Big Green Egg BBQ table

[Mike Grzeskiewicz]

I was going to build a table for a Big Green Egg smoker/BBQ. The smoker weighs 205lbs.

The table is going to have a table top with a round cutout for the smoker to sit in and a shelf below the table top that support the smoker. (So the table top will not be supporting the weight of the smoker). Very similar to the table that Green Egg sells. http://www.biggreenegg.com/tables.html

Dimensions are approx. 5 ft wide and 2 ft deep. The wood of choice is going to be cyprus. I was thinking of making it with 4x4 legs and frame it out with 2x4's mortise and tenon.

do you think that mortise/tenon combination will support that much weight over time?

[Larry Fox]

The father of a very good friend has an egg and built a stand for it very similar to what you describe and it has held up nicely for a few years now. He competes so his rig must be portable to go from show to show so he put handles on one end and wheels on the other. Rolls very smooothly.

As an aside, those smokers are wonderful - the product that comes out is consistently good. Man - see what you have done, now I am hungry for a pulled-pork samich!!

[J. Greg Jones]

Sounds like your table will be solid enough to support the Egg. Here is a picture of the table I built for my Large Egg about 4-5 years ago. I used pressure treated lumber and stained it. The stain was too bright a red for me when I built it, but it has darkened nicely over time. I can lift one end of the table and roll it around a little, but the entire combo is so heavy that it pretty much sits in one place.



And the output from the Egg...



Edited to add: I built the table so that the cover from BGE will still fit over the entire table.