This MM Woo Ring along with the 10" stone and drip pan are perfect for our new MiniMax. From a $$ standpoint it just made sense. We could have bought an OEM product to deflect the heat, but the one piece alone would have been more than 60% of the cost of the complete set up we got from the CGS (without the added Woo Ring and perfect sized Drip Pan). And, the real deal is that - this product is superior. 1. It still affords you direct or indirect cooking (and the 10" stone is the exact dimension of the circular part of the OEM product, though it's a thicker, more robust stone), 2. It raises the cooking grate a little further from the coals. The original set up of the MM results in the cooking grate being very close to the heat; this helps resolve that issue both direct and indirect. 3. It creates more space (bigger gap) between the deflector and the cooking grate which allows me to use a drip pan placed raised off of the stone with ceramic spacers (also from CGS and necessary to keep liquid in the drip pan from boiling/frying when sitting directly on the stone). The original OEM product did not allow enough space between the deflector surface and the cooking grate for the raised drip pan.
Without a doubt I'm a fan of CGS products, we've bought several products for all three of our BGEs (MM, L, & XL). All of these products are of professional quality and work perfect for our eggs. That coupled with first class Customer Service means you can't go wrong!
Well, I've got to run now... got to go fire up the XL to roast 25 Lbs of Hatch Green Chiles then BBQ some chicken thighs for dinner. Going to be good tonight..... Cheers!
Best regards,
TB
