Lew Newby
R.I.P. 1/26/2024
I have modified every smoker that I've owned and when I ordered my EX6 in 2020 I told myself that I wouldn't modify it. Before I ever put pellets in it, I had made 2 mods to the pellet hopper. Since then I have added bigger casters, a folding front shelf, and replaced the cooking grates. I think that I have also finished the mods to the used EX4 I picked up in January. Both grills have the Gen2 upgrades, new casters, a folding front shelf, and I think that the grate configurations fits how I use the grills. The EX6 got the Joe's Grill Grates 14" expanded metal top grate and that's my main cooking grate on it. The vast majority of EX6 cooks are low and slow. Last winter, I found a great sale on the 24" Weber Spirit 300 stainless GBS grates and put them on the right side of the EX6 and they completely cover the EX4. I wanted to go all stainless on the EX4 because that's primarily for hot and fast cooks. I had almost given up on finding a stainless 14"X24" upper grate when there it was. It was here 4 days after I ordered. https://grillpartssearch.com/usa-made-cooking-grid... and it's a perfect fit. I really like the 4 inches of extra depth and my GrillBot works on the 14" grate. .