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Decking ou the Medium BGE

mr toad
mr toad Posts: 782
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How to Make it Happen ?With the Medium BGE - What are the needed  and or fun accessories?
I am buying this for my grandson - How can I "punk-out" this egg - 

Thank you

MrToad
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BGE - Mini, Small, Medium, Large
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,342
    edited March 2021
    I just read how @RRP changed your mind from a MiniMax to a Medium.  There aren't many non-OEM accessories made for the Medium, I would stick with the MiniMax, or use the money you were planning to use on accessories and just upgrade him to a Large, which you/he can get all kinds of fun toys for at a later date.  
    Just me spending your money, FWIW (and wish you were my Grandpa!)  

    “The best way to execute french cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken."

         -  Julia child

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • bubbajack
    bubbajack Posts: 1,168
    I do a bunch of cooking on a medium egg. They come up to temperature very quick and can handle cooking for 4 people quiet easily. also a little lump goes a long way. If you decide on the Medium I would get a woo ring and 13" stone for low and slow and a cast iron grid for searing. Many cooks I put the cast iron grid on the fire ring and then add the woo and stone on top of that. Cook all my veggies or potato's, etc. Pull out the woo, crank up the heat a sear. I would also get a smoke ware top because I am used to them. Good luck with your decision! Damn good Grampa for sure.
    I drink cheap beer so I can afford good bourbon.

    Salisbury, NC...... XL,Lx3,Mx2,S, MM, Mini BGE, FireDisc x2. Blackstone 22", Offset smoker, weber kettle 22"


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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,323
    Kick Ash Basket , a cast iron grate and 3 bricks, plate setter were all that I used with my medium. Then I passed it on to my nephew and got the large. 
    You need some way of cooking raised direct and cooking indirect. The Ceramic Grill Store can help you out , just give them a call. 
    Other things that I used were a flat bottom cast iron Dutch oven and a Looftlighter.
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,342
    edited March 2021
    Botch said:
    I just read how @RRP changed your mind from a MiniMax to a Medium.  There aren't many non-OEM accessories made for the Medium, I would stick with the MiniMax, or use the money you were planning to use on accessories and just upgrade him to a Large, which you/he can get all kinds of fun toys for at a later date.  
    Just me spending your money, FWIW (and wish you were my Grandpa!)  
    Turns out I'm wrong, don't know where I got that idea.  
    Thanks @bubbajack and @Gulfcoastguy.  

    “The best way to execute french cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken."

         -  Julia child

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,323
    Well there are more accessories for a Large, the size that I now have, I just don't consider most of them necessary. So you were on the right path on maybe opting for a large but the medium won't disappoint unless grandson starts participating in Eggfests. There it pays to have your own accessories for a Large.
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  • Mustache_Vol
    Mustache_Vol Posts: 23
    bubbajack said:
    I would also get a smoke ware top because I am used to them.
    Is the smoke ware top worth it?
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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,877
    Mustache_Vol said:
    bubbajack said:
    I would also get a smoke ware top because I am used to them.
    Is the smoke ware top worth it?

    Probably not, but I like mine a lot.
    NOLA
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  • Langner91
    Langner91 Posts: 2,120
    I love my rEGGulators.  But, smokeware makes a nice top.
    Clinton, Iowa
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,818
    Thermopen
    https://www.thermoworks.com/Thermapen-Mk4?quantity=1&color=7
    aka marysvilleksegghead
    Lrg 2008
    mini 2009

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,342
    The Smokeware Top works beautifully.  I got mine to allow low-n-slow cooks when it was pouring rain outside.  Since purchasing mine, it hasn't rained since.  

    “The best way to execute french cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken."

         -  Julia child

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • jdMyers
    jdMyers Posts: 1,339
    custom grill grates and handles, towel, oven mit, aprons are some ideas for pimp my grill.  Kick ash basket, Kick ash bowl, Smoke house smoke stack, larger thermometer, thermopen are other ideas




    Columbus, Ohio
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  • bubbajack
    bubbajack Posts: 1,168
    Mustache_Vol said:
    bubbajack said:
    I would also get a smoke ware top because I am used to them.
    Is the smoke ware top worth it?
    Is it necessary? No. It makes it easy for me. Do not have to worry about cast iron in the rain. Don’t have to worry about a sn cap. I will confess that I have one for every egg but the mini, only because they do not have an adapter for it and it will not fit over the thermometer. Smoke ware works for me! 
    I drink cheap beer so I can afford good bourbon.

    Salisbury, NC...... XL,Lx3,Mx2,S, MM, Mini BGE, FireDisc x2. Blackstone 22", Offset smoker, weber kettle 22"


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  • mr toad
    mr toad Posts: 782
    "JD", your custom grates are neat - where is the best place to buy these

    See no Evil - Hear no Evil - Speak no Evil
                        Smoke no Evil

    BGE - Mini, Small, Medium, Large
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Ceramic Grill Store “Woo, Pizza Stone and Kick Ash Basket”. One stop shopping!

    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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