Table Plans for your Big Green Egg

Big Green Egg Table Plans

There are many different tables and islands out there that you can buy off the shelf. However, it’s sometimes more satisfying to build your own, so that it fits perfectly into your garden kitchen setup.

If you’re going to do this, there are a few dimensions that are important, and a few considerations to make in order to get your perfect set up.

The key dimensions to take on board are:

1. Hole diameter – this will give you a hole larger than your Egg. Even with a stone surface, it shouldn’t be touching your Egg as with heat, your Egg will expand. If you’ve designed your table to hang the Egg, over time expansion of the Egg will lead to it being cut in half. Always have a gap around your Egg and support it from the bottom.
2. Shelf height – the Egg needs to sit at the right level above a work surface. This will allow items such as rotisseries to be used, but also allow the dome to open, as the hinges drop back and down when it opens. This is shown as A* on the diagrams below.
3. Space behind the Egg – when the Egg dome opens, it opens backwards. You need to factor this in as otherwise you won’t be able to open the Egg.
4. Surface height – a normal worksurface in a kitchen is about 89cm – 90cm from the floor. If you build a surface lower than this, you may find the working height of your Egg too low. If you build it higher, the Egg may be too high to work at. A normal work surface height is good for chopping and food prep.

XL Big Green Egg Table Plan

Minimum distance to a wall behind your XL Big Green Egg – 23.5cm.

These dimensions assume you are going to put your Egg on one of Big Green Egg’s Table Nests. This is recommended to allow airflow under your Egg. While Big Green Egg recommend a concrete paving slab as insulation in these diagrams, we would advise against it. I have seen wooden tables that have burned even though there was a paving slab used.

If your supporting structure burns away, your Egg will fall and smash, use a table nest.