Table Ideas for Multiple Eggs?

Mayberry

I'm looking for ideas for a table that will hold 2 kamado grills.  I've had my Large Egg in a cypress table I built for the past 5-6 years.  I bought a Kamado Joe Jr yesterday (awesome, awesome, awesome, by the way) and it's time for a new Egg table.  My two labs have eaten the corners off mine as puppies, as it is.  So, it's time for a new table, anyway.  I've searched online and found a few pics.  Anyone who has a nice rolling setup for multiple eggs, please post.  I'm just trying to find the design I want so I can buy the wood and start building.  Even considering a granite top this time to prevent fading and warping.....if it isn't extremely expensive.

thetrim

I will say shop and ask around for a top.  Depending on the dimensions and what you are looking for or what you are willing to accept, you can get some killer deals on granite that stone yards or installers have left over from other jobs.

RRP

My table holds a large and small BGE. In spite of designing it as a cart to roll about I quickly learned that table is H E A V Y and it stays put with its own footprint on my deck. BTW what I did add afterward was a fold down shelf table on the side. Care for any pictures?

henapple

With a Jr... I wouldn't plant it. Keep it mobile. Jm2c 

Carolina Q

What's the fascination with building a perfectly solid table and then cutting a big hole (or two) in it? Just build a solid table. Put one egg at each end. In nests. More flexible if you decide to rearrange. Far less likely to catch fire. Easier table build too.

Mayberry

RRP said:

My table holds a large and small BGE. In spite of designing it as a cart to roll about I quickly learned that table is H E A V Y and it stays put with its own footprint on my deck. BTW what I did add afterward was a fold down shelf table on the side. Care for any pictures?

Yes, if you don't mind, I would love to see it.

slovelad

Mayberry

If I put the Jr in it, I plan to cut the hole as an oval, so I can set it down inside the table inside the carrier.  That way, I can just lift and carry with me when we take the travel trailer to the mountains.  That, or have a half moon hole cut in one side to slide it in and out inside the carrer.  I bought the Jr to take with me.  I want it accessible.  

Focker

Carolina Q said:

What's the fascination with building a perfectly solid table and then cutting a big hole (or two) in it? Just build a solid table. Put one egg at each end. In nests. More flexible if you decide to rearrange. Far less likely to catch fire. Easier table build too.

Best thing I ever did with my egg was get rid of the custom table and put them all in nests.

Once you lift eggs in and out of holes, you learn quick, even with the small eggs.  At least you can get under them and bend at the knees in nests when lifting.  

I actually threw my back out loading my small for Frozen Fest.  Left everything mid pack, egg at home with the innards in a milk crate on the table, loaded up the food necessities into the Caddy, rolled on for 6 hours to Adam's house in Bloomington, MN.

Literally limped around the whole time with a bum leg, and Enrico kept the Sambuca on board for pain, first thing in the morning with breakfast pheasant newburg. Lol  

Had a medically urgent microdiscectomy/laminectomy upon return, won by appeal by my PCP and neurosurgeon.  

Now I empty it in the nest, carry the empty shell, load in the table, insert innards.  A PITA, but much safer.

caliking

Carolina Q said:

What's the fascination with building a perfectly solid table and then cutting a big hole (or two) in it? Just build a solid table. Put one egg at each end. In nests. More flexible if you decide to rearrange. Far less likely to catch fire. Easier table build too.

This. You get much more work space by not setting the eggs in the table.

Mayberry

My only thought with the nests is how easy they are to tip over.  I have  3 kids, with the oldest being 7 yrs old and 2 dogs weighing 50 lbs and 90 lbs.  I just feel like they would somehow end up toppled over if they aren't in a table.

Mickey

I can move the Mini or MM to other tables in a second. Both Larges have Handlers. 

nutshellml

Mickey said:

I can move the Mini or MM to other tables in a second. Both Larges have Handlers. 

You need GEA (Green Egg Anonymous) 

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

thetrim

How much is an egg  nest handler?