Showerthought: Did you know the original Green Egg was basically a failed flower pot design?

I was reading an old issue of Smoke & Fire magazine my uncle passed down (from like 2002 I think) and there was this whole article about how the Big Green Egg started out as a clay pot for plants. Some guy in Texas just threw some meat in one and figured out it worked for cooking. Blew my mind because I always thought it was designed for BBQ from the start. Anyone else stumble on weird origin stories like that?

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luna_kim406d ago

My dad actually had one of those original ugly brown flower pots before they rebranded them.

blairj556d ago

That "ugly brown flower pot" line got me, @luna_kim40. My grandma had one of those things too and she used it as a doorstop for like 20 years. I always thought it looked like a failed science experiment from the 70s. Then they rebranded and suddenly everyone wanted one. I guess I'm just jealous because my only vintage decor is a lava lamp that stopped working in 1998.