Little help please

ryantt · July 2015

have been trying to find the right product to make my egg even more versatile. I have thought about getting the Big Joe Divide and Conquer system or the woo2 and some half stones, cast iron and a wok.

Any feedback would be helpful.

Grillin_beers · July 2015

Will the big joe system fit inside of your egg? Besides that a lot of people like the woo2 and I wish I had a wok. I do like the half moon griddle that I have. I dont really use it now that I have the blackstone though.

cazzy · July 2015

The adjustible rig is awesome and you can set up several different configurations. The oval stone is awesome for brisket and ribs...no more unprotected meat hanging past the stone.

http://www.ceramicgrillstore.com/large-adjustable-rig/big-green-egg-large-adjustable-rig.html

biggreenrob · July 2015

ryantt said:

have been trying to find the right product to make my egg even more versatile. I have thought about getting the Big Joe Divide and Conquer system or the woo2 and some half stones, cast iron and a wok.

Any feedback would be helpful.

What are you looking to do that you cannot do with your current set up?

Sardonicus · July 2015

ryantt said:

have been trying to find the right product to make my egg even more versatile. I have thought about getting the Big Joe Divide and Conquer system or the woo2 and some half stones, cast iron and a wok.

Any feedback would be helpful.

I use the Woo2 seated on top of an extra grid which rests on the fire ring.

With that, we can cook indirect and then lift out the woo to use the lower grid for searing. Or . . . we can remove the plate setter and cook raised direct.

ryantt · July 2015

@Grillin_beers the big joe system fits in the xl.
@cazzy I looked at the AR, but wasn't sure that's what I wanted to go with. I thought the woo2 would be my best bet from CGS. I did talk to Tom ( I think that was his name) and he made several suggestion, just adding to the what should I get question.

ryantt · July 2015

@biggreenrob just looking to do more. I'd like to wok with it and just do the half stones to have a partial indirect setup. Currently I just have the platesetter and have added a few fire bricks to get my pizza stone up in the egg.

cazzy · July 2015

ryantt said:

@Grillin_beers the big joe system fits in the xl.
@cazzy I looked at the AR, but wasn't sure that's what I wanted to go with. I thought the woo2 would be my best bet from CGS. I did talk to Tom ( I think that was his name) and he made several suggestion, just adding to the what should I get question.

I think AR opens up more doors for ya. It does everything the Woo does, but allows a lot of add ons.

For instance, add a spider and stone underneath this, and you can now do 3 levels of cooking.

ryantt · July 2015

@Sardonicus do you find it has made your egg easier to setup for different cooks. @cazzy suggest the AR, and looking at it it seems nice, but a little expensive.

Toxarch · July 2015

A second egg would make it more versatile.

ryantt · July 2015

@cazzy is this what you had in your eggs? I'm trying to find the right combo without going over the top. The boss keeps yelling about my spending.

ryantt · July 2015

Toxarch said:

A second egg would make it more versatile.

That's true but the boss is not going to go for that right now. She keeps harping on me about all the toys I have.

ryantt · July 2015

Was hoping That @Big_Green_Craig would comment here, I think he has KJ system.

cazzy · July 2015

ryantt said:

@cazzy is this what you had in your eggs? I'm trying to find the right combo without going over the top. The boss keeps yelling about my spending.

Yep...I have the R&B AR Kit and use it in 95% of my cooks. My favorite purchase by far.

lousubcap · July 2015

Given you have a platesetter check out this setup from cgs:
http://shop.ceramicgrillstore.com/pswoo2-stock-grid-combo/ Quite flexible and as all things from cgs-very well built. FWIW-
Edit: Disregard this post-initially missed that you are talking XL.

cazzy · July 2015

ryantt said:

Was hoping That @Big_Green_Craig would comment here, I think he has KJ system.

It came with his Joe and will fit in a large egg. Don't know how much it costs, but seems pretty cool and does add function.

ryantt · July 2015

It seems like there is less available for the xl bge, I may have to get the AR, as PSWOO2 is not made for xl. Contacted KJ and the Big Joe System is almost 300. That seems a little high to me

Sardonicus · July 2015

ryantt said:

@Sardonicus do you find it has made your egg easier to setup for different cooks. @cazzy suggest the AR, and looking at it it seems nice, but a little expensive.

@Cazzy is absolutely right in that the AR offers more options. The Woo2 (with grill extender) works for us - two levels is all we empty-nesters need. Your needs won't necessarily match ours, of course.

Regarding cost: If we didn't already have the plate setter, it is entirely possible that I would've ordered the AR.

As you, I've considered using half-stones and such but I'm not sure how effective that would be considering how a kamado is designed to work.

Photo Egg · July 2015

ryantt...many of the comments above are based on the Large BGE.

I have the AR and the Flip Ring for my XL. I use the Flip ring 95% of the time in my XL. It's an easy way to raise and increase your grill space.
I like that the Flip ring uses a larger, more standard size 22" raised cooking grate size as the AR uses a 20".
If you wanted to add just a spider Tom could make one for the XL as it's not a stand alone item since it was worked into the new Woo for the XL. The spider would not only let you Wok but also hold your indirect piece for the Flip Ring.

ryantt · July 2015

@Photo Egg Egg thanks for the info. I may go this Direction as it seems to accomplish what I want it to. sometines it feels like there are to many options available.

@Big_Green_Craig was nice enough to message me and explain the divide and conquer system. it's a little more than I want to spend at this time I think. Hope I don't regret not going this route.

Going to to take a day or two and way all the options and opinions of all of you that have responded. Then just pull the trigger

bo31210 · July 2015

cazzy said:

The adjustible rig is awesome and you can set up several different configurations. The oval stone is awesome for brisket and ribs...no more unprotected meat hanging past the stone.

http://www.ceramicgrillstore.com/large-adjustable-rig/big-green-egg-large-adjustable-rig.html

AR is the best thing egg related I have ever purchased. It is awesome and unbelievably flexible as to what you can do with it.

ryantt · July 2015

@bo31210 thanks for the feedback, so many options to chose from. It's been nice getting feedback from so many of you on here.

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