Thanks for the complement, yeah, I agree, the shock absorber is a good addition. While I'm careful putting the lid down, many people assume that the lid is spring loaded like the hatchback of a car. Not the case. The Green Egg is a nice grill, but I think it's very overpriced.
Good review. Damn those steaks look good! You are right the egg does not have the shock absorber - nice feature. A few nice features there that the egg could use.
To my knowledge, the standard Green Egg Plate Setter would probably not work right, as the Green egg has the fire box, which sets lower than the firebox of the vision, then it has the firebox ring, which is removable, and brings the firebox up to about cooking level. On the BGEgg, you remove the firebox ring and place the platesetter on the firebox, which would be lower and closer to the coals. I just use the double cooking rack for indirect, foiling the lower rack and cooking on the top rack.
Hey Ross.....What have you found works best for indirect cooking? Does a standard BGE large platesetter fit....or were you able to fashion something else?
I think our competition team will be using at least 1 of them or even 2 if I decide to get one. At $399 I honestly can't see why I wouldn't lol. I really thought they'd price drop only by $100 but $150 less is fantastic. We'd have to pick it up in the next few days as the comp is next weekend.
Wow, $399 in Vancouver, that would be a steal. I believe I read where they were selling for 559 at most Canadian Costco stores? They were 499 here, I was at santa rosa costco today and they had none. I would jump on that. They may decide to ship them out to stores that they know they can move them. Let us know if you get one, that price would make it less than the Weber Performer, which is a good kettle grill, but not near as good as a kamado grill.
@ross939 I picked one up tonight for $549 in Ontario. They won't price match out of Province....I tried. :-) Thanks Ross939.....I purchased based on your video. Was looking at the Saffire Grill but in the end figured I could purchase a Vision and chances are the food is going to taste the same coming from either grill.
Hey, Kryton, I agree, as Alton Brown once demonstrated on his show on the Food Network, you can actually take two large clay pots, use one as a base and one as a lid, and get basically the same results as a top of the line BGEgg. Plus, you are getting the lifetime warranty from buying at Costco. I, like others on line, opted to add a bead of high heat silicon around the bottom vent, as it seemed that there was a small amount of air leakage (only an issue for long low temp cooks).
Ross, Costco in Vancouver just price dropped them to $399!!! Since the price drop 5 days ago, they've only sold 2 at our local store. No one knows what they are or what they are capable of cooking.
They were OK, but a bit dry. My second attempt, I cooked them for about 2hrs at 250, on the top rack, and foiled the bottom rack to act as a heat shield. Then I wrapped them in foil, with a little apple juice and bbq sauce. They continued cooking for another 2 hrs in the foil. I let them finish out of the foil and on the rack for about 20 min. They were real good, very moist
I saw your video with the pizza stone on the bottom rack, used as a heat deflector for indirect cooking. That seems like the most efficient way for indirect cooking. I recently picked up probably the same stone a a local market for cooking pizza. Before I had the stone, to cook ribs, I placed a piece of aluminum foil across the bottom rack and the ribs on the top. On my first attempt, I cooked them for a total of four hours, indirect at 250, adding sauce in the last 20 minutes..
After using the grill for awhile i am still enjoying it. The only thing that i did to the grill was add so high heat silicon to the bottom vent to try to seal up any leaks.
I had one question for you have you done any indirect cooking? do you use a plate setter or anything. I want to do some ribs, but i think I need to have indirect heat. So I am just wondering if you have done any indirect cooking with your grill or any tips.. Thanks
btw, outside of the Kamodo Kamado, which costs about $3500-4000, I think the primo is the best cooker you can buy. It has more space and seems well designed. Also, made in USA is a big plus. Unfortunately, it was a bit out of my price range. The Vision was actually about $100 more than I realistically wanted to spend on a grill, but I.m happy with what I got.
Hey, that's pretty good. I thought about holding out til the end of the summer, but our local Costco, in Santa Rosa, CA, got them in about the same time, I'm thinking, about the middle of July, and by Aug. 1 they only had 3 left + the display, and now they appear to be out, or shipped them to other stores. Anyhow, keep us posted on how it works out for you.
Oops, comment cut off. I don't feel like packing up my Primo Oval XL as it sits in a cart on the second story deck. Hard enough getting it up there lol.
Hi Ross, when I went in to take a look at it today, a friend of mine who works there told me to wait until Monday. They received their shipment on July 26th long after most BBQs were sold out she said. They've still got 8 plus the floor model. She said I could luck out and they'll lower the price more since BBQ season is pretty much done. If not, I've got 30 days to keep an eye out for the price drop for them to give me the difference. Going to use it at a BBQ competition locally. I don't feel
Good deal, I know the barbecue wasn't a rs item at my Costco, but I guess it's good to ask, come to think of it, I bought a karaoke microphone from a roadshow from them, and it broke I believe over a year after, I took it in asking if I might find out where to take the product for servicing, and they gave me my money back on the spot. I am thinking that they will be tightening up their returns policies in the no-to-distant future, the way the economy is going, and especially with the slim margi
I had a bad experience buying a travel road show vita mix from Costco where the blender stopped working. Short story is Costco told me since it was a road show item, after 1yr they don't cover any problems and won even take it back. I was pissed. So when I phoned Costco today to ask about the BBQ and if it was a road show item, I told them about my previous experience. They said that shouldn't have happened and I can trade in the vita mix for the BBQ!
... But to my surprise, it was perfect. At about 11hrs, I took it off, wrapped it in foil and stuck it in an iron Dutch oven and let it set at room temp fir an hour. Used Stubbs honey pecan sauce, with a few splashes of habanero sauce, a full bottle mixed with the pork, served in a dinner roll with coleslaw on top.
I did my first low and slow on the Kamado grill this weekend. Last night, about 10pm
A filled the firebox to about even with the air holes,. I then added about a half chimney of lit coals. I closed the vents both top and bottom, leaving them with about a quarter inch opening, or less for air. Temp topped out at about 250. I has planned to check it every couple hours but I fell asleep and didn't wake up til about 430 am. I expected the fire to be out and the thing to be ruined, but to my surpri
Thanks for the comment. I've wanted one of these for along time as well. My neighbor has an old yellow kamado about the size of a medium GEgg, no firebox and cracked in two or three places, but the meals he puts out with it are out of this world. My wife brought some pics home w her fr Costco a couple weeks ago, and i was sold on it. Let us know if you get it. I like to check out a site called TheNakedWhiz, has a lot of good stuff for ceramic grill owners. BGE also has a strong WEB following.
Thanks for Sharing. I just saw this Grill in my costco today and was not sure if I wanted one or not, but for that price I can have my Gas Grill and this for the price of a Green Egg.
Thanks for the complement, yeah, I agree, the shock absorber is a good addition. While I'm careful putting the lid down, many people assume that the lid is spring loaded like the hatchback of a car. Not the case. The Green Egg is a nice grill, but I think it's very overpriced.
ross939 2 months ago
Good review. Damn those steaks look good! You are right the egg does not have the shock absorber - nice feature. A few nice features there that the egg could use.
hippyurban 2 months ago
im surprised the steaks can cook so fast, isnt the coals like 12 inches below the cooking grate? where a weber has it like 4 inches below the grate.
darockk 3 months ago
To my knowledge, the standard Green Egg Plate Setter would probably not work right, as the Green egg has the fire box, which sets lower than the firebox of the vision, then it has the firebox ring, which is removable, and brings the firebox up to about cooking level. On the BGEgg, you remove the firebox ring and place the platesetter on the firebox, which would be lower and closer to the coals. I just use the double cooking rack for indirect, foiling the lower rack and cooking on the top rack.
ross939 5 months ago
Hey Ross.....What have you found works best for indirect cooking? Does a standard BGE large platesetter fit....or were you able to fashion something else?
Kryton619 5 months ago
I think our competition team will be using at least 1 of them or even 2 if I decide to get one. At $399 I honestly can't see why I wouldn't lol. I really thought they'd price drop only by $100 but $150 less is fantastic. We'd have to pick it up in the next few days as the comp is next weekend.
ProFoodAddict 5 months ago
Wow, $399 in Vancouver, that would be a steal. I believe I read where they were selling for 559 at most Canadian Costco stores? They were 499 here, I was at santa rosa costco today and they had none. I would jump on that. They may decide to ship them out to stores that they know they can move them. Let us know if you get one, that price would make it less than the Weber Performer, which is a good kettle grill, but not near as good as a kamado grill.
ross939 5 months ago
@ross939 I picked one up tonight for $549 in Ontario. They won't price match out of Province....I tried. :-) Thanks Ross939.....I purchased based on your video. Was looking at the Saffire Grill but in the end figured I could purchase a Vision and chances are the food is going to taste the same coming from either grill.
Kryton619 5 months ago
Hey, Kryton, I agree, as Alton Brown once demonstrated on his show on the Food Network, you can actually take two large clay pots, use one as a base and one as a lid, and get basically the same results as a top of the line BGEgg. Plus, you are getting the lifetime warranty from buying at Costco. I, like others on line, opted to add a bead of high heat silicon around the bottom vent, as it seemed that there was a small amount of air leakage (only an issue for long low temp cooks).
ross939 5 months ago
Ross, Costco in Vancouver just price dropped them to $399!!! Since the price drop 5 days ago, they've only sold 2 at our local store. No one knows what they are or what they are capable of cooking.
ProFoodAddict 5 months ago
I just bought one from Costco and am in the process of heating up to see what kind of temp I can get from it. Thanks very much for the video.
SpazcoAdulcent 5 months ago
They were OK, but a bit dry. My second attempt, I cooked them for about 2hrs at 250, on the top rack, and foiled the bottom rack to act as a heat shield. Then I wrapped them in foil, with a little apple juice and bbq sauce. They continued cooking for another 2 hrs in the foil. I let them finish out of the foil and on the rack for about 20 min. They were real good, very moist
ross939 6 months ago
Hey, Pablo,
I saw your video with the pizza stone on the bottom rack, used as a heat deflector for indirect cooking. That seems like the most efficient way for indirect cooking. I recently picked up probably the same stone a a local market for cooking pizza. Before I had the stone, to cook ribs, I placed a piece of aluminum foil across the bottom rack and the ribs on the top. On my first attempt, I cooked them for a total of four hours, indirect at 250, adding sauce in the last 20 minutes..
ross939 6 months ago
Hey Ross,
After using the grill for awhile i am still enjoying it. The only thing that i did to the grill was add so high heat silicon to the bottom vent to try to seal up any leaks.
I had one question for you have you done any indirect cooking? do you use a plate setter or anything. I want to do some ribs, but i think I need to have indirect heat. So I am just wondering if you have done any indirect cooking with your grill or any tips.. Thanks
Pablobrown1 6 months ago
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Pablobrown1 6 months ago
btw, outside of the Kamodo Kamado, which costs about $3500-4000, I think the primo is the best cooker you can buy. It has more space and seems well designed. Also, made in USA is a big plus. Unfortunately, it was a bit out of my price range. The Vision was actually about $100 more than I realistically wanted to spend on a grill, but I.m happy with what I got.
ross939 6 months ago
Hey, that's pretty good. I thought about holding out til the end of the summer, but our local Costco, in Santa Rosa, CA, got them in about the same time, I'm thinking, about the middle of July, and by Aug. 1 they only had 3 left + the display, and now they appear to be out, or shipped them to other stores. Anyhow, keep us posted on how it works out for you.
ross939 6 months ago
Oops, comment cut off. I don't feel like packing up my Primo Oval XL as it sits in a cart on the second story deck. Hard enough getting it up there lol.
ProFoodAddict 6 months ago
Hi Ross, when I went in to take a look at it today, a friend of mine who works there told me to wait until Monday. They received their shipment on July 26th long after most BBQs were sold out she said. They've still got 8 plus the floor model. She said I could luck out and they'll lower the price more since BBQ season is pretty much done. If not, I've got 30 days to keep an eye out for the price drop for them to give me the difference. Going to use it at a BBQ competition locally. I don't feel
ProFoodAddict 6 months ago
Good deal, I know the barbecue wasn't a rs item at my Costco, but I guess it's good to ask, come to think of it, I bought a karaoke microphone from a roadshow from them, and it broke I believe over a year after, I took it in asking if I might find out where to take the product for servicing, and they gave me my money back on the spot. I am thinking that they will be tightening up their returns policies in the no-to-distant future, the way the economy is going, and especially with the slim margi
ross939 6 months ago
I had a bad experience buying a travel road show vita mix from Costco where the blender stopped working. Short story is Costco told me since it was a road show item, after 1yr they don't cover any problems and won even take it back. I was pissed. So when I phoned Costco today to ask about the BBQ and if it was a road show item, I told them about my previous experience. They said that shouldn't have happened and I can trade in the vita mix for the BBQ!
ProFoodAddict 6 months ago
Best price; Best demo. I'm going to Costco tomorrow, wish me luck...
g8infosec 6 months ago
This is the best video I have ever seen in my life!!!! Ross939 and family are supetstars!!!
milktoast22 6 months ago
... But to my surprise, it was perfect. At about 11hrs, I took it off, wrapped it in foil and stuck it in an iron Dutch oven and let it set at room temp fir an hour. Used Stubbs honey pecan sauce, with a few splashes of habanero sauce, a full bottle mixed with the pork, served in a dinner roll with coleslaw on top.
ross939 7 months ago
I did my first low and slow on the Kamado grill this weekend. Last night, about 10pm
A filled the firebox to about even with the air holes,. I then added about a half chimney of lit coals. I closed the vents both top and bottom, leaving them with about a quarter inch opening, or less for air. Temp topped out at about 250. I has planned to check it every couple hours but I fell asleep and didn't wake up til about 430 am. I expected the fire to be out and the thing to be ruined, but to my surpri
ross939 7 months ago
I pulled the trigger and bought it today. Now to start preparing my first meal.
Pablobrown1 7 months ago
Thanks for the comment. I've wanted one of these for along time as well. My neighbor has an old yellow kamado about the size of a medium GEgg, no firebox and cracked in two or three places, but the meals he puts out with it are out of this world. My wife brought some pics home w her fr Costco a couple weeks ago, and i was sold on it. Let us know if you get it. I like to check out a site called TheNakedWhiz, has a lot of good stuff for ceramic grill owners. BGE also has a strong WEB following.
ross939 7 months ago
Thanks for Sharing. I just saw this Grill in my costco today and was not sure if I wanted one or not, but for that price I can have my Gas Grill and this for the price of a Green Egg.
Pablobrown1 7 months ago
nice review. this will help a ton of people to decide to buy this great grill
gallentknights2 7 months ago