How to Load & Light your Big Green Egg
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Fired up
The EGG is easy to get going. Simply fill it with lumpwood charcoal, place a firestarter in the centre, and you’re off.
Pour the charcoal
Add the charcoal to your Big Green Egg. Stop pouring when it reaches 5cm below the rim of the Fire Ring. This will provide the right amount of clearance beneath your cooking surfaces.
Make a well, then a teepee
Open a little indent in the centre of the pile for a firestarter to nestle in the charcoal. Light the corner of the firestarter, place it in the coals, then build a little teepee of charcoal on top.
Leave it to light
Leave the Dome fully open for 5-10 minutes to get the fire going, then close the Dome for 10 minutes more to allow the internal temperature to build. Keep both vents fully open.
Put in your surfaces
When the EGG’s ceramics start to feel hot to the touch and the thermometer is 10°C away from your recipe’s target temperature, it’s time to put in your chosen cooking surfaces.
Whether you’re adding your ConvEGGtor and Stainless Steel Grid for indirect cooking or a Cast Iron Searing Grid for grilling, your temperature will drop slightly. Don’t worry: the temperature will come back up.
Once the target temperature is reached, begin to adjust the Draft Door and rEGGulator in tandem. Make these adjustments in small increments for precision. Once the temperature has stopped fluctuating, you’re ready to cook!
