Weber Jumbo Joe Accessories

You don’t really need to upgrade your Weber Jumbo Joe as it is an excellent grill as designed and delivered. That being said, if you want to make a great little grill even better then here are some ideas to get you started.  🙂

Weber Hinged Cooking Grate

You will want to add some charcoal during eight hour low and slow cooks.  Adding a hinged grate makes this very simple.  The thing only costs $15 and I am delighted to have mine.  You can keep the existing grate and use it to double the capacity of the Jumbo Joe.

Rotisserie Ring

The rotisserie ring from OnlyFire is one of the ultimate upgrades that you can get for your Jumbo.  You can spin a chicken, pork loins or even stick on a pork butt, truss it tight, and try your hand at rotisserie pulled pork.  If you want to take a break from sticky sweet competition style ribs you can go “Italian Style” and thread a rack of ribs onto the spit and roast them at high heat.  Rotisseries are serious fun!

Weber Portable Grill Tools:

This stainless steel tong and spatula set are high quality Weber products that are just big enough to easily fit inside the Weber Jumbo Joe.  The tools are easily transported inside the Jumbo making life easy when you are on the go.  They look beautiful and work great.

Craycort Cast Iron Grate

The Craycort cast iron grates are modular which lets you easily add charcoal when needed.  They are also heavy duty grilling equipment.  These run about $70 but consider it an investment, not an expense.  Here is a post showing the Craycort grates on the Jumbo.

Char-Broil Cast Iron Grate: 

This is an interesting grate that fits 18.5 AND 22.5 inch kettles.  I haven’t used this myself but Old Dave sure likes his.  It looks like a bargain compared to the Craycort.  The only downside I see is that it won’t allow easy access to the coals if you need to add more.

Kettle-Q

You can use the griddle for breakfast (hash browns and fried eggs!) or for a shrimp and veggie stir fry.  Very cool.  Here is a video post showing the Kettle Q making up some sweet looking breakfast burgers on the Jumbo Joe.

GrillGrates

I seriously cannot recommend these things enough.  These make grilling over high heat extremely easy.  Killer grill marks.

KettlePizza Basic Kit

If you are serious about pizza then this is for you.  If you are simply interested in pizza then don’t bother.  This lets you turn your kettle into a SERIOUS wood fired pizza oven.

Weber Charcoal Basket

These let you easily bank your coals for low and slow cooks.  You only need one basket but they are sold in sets of two.  Here is some more information.

Tel-Tru Barbecue Grill Thermometer

If you want to add a thermometer to your Jumbo then this is what you should use.  I had a thermometer on mine for a while.  It looked cool but didn’t really help me any.

Weber Portable Charcoal Table

I don’t have the Weber portable table but everyone I have spoken with several owners on Twitter and G+.  The general consensus is that the table is a very nice addition and worth the money.

Weber Lighter Cubes

The absolute best way to light the charcoal in your Jumbo is with Weber lighter cubes.  Forget about lighter fluid and messy charcoal chimneys.  Here is a post showing how I use Weber Lighter cubes for both “low and slow” cooks and high heat grilling.

FireQube:

If you want something even easier to use than lighter cubes then check out this great single use, self lighting box of premium hard wood charcoal from Grill Easy.  This is a perfect solution for tailgaters and campers who don’t want to lug around big bags of charcoal.  Here is the review I wrote when I tried the FireQube.