Big Green Egg, Weber or otherwise

[R-James]

Hi guys,

I am looking into getting a grill over here in the UK. I have had no feedback off the 3 emails I sent to the UK importer of the egg, and I was wondering the opinion of anyone who has had any none US experience of buying a decent smoker.

US guys please feel free to chime in and suggest the sort of bbq I should get to start me out!

[Rughi]

I have an egg, but if what you want is primarily to barbecue/hot smoke meats and the egg is difficult to find, I'd look into a Weber Smoky Mountain. They're much cheaper and probably easily found. Everyone I know of that's had one liked them really well.

If you want a more versatile, do-many-things grill, the standard Weber kettle is the classic.

Egg's are excellent at many types of cooking, but kind of cultish

Roger

[R-James]

I'm after something to go long and slow on, I have a couple ways to quick grill, but I want to get into the world of slow pork butts and meltingly soft brisket

[BobS]

You might want to contact BGE headquarters in Atlanta.

There is an active dealer in Holland and with the European Union, perhaps it is not a big deal to get one from there.

Here is a link to their WEB page:

http://www.biggreenegg.com/

[Hawkeye5]

The Weber Smokey Mountain is the way to go. There is a website just for the WSM at virtualweberbullet.com. Lots of good tips and recipies.

Is smoking popular outside the US?

[Lucius]

I've got a WSM and absolutely love it. Never used a BGE.

Edit: I want to get one of the larger WSMs but I'll have to wait until I make enough bank to justify dropping that kind of cash on something I don't "need."

[Jim]

You could always build an UDS or Ugly Drum Smoker for about 50 bucks.
They work well. Just google UDS or ugly drum smoker.

There is a company called ProQ in your neck of the woods that makes a Weber smoker clone. http://www.probbq.co.uk/ Its not bad and in a few areas exceed the Weber.