BGE Must Have Accessories

dirty_denim86

Chubbs said:

If you cook a lot if ribs and brisket, R&B combo. Better coverage for long meats so they are not over direct flame

Does the oval stone cook other meats indirectly just the same as the round stone? I'm just trying to figure out why someone would prefer the round over the oval? I can't think of any reasons myself.

Jeepster47

@dirty_denim86 ... The R&B stone is long to more closely match (shadow) the longer shape of ribs and briskets.  A round stone is used to more closely match the round(er) shape of a pork butt or similar cut of meat. If you cooked a pork butt on the oval stone, you'd need to rotate it periodically to even out the cooking.

The same thing happens with the BGE plate setter ... namely that there are hot spots next to the spaces and cool spots next to the legs.

You can buy an inexpensive clay flower pot base to use as a round stone to find out if you like/need/want the round shape enough to purchase a ceramic stone.

BigGreenGator

I would really love to try and get a hold of ceramic grill works two tire system ... That's my next purchase

dirty_denim86

Jeepster47 said:

@dirty_denim86 ... The R&B stone is long to more closely match (shadow) the longer shape of ribs and briskets.  A round stone is used to more closely match the round(er) shape of a pork butt or similar cut of meat. If you cooked a pork butt on the oval stone, you'd need to rotate it periodically to even out the cooking.

The same thing happens with the BGE plate setter ... namely that there are hot spots next to the spaces and cool spots next to the legs.

You can buy an inexpensive clay flower pot base to use as a round stone to find out if you like/need/want the round shape enough to purchase a ceramic stone.

That's the answer I was looking for...I figured it would affect the indirect cooking somehow.

If rotating certain cuts on the oval stone is really the only downside I can deal with that since I will mostly be cooking wings/ribs indirectly I'm going to jump on the r and b oval AR.

Deviledegger

Welding gloves are used before during and after every cook I do. That being said I dint have them for the first six months I had my LBGE. And the good news is they're probably cheaper than most of the eggcessories it there.

dirty_denim86

Just pulled the trigger on the AR R&B Oval Combo....going to return my unused BGE plate setter and rib rack tomorrow   >-

Carolina Q

Deviledegger said:

Welding gloves are used before during and after every cook I do.

Really? Why? I have a pair, as well as other heat resistant gloves, and I almost never use any of them.

Deviledegger

@Carolina Q- before every cook I put welding gloves on and remove charcoal from previous cook and put it in a bucket. Remove must of the ash, then out fresh lump in and then the old lump. Then I usually put them on while flipping stuff but not always. Then if I need to adjust any grids, CI etc.. during our after the cook I use them. But like I said I did get away without grabbing them for a while.

Terrebandit

You don't need to rotate anything with the oval stone!!

theyolksonyou

@Deviledegger wow, that's a lot of work. Me: stir, peek in to see if ash is piled high to the grate, no, dump new, light. Do what works for you....

Deviledegger

@theyolksonyou When I started egging I used to just stir and go. But it never failed when I was making a meal for guests I would have issues with temp control or it would take forever to get to temp. That got old fast so I went to this method which gad never failed me. I've got my system and within 5 minutes it's the egg is lit and I'm rolling. I do have a feeling I use miter lump than most people though.

Jeepster47

@Deviledegger ... you are the perfect candidate for a Kick Ash Basket.  Chad should have named it the OCD basket.  It's perfect for those who clean each time.  Take a look at it.  Oh yes, I have one and I clean every time.  Yes, I know it's not necessary to clean every time, but I had too many hiccups in the beginning.  Cleaning before each cook helped me sort through the variables until I understood what was going wrong.

Deviledegger

@Jeepster47 I am definitely getting a kick ash basket. I've been thinking about it and then Chrisb from Nibble me this reviewed them which answered my questions on them. So far I've never had an issue when cleaning my egg out. I hate having issues when I could easily have prevented them.

4Runner

Terrebandit said:

You don't need to rotate anything with the oval stone!!

Agreed. Shape of the stone is irrelevant. Just moves the hot spots a bit but I've never had a problem butts, brisket or ribs.

dirty_denim86

4Runner said:

Terrebandit said:

You don't need to rotate anything with the oval stone!!

Agreed. Shape of the stone is irrelevant. Just moves the hot spots a bit but I've never had a problem butts, brisket or ribs.

Good to know then it's a no brainer glad I went with the oval hopefully it doesn't take too long to cross the border looking forward to making some ribs.

dirty_denim86

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