7 Mistakes Commonly Made on the Big Green Egg

We try to stay up on what people are talking about in the Big Green Egg and Grilling forums. We see the same questions and problems that need solutions over and over so we figured we would address the 7 most common mistakes people make with their Kamado grills and show you some easy solutions to fix these problems. If you have any other issues that you'd like to know the answer to, let us know in the comment section below.
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Chapters:
00:00 Big Green Egg Tips & Tricks
00:33 Mistake #1
01:00 Start with a clean grill
01:15 Dust Pan
01:30 Big Green Egg Ash Tool
01:47 Mistake #2
01:49 Use the right charcoal
02:34 Which charcoal to use
02:47 Mistake #3
02:50 How much charcoal should I use?
03:55 Mistake #4
04:05 How to light your ceramic cooker kamado
05:02 Mistake #5
05:10 Conveggtor
06:40 Heat your ceramics with the Egg
07:22 Mistake #6
07:30 How to lower cooking temperature quickly
08:14 Mistake #7
08:20 How to burp your egg
09:06 Big Green Egg thermometer calibration

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[Metalsman]

The conveggtor placement alone was worth all 9:51 of this video. Great work.

[markswanson]

Thank you for the great video, I've had my big green egg for about two years now and while I haven't made all of the mistakes I've made enough to get frustrated with the egg!! But my skills continue to evolve!!

[Catchie]

Hey Ron, been Egging for the past 8 years and really appreciate the tips. I tell many of the Eggheads about these tips, but now you have put them all in one neat little video, which I can now share. You also explained the conveggtor placement which is something not many understand. Great job again

[wbrentcook]

Thanks for your videos! Very helpful. One thing I have tried recently is closing the bottom vent before opening the lid to prevent flame ups. I still burp the lid but it seems like it helps much better. Makes sense because air is then entering the egg at the rim instead of exiting at the rim.

[noworkgetpaid]

Adding charcoal to cool the Egg is brilliant!!! Would never have thought of that and have been cooking on my Egg for over 20 years. Thanks Ron!

[ac-]

Grill Master Captain Ron, this is an excellent video with some real solutions to using your egg. I am carful who I recommend eggs too, since they have a learning curve and you need to have an understanding of its operation. People that are not patient or don't have the capacity to understand the operation will be extremely frustrated. A solution to cleaning out the ash that I discovered is the use of a removable ash pan, makes cleaning ash out super easy. When starting a fire for low and slow I use only one Blaze Ball in center of egg. When I want higher tips I will use 3 Blaze Balls one at 12 one at 4 and last one at 8 o'clock, it gets the fire hotter much quicker. One last recommendation, DO NOT SLAM the lid on your egg, it is ceramic and can be damaged if you're not careful. Again, thanks for the awesome videos!!!

[Cimone]

For lighting my egg, I usually just make 3 little balls of paper towel, drizzle some olive oil on them and nestle them in the coals and light them.

[bmd]

Not an BGE owner but do have A Kamado Big Joe, this information works well for both! Thanx!

[sheilacarter]

I'm loving these videos!! Thank you again. I always learn something new!

[spageddie]

It's not about only knowing your stuff, brother-man, but your gift for gab
You excite and motivate
Keep sharing your gift!
😇

[scotthuffman]

Thanks again for the great tips. I feel like I get a ton of support on my BGE purchase on usage and maintenance.

[bradwattleworth]

Great info, I’ll definitely remember the adding more charcoal in case of overshoot, great tip!!

[lloydzoellner]

Great video, very helpful for this new green egg owner!!! Thanks!

[edthilenius]

Loved the video! Laughed a ton! I especially liked the "Mortal Combat" voice over. I am a now a Fogo Charcoal guy. Thank you for sharing your experience!

[IndianaGeologist]

Loved the bit on thermometer calibration. Probably should have had that earlier in the list. Great stuff!

[linranyu]

this is helpful. thank you for sharing

[djmarkla]

# 6 was a surprise for me! Thank you for the tips

[stephanwalter]

I just received an L Green Egg for my anniversary and came across your videos! Thank you for spelling everything out simple for a new Egg owner!

[Tinacannoncooks]

I always learn something from your videos