raised grid question

Memphistide

I am a long time smoker, but am about to receive my first egg (L) this week. I have seed raised grids using bolts/washers and I have see some using fire bricks. Can you please let me know if you have a good raised grid solution that works for you?

Ross in Ventura

Mine works fine

http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm#raisedgrid
http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm#gridextender

Mine has 4 legs

Ross

RRP

I have this BGE extender and like it as it folds flat as opposed to the grates made with bolts.


Just a matter of convenience to me I also find a couple bricks stood on edge with an auxiliary grill resting on top also works well and takes little storage space when knocked down.

Cajun Griller

Check out the Adjustable rigs at www.ceramicgrillstore.com They are awesome!

field hand

I use half-thickness fire bricks (called splits) that are cut to a length equal to the distance between the fire ring and the gasket level, minus the thickness of the grid. I have six of these that are positioned around and and sit on the fire ring. The CI grids (2 half grids on the XL) sit on top of these bricks and are now at the gasket level. This works great for most cooks that don't require searing. If I need a grid above the gasket level, I have "bolt" raised 18" grid that sits on the CI grid. Hope this helps.

Barry
Marthasville, MO

[Deleted User]

I do the same as Ross except I have washers and nuts on the bottom of the bolts so it sits on the regular grid.

Roll Tide

MemphisTide,
I set mine up with the bolts and washers. It worked perfectly, but i will probably purchase an extended rig in teh future due to the multiple cooking surfaces. I just got my egg this week and mde do with what I had, but it was a great improvisation that worked perfectly

Bacchus

I have a "woo" available from the "Ceramic Grill Store". If you don't want to spend on an accessory right now I would suggest fire bricks. The bolt/washer idea is okay, but then you either need to take them off or turn upside down to go back to normal grid level, neither of which seems like a great option to me.

Avocados

Mine are also set up with the nuts and washers on the bottom but with four legs. It takes an extra nut and washer for each leg but I prefer the lower profile this gives on the top of the grate.

I used 5/16 x 4 1/2 stainless bolts for mine.

- Barry

Abe Froman

I went the bolt route too on my lg.

I use the plate setter on fire ring legs up, standard bge grate on top of the plate setter. On top of that is a 17.5 weber grate with 4" bolts. On top of that, is a 14" weber grate w/4" bolts tuned to about 3" of height.

Ends up w/about 2.5x's the capacity as the standard bge grate. The food on the top 14" grate is really high in the dome. Its so high, you have to remove the thermometer clamp and situate the grate so it is horizontal to the thermometer needle.

I have a much more complex design in my head to allow more than the 4" of height, but since it works great for 95 percent of what i cook, I decided not to bother.

Total cost, for both grates and hardware was around 50 bucks. Also, no lost space for the lump.

RRP

psssst...you can always buy a auxilliary grate so the bolts just stay on that.

Bacchus

Oh, I NEVER would have thought about that. :pinch: BRILLIANT.
Of course the cost of an "auxillary grid" with the hardware would go a long way towards a Woo.

[Deleted User]

$12-
I thought Woos were a bit more pricey.

(I'm not dismissing them, they are a top quality product.)

Avocados

And the auxillary grid gives you the ability to cook on two levels at the same time as a "free" bonus

You would still have to buy a second grid to do this with the spider or the AR...

- Barry

Abe Froman

Cost is the reason I went w/the bolt/3 grid system. For an extra 200, I would have bought an xl. So I wanted to stay as far under that as possible. Not sure what an ar, stone and spider cost.

Bacchus

A BGE OEM porcelain grid is more than $12. The Woo is far less than $200(far less than $100) and does not require an auxillary grid.

Ross in Ventura

He is talking about a 18 1/2 in Weber cooking grate
http://www.homedepot.com/Outdoors-Grills-Accessories-Grill-Accessories-Tools/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xhcZar4j/R-100657897/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

Ross

Bacchus

I figured, but then it is not apples vs apples.

[Deleted User]

Thanks Ross- yeah, that is what I was talking about.
3+ years ago when I made mine, I thought the whole thing cost 12 bucks- must've just been the grate.

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker

i bought an 18 inch grid at a true value in meredith NH on vacation. was maybe 12 bucks. any stooge that orders a brand name weber replacement grid deserves to get ho$ed. the bolts and washers were cheap, mainly because i'm one of the rational few that didn't succumb to the "stainless" mantra and myth.

Fidel

I figured you had mentally lost a step since you got back from that trip. Splains a lot.