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why raise the grid?
SmkyJ
Posts: 17
Ive been using my egg for a few weeks now and am totally in love. Ive chicken and steaks and have smoked a coupla racks of ribs as well. Everything has been outstanding.
I have read a few posts about the woo ring and raising the grid to the felt level. Whats the advantage here? JUst curious as i am looking to mazimize this thing. Making a pizza tonight.....
love this thing!
I have read a few posts about the woo ring and raising the grid to the felt level. Whats the advantage here? JUst curious as i am looking to mazimize this thing. Making a pizza tonight.....
love this thing!
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I only raise the grid to avoid flare ups on chicken, sausage, greasy stuff, etc. I don't use raised for steaks, pork, etc.
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distance from the direct heat of lump means the temp is dialed back a bit while still grilling direct.
the dome may say 450-500 (for example) but lump actually is around 1100 when burning.
the dome might read the same temp either way, but when the meat is closer to the lump it will burn far more quickly than when it is raised a little bit away.
radiant energy falls off at the square of the distance (though we are also cooking with the hot dome gasses too)ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante -
What Stike says.
You will get much better results with chicken, fish, etc cooking direct but up away from the heat a little. You can go with a couple of firebricks or a rig like this to do it cheaply,
P6110017 by Capt Frank1, on Flickr
Or you can get the Three tier rack from BGE or the Woo ring from Tom at www.ceramicgrillstore.com -
Another reason is to cook on multiple levels.
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Hot spots are minimized when grilling further from the coals, and low to medium grilling can be more easily controlled.
Glad you are loving your Egg. It'll change your life if it hasn't yet.
Cheers!
Chris -
as long as you don't use galvanized steel
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your spathcock chicken will look like this
Large egg and mini max egg plus a Blackstone griddle
South Ga. cooking fool !!!!!!!!
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To add to the above:
Its a lot easier to work with the food when its at the felt level.
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If the grill is raised upon a lower grill, there is a place for a drip pan to keep fat from burning on the coals, and producing smoke to coat what is being cooked that is less than healthy. -
What is wrong with stainless?
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Nothing. Nothing the matter with galvanized either
Kind of an "ongoing discussion" here and I was just digging up the dead horse somit could be beaten again. Namely: if galvy were an issue, stainless would be too. At welding temps, stainless is far worse than galvanized steel.
But I always go back to the one everyone chooses to ignore. If fumes from the egg were a problem, it'd be the carbon monoxide.ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante -
what size are the u bolts you used.
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