Eggtoberfest Meat Fest
I am laying off meat for a while. I ate way too much meat this weekend including non-stop bingeing for 6 hours on Saturday morning courtesy of the Big Green Egg. This is a yearly event that is attended by thousands of people. The event kicks off the night before with a catered dinner for 500 guests at $25 per person. On the buffet were grilled lamb chops, pork loin, ribeye steak, grilled salmon, an assortment of salads and cheeses, veggies, and a dessert station. It also includes all you can drink beer and wine plus sodas and water in 20-ounce bottles.
The main event starts Saturday morning at 9am when tourist buses begin bussing people from a nearby parking deck. Only 1500 tickets are sold each year. This year, there were 1000 people on waitlist and no one cleared. The cost is $40 per person with all you can eat meat, fish, poultry, plus all you care to drink beer, sodas, and water. Each attendee gets a t-shirt and a goodie bag.
There were 300 brand new Big Green Egg grills that were used for this year’s event. There were 100 stalls/cooks participating. Unlike other festivals where you get taste coupons, here, you are free to eat as much as you want from all the stalls. In addition, you get 20-ounce bottles of sodas and water. And all the beer you care to drink.
BGEs never go on sale ever but these once-used grills go on sale for 10% off after the event. What’s notable about this event is that 80-percent of the attendees average in the 50+ age group. And the rest, like me, are the children of these mostly silver-haired adults who are forced by their parents to tag-along. My parents are long-time owners of BGEs so we have to tag along every year.
More pictures here.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Leah // Oct 20, 2008 at 4:58 pm
omg! this sounds like a fantastic event…my boyfriend and i are BGE fanatics. i dont want to miss this next year, how do i find out about registration?
2 Nate // Oct 22, 2008 at 1:37 pm
We have a similar (albeit much smaller) BGE event called Eggs by the Bay here in Santa Clara, CA. I own a WSM currently but secretly wishes to become an Egger.
3 LeeAnn // Oct 14, 2009 at 10:26 pm
my boyfriend and i have tried to go the past two years and missed out on the list each time. we own a large egg and love cooking on it! this year we marked the registration day on the google calendar and we got our tickets 8/3/2009,first day of registering for saturday 10/17. when i called back on 8/20 to see if anymore tickets were available and was told it was sold out. plan early!!! i’m sooooo happy to be going
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