In this Big Green Egg Vs Pellet Grill BBQ Battle, I pit (pun intended) the Egg vs the Yoder YS1500 and make pork spare ribs on both. Were you surprised by the results? Let me know in the comments! And if you liked this one check out my Baby Backs vs Spare Ribs Battle at
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0:00 Explanation of the Battle
1:13 Trimming and Seasoning the Ribs
5:08 Ribs on the Smokers
9:10 Wrapping the Ribs
10:45 Finished Ribs
12:08 Tasting the Ribs – Who do you think won?
We took two racks of St Louis Spare Ribs, prepared and cooked them both exactly the same way. One on a Big Green Egg XL, and the other on a Yoder YS1500s Pellet Smoker. No surprise – they came out different.
For this cook, we used The BBQ Rub made by Malcolm Reed from HowToBBQRight and Mississipi Grind from Swine Life BBQ. There are links below so you can buy both. We made dry rub ribs this time – no sauce, no honey, no brown sugar – just the meat, the rubs, and the smoke. As you’ll see in the video, they still turned out moist, tender, and yummy!
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If you liked this BBQ Battle, check THESE out!:
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● DRY-AGED STEAK BATTLE! Choice vs Prime Ribeye Experiment
● Does Rabbit Taste Like Chicken? Dry vs Herb Rub Experiment
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Here’s where you can get the stuff you saw in this video (affiliate links*):
Food:
Malcolm Reed’s Killer Hogs The BBQ Rub:
Swine Life Mississippi Grind BBQ Rub:
Grill Thermometers and Controllers:
ThermoWorks Signals –
ThermoWorks Billows –
ThermoWorks ThermaPen MK4 –
Kitchen Equipment:
Dalstrong Gladiator Series Knives:
Baking Sheet & Rack:
John Boos Butcher Block Table:
John Boos Care Kit for Boards & Blocks:
Glove Liners (Heat Protection:
Nitrile Gloves:
Here’s the equipment we use to film these videos:
Overhead & Side Cameras: Panasonic Lumix G85:
Overhead Cam Lens: PanasonicVario 45-150mm Lens:
Side Cam Lens – Panasonic Vario 45-200mm Lens:
Front Camera: Panasonic Lumix G7 w/ 14-42mm Lens:
Studio Lights (6 Total):
On-Camera Mics: Rode Videomic Pro+:
Audio Recorders: Tascam DR-60DMKII:
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Great comparison video. Lovely family! 🙂
I have to wonder how a medium Big Green Egg can do ribs like this compared to the XL (Darth). The main difference between it and Darth is the smaller size. I actually like the savory type flavors better, too. Perhaps I'll have to try this when I get the right equipment. Thanks!
Awesome video.
Really loved this video. I know it's a bit old now, but I have a 5 going on 6 year old and would love to do stuff like this with her. Keep it up you guys!
Bro I don’t give a shit what a 10yo thinks. Love that your trying to hype your daughter.. but I just need to know which grill is better
I hope my girl is into smoking as much as I am at that age. You are a good teacher and father.
…so which one had the best smoke flavor
so for straight smoke flavor. Does the Kamado or the pellet grill do better? awsome video BTW
That was my thought too. Love the report between you two!
I'm surprised it's a tie, I have a yoder ys640s & kamado joe. The pellet grill has 0 taste other then your seasoning, I have even cooked the yoder in a closed 23×32 garage for 6 hours, no smoke smell, they burn too clean I want that grill char flavor, I have tried all of bbq delight pellets they all taste the same, like I cooked in a oven or boiled the meat in a gallon size bag 0 taste or flavor, is this a yoder thing or a pellet thing? Oh and now my paint is cracking on the yoder, I hope they take care of me!!!!
Should have wrapped the Yoder ribs earlier they look a little too well done
Leah is hilarious. The dry sarcastic humor in kids, gets me every time
Neither of these can out do my family's triple axle smoking rig, and yes the guys who built the green eggs built our trailer. We just got done doing a huge fundraiser for ohio hospice, it was a 3 day cook , did 300 racks of ribs, 100 pork butts, 250lbs of nc style coleslaw , and about 30 large cans of baked beans, fed over 1500 people
We just had our deck built. My wife is so against having a huge ugly (her words) grill taking-up space on out new deck. She said the Kamado (orange/red) would look nice and doesn’t seem to take a lot of space. I just hate charcoal.. Never been a fan. Just want to set the temp and not have to bother. But I think I can manage.
Leah stole the show!
so does the BGE give more smoke flavor than the pellet grill and I wonder about putting a damper on a pellet grill exhaust to keep more smoke inside for more flavor. Thinking about buying a pellet grill but worried about loosing smoke flavor
I've been contemplating on purchasing a Yoder smoker, would love the 1500s, that thing is a beast for sure but the 640s might be more my speed. Either one would look great on my patio! This video was absolutely adorable!!!
Great video – I’m trying to decide between a KJ or a Traeger. It seems you’d recommend the KJ?
Both looked good. I am not a big fan of 'fall of the bone' ribs. There comes a point where 'fall off the bones' equates to mushy; which is not good eats. Anyone can make 'fall off the bone' ribs. Just wrap them and let the steam do the work. My preference is to have the ribs juicy and bite off the bone. It's about the texture and flavor.
I've had a big green egg for many many years and my buddy has been trying to get me to switch to a Traeger or Rectec. The ease of just turning it on and walking a way is a bit tempting but it's really hard to screw up in the BGE with a temp regulator and a bit of time. Either way I just checked the weather for this weekend and I'm buying some ribs. I love that you included your daughter in this as well – she's adorable and knows her ribs!
You touched the dollar bills and then the food! Great video but that action ruined it
Found you bc I have a YS640 and Kamado Joe, and am doing similar experiments. Your video was great in that aspect. However my motivation for commenting is that as a father of a 12 yo daughter myself, I have to compliment you on the daddy/daughter aspect. She has a great dad!
Love this video. Y'all are so cute. I'm trying to decide between big green egg or traeger