Great Grilling with the Big Green Egg

Many of us are cutting back on travel vacations and are opting to spend time and money "nesting" at home. Serving meals outdoors allows everyone to enjoy a casual get-together, plus you can plan a menu that will allow you to do much of the preparation in advance and you'll be able to spend time with your guests. Nothing could be easier than smoking a brisket or slow cooking a pork shoulder to "pit barbecue" perfection. These inexpensive cuts of meat help pamper your budget with gourmet fare while requiring little attention during hours of cooking.

If you're economizing by vacationing at home, you may want to do some judicious upgrading of your outdoor space to make it more comfortable for family and friends. The trick is to spend wisely. The barbecue grill is the focal point of every outdoor room and any model that's going to get a good workout requires some investment. Don't consider the purchase price alone but think about how often it will need to be repaired or replaced. Sometimes, spending more up front means saving in the long run. Since you will be spending more time outdoors, you'll want a grill that offers unlimited options for both family meals and entertaining.

The Big Green Egg® is a ceramic cooker based on the concept of ancient clay kamados and it offers unmatched cooking flexibility. It's a smoker, a grill and an oven that produces steak-house searing at 750°F, smokes low and slow for traditional fallin'-off-the-bone ribs, yet bakes a crispy-crust pizza with equal ease. You can serve everything from appetizers to dessert cooked over the coals. Double-wall construction makes this grill extremely fuel efficient. It burns natural lump charcoal, which contains no fillers or binders like briquettes. It heats up faster and burns hotter, thus less charcoal is used and there's minimal ash to dispose of.

Go green with the eco-friendly EGG®. Chemical lighter fluid is never used to start the fire-simply use a natural fire starter or an electric lighter. And the ceramics have a lifetime warranty, so unlike with most metal grills, you won't be discarding a grill into the waste stream every few years. Everyone loves a backyard barbecue and with everyone value conscious these days, this EGG can't be beat! Visit www.biggreenegg.com for recipes, cooking tips and info about EGGtoberfest™ and many fun regional EGGfests™ A unique outdoor cooking device blends an ancient design with space-age materials to create a cooker that's said to offer a wider range of cooking styles.