The Eggspander

The Eggspander

Multi-level Cooking on your Big Green Egg

Central to the Big Green Egg's enduring popularity is its fantastic Eggspander system, an ingenious little creation that transforms your Egg into a multi-level cooking oven. With three different levels, you can make the most of the full depth of your Egg, grilling over the intense heat of the coals and roasting in the warm air at the top of the dome at the same time. This means that you can cook entire meals at once with food cooked in different ways at different temperatures, all within the same Egg. It is cooking quite unlike you've seen it before.

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How to Set Up Your Eggspander

Happily, the Eggspander is designed with ease in mind. It is not a complicated gadget to set up, and with a bit of practice you will become the alfresco chef you were born to be! In just three simple steps, your Eggspander can be up and running and ready to cook.

Step 1: Add the Conveggtor Basket

This is the frame of your Eggspander, providing two different levels from which to cook. Simply pop the basket into the base of your Egg.

Step 2: Add Your Half Moon Surfaces

There is a choice of three different half moon surfaces: A stainless steel grid, a searing grid, and a baking stone. Choose which ones are suitable for the type of of cooking you are doing, and then slot them into the levels of the basket.

Step 3: Add Your Multi-level Rack

The multi-level rack is an optional addition to your basket. It will create more cooking space and help you to organise your different dishes according to your needs, gently warming dishes at the top of your Egg.

Your Half Moon Surfaces

The Baking Stone

The Eggspander system comes with two half moon ceramic baking stones. Use one, and you can bake your smaller breads and pastries to the side of the rest of your cooking. Use two, and you have the perfect surface for pizzas and loafs of bread. The ceramic surface disperses heat evenly across your bake while simultaneously drawing away moisture, creating the perfect crust.

The Searing Grid

The two cast iron searing grids included in the Eggspander system are restaurant grade. They hold intense heat, deliciously charring your meats, fish and vegetables. The bars on each side are of different widths, so you can choose how thick you'd like those tasty char lines to be.

The Stainless Steel Grid

The stainless steel grid is perfect for roasting, smoking and low and slow cooking. This is also the surface you want to use when cooking with pans or casserole dishes, as well as when utilising the higher levels of your Eggspander system for warming. It is the most diverse of the main three half moon surfaces, perfect for both direct and indirect cooking.

To get even more versatility from your Eggspander, Big Green Egg offers a variety of accessories that work within the system. This includes extra half moon surfaces such as planchas, griddles and perforated grids, as well as woks and pans specifically designed to fit within your Egg. To find out more of what Big Green Egg has to offer, please don't hesitate to contact us.