Show #52/7813. Tiny House #5

Intro To The Big Green Egg

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If there's one thing that Eric loves more than gardening it's cooking. And he thinks the only thing better than one or the other is doing both together. Eric has his Big Green Egg set up in his garden for a number of reasons. Of course, the scenery couldn't be better, but there additionally are huge advantages, especially in the Southeast, of moving that heat out of the kitchen. And he thinks it just enhances the whole experience being out in the open air cooking.

Eric would like Bob to talk through the way this apparatus works. A lot of people may have a little bit of fear going into it. A lot of professionals cook on these, causing folks at home to think that must be a really complicated piece of equipment. But with a few simple tips actually, anyone can succeed. First of all, this is a ceramic Komodo style cooker. It's an ancient technology. So now made with ceramics they have a range of temperatures that allows one to cook from 70 degrees up to 1,000 degrees,

It's fueled by charcoal. It imparts a great flavor. The quality of the fuel matters a lot. One never, ever needs to use lighter fluid with this. The air flow allows one to light the charcoal without the use of any kind of petrol chemicals. It's just beautiful pure charcoal and it's easy to control the device based on the airflow and you can cook at any temperature you want.