large egg handle

deenet · October 2012

My large egg has a small handle. I see that people have larger handles on their eggs. Where can I get one?

Eggdam · October 2012

They changed the handle about a year ago. From what I've seen the holes on your ring won't line up with the new handle.

henapple · October 2012

I've seen custom made handles....

td66snrf · October 2012

Size doesn't matter!

henapple · October 2012

That's what's she said...

nolaegghead · October 2012

I have the smaller one and it works great. I can lift the lid with one hand!

Dave in Florida · October 2012

This is the guy that did my handle and he does AWESOME work. Pretty much if you have an idea or picture he can make it. My handle is the one pictured on the website. You will not be disappointed in his work.

http://hrmcreativebbq.blogspot.com/2011/10/customs-made-bbq-handles-review.html

R2Egg2Q · October 2012

Here's some info on the different handles, handle assemblies, and band differences between this years model of Large vs older ones. The old stock handles are 3 3/4" long and the new stock handles are 9" in length. The handle assembly (metal bracket you attach the handles to and attach to the band) greatly increased in size to accommodate the new large handle and now attaches to the band with 4 clinch studs (2 per side). I know of three different custom handle makers: Danny (link provided by Dave In FL above), Sparky (contact him at greeneggers forum), and Marty (http://www.amlwoodart.com/). I would imagine Danny & Sparky could craft a handle to fit either size handle assembly to whatever length you specify. You can order the appropriate size from amlwoodart. Here's a pic of different handles:

As for the bands, the old band has a hole on each side that lines up with the new handle assembly's outer holes. To attach the other 2 clinch studs you'd have to drill 2 holes in the old band. Here's some pics of an older band sitting above the new band so you can see the holes align:

They don't appear to align perfectly in these pics but they do. The distance between the outer holes on the new band is 14 3/16" or 36 cm center on center which is the same as the holes on the old band that were provided to attach side tables. @yumdinger posted a question the other day about buying a new wider assembly to fit a larger handle. I would suggest contacting a BGE dealer or BGE corporate to see if you can order the new handle assembly and 2 extra clinch studs and 2 extra 1/4" acorn nuts.

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