My only other concern is about using the egg for quick grilling. Say I get home after work a bit late and want to cook a quick steak or some chicken breasts. How long does it take to get it fired up and cooking? I'm used to flipping on the gas and being ready in 10 minutes.

you'll be eating 1 hour after lighting the charcoal. but it's worth the wait compared to the gasser.

just do it, mon!

Angela has cooked a couple times now all by her lonesome. It only taken around 9 years to get her to this point. :>

I have to say, that gallery you linked has been the best incentive I've seen yet for buying an Egg. Thanks for sharing it.

If you use one of the less dense lumps, like BGE or Cowboy, and use a MAPP gas torch to light your lump, you should be ready to grill within 15 minutes of lighting.

Cheers,

Like the posts below say, 20 minutes from light to cook.

That 20 minutes is easily spent prepping your meal and/or having a cocktail and prepping your meal.

Let's face it. The gasser is more convenient if you just want to click it on and cook asap. However, once you go down the steep learning curve with lump and the egg, you won't go back. I used to pride myself on grilling at least once a week during the winter on my gasser. Now I grill (or bake or roast or barbecue) about three times per week throughout the winter. I use it more during the other seasons and am now up to three eggs (adding a small and a mini). But I'm a moderate user compared to the other posters on this board!

Good luck with your decision.

Also, I cook more now so I ensure that I'll have a meal or two and a lunch or two during the week. Leftovers were NEVER so good!

I still have my gasser and have used it a couple times since I got the Egg last August- but the results are now dissappointing. I will probably still use it for steaming mussels outdoors in the summer. But quite frankly it takes up too much room for the limited use I get out of it.

Sometimes If I plan right, I will still cook after work, I just have to plan for it and probably leave work a little early. I have school-age kids and they need to eat supper at suppertime. so I need to have the meal ready on time.

I'm no award-winning BBQ guy, but the people in work think I'm in that league based on the leftovers they smell me reheating. I sometimes bring in extra to share and it always goes over BIG. I have a lot of fun and am doing stuff I wouldn't have even considered trying before.