Grill Extender Is Here!!

dawsonhull

Thanks so much, @Eggcelsior & @MrCookingNurse!! You guys rock!

Cooked @Cazzy's wings along with Asian Coconut Rice, cucumber salsa, and veggies.

Mross

Give us the dirt. How did it work? Grid size etc.

dawsonhull

Used the medium BGE SS grid, put together no time. Swings perfectly and doesn't droop down at all, although wings aren't heavy.

First time cooking with two grids, so that was somewhat of a learning experience. Wings on bottom cooked a good bit faster than those on top. Maybe I should've done indirect...

I've done so much raised direct (using firebricks) lately that I've just about forgotten what it's like to cook on top of the fire ring!! Things cook a lot faster that close to the fire!

But other than that, it worked just as I expected! The other lesson I learned is to not try to swing out a hot top grid with your bare hands. OUCH!

MrCookingNurse

Amazing man! glad to see it in action!! 

You can use a large grid if just going direct, but the medium grid fits up in the dome with the ps.

cazzy

looks like yo nailed them!!    So what did you think?

Spaightlabs

Right on!  Can't wait to get mine.

CAT Seller

I have not even received mine yet, and i am ready for another group buy....what is next?

dawsonhull

Delicious wings! This one will be repeated, for sure! One question though, I noted that you used the AR for the cook. If you didn't have that, would you go raised direct or indirect?

cortguitarman

Excited for mine to come.

cazzy

dawsonhull said:

Delicious wings! This one will be repeated, for sure! One question though, I noted that you used the AR for the cook. If you didn't have that, would you go raised direct or indirect?

Hmm, do you have a platesetter?

dawsonhull

Yes - in fact, I put it in halfway through the cook. Next time, I may just have that in there from the start. Without it, I didn't have a place to put a drip pan. Mr. Egg is a mess right now - will probably need to do a clean burn soon.

caliking

Nice! Does the platesetter and grate extender setup fit all together? I wouldn't have thought that the lid would close. I don't have a platesetter, so I can't test it out.

dawsonhull

It fit just fine - I had the medium grid on top. A lot better than my old soda cans! I've been using the same sprite cans for months!!

Mross

If my extender does not make by Friday can I borrow your soda cans? Lol

CharlieTN

Looks great. Got mine today and can't wait to use it.  Can definitely see this being a great addition.

dawsonhull

Believe it or not, I went out and bought sprite specifically to do raised grid cooking! Very sad, I know... We just don't drink that much soda!

U_tarded

dawsonhull said:

Believe it or not, I went out and bought sprite specifically to do raised grid cooking! Very sad, I know... We just don't drink that much soda!

Been there i had to go buy heinekens cans because we only drink out of bottles

Skiddymarker

Nice, can't wait to get mine. Thanks for sharing (or was that gloating 'cause you have yours already)

Fred19Flintstone

Yeah, I kinda detected a little "Na, na, na ,na na, naaaaaaa!"

Just kidding.  Nice looking cook!

cazzy

dawsonhull said:

Yes - in fact, I put it in halfway through the cook. Next time, I may just have that in there from the start. Without it, I didn't have a place to put a drip pan. Mr. Egg is a mess right now - will probably need to do a clean burn soon.

Yeah, until you get your AR, I would use the plate setter because a drip pan is a must.  For the mess and also because the marinade dripping on the hot lump gives off a weird smell that can work it's way into the wings.

I normally use the AR with a drip pan, no stone.

smokesniffer

Can't wait for mine to show up.

bo_mull

Got mine today, now i gotta find a grate..

SteveWPBFL

In the pic the top grid swings out over the seal so that caught my eye. Looks like you want to account for 'drippage' on the seal, down the sides of the Egg, and the floor. Would like to know how that works out, looks like only drawback from here. Enjoy!

r270ba

I am sorry but I missed this… Did you say you had an XL with a medium grid on top?

bbqlearner

Looks great. Mine arrived yesterday as well so looking forward to use it soon.

dawsonhull

@r270ba It's actually a large with the medium grid on top.

dawsonhull

@stevewpbfl It was kind of messy. Mainly because I was baisting wings and they kept dripping. For other cooks it would probably be fine.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Just got mine today too! Taking it to the beach with my large this weekend. 

cazzy

dawsonhull said:

@stevewpbfl It was kind of messy. Mainly because I was baisting wings and they kept dripping. For other cooks it would probably be fine.

I agree, for most cooks, it will be fine.  That d-bag's wings you made, you layer on the flavor so you get a lot of marinade that runs off.  A drip pan would fix it.

HDmstng

A shallow pan the diameter of the upper grid attached underneath with baling wire should work.

SaturdayFatterday

Got mine today.  Gonna do some wings either Sunday or early next week to test it out.  Using a spare Weber 13" grid first; I'll order something more substantial for when I need to do more "weighty" cooks.