The BBQ Guru has arrived!!!

After much patience (ok, not really too much patience) I purchased a BBQ Guru for my egg. If you would like a guru for yourself, and who wouldn't, you can go to http://www.thebbqguru.com or search out on Ebay.

I purchased the BBQ Guru Competitor model with an adapter for the Big Green Egg....YEAH!!!

Smokin'!!!

--The Alfster

"My First Cook"

Today has been the first time I really had a chance to look over my egg since bringing it home on Saturday. I've been waiting for this day for quite some time. I decided a few months ago that the egg is definitely the smoker I wanted to purchase, of course I have a sensei in my corner, Skee. He's definitely an Obi-wan of the BBQ world. He's been using a BGE for quite some time, and from his expertise and knowledge, I hope to gain a great advantage on this art called barbecue.

I pretty much just played today, seeing how easy it was going to be to light the charcoal, adjusting the front door and the daisy wheel vent in the top to maintain temperatures, and heck play with fire!

I decided to try cooking a couple of steaks. I was able to attend the Trex method of cooking steaks while at OK Eggfest and figured I'd give it a go. I started by building up some charcoal in the fire box of the egg, then lighting it with my new and cool MAPP torch. It was surprisingly easy, and before long the coals were beginning to glow. Eventually the temp inside the egg reached 700 degrees, and it really happened much faster than I had expected. I had seasoned my steaks earlier with a little safflower oil, kosher salt, and cracked pepper. Once the searing temp had been reached I slapped the steaks on the grill and seared on both sides for about a minute and a half, then pulled them off and wrapped them in foil to rest while I brought the temp of the egg down to 400 degrees. After 20 minutes I put the steaks on the grill for about five minutes each side and man oh man, it was good!

I've still got a long way to go, they were a bit on the well done side of medium, and I like a little more pink, but they tasted great and were tender and juicy, I can't complain much at all. Still really dang good steak, better than most restaurants I've eaten.

All in all, I'm very pleased with my first cook. I can't wait to try smoking some stuff. I'd really like to this weekend, but got family plans this weekend.

-- The Alfster

EggNation has arrived!

Oklahoma Eggfest 2007....

We came, we saw, we conquered!

Eggfest 2007 begins a new chapter for The Alfster. Weeks previous I ordered a demo egg and "patiently" waited for Eggfest to commence so that I could take possession of the wonderous Big Green Egg.

Thanks to my friends Skee and Stage we all three attended OK Eggfest 2007 on Saturday April 21st. It was a sunny, windy, drunken day I tell you my friends, yet we walked into the belly of the beast and partook of all Eggfest's glory. And we liked it! We liked it just fine! After scouring the grounds looking for the egg with my name on it (sampling as we go) we finally found it. J.D. was breaking her in with a standing rib roast and I couldn't be happier.

We left OKC that day with full bellies, buzzed brains, and one large Big Green Egg in tow.

What fun we had, what adventure is ahead...

-- The Alfster