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A worthwhile addition to your grill!

I've read many reviews about this shelf, so I felt it necessary to add my own words. Many reviewers mention that the shelf isn't flat or that the shelf slopes away from the grill. When I was installing the shelf on my 780, I noticed that the mounting holes in the supplied shelf brackets have sligh...tly larger holes than what is really needed for the screws to pass through. These oversized holes allow you to adjust the slope/pitch of your shelf slightly. I was able to get my shelf to fit exactly level with the grill surface with little effort. And it still folds down and locks into place perfectly. When the shelf is lowered, I noticed that the edge around the shelf hits against the legs of the grill. Over time, or a few accidental times of letting the shelf go to fast, will cause the paint to wear or chip away from the underside lip of the shelf and/or the legs. I took a 1 inch section of that black car door edge guard material and added it to the lip on the underside of the shelf. Is this necessary, no. But it bothered me so I found a cheap and easy solution. You could easily do the same thing with a old peice of automotive door sill trim. That would have more cushion. Many reviewers wish the shelf came included with the cost of the grill. I do agree that a Traeger grill is an expensive purchase and absolutely a luxury item. But once you have the opportunity to sample food cooked on a Traeger you quickly learn that they're worth the expense. And if Traeger owners woke up one day to find their grill missing, I guarantee they'd be out buying a new one within a week.