Raised rack question

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Firstly, thanks for the responses I received last weekend about my pork butt. I was seriously perplexed when I woke up in the morning and the temp was 170, then 2 hrs later it was 157. It turned out all good, hitting 200 after 22 hours (9lb butt). Going to calibrate my thermo this weekend, time permitting.[p]Next newbie question (I've owned my egg for <2 wks); I bought a place setter, but...a lot of the recipes I'm looking at call for a raised grill with direct heat. Is it that big of a deal to grill those things with a grill raised with a place setter legs up? I'm not sure if the place setter blocking the heat/flames makes that much of a difference. Thanks in advance.[p]Beefer.

Bobby-Q

Beefer,
A raised grid is actually just that. A grid that is raised above the main grid. They sell them at you BGE dealer. If they don't have one you could get a second grid and use some fire bricks to raise it up.[p]Using the plate setter either legs up or legs down will result in an indirect cook, which is different from the direct raised method.[p]Newbie questions are the best ones btw...keep them coming.

SonOfDaMayor

Beefer,
For my XL I just went to my local home improvement center and picked up a replacement grill rack for another brand of grill, 4 carriage bolts and 8 nuts and washers. The carriage bolts become the legs and the nuts hold the carriage bolts at the right height. It worked great for me. Hope it helps.

Retired RailRoader

Beefer,
Our esteemed profession of Eggology the Naked Whiz has a “grate” write up on how to make your own.
[ul][li]How to make a raised grid[/ul]