Raising grates on an XL BGE, my own take it.

Mud Pig

Well guys I spent all of Sunday morning building these rigs for my new XL BGE in preparation for cooking ribs and stuffed chicken breasts. Now some people have told me that there is no way I needed as much cooking surface that an XL had, but let me say that I almost ran out of room when I was cooking that afternoon. Needless to say these rigs came in handy.

XL BGE grid, making legs so I can raise it to the felt line.


Finished assembling.


On the Egg, grill grate raised to felt line to allow for drip pan and ceramic grill store spider and indirect ceramic plate.


The set up before I poured the lump in and lit the pig furnace.


Making a raised grid to sit on top of the stock XL BGE grid. This is a weber 18.5 inch grate, u-bolts used as legs.


On the grill on top of the stock XL BGE grate that I just put legs on, all fired up with the ceramic grill store spider, indirect ceramic plate and a drip pan with apple juice in it.


I was very happy with how my rigs worked and I used every inch of the cooking space.

Pics of the cook will be posted soon.

Thanks,

MP

milesofsmiles

Good job, thats how it's done.

Capt Frank

I like the U-bolt idea, very clever

Capt Frank
Homosassa, FL

Mud Pig

Thanks, you have to be a little careful with it to place it so it won't fall through the 1st grate, but it works like a charm.

Had 4 pounds of ribs on it during the cook with no problems.

Photo Egg

Very nice work.
Show us the food...
Darian

Weekend Warrior

Your posts have really impressed me. Posting cooks prior to even receiving your egg was an indication of your level of enthusiasm and today's pics offer some insight to your ingenuity and research. I'm expecting great cooks from you. :laugh:

Can't wait to see what you do on "the best cooker in the world!".

Like Darian and the others, very, very, nice work.

Mark

Mud Pig

Posted the cook a little bit ago. Enjoy.

WokOnMedium

Nothin' like a little Egg Ingenuity!!!!! That's thinkin"!

EGGARY

I can appreciate your set-ups. I have used carriage bolts for a set-up as well.

Tom at the CERAMIC GRILL STORE as an accessory for raising the grid from the Fire Ring to the Gasket Level. I know the cost of bolts might be cheaper but having to take off the bolts every time you need to can be a pain. I do have a set up using 4" carriage bolts that I place on top of the grid at Fire Ring Level.

Check out the Ceramic Grill Store. The accessories are built well.

Enjoy your cooks.

Gary

Jai-Bo

That's a purty virgin BGE!!! I was wondering how to raise the grate on mine too....Looks like it'll work, but I was wanting a more temporary solution...(maybe thin sheet metal hangers on the rim???)

Way to use that brain...good job!