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What Egg Accessories Have You Bought That You Wouldn't Buy Again If You Knew Then, What You Know Now

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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,186
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    mEGG_My_Day said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I used a couple of those vertical chicken stands before I knew better. 
    I still have one that was gifted and never used.
    They were such a PITA to clean. 
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  • SamIAm2
    SamIAm2 Posts: 1,898
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    What is even worse, I still have those damn things in the kitchen cabinet taking up space.
    Ubi panis, ibi patria.
    Large - Roswell rig, MiniMax-PS Woo; Cocoa, Fl.
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 7,658
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    https://biggreenegg.com/product/compact-custom-island/

    Anyone know now how much that runs?
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,457
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    DoubleEgger said:
    I used a couple of those vertical chicken stands before I knew better. 
    I still use one when I cook LS Inverted Bird. 

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    analyze adapt overcome

    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • EggbertGreenII
    EggbertGreenII Posts: 253
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    alaskanassasin said:
    https://biggreenegg.com/product/compact-custom-island/

    Anyone know now how much that runs?
    $2, 300.00
    Tampa Bay, Florida
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  • etherdome
    etherdome Posts: 471
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    Cast iron grate. Hands down. 
    Upstate SC
    Large BGE,  Blackstone, Weber genesis , Weber charcoal classic
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  • GoooDawgs
    GoooDawgs Posts: 1,060
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    agree with ^^^^.   Especially with an XL, the 2 cast iron grates are a pain to move around.   
    Milton, GA 
    XL BGE & FB300
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  • 510BG
    510BG Posts: 189
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    Pswoo is my vote. 
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  • cookingdude555
    cookingdude555 Posts: 3,194
    edited September 2018
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    DoubleEgger said:
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    I never bought the ash tool. I just point my leaf blower at the lower air inlet. 
    You’re joking right? 
    I have done the leaf blower method many times.  The only problem is ashing up the cooking grid.  I always forget to take it out when I do that.  This is only a summer thing for me, on days when I am doing the lawn and think, lets send ashes 20 feet in the air for fun.  Cool!  B)

    Oh, and least used thing that I have bought over the years is a rib rack.
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,164
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    Egg light string....actually, cause it only gets used on my small Xmas tree in my office for about 5 weeks a year.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 6,303
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    cookingdude555 said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    I never bought the ash tool. I just point my leaf blower at the lower air inlet. 
    You’re joking right? 
    I have done the leaf blower method many times.  The only problem is ashing up the cooking grid.  I always forget to take it out when I do that.  This is only a summer thing for me, on days when I am doing the lawn and think, lets send ashes 20 feet in the air for fun.  Cool!  B)

    Oh, and least used thing that I have bought over the years is a rib rack.

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  • morrobayrich
    morrobayrich Posts: 104
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    Castiron grate.
    Morro Bay, CA
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  • chzplz
    chzplz Posts: 59
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    DoubleEgger said:
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    I never bought the ash tool. I just point my leaf blower at the lower air inlet. 
    You’re joking right? 
    I am assuming they set it to suck, not blow. 
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  • chzplz
    chzplz Posts: 59
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    I bought my egg used, so it came with it, but the two tiered grill.  I’d rather have the space that the post takes up, versus the second tier.
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  • MJG
    MJG Posts: 598
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    Platesetter and Maverick temp monitor. CGS stuff has replaced PS and other thing was just useless. 
    Large Big Green Egg in a nest. North Shore of Boston.
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  • SaltySam
    SaltySam Posts: 887
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    My Pizza stone doesn’t get used much.  I like it, but we prefer CI skillet deep dish here.  The CI grate is probably my vote, despite the fact that I didn’t pay for one, and it was a gift.

    i don’t understand the ash tool hate. Love that thing! It’s a scooper, it’s a hammer for breaking up huge chunks of lump, it’s what I use to adjust the daisy wheel when it’s too hot and it swings open.  It’s not an accessory.  It’s a multi tool 

    LBGE since June 2012

    Omaha, NE

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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,231
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    Spider Grate and BGE Beer Can Chicken.
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • GoldenQ
    GoldenQ Posts: 566
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    BGE lump, vertical chicken olders and flameboss       better lump for the money, chicken holders heeded small chicken to work and sptchcock better, and flameboss not consistent and sometime fails to use wifi 
    I XL  and 1 Weber Kettle  And 1 Weber Q220       Outside Alvin, TX-- South of Houston
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    bgebrent said:
    Carolina Q said:
    Maverick (almost never use it), BGE spring loaded grid lifter (gift), CI grid, BBQ Guru (works fine, just not necessary so rarely used), box of 144 lighter cubes (still sitting on the shelf years later), vertical chicken holders (2 as gifts), egg cover (never use it). Oh, and the CGS Spider, just never found a use for it. 
    Oven?😁
    You kidding?! That's my favorite accessory!  :rofl:  B)

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,164
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    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,164
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    nothing really. Took the advice of most here and went slow with the accessories. When I wanted to cook something specific and didn’t have the right tools....I bit the bullet. 
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,895
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    The very same time I bought my first egg I bought one of those rib racks - which to this very day I have never used! I'm sure it is in my garage someplace.

    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,186
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    RRP said:
    The very same time I bought my first egg I bought one of those rib racks - which to this very day I have never used! I'm sure it is in my garage someplace.

    It’s a worthless rib rack but I have used mine to hold a rib roast elevated above a pan of root veggies. 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,487
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    DoubleEgger said:
    RRP said:
    The very same time I bought my first egg I bought one of those rib racks - which to this very day I have never used! I'm sure it is in my garage someplace.

    It’s a worthless rib rack but I have used mine to hold a rib roast elevated above a pan of root veggies. 
    And I do the same with cheekuns (flipped over (the rack)).  
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,457
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    DoubleEgger said:
    RRP said:
    The very same time I bought my first egg I bought one of those rib racks - which to this very day I have never used! I'm sure it is in my garage someplace.

    It’s a worthless rib rack but I have used mine to hold a rib roast elevated above a pan of root veggies. 
    And turkeys 

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    analyze adapt overcome

    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • PoppasGrill
    PoppasGrill Posts: 356
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    RRP said:
    The very same time I bought my first egg I bought one of those rib racks - which to this very day I have never used! I'm sure it is in my garage someplace.

    This is one that I do use a lot on my mbge.
    only used the ceramic chicken butt twice though

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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
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    DoubleEgger said:
    RRP said:
    The very same time I bought my first egg I bought one of those rib racks - which to this very day I have never used! I'm sure it is in my garage someplace.

    It’s a worthless rib rack but I have used mine to hold a rib roast elevated above a pan of root veggies. 
    I use this every time I have an oversized brisket and on Thanksgiving. Never used it for ribs. 

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • Powak
    Powak Posts: 1,391
    edited September 2018
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    I’ve had good luck with the ceramic chicken butt stand as it is easier to pull outta the chicken than a beer can, but forget about the turkey stand in my large. No turkey is small enough to fit in a large bge standing up. Spatchcock birds come out way better.
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  • Stormbringer
    Stormbringer Posts: 2,082
    edited October 2018
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    Only things I don't use are things I thought I needed at a time, and have already been mentioned. This was also before I found this forum ... which also helped me discover things I did need, e.g. the PSWoo.

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  • Surveyor_Egg
    Surveyor_Egg Posts: 63
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    Best thread ever...for me the vertical chicken holder is a lost money item.  Spatchcock is the best way to cook a bird (turkey or chicken).  I still use my rib rack but I can see that going away with some of the ideas here.

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    1 Large BGE

    Boston, MA

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