Alan mentioned that he wanted to take a look at a Big Green Egg especially since our friend Matt Marcacci at The Hill told Alan how much he loved his egg.
We discovered that not only was the egg a smoker (which is all we had intended), it was basically a wood fire oven and more.
This thing makes the best wood fire pizza you have ever tasted!
We bought our egg at Everything Barbecue in Oklahoma City. The salesmen were very helpful and we ended up buying the Extra Large egg with the cart. We also bought the baking stone and the rack extender so that I can bake two pies at once.
The salesman didn't realize he talked us out of buying the Weber grill station that Alan was in love with. We realized we didn't need it. The egg would do almost everything we needed except boil water or provide a gas grill option.
If you plan to drive off with your egg the way we did, be sure to have PLENTY of strong backs around. It is very heavy. Also, be careful about storing your baking stone. Ours was left tilting against something and ended up falling over and breaking.
The Big Green Egg uses hardwood charcoal and special lighter fluid or an electric starter. You don't want to use Kingsford or lighter fluid in it since that will taint your food.
They sell a starter at the egg store, but we bought an inexpensive one from Walmart that works just fine.
With the egg as our wood fire oven, our plans for the outdoor kitchen have changed. We have decided to wait until we build a bigger home to do the stone work which keeps the budget more appropriate for the cabin.
We've decided to cover the corner of the deck for the kitchen which is slowed the construction while we look for plans.
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