Big Green Egg Medium vs The Bastard Urban Medium Complete

Both are mediums with a 40 centimetre grate, so size is not what you are choosing on here. Big Green Egg gives the Medium 1,140 cm² of grill area; The Bastard gives only the diameter. Both are ceramic.

The big difference is what you get. The Medium comes bare: no stand, no side shelves, and no heat deflector in the maker’s specifications. The Urban Medium is supplied complete with a stand, bamboo side shelves, a plate setter, a stainless steel charcoal basket and an ash tray. That also explains the weight: 51 kilos for the bare Medium, 78 kilos for the complete Urban.

On warranty Big Green Egg goes furthest: lifetime on the ceramic, provided you register the Egg, against twenty years at The Bastard. Both give five years on metal, at The Bastard for the outside and two years for the inner parts. The gasket is felt on the Big Green Egg and fibreglass on The Bastard; the warranty on it is one year against six months.

Do not compare these two on the sticker price. With the Urban Medium you pay for a complete barbecue on wheels; with the Medium for a bare Egg that still needs a nest or table and a heat deflector. Anyone who wants the longest warranty and prefers to pick those extras themselves should look at the Egg. Anyone who wants to be done in one purchase, at the Urban.