Found this. Not very interesting and the write up person prob has no or limited experience with it much.
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/should-you-cook-your-turkey-in-an-oil-less-turkey-fryer-2408811/
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on November 16, 2010, 04:46:17 AM
Found this. Not very interesting and the write up person prob has no or limited experience with it much.
True, but based upon his writing:
Quote from: Article
Out of the box, it requires a bit of assembly, but nothing that your average person with a backyard and a
He at least knows that you are supposed to eventually take it out of the box!! ;D
Quote from: GusRobin on November 16, 2010, 05:19:52 AM
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on November 16, 2010, 04:46:17 AM
Found this. Not very interesting and the write up person prob has no or limited experience with it much.
True, but based upon his writing:
Quote from: Article
Out of the box, it requires a bit of assembly, but nothing that your average person with a backyard and a
He at least knows that you are supposed to eventually take it out of the box!! ;D
:D ;D ;D :D ;D Now that's funny! ;)
Man if I would have read this last week I dont think I would have bought the SRG. After all why pay for something thats going to sit 364 days out of the year?
"as I foresee it collecting dust 364 days out of the year" (//http://)
Maybe someone should send him a link to our forum, lol
There was already a short discussion on the Char Broil forum (http://sizzleonthegrill.com/user-forums/index.php?topic=3292.msg30778#msg30778) about the original post (on Serious Eats (http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/11/equipment-char-broil-the-big-easy-oil-less-turkey-fryer-thanksgiving.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+seriouseatsfeaturesvideos+%28Serious+Eats%29)). The author is usually pretty good but he blew it on this one.
I don't own any cooking equipment I use 1 day a year. I wish I had room in my house for stuff like that.
IMHO, they need to think more cooker-centric than food-centric.
I've got a feeling that the "Serious Eats" folks needed someone to show them what end of the "Philips-head screwdriver" to hold.
Quote from: FLBentRider on November 16, 2010, 06:56:57 AM... they need to think more cooker-centric than food-centric.
There's a lot more to TBE than cooking the Thanksgiving turkey. Like most of us who own one, I use TBE in a pretty decent rotation with my other outdoor cookers (grill, smoker, etc.), just as when I had a "traditional" turkey fryer, I used it more often that once a year and for more than turkey.
I think the issue here is that since it's called a turkey fryer, people sort of assume you can only use it to fry turkeys. Char Broil may have missed a marketing opportunity here - now presumably corrected with the successor SRG (Smoker-Roaster-Grill). Regardless, the reviewer was "lazy" and didn't do his research properly. If he had, he would have found out at least a few of the other uses for TBE instead of writing it off as a "one-trick pony."
Is it worth the investment? If you've got an outdoor shed and your kitchen starts hurting for space around the holidays, then by all means. If you hate unitaskers (though this thing supposedly can be used to slow cook ribs and other roasts), then you'd probably want to pass this one up, as I foresee it collecting dust 364 days out of the year
HA, he never met me!! ;D I'd show him a thing or two along with a few others I know. Heck Tenpoint5, TestRocket, CRG, Snelly,
Ka Honu and NaPe's (well if he would get IT out of the box! ;) ) just to name a few ;)
I've got a question to those that have a TBE, how do you go about cleaning the inside? Or is it like a smoker, just clean the racks and let the rest be?
The nice thing about the BE is that it doesn't crust up.
Too high of heat!
Clean up is the easiest of all my smoker/grills.
Actually I stick the basket back in the BE and cook the
crud to crisp and brush it off.
Quote from: classicrockgriller on November 16, 2010, 03:15:09 PM
Actually I stick the basket back in the BE and cook the crud to crisp and brush it off.
I've got a basket that needs cleaning and now I know what to do! ;D
I think the reviewer is about one sandwich short of a picnic.
I 'clean' mine like CRG. Any junk left on the bottom gets a light scrape with a stiff putty knife and it goes down the grease drain hole. Simple.
After TestRocket and I cooked the 4 butts in the comp all I did was removed the chamber brushed out the old wood pellets wiped it down and reloaded time spent cleaning 3 units, 5 mins each . NO JOKE
I have to agree on clean up. Probably the easiest to clean out of all the toys I have. Chars anything left in there and brushes right out. The guy that did the right up sure missed alot of what this thing really can do. Kind of like doing a review on my 911T and saying the only thing it's good for is making noise. :D ;)
Thanks for the clean up info. I have been wanting one of those but
I think the SRG is out of my range so I'll look for a BE.
Quote from: pensrock on November 17, 2010, 05:26:57 PM
Thanks for the clean up info. I have been wanting one of those but
I think the SRG is out of my range so I'll look for a BE.
SRG's can be found for 99.00 BUCKS and Big Easy's for 88.00
TMB were can I find it for $99.00 All I seen was this price
http://www.charbroil.com/Product/1838/NEW-The-Big-Easy-Smoker-Roaster--Grill.aspx
thanks seemore
SRG is $199 on Amazon...
Academy sports store has them for 99.00, Lowes has them (but check on-line only) and there are a few more you just have to look.
If I can get time I'll hunt them down
PM Snelly, he just got ont from Academy Sports and I think he got it for 99.00
This is not just a turkey cooker
I have done some chicken with a beer can and without
Some wings
Some drums
Some legs and some breasts
I could not see cooking a steak in there or a roast but I might be game to give it a try
Although I might only use mine once a month, I bet I use my KA mixer less than that and it cost a lot more !
Someone from the Forum called me and found an SRG thru Academy about
45 minutes from my house for $88.
I'm on my way to pick it up for him and he gave me a location in Houston
where 3 more are at. Son's live in that area.
So if you are looking for one pm me and I'll try to help out.
Quote from: oakville smoker on November 18, 2010, 09:13:27 AM
This is not just a turkey cooker
I have done some chicken with a beer can and without
Some wings
Some drums
Some legs and some breasts
I could not see cooking a steak in there or a roast but I might be game to give it a try
Although I might only use mine once a month, I bet I use my KA mixer less than that and it cost a lot more !
Here's stuff I have cooked with my Big Easy' and SRG's (just a small sample) www.thebigeasy.weebly.com
Quote from: classicrockgriller on November 18, 2010, 09:21:41 AM
Someone from the Forum called me and found an SRG thru Academy about
45 minutes from my house for $88.
I'm on my way to pick it up for him and he gave me a location in Houston
where 3 more are at. Son's live in that area.
So if you are looking for one pm me and I'll try to help out.
You are a good man, Sonny.
thanks TMB. SONNY thanks but shipping to IA would probably kill me
seemore
I use mine for turkey, chicken, chicken pieces, ribs, tenderloin roasts hung from skewers, potatoes, beef steaks, etc. I wouldn't get rid of mine for any amount of money. One of the most valuable assets in my collection.