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Feet vs stand

Deluca
Deluca Posts: 158
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I’m setting my egg on a lowered counter. I see there’s a Grill Stand Nest for this and the good old Green Egg Feet. Anyone have a preference for one over the other?
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,287
    I'd go with the feet if you have them already. (I don't think you can purchase them anymore through BGE) The nest stand is nice a choice. The only negative I could see with the nest stand is the possibility of flaking paint and rust. (I would imagine it's powder coated like their nests that tend to rust after a couple years in the elements.) 

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,064
    I agree with @WeberWho…but for possible future readers, raising the same question then inexpensive fired ceramic pot feet sold at nurseries also do the trick.  
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,284
    Being tall, I would pick the option that was more comfortable for you, bending-over-wise.  Cooking a brisket on my LBGE in a nest was fine, as there was little interaction at the grate level; but stir-frying on my SBGE, in a nest, was not comfortable at all, where I'm bending over continuously for a few minutes.  
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  • Deluca
    Deluca Posts: 158

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  • Deluca
    Deluca Posts: 158
    They’re the same height. Not a traditional nest like we all know. It’s just to keep it off the counter. 
    I was at my ACE hardware store and they didn’t have any of this stuff. They had every other accessory BGE makes but not what I needed. Not even the flower pot stands. 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,284
    That was my fault, I read “Grill Stand Nest” and assumed the wheeled “Nest”, didn’t know that short metal stand even existed.  
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,064
    edited May 18
    I always love when something like these are shown for sale for 4 pieces. I don’t mean to be a smarty*ss but remember these simple proven mathematical FACTs. 2 feet under a 360 degree base means it will titter and fall over. 3 feet under a 360 degree base means it will set there rock solid! 4 feet goes back to being a tiller-totter even though it won’t fall over like just 2 will.,
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  • Deluca
    Deluca Posts: 158
    HA! Yeah I only had 3 on my last egg. (Had to leave it at my last house when we sold, part of the deal. That meant it was time to upgrade 😁). 
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  • Deluca
    Deluca Posts: 158
    The snails are pretty cool, however, I went with the nest stand. It’s sits there. Flat. No wobbling. I’ll give it a thumbs up. 👍 
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