Big Green Egg's manuals are wordless pictures: the 2026 manual for band and hinge kit 117984 and the 2020 manual for the partly assembled Large. Steps read from them are marked. Written methods come from Big Green Egg's three voices: BGE US (biggreenegg.com), BGE Europe (biggreenegg.eu) and BGE UK (Alfresco Concepts, biggreenegg.co.uk, the only BGE step lists for the gasket, band and dome). Ace Hardware, a BGE dealer, gives the spanner for each nut. Owner reports are marked. Nothing here was checked on an EGG.
Not settled, and flagged where they appear: clean-burn and cooking limits (BGE Europe 275 °C, BGE UK 300 °C, BGE US rated to 399 °C); the first-cook limit; the re-tighten interval (1 month or 90 days); band height; torque; spring safety (no BGE wording); gasket glue, solvent and edge; the thermometer nut; the Nest removal tools; the acacia Mates spanner; the draft door frame screws; the serial number's location; freeing a frozen dome. The brisket follows recipes published on biggreenegg.com.
Sizes: Big Green Egg gives 84 cm high and 73 kg for the egg. About 1388 mm wide at the Mates tips and 1205 mm high on the Nest are measured from BGE's drawing and photos.