I went with the egg

I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for but most people with the AR use a pizza stone for indirect heat instead of the plate setter.  I had a cast iron plate setter and use that with my Woo and I would assume you could probably use it with the AR.  So a plate setter might be a good investment with your AR.

If you're just looking for a simple solution to use while you wait for the AR to come in or on pulling the trigger on the AR a couple fire bricks and a spare grid will give you a raised surface that you can put a pizza stone under giving you indirect.  Just put the pizza stone on the main grid in between the bricks. Probably less than $30 investment and will work for the time being.  You could probably even go super cheap and just buy a stone and ball up some aluminum foil to put the second grid on and have indirect.  Terracotta planter feet work too.  Just need something to get a second grid just over the stone so there's a little bit of a gap to let the smoke/air circulate under and over the grid/meat.

You'll need a second grid... a cheap one from home depot will work.  You will build a platesetter with the firebrick than place the second grid on top of that.

You'll love the AR bheath.    I went with the R&B combo  I love the oval ceramic for ribs  but making my own drip pan from that similarly shaped ring o steel and foil each time is a pita  FWIW.    I may try adding a spyder with a 13" ceramic lower, and use a round drip pan higher. Covering a rigid drip pan with foil will be easier than futzing with that ring of hell  and foil.     AR's are a slippery slope,   I keep wanting to add more toys to it :-)

bheathbbq said:

I just used some bolts to raise it up for now 

Good thing you took pictures it will never be that white again.  Are the bolt's stainless steel?  They get pretty pricey when you get up over 3".  Dave's idea with fire bricks is good and cheaper then the plate setter.  Good luck and welcome to the club.

Nice bolt work there too.

I know that I am different than most on the forum when it comes to the platesetter. I have platesetters that I use all the time and they work great for me. I use them with the PSWoo and it makes using with the platesetter much more convenient for me and the way I cook. I like to be able to lift the grate, drip pan, and platesetter all out at one time. The Woo is one of my favorite accessories.

I also have the AR with spider and 13" stone, as well as the oval stone and foil ring. I really only use the AR for cooking multiple butts, ribs, and brisket. These occasions only come around once or twice a month at my house, but when they do the AR works fantastic.

It's hard to know what YOU will like for the way that you cook. If I were forced to eliminate something from my accessory collection, the AR would go before my Woo and platesetter. I have some extra grids with bolts that work for tiered cooking too so I could still pull it off in a pinch. 

You can also go with a piece of unglazed terra cotta tile as a PS.  Make sure it is thick, thin will not last long on a hot cook. Home Depot sells the 6" versions in the garden center. I found 12" tiles at a local flooring center.  They are super cheap, I think I paid $1 each.  The ones I found were 3/4" thick.

I still don't have a plate setter.  I use an 18" weber grate and an old 13" pizza stone.
and usually have a disposable foil drip pan below my raised grid (5" zinc plated bolts).

swordsmn said:

Direct Grilling  till AR arrives?  They are pretty fast  this time of year   just before prime time I bet.  (I got a recent order in GA  in 2-3 business days)

That's what I was thinking. I think 2 day is CGS standard.