Outdoor Kitchen: Pick Two (Grill/Griddle/Egg)

Grill and egg

Egg: smoking, pizza, high heat searing

Grill: when you don’t want to deal with charcoal

Kamado Joe makes a griddle attachment that fits where grates would normally go, not sure if BGE has something similar

Griddle and Egg ..

Grill and egg

You can get attachments that turn either into a griddle

ETA: this is my set up. I use the grill if I’m making burgers or hotdogs for the kids and don’t want to spend much time. I use the egg primarily for longer cooks or reverse searing

I use the griddle attachment to make smash burgers on my grill

Primo xl and griddle.

I’ve got a grill and an egg. So, I’d say grill and an egg.


But, you could always go with an egg and a griddle.

Or, a grill and griddle.

Whatever you do, do not get an egg, a grill, and a griddle. That won’t work. Trust me.

To expound on this a bit. Any ceramic type grill takes a bit to get to the temp you want but it’s 100% worth waiting if its 500 for steaks or low and slow for a butt or ribs. It would also be nice to fire up a gas heated griddle to cook up breakfast, burgers, stir fry or similar type foods where you need to just get it going more quickly and a larger flat surface.

I have a Primo Oval XL and a Weber Genesis. Couldn't be happier with this set up, within a reasonable budget.

Kamado and. Camp chef griddle (can be used for grilling)

Kamado and Evo griddle.

I did same when I built my house and chose the griddle to pair with the egg (built in space) Cannot beat the griddle for eggs, bacon, stir fry, easy quick burgers, etc. The egg handles all the things the grill could anyways.