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UTG
UTG Posts: 4
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Hi EggHeads.  I'm new to the board and look forward to learning a great deal about my new Large BGE.  My parents got me my egg for Christmas, and I've already built a table for it to sit in.  Pictures Attached.  I used cedar for the table and a piece of granite for the prep area.  I left room on the right side of the table to upgrade with another egg in the future if the need arises.  The picture you see of the table is while I was building it and the one with the egg in it, is mostly finished.  I was one cedar board short so I had to leave one off the bottom part of the table for now.  At any rate, here's what I have so far....

UTG
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  • Timvanee
    Timvanee Posts: 43
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    Sweet! Looks like you built the whole thing yourself, or did you start out with a base?

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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,522
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    Welcome, nice looking table. I like the choice of cedar, it weathers very well. It is a good idea to isolate the table shelf from the egg bottom with a paver, it is an even better idea to introduce a small air gap between the egg and the paver. Does not have to ne huge, even 1/4" will keep the paver from conducting heat to the shelf on long cooks. Enjoy, and don't use those briquettes in that nice new egg!
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • SmokinDAWG82
    SmokinDAWG82 Posts: 1,705
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    Welcome from Marietta GA! Nice looking table
    LBGE
    Go Dawgs! - Marietta, GA
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  • UTG
    UTG Posts: 4
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    No, I built it all myself.
    Material list was:
    Two 4 X 4 X 8' Cedar
    Six 2 X 4 X 8' Cedar
    Ten 1 X 6 X 8' Cedar (needed eleven)
    Four 2 X 4 X 8' #2 Treated
    100 Stainless Steel 2.5" Kreg Pocket Hole Screws (didn't use them all)
    100 Stainless Steel 1.5" Kreg Pocket Hole Screws (these either)
    One polished piece of granite (24" wide X 26" deep)

    In the picture of the table (on the bottom shelf), you can see how I doubled the 2 X 4's  The outside one cedar and the inside is #2 treated.  Everything was Kreg Pocket drilled and screwed, so no exposed holes.

    And, thanks for the compliment!

    UTG
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  • jhl192
    jhl192 Posts: 1,006
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    Congrats!  Nice table.  You can now put that Weber in the first picture up on Craigstlist!  
    XL BGE; Medium BGE; L BGE 
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  • Charlesmaneri
    Charlesmaneri Posts: 1,295
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    nice job making the table it  appears that you didn't put wheels on it was that a oversight or you put them on after the photo ? 
    2 Large Eggs and a Mini 2 Pit Bulls and a Pork shoulder or butt nearby and 100% SICILIAN
    Long Island N.Y.
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  • UTG
    UTG Posts: 4
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    jhl192 said:
    Congrats!  Nice table.  You can now put that Weber in the first picture up on Craigstlist!  
    LOL.  Nah,  My wife likes hot dogs too much to get ride of that...  I used the BGE Sunday morning for the first time.  Two racks of baby backs on at 7:00 and they were done after church for me and fired the Weber up and grilled her some hot dogs.  I've got a woman I will never get rid of....  LOL
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  • UTG
    UTG Posts: 4
    edited January 2014
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    Charlesmaneri said:
    nice job making the table it  appears that you didn't put wheels on it was that a oversight or you put them on after the photo ? 
    Thanks.  

    Nah, no wheels.  It's a stationary table.  I'm tearing down my deck and pouring a slab this spring.  Plan to do a "rustic" outdoor kitchen with a pergola, sink, outdoor refrigerator, hot boxes, etc...  Once I get it all done I don't plan on ever moving it.  Plus.  I have a forklift so if I need to move it for a short time, I'll just pick the whole thing up with it.

    I do have rubber feet under it as a barrier to keep the wood from contacting concrete though.  You just can't see em in the picture.

    UTG 
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
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    Welcome! Your table looks great!
    Flint, Michigan
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  • 500
    500 Posts: 3,177
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    Hot dogs are better on the Egg.  Welcome!
    I like my butt rubbed and my pork pulled.
    Member since 2009
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  • DoofusOfTheDay
    DoofusOfTheDay Posts: 401
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    Lots of Marietta Eggers.  Welcome aboard from a fellow Marietta Egger!
    Gregg
    Large BGE Owner since December of 2013!
    Marietta, GA
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  • RAC
    RAC Posts: 1,688
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    Nice job on the table! Welcome

    Ricky

    Boerne, TX

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  • ChrisgrillsSTLMO
    ChrisgrillsSTLMO Posts: 397
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    Welcome! I love my cedar table and having the granite flush with the front make cleaning/wiping much easier. Remember to post pictures of your finished outdoor kitchen.
    Chris
    St. Louis, MO
    Unit 1: LBGE, cedar table Unit 2:Akorn
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    another egg in the future if the need arises. 

    I almost choked on my beer...@UTG. A year from now you'll look back and laugh at that.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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