What do you consider essential egg gear

blueinatl · February 4

I've got a Large and I got the cast iron grate in addition to the standard grate. I have a digital probe and just ordered the maverick as I want to do overnighters with a bit of sleep.

I see a lot of great set ups and equipment, so I'm wondering what does everyone consider essential.

Pics coming from my next smoke, I keep forgetting!

Fred19Flintstone · February 4

Anything that raises your grid allowing raised direct cooking is essential.

Rick1 · February 4

Plate setter or some way to do indirect cooking.

Mickey · February 4

Adj Rig and High-Que. I see no reason to buy platesetter. Wished I didn't buy a couple (Lg & Sm) just no idea then.

MrCookingNurse · February 4

A good set of tongs???
Ky??
I couldn't egg with my woo. Buy an AR while your at it

Mickey · February 4

MrCookingNurse · February 4

@mickey
Are you gonna cook on that thing or just keep pimping out pics of it all white and clean clean

Tjcoley · February 4

A bottle opener, cork screw or glass of ice for the Tito's is essential.

Mickey · February 4

MrCookingNurse said:

@mickey Are you gonna cook on that thing or just keep pimping out pics of it all white and clean clean

Caught me. That was about 5:00 yesterday. Now it looks like my old one.

nemo · February 4

Mickey....I was thinking of getting the adj rig but didn't want to spend the $ since I have a platesetter and a woo. My gut tell me I should get the rig anyway. Who's right ...my gut or my wallet?

Andy_in_CO · February 4

I love my AR and the spider combo. I have used it on almost every cook. I have a placesetter that I finally used a few weeks ago. Probably should have just returned it! Oh well. I recently got a headlight to help on my overnights. I don't have a good light source where my Egg is. Very helpful so far. Oh and my Thermopen. LOVE that thing!

milesbrown4 · February 4

Great discussion! I need to get me one of those adj rigs. Any advice on transporting the egg, like on a trailer hitch?

henapple · February 4

Sam Adams..

Mickey · February 4

nemo said:
Mickey....I was thinking of getting the adj rig but didn't want to spend the $ since I have a platesetter and a woo. My gut tell me I should get the rig anyway. Who's right ...my gut or my wallet?

You are not alone in that thought. I have the AR and plate setter for my first large. My org thinking was to get the new Woo made for the plate setter for my second. I called and talked to Tom ( no he would not tell me which to buy) and after a long talk I ended up buying my second AR. Just works for me.

Eggcelsior · February 4

Mickey said:

Mickey....I was thinking of getting the adj rig but didn't want to spend the $ since I have a platesetter and a woo. My gut tell me I should get the rig anyway. Who's right ...my gut or my wallet?
You are not alone in that thought. I have the AR and plate setter for my first large. My org thinking was to get the new Woo made for the plate setter for my second. I called and talked to Tom ( no he would not tell me which to buy) and after a long talk I ended up buying my second AR. Just works for me.

This is funny... I just noticed this link on Tom's site after reading your post. It discusses the differences between the Woo and AR for the confused....

Mickey · February 4

My friend @Eggcelsior. You are correct, I live confused X_X

Eggcelsior · February 4

I do too. It's even worse when I am given a choice...

Solson005 · February 4

Besides the good advice already said it kind of depends on how you want to use your egg. I wanted a second level with easy access to the bottom rack and got a Swing Rack from ceramic grill works which you can use if you have a platesetter like i have here with 10 lbs of wings.

I have the Spider from the ceramic grill store that has already been mentioned you can use that to get a cast iron grate right above the fire or put a round bottom wok in it it like this.

The Woo from ceramic grill store is a very nice option to cook at a raised direct I have one in my small and haven't cooked without it I just use fire bricks for my large.

If your planning lots of low and slows you might think about a controller system to keep the temp within 2° for hours and hours I have a DigiQ Dx2 expensive but takes stress out of a overnight cook. The also have wifi ones now that you can monitor from work or on a phone.

Pizza stone is a must!

A looftlighter is a easy way to get your fire started.

Then there are tons of little stuff but those are my top big ticket items that are very useful. Just be ready to add another egg to your collection!

robnybbq · February 4

AR - multiple grate/heights
Pizza stone
Thermopen (instant read Thermometer)
Lots of lump (Reminds me I am down to 1 bag)

and like solson005 stated be prepared for a second Egg - its coming soon for me but don't know which one yet.

burr_baby33 · February 4

thermapen

J_Que · February 4

+1 on the Thermapen.

It's the best tool to increase the quality of your cooks. IMHO

SmokeyPitt · February 4

Essential?

1) Lump charcoal

2) Some way to light lump charcoal

The rest is just "nice ta haves" ;)

Ragtop99 · February 4

These are high on list:
Woo, with a matching stone and CI grid (one size down from the main grid) provide indirect cook, raised direct cook, and searing.

A maverick or oven meat thermometer.

If I didn't have an XL, I'd need to go more vertical and add a second rack.

The third hand is very nice tool and the thermapen is very useful.

A second egg would be a bonus. ;)

Eggcelsior · February 4

SmokeyPitt said:

Essential?
1) Lump charcoal
2) Some way to light lump charcoal

The rest is just "nice ta haves" ;)

3) Beer

blueinatl · February 4

Eggcelsior said:

SmokeyPitt said:

Essential?
1) Lump charcoal
2) Some way to light lump charcoal

The rest is just "nice ta haves" ;)

3) Beer

How about Bourbon?

blueinatl · February 4

Thanks everyone, I'm going to do some research as I would like an adjustable rig, just need to figure out which one is right for me.

I can see this could get to be a very expensive hobby. In the interim, I have some old bricks and a second grate so that will have to work.

Ragtop99 · February 5

blueinatl said:

Thanks everyone, I'm going to do some research as I would like an adjustable rig, just need to figure out which one is right for me.

I can see this could get to be a very expensive hobby. In the interim, I have some old bricks and a second grate so that will have to work.

It seemed that way to me, but the Woo and stone were less than a platesetter. Had I known how much I was going to use this stuff, I might have gone for a spider and the AR or spider and Flip ring. Like the egg, the CGS stuff seems to last so it is more of a one time investment than a recurring cost.

Griffin · February 5

an second egg and plenty of bourbon.

blueinatl · February 5

I'm looking at the AR customer combo. That seems to have everything that I'll need for a while. hmmm, hewmbo was looking for something for my upcoming bday, I may have to suggest that...

FanOfFanboys · February 5

Meat

jlsm · February 5

Second grill and bricks work fine.

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