Woo2 or Tiered Rack??

FWIW, this is what I use.  I like it so far.  

Zarcon said:

@tarheelmatt - I have seen those before. According to your picture, it looks like you are using your plate setter to get up that high. What I am looking for is to get at least at felt line 'without' using my plate setter so I can go direct.

The Woo will get you to the felt line and can be used with or without a plate setter.

Here is a picture... 

I was contemplating the same issue as the original poster. I plan on ordering the Woo2 as I love the feature of it having handles that I can pick up the entire unit, including my plate setter, and have full access to the coals/wood. I know they are also working on a Woo2 grid extender that will add another level of cooking space. I don't cook for a lot of people so the Woo2 is much cheaper than the AR and fits my needs. I look at the swing grate but you can't cook at the felt line on the full grate, just the smaller upper grate and I didn't want to spend $150 on it and still have to elevate it with bricks...seems silly.

My platesetter has collected dust since buying the AR R&B Combo with rig extender. Yeah, it costs some money but it also gives you many more cooking options; some that you have not even thought about yet. I'd sell my platesetter if I had a local buyer.

@Zarcon‌ I understand. I bought mine 1.5 years after getting the egg. That provided me some cover for the extra expense.

This brings up an interesting point... how "raised" is raised direct?

SoCalTim said:

I own a Swing Rack from CGW ... I don't especially care for it. I'm looking to possibly sell it and buy an AR.

Sending a PM... 

westernbbq said:

Zarcon said:

I have a Large.. where can I find this AR, which I'm assuming is adjustable rack?

on the large, with the adjustable rig, spider, round separator stone, slide guides, oval grill grates and the rig extender, you're spending more money but you have a BUNCH of options- I can actually fit FOUR picnic end pork shoulders on my Large BGE and cook them for 18 hours, use minimal fuel and achieve near perfection.  See picture

You may have just sold me on one with that picture!

Kiter-

I would never have believed it until I saw it.  a buddy told me four shoulders in a LG was easy with the spider, stone, adj rig and rig extender setup with minimal advance planning. plus, the LG BGE uses much less fuel than XL

I got the same setup for the XL-(see attached pic) but no rig extender for XL exists so I have two levels in the XL with the spider, stone, adj rig and two oval racks- I recently did two levels of 17 lb each  whole packer briskets and the results were better than I thought they'd be and I had high expectations.  I think four shoulders on each level (yes, they'd be jammed in there) would work because the basement level can be lowered an inch or so and if you pinch aluminum catch pans so theye squeeze down a little but would work- but I 've not had a need to do 8 shoulders yet. I probably will at some point though this football season!

It just cannot be emphasized enough how convenient and easy it is to set the BGE up with fuel, a guru and the meat and then you can leave it alone overnight.  you're not babysitting the food and fire and sucking in soot all night on a long time cook so you can actually enjoy the food when it's done.  I previously had  a pitts and spits 24x36 smoker which is an awesome cooker bit got rid of it a few months after I got the XL BGE because I simply didn't use it anymore.