One of the smarter things I've done is to build an elevated cooking grate out of an 18.5" grate + stainless hardware. It gave me enough room on my 22.5" kettle to cook 5 pork chops, 3 pork steaks, a skillet 'o' spuds and garlic and 4 ears of corn. The kettle lid closes just fine over all...
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