MORE UPDATES - Wow! New flat top 26. What do I do?

[pbe gummi bear]

Old and new together. Sadly the new one (not the flat top) is getting sold.

The wife will never suspect.

"Hey, honey didn't this thing have a lid holder, thermometer, and taco handle? Where did it go?" I think my wife would notice haha.

[mcgolden]

Looks great Mitch.  Are those Koa handles?

Brazilian Walnut

[mcgolden]

Old and new together. Sadly the new one (not the flat top) is getting sold.

The wife will never suspect.

"Hey, honey didn't this thing have a lid holder, thermometer, and taco handle? Where did it go?" I think my wife would notice haha.

Just like I have selective hearing, she has selective vision.


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[LightningBoldtz]

my heart just skipped a beat, that is amazingly beautiful.

[HoosierKettle]

Now that's a 26 with style. Very nice.


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[WNC]

Man those handles looks great on there!
A flattop one touch... That's the stuff dreams are made of


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[w3ber]

That's just plain amazing! Nice score. I got a wood....e!

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[OGlenn]

Oh man. That's beautiful. I would cook on it, but only for special occasions. Too pretty.

Agreed.  Don't plan on cooking on it a lot but I've got a Slow n Sear for a 26" that I'm going to use with this for slow cooks.

Does the Slow n sear for 26" fit the flat top 26er?


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[Scott Zee]

Yea, now that's a BEAUTIFUL grill. You're gonna love the way it smokes. CONGRATS

[Darko]

Holy shit, that looks great. I think that this is the first time I've fallen in love with a blackie!!

[mcgolden]

Oh man. That's beautiful. I would cook on it, but only for special occasions. Too pretty.

Agreed.  Don't plan on cooking on it a lot but I've got a Slow n Sear for a 26" that I'm going to use with this for slow cooks.

Does the Slow n sear for 26" fit the flat top 26er?

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!  It doesn't fit! The distance between the grates is too close.  Looks like I've got to sell my Slow N Sear XL now, which also hasn't even been used. CRAP!!! 

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[Neil_VT00]

@mcgolden No need to return it.  There is room in there to raise the grate with expanded steel to make room.  You can even use a new, larger grate that way.  Here is an old post from @swamprb showing how he did it.

Thanks to Duke for sharing the pics of his 26" BBQK cook grate mod, I set out to make one for mine, and what a difference it makes!





The expanded metal rests perfectly on the grate holders and raises the cook grate @3" to the top of the bowl. I used some expando wired to a charcoal rail and another length arched to corral the fuel.

[mcgolden]

@mcgolden No need to return it.  There is room in there to raise the grate with expanded steel to make room.  You can even use a new, larger grate that way.  Here is an old post from @swamprb showing how he did it.

Thanks to Duke for sharing the pics of his 26" BBQK cook grate mod, I set out to make one for mine, and what a difference it makes!

The expanded metal rests perfectly on the grate holders and raises the cook grate @3" to the top of the bowl. I used some expando wired to a charcoal rail and another length arched to corral the fuel.

Looks like he had to modify / drill the grill to do it.  I couldn't bare to do it on this baby.  I've got other smoking options, or I could use fire bricks or some other type of setup if I need to.  Just wish it fit.

[Neil_VT00]

I'm pretty sure that it's just a ring that sits on top of the grate support tabs. The bolts that you see are to hold pieces of the metal mesh together. 

@swamprb is that correct?

[OGlenn]

Not to divert the focus of this thread away from a fantastic score of a beautiful grill (I have an EO 26er as well and really appreciate this find for that reason), but if appearance wasn't a concern I'm sure that the 26" SNS COULD fit in this grill without modification, but the grate would be caddywampus, sloping to one side. As McGolden stated previously, there are several EXCELLENT ways to still use this grill as a smoker (two fire bricks are just as good, imo), it just sux that the SNS doesn't fit.