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What is the highest temp u have ever gotten

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griff017
griff017 Posts: 4
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I am brand new to the EGG and just did my inaugural (sp?) cook on the egg tonight.

I made some pizza it was of course amazing even with that crappy Publix dough.

Soo, I filled her up with lump and opened all dampers all the way.

I came back in 40 minutes and saw that it was on 300ish degrees and thought that did not seem right.

I opened her up and of course got my first taste of backdraft and a melted gasket.

So anyways, if I can get up to 1000+? (all the way around 300) what temps can you reach when you are trying to get really high temps.

I really want to do this again but throw a steak on and aim a leafblower at the fire pit.

Will I crack the EGG, has anyone done this? What are some max temps people have hit?

-Ed
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
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    Fishlessman fires pizza at 1100 regularly

    I've seen the thermometer at 100 and thought the fire was out, but it was on it's second way around like yours was

    1000+ is possible

    But unless
    You are doing neapolitan pizza, you are just showing off
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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  • WessB
    WessB Posts: 6,937
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    It's a grill..not a blast furnace...anything over 700° is just a waste of lump.....600 is about the extreme of my useful range..
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  • Bacchus
    Bacchus Posts: 6,019
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    I regularly cook pizza at 700ish, and haven't really gone much north of that.
    Congrats on trashing your gasket. I am 3+ years in, on original gssket. ;)
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  • FatMike
    FatMike Posts: 464
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    gaskets...overrated open her up and let her eat...no gasket on mine and still can smoke at 225-250 and make killer pizza at 700-900 degrees. I went through a felt an nomex gasket and realized you cant have a gasket problem if you don't have a gasket.. ;) one less thing to worry about
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  • Eggbert 75
    Eggbert 75 Posts: 42
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    Steaks i get up around 700ish for 8 mins (well depending on how you like it done)..... ;-)
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  • GeorgiaBorn
    GeorgiaBorn Posts: 178
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    1000???? Really??? I've never had a use for over 700, but I have only seen that temp a couple of times. I usually sear steaks at 600-650, which is my average high temp.

    What the heck can you do at 1000? Melt steel?
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  • Frank from Houma
    Frank from Houma Posts: 5,755
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    Need to go to 2200 to melt steel :lol:

    Been to 900+ a couple times on cleaning burns. Highest I have cooked at is +/- 650.
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  • SoCalWJS
    SoCalWJS Posts: 407
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    I've had it all the way around and reading over 300 one time - fresh load of charcoal (was out of lump) in a freshly cleaned BGE. Let it run wide open and got distracted for a bit. Came outside and saw a faint blue flame shooting about 2 feet out the top. Reminded me of an afterbuner.

    How hot was it? No real idea.

    Is that a useful temperature? Can't imagine for what.

    Is my firebox cracked? You betcha! - but it still works flawlessly. Plan on replacing it this summer.

    I don't intentionally take it over 700 or so. No need.
    South SLO County
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  • The Naked Whiz
    The Naked Whiz Posts: 7,777
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    I've had a medium Egg to slightly over 1200° as measured by a thermocouple inserted into the dome thermometer hole.

    That's only the dome temperature. When the dome is at 700-800°, the grate temp is going to more like 1200&deg.

    Of course, if you really want high temps, I've measured 2100+° down in the burning lump.
    The Naked Whiz
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
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    ;) I must concur. :)
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  • Jeffersonian
    Jeffersonian Posts: 4,244
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    Rosie O'Donnell, call your office!! :laugh:
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  • jaydub58
    jaydub58 Posts: 2,167
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    I've had some very juicy, tasty results with 1 1/2-2 inch steaks using thesystem, 650 degrees, vents open, 2 min on one side, flip, 2 more min, flip, close vents, roast for 3-4 min. Yum!

    :woohoo: :woohoo:
    John in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
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