Side Shelves, Robust Acacia Wood EGG Mates – Big Green Egg(Egg Mates Big Green Egg)

Stylish & resilient, the Acacia wood side shelves add two convenient work areas alongside your Big Green EGG.

Why choose Acacia Wood: 

Big Green EGG calls their side shelves ‘EGG Mates’ and offers two styles: Acacia Wood and Composite. EGG Mates are typically used with a Nest, Integrated Nest, or freestanding Egg. We recommend Acacia Wood over Composite, as we found Acacia wood handles hot items better and is cheaper.

Acacia is a hardy wood that stands up to outdoor weather. Customers in our store comment that the multi-slat design is a really good look. And it is the same wood used to build EGG’s popular Acacia wood tables. 

Note: We sold and used a variety of side shelves on our EGGs over the years. For the money, we have found the Acacia side shelves the best so far. It is what we use now. There are no top side screws showing, like you find in aftermarket brands.

How the Side Shelves work:

The Egg Mates attach to the lower band on the Egg by nuts and bolts. The Egg Mates are sold in pairs and include all necessary hardware. The Mates provide a work area on each side of the Egg to place pans, tools, cooking accessories, and such. The Egg Mates easily fold up for use and down for storage. Big Green EGG covers slip over them easily.

Assembly is straightforward. Link to instructions and video follow. 

Assembly Instruction Manual

What Size:  

Big Green EGG offers two EGG Mate sizes, 17.5″x15″ and 21″x15″ for the Large, XL and 2XL. This is an easy choice, stay big, 21″x15″, as we price the larger size for the same price as the smaller size.

For Medium, Small and MiniMax, there is only one size. Here is what we stock. 

• 2XL Acacia Mates, 121141, 21″ x 15″
• XL Acacia Mates, 121134, 21″ x 15″
• Large Acacia Mates, 121127, 21″ x 15″
• Medium Acacia Mates, 120670, 17.5″ x 11″
• Small Acacia Mates, 120663, 17.5″ x 11″
• MiniMax Acacia Mates, 121844

How to Care for the Mates: 

The Acacia EGG Mates are mortise and tenon joints – strong, durable, and affected little by expansion or contraction due to temperature and humidity changes. They come with a light coating of oil with UV stabilizers. Clean with warm soap and water.