Acacia Table heat tolerance

rbierman

I have my LG Egg in the hardwood table resting on the table nest. Will the air gap be sufficient to keep the wood shelf it rests on from burning if I do a high heat 'burn off' 

cookingdude555

I run in nests, so I have no experience here to share.  But if it was me, I would put some sort of stone surface (paver, etc.) below the table nest as another layer of fire resistance.

jdMyers

If you have a table nest, the cross of 4 legs, you will be fine.  I have same thing on granite.  No issues.

ihatetocook

I am building an outdoor kitchen and want to ask if an XL BGE can sit directly on firebrick without a nest

attaboy

I personally used a paver, then sat the egg on the ceramic pads from years ago.....not sure if they’ve changed that up recently. I still wanted the air gap between the egg and the paver. Ive never had an issue.

cookingdude555

ihatetocook said:

I am building an outdoor kitchen and want to ask if an XL BGE can sit directly on firebrick without a nest

yes, I have seen people do this.  You could consider the table nest that is made for putting eggs on pavers, firebricks, etc..

Table Nest - Big Green Egg

jtcBoynton

The air gap is the most important thing.  Additional paver, or better yet fire brick, provides additional protection.