Custom Big Green Egg Covers

What This Is A custom Big Green Egg cover is a made-to-measure waterproof cover cut to the exact shape of your EGG and whatever it sits in. A ceramic kamado spends most of its life outside and cold. Days between cooks. Whole months over winter. Big Green Eggs come in a range of different sizes. What they sit in follows no standard at all. A nest handler changes the shape you are covering. EGG Mates change it again. A custom-built timber table changes it completely. No standard-size cover can follow all of that. Made to order in your choice of shaped cover fabrics. Your measurements are the pattern, not a stock size. Why Do Universal Big Green Egg Covers Never Fit Right? Big Green Egg’s own covers are lettered, and each letter has to stretch across more than one EGG. Cover A is listed for 2XL, XL and Large. Cover H for Medium, Small and MiniMax. Own the smallest of the three and your cover was cut for the biggest. That is what happens when one cover has to fit three different EGGs. Something has to give, and it is the fit. Slack matters more on an EGG than on a square grill. The widest point is the middle of the dome, not the base, so a loose cover has nothing to grip below it. It lifts in wind. It holds water where it sags. Add EGG Mates and the footprint changes again. What Does a Big Green Egg Cover Protect Against? Six kinds of damage, and every one of them comes from an EGG left standing out between cooks. Staining On The Glaze Bird fouling etches into the glaze and tree sap bonds to it. Rust bleeds down from the metal cap and marks the dome beneath. None of it washes off. Damp Shut In A kamado is a sealed ceramic chamber. Close the dome on a wet EGG and the moisture stays against the ironwork for weeks. Airflow vents let it move without letting rain in. Mould And Moss Damp and cooking residue grow mould across the inside of the dome. Outside, moss takes hold in the felt gasket. Neither happens in a week. Rust On The Ironwork The ceramic is not the vulnerable part. The fire ring, charcoal grate, bands, hinge and cast iron top all corrode. The top vent seizes first. Frost And Thaw Water held in a timber table or an open nest frame freezes and expands. Joints open, slats lift, fixings work loose. Timber Going Grey Acacia and mahogany silver and split long before a glazed dome shows its age. On a table build, the timber is what the cover is really protecting. Which Shape Do You Need? Which Shape Do You Need? The Big Green Egg Table The hardest of the five, and the one nothing off the shelf fits. Tables come in acacia, mahogany and cypress, and plenty of owners build their own. The cover rises over a round dome then runs square across the tabletop. Get that transition wrong and it tents across the gap. The Big Green Egg Nest Handler — angled EGG Mates Angled EGG Mates change the footprint on both sides. We measure the width of each one separately, plus the depth and the distance between the front corners. The two sides are rarely identical once fitted. EGG Mates fold down, and we cut the cover either way — up or folded. Measure them in the position you will actually leave them in. The Big Green Egg Nest Handler — straight EGG Mates Straight EGG Mates give a squarer profile, and a cover cut for one will not sit properly on the other. Same EGG, same nest underneath. The difference is entirely in the wings. These fold down too, and we cut for either state — measure them as you will leave them. The Big Green Egg Nest Handler Without EGG Mates the profile narrows sharply below the dome. The nest is an open frame on castors, so nothing solid stops wind getting underneath. We take the width and depth between the wheels as well as the overall size, so the hem draws in under the frame. The Big Green Egg only The bare EGG on the ground or a stand of your own. We measure the diameter at its widest point as its own dimension, because that is what everything else has to clear. What Happens to an Uncovered Big Green Egg? Real photographs, not illustrations. Every one is damp that was shut in and left: Mould Inside The Dome Moss In The Gasket Seized Cast Iron Top Rusted Fire Ring Rust Bleed On The Glaze Weathered Timber How Is This Big Green Egg Cover Different? 01 Cut to Your EGG and What It Sits In Five configurations, each measured separately. We ask only for the dimensions yours actually has, so nothing is estimated and nothing is left over. 02 100% Waterproof — Not Shower-Proof NylonSafe® (a premium waterproof fabric for home and light commercial use) and PVCArmour® (a heavy-duty fabric for high-exposure environments), with HydroLok® sealed seams — stitched and sealed internally so water cannot pass the seam lines. 03 Vented, Because Rain Gets Inside Airflow vents are standard. Rain gets into an EGG through the top and bottom vents, and a cover with no way for that moisture to escape holds it against the ironwork. The vents let it move. See the built-in features. 04 Fastened for an Open Frame A nest sits on castors with clear air beneath it. A drawstring hem draws the cover in under the frame, and snap buckles hold it there on an exposed site. When Do You Need a Custom Big Green Egg Cover? Not everyone needs this. Here is how to tell which side you are on. Focused on Longevity This cover is right for you if: Your EGG lives outside all year and you intend to keep it for a decade You built your own table or surround, so nothing sold by size or letter was ever cut for it You have already replaced a seized cast iron top or a rusted fire ring Focused on Immediacy You don't need this if: Your EGG lives under a roof or in a garage between cooks You are happy replacing a cheaper cover every year or two You need something shipped today and fit does not matter