I bought mine at Costco. Mine is the larger version, or "Big Joe" as it's called. I started this venture wanting a "Big Green Egg" or BGE for short. The BGE is only sold through certain stores so I finally found one and went for a look. What amazed me was with the price, you didn't get any accessories and everything was extra. I think you get the ceramic body and the grill. I then started doing my research and ran across the Kamado Joe. As my luck had it, our local Costco was having a road show for KJ so hopped in the car and went over. I was blown away at the quality of the ceramic and wow, all the stuff that came with it. Side shelves, the "nest" what they call the base it sits in, and the neatest grill system I have ever seen. The grill is cut in half and the rack it sits in, lets you place the grill high or low. It also comes with the heat deflector, known as the "platesetter" in the BGE. Plus, the big Joe comes with a ceramic divider to divide the fire box. Of course I bought it, got it home and put it together. Boy it's heavy. I use it nearly daily, my poor Holland grill sits idle now. It can get really hot so does a beautiful job on homemade pizza. I wanted another rack to sit above the factory one, so I bought a regular round grill and used large U bolts as legs. I put my Pizza stone on that, and it works great. If you are looking at the BGE, you might want to look at the Kamado Joe. Same warranty, better deal.
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