scallops)

This approach would give me one cooker pumping out snackable items throughout the day while also demonstrating the smoking capabilities on the other.

I've never done this before, so this is my first time demonstrating at an event like this.  If you've got any feedback on this approach or experience with this sort of thing, I'd love to hear from you.  Drop me an email or leave a comment.

Cheers,
Braddog

Comments

[Martin]

At a local egg demo, the guy had wrapped pickles (sweet, the bick's icicles but I don't know if you have those in the US)) with 1/2 slice of bacon, added some steak spice and grilled that. He'd drizzled some maple syrup on it before serving and it was awesome. I tried it with guests and they raved about it. Original and great on the egg with all the smoke it produces!

[Chris]

That sounds like a good plan to me, Brad. You could do some hot wings on the hot Egg too. But I like the idea of two at once.

[Braddog]

BBQ Pickles & Wings. I'd thought of the wings, but I've never done pickles. Maybe I'll experiment a little this weekend. If it goes well, I may give it a shot.

Thanks for the feedback.

Cheers,
Braddog

[Al Hicks]

Braddog, Can't wait to come down and try some of your Q.See ya on Saturday. Al

[Big Green Egg Charcoal]

I would think that some meat that did not have a bone would be easier for a sampling. Love to hear how the pickles turn out... I am going to give that a test on my company this weekend! Thanks.

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