Want to buy a BBQ smoker

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

As much as I love my new Big Green Egg it takes forever to get to temp with those wimpy wax and sawdust starters.  Think I'm gonna go buy a heat gun.

I use the Weber paraffin cubes.  Those give off a nice flame that starts the fuel pretty quickly.

[Caliga]

Tried the heat gun tonight.  Had a raging inferno within a minute. 

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

How are you lighting anything with a heat gun?

[Caliga]

How are you lighting anything with a heat gun?

1.  Turn on heat gun to high fan and highest temp.
2.  Point heat gun at charcoal piled in Egg.
3.  Wait a minute.
4.  INFERNO

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

How are you lighting anything with a heat gun?

1.  Turn on heat gun to high fan and highest temp.
2.  Point heat gun at charcoal piled in Egg.
3.  Wait a minute.
4.  INFERNO

Huh, I didn't think they got hot enough to do that.  When I run out of starter cubes or need to give the fire a boost, I use a MAPP torch.  MAPP gas is a lot more expensive than electricity, though.

[Caliga]

Yeah.  If you have a heat gun, just try it.  I guarantee you it will work dude.

[Caliga]

Most of my Christmas presents revolved around my Big Green Egg.  This might be in part due to the fact that I smoked a chicken in it for Thanksgiving and the chicken was devoured by the family, while some people didn't even touch the (conventionally cooked) turkey.

I got:

Smokeware Stainless Steel Chimney Vent - just installed it.  It replaces the BGE Daisy Wheel.  I probably didn't need this as bad as some, since I use the egg below a deck with a roof so it never gets rained on, but I like the fact you can open it without the vent needing to be re-adjusted.

Pizza Stone - can't wait to try to cook a real Naples-style pizza on it

5 quart Dutch oven - for chili 

grill basket - for veggies and stuff

grill gripper - handy tool for moving around a hot grill grid

new silicone gloves - not what I would have picked out (I really want welding gloves), but conveniently got them on a day that my dog decided to chew through my existing gloves' fingertips   

new color-coded, larger temp gauge (still in transit though)

[lustindarkness]

I bought the Char Griller Akorn from Lowe's, love it. Of course, I have no idea what I am doing.

[Eddie Teach]

Of course, I have no idea what I am doing.

Ever stopped you before?

[lustindarkness]

Of course, I have no idea what I am doing.

Ever stopped you before?

 
No, it has not!

[11B4V]

I bought the Char Griller Akorn from Lowe's, love it. Of course, I have no idea what I am doing.

There is plenty of info on line.

[Caliga]

Did my first pizza the other night.  It came out pretty good though I don't think the stone was anywhere near as hot as it should be.  Next item I need: infrared thermometer.

[The Brain]

  Next item I need: infrared thermometer.

But sticking it in there is the fun part.

[Caliga]

 

[Tonitrus]

Did my first pizza the other night.  It came out pretty good though I don't think the stone was anywhere near as hot as it should be.  Next item I need: infrared thermometer.

Is this how it works?