My original Easyspin on my Performer has the open loops, and I leave it off and stored on the shelf under the grill for all my smoking, and only attach it if planning to do some searing and spinning of the grate. I.e. for direct grilling. The big issue on that grill is when spinning it, I've OFTEN had the grate come detached and fall down to the charcoal grate level, requiring me to get gloves or 2 sets of tongs and fish it back out and attach again.
I've toyed with prying the loops open on the SNS Kamado grate I got back in January, but am finding myself using that cooker in kamado mode as much or more than the SNS mode. And the grate is a sloppier fit on the SNS Kamado, as it is slightly larger in diameter than a Weber kettle, so I feel it would fall off and into the depths of the grill even worse.
Do you guys keep your hinged part attached or do you detach it when smoking with the SNS? I guess the main concern with having closed loops is that you can't pile the charcoal and wood up as much in the SNS, plus you have the grate sitting closed over the fire in the SNS, probably degrading the stainless over time.
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