Cast Iron grate for searing on LBGE

I'm with Avacados. I bought the CI sized for the small, and when more than 3 people join us for din, I becomes a lesson in shift cooking. I think if you can lay out a little extra cash, a little extra space would be worth it.

I'm here in Atlanta so get most of my eggcessories from the mothership.
Or from my local dealer (Ace Hardware) which is only 3 miles away. I'm lucky that they also stock Wicked good lump and the Dizzy pig offerings!!

Yes you get the cast iron food grates from the dealer

It is an official BGE item that they came out with a couple years ago after they made a 3-layer grid and folks wanted it lower in the cooker.

Any dealer can order it (Item # 2LFR 2-inch Fire Ring for the Large EGG)and is listed on the website along with the other fire rings:

http://www.biggreenegg.com/components.html

- Barry

Notice in that last photo there is a spider underneath the 2# fire ring. I can put a 13" pizza stone and drip pan on the spider and it works well for stacking two layers of large meat on a home-made raised grid without being too high in the dome, or hitting the thermometer probe.

The main grid is about two inches below the felt level.

All of this is not really necessary... I just like to experiment with different setups.

Just to clarify, the original spider would hold the medium 15" inch cast iron grid. The spider leg is 2 inches long.

Early 2008, BGE modified the inside diameter of the large fire ring. Likewise, we had to modify the spider, shorten (1.75") the legs to fit the smaller diameter fire ring. So, now only the BGE 13 inch, small, cast iron grid will fit the revised spider.

Tom

Good to know Tom...

I edited my post above to reflect that info!!

- Barry

:( got one still on backorder, sigh :(