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Best accessories for medium?

slovelad
slovelad Posts: 1,742
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asking for a friend. I know CGS is pretty limited, but what are you favorite medium accessories?


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  • Woodchunk
    Woodchunk Posts: 911
    edited December 2017
    I have the woo with handles from the Cgs for raised direct and for a 2 tier option for cold smoking. Also the pellet tray for cold smoking. That seems to be all I need.
    I do have some CI I use, one larger that I cut the handle off
    Also have the green egg pizza stone

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  • tjv
    tjv Posts: 3,846
    here is what you can find on ceramic grill for the medium:

    indirect setups, convector or woo/stone(s)
    raised direct with woo
    easy way to lift out the set-up, add handles to woo
    all bge eggcessories
    dual temp zones with half stone
    woks
    smokeware cap
    kick ash basket
    electronic controllers
    drip pans
    multiple pizza stone sizes
    grillgrate 
    cast iron grid
    replacement felt
    spiders
    ash rake
    lump rake

    Did this off my head, so may be missing something.

    t
    www.ceramicgrillstore.com ACGP, Inc.
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262

    @Woodchunk nailed it.  One addition I'd make is a kick ash basket.  Personally I'd add a smokeware cap and call it good.

    Phoenix 
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,327
    A separate cast iron grid. I put on on top of the fire ring, place 3 bricks on their sides on it, then the second grid on them. That gives me raised direct right at the felt line. Other than that a Looftlighter and Thermapen plus the platesetter that was in the original purchase.
     I just bought a 6.5 inch cast iron skillet a few minutes ago. Not ready to recommend it or not just yet.
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    For sure a Woo and stone...
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,157
    Photo Egg said:
    For sure a Woo and stone...
    I recommend the 12” BGE stone over a 10” stone. The 2” of extra indirect area makes a difference. 
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    DoubleEgger said:
    Photo Egg said:
    For sure a Woo and stone...
    I recommend the 12” BGE stone over a 10” stone. The 2” of extra indirect area makes a difference. 
    Agree 100% if it rests on the Woo cross bars. 12" is tight if you drop it down on a spider.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    chuckytheegghead said:
    A large 
    I will have to disagree with you.  

    The medium gets the nod 80% of the time here. Short and hot cooks , the med shines. It also makes easy work from long cooks too though. 
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    Really a raised direct setup and a indirect setup for one and possibly a KAB.
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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    tarheelmatt said:
    chuckytheegghead said:
    A large 
    I will have to disagree with you.  

    The medium gets the nod 80% of the time here. Short and hot cooks , the med shines. It also makes easy work from long cooks too though. 
    I kid. I know, the medium is a beast. Probably the most underrated of the lineup. 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,157
    chuckytheegghead said:
    tarheelmatt said:
    chuckytheegghead said:
    A large 
    I will have to disagree with you.  

    The medium gets the nod 80% of the time here. Short and hot cooks , the med shines. It also makes easy work from long cooks too though. 
    I kid. I know, the medium is a beast. Probably the most underrated of the lineup. 
    It’s probably close to 95% here. Awesome cooker. 
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  • cookingdude555
    cookingdude555 Posts: 3,196
    My medium does nearly all of the cooking here (XL, 2 L’s, M, MM, Mini). It’s my favorite egg by a long mile. I’ve boiled it down to two accessories that I use every time. The woo, and the kick ash basket. I do a lot of raised direct cooking and the medium woo is perfect. 
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    ah...well...ah...I have an idea...but if he REALLY is a friend then you already told him about a $10 expenditure that will last him for years for his Medium...but then what do I know?  :)
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • tjv
    tjv Posts: 3,846
    DoubleEgger said:
    Photo Egg said:
    For sure a Woo and stone...
    I recommend the 12” BGE stone over a 10” stone. The 2” of extra indirect area makes a difference. 
    we redesigned the medium woo couple months ago to fit the 15.75" new cooking grid.  Woo brings the stone up above the fire ring. Now the stone can be 13" dia. with 14" drip pan. Great coverage now. 

    I'd go two 13" half stones to add dual zone capability and handles for easy in and out. 

      
    t
    www.ceramicgrillstore.com ACGP, Inc.
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  • ptgraphics
    ptgraphics Posts: 7
    I have a medium that I have had for sonly a few months, bought it used. No accessories yet. Looking forward to checking out some of the recommendations listed above. My Medium Egg has the old style fire ring. Not sure about the cooking grid size.
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  • BikerBob
    BikerBob Posts: 284
    CI pot with lid or Dutch Oven. I like my medium It is my only egg and I cook 100% of my egging on it. There are two of us and the idea of cooking anything bigger than will go on the medium sounds like the old cliche-two people and a ham=eternity. It handles a 14 pound turkey for Thanksgiving. The leftovers stayed at the grandkids' house.
    Cooking on the coast
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,327
    I did a 15.3 lb turkey spatchcocked. Now it was a tight fit but there were extenuating circumstances, namely it was the only non frozen one in the store with no time left to thaw out one of the ice bergs.
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  • bboulier
    bboulier Posts: 558
    A woo and a stone are necessities.
    Weber Kettle, Weber Genesis Silver B, Medium Egg, KJ Classic (Black)
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  • Sundazes
    Sundazes Posts: 307
    ptgraphics said:
    I have a medium that I have had for sonly a few months, bought it used. No accessories yet. Looking forward to checking out some of the recommendations listed above. My Medium Egg has the old style fire ring. Not sure about the cooking grid size.
    The old style grid was 15 inches, Not 15.75. If you get a newer style SS grid for it, it wont fit properly on the fire ring. It will fit on the woo however. Just a heads up. 
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  • SBGonzo
    SBGonzo Posts: 137
    I recently bought my parents a medium as an anniversary gift over a LBG. It’s their first egg, and they will only cook for 2 maybe 3 people from time to time. Any large holiday party/get together will be over at my house....(LBG and MM) so I figured a medium would be fine. They are assembling it tonight, already ordered a woo, stone and drip pan from CGS.  
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  • ptgraphics
    ptgraphics Posts: 7
    Sundazes said:
    ptgraphics said:
    I have a medium that I have had for sonly a few months, bought it used. No accessories yet. Looking forward to checking out some of the recommendations listed above. My Medium Egg has the old style fire ring. Not sure about the cooking grid size.
    The old style grid was 15 inches, Not 15.75. If you get a newer style SS grid for it, it wont fit properly on the fire ring. It will fit on the woo however. Just a heads up. 
    Thinking about getting the newer fire ring. Would I have more options with the new one? Would my top grate work with the newer fire ring? I need to check out the accessories more because I really am not sure yet what most of these things do or how they work. 
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    ptgraphics said:
    Sundazes said:
    ptgraphics said:
    I have a medium that I have had for sonly a few months, bought it used. No accessories yet. Looking forward to checking out some of the recommendations listed above. My Medium Egg has the old style fire ring. Not sure about the cooking grid size.
    The old style grid was 15 inches, Not 15.75. If you get a newer style SS grid for it, it wont fit properly on the fire ring. It will fit on the woo however. Just a heads up. 
    Thinking about getting the newer fire ring. Would I have more options with the new one? Would my top grate work with the newer fire ring? I need to check out the accessories more because I really am not sure yet what most of these things do or how they work. 
    Give Tom a call at Ceramic Grill Store. A 2 minute phone call will yield you way more. And spend some time looking over his web site. There are lots of great photos.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Ragtop99
    Ragtop99 Posts: 1,570
    Mine came with the platesetter so I added a custom made raised grid to cook at the felt line.  Ordered it from 
    http://michaelscustomgrillworks.com/products.htm

    Nice heavy stainless steel grid and legs.  He probably still has the specs he used for mine to save you the trouble of measuring.

    Otherwise I would go with the set-up @tjv posted.  I have the woo for my XL and use it all the time.
    Cooking on an XL and Medium in Bethesda, MD.
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  • dshaffes
    dshaffes Posts: 29
    Here's my most useful medium accessories: Kick Ash basket, Cast Iron Grate, Smokeware SS Cap, Smokeware 4" Grate Stacker w/ 12" Grate, Cast Iron Placesetter, Grate Lifter, Pizza Stone, Ash Tool, Grate Rack, Small V Rib/Roasting Rack, Drip Pan.  All of these get used on most cooks or quite frequently.
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  • gregroscoe
    gregroscoe Posts: 33
    kick ash basket, thermopen, baking steel (they don't crack), woo and of course bourbon

    Medium BGE, Large KJ, 22 Backstone, vintage U.S. made Treager, 

    Sioux Falls SD

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