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Cold weather mistakes

pasoeggpasoegg Posts: 144
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What mistakes should I look out for this winter when cooking in the cold and the use of place setters in and out of hot/cold conditions....anything else to keep me from spending money on bonehead mistakes???
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  • ShiffShiff Posts: 789
    You didn't say where you live,but here in Pennsylvania I don't do anything different in the Winter with my Plate setter or anything else (except remove the snow from the BGE or wear a jacket). If I lived in North Dakota I might be more cautious.
    Barry
    Lancaster, PA
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  • pasoeggpasoegg Posts: 144
    live in NC....
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  • FockerFocker Posts: 960

    IL egger here.  A dark colored Carhartt thermal hoody delegated for grilling is nice to have.  Not bulky, very warm.  Same goes for the Isotoner type slippers.  Eliminates tracking into the kitchen.

    Try to keep the draft door out of the wind or at least downwind.   

    I don't do anything different with the platesetter.  It stays inside the egg for storage.

     

    "I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected, enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral...of our divinity, and still be a human."--------Maynard James Keenan  F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2) = tool

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  • FockerFocker Posts: 960

    Sorry, didn't see your recent reply.  Do they even have winter in NC? ;)

    Will still leave my first post up, unedited.  

    "I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected, enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral...of our divinity, and still be a human."--------Maynard James Keenan  F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2) = tool

    U_tarded
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  • SmokinDAWG82SmokinDAWG82 Posts: 1,167
    Dealer here in GA did tell me about a guy who left his platesetter out in the rain and it got wet and froze and cracked when he put it in the egg.
    LBGE...22" WSM, 22" Weber kettle, WSJ
    Go Dawgs! - Atlanta GA
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  • nolaeggheadnolaegghead Posts: 6,040
    Once it got down into the 40s and my hands were shaking so bad I dropped my beer on the egg table and SWMBO accused me of having a drinking problem because I spilled my drink.
    New Orleans - best food on the planet. Large BGE
    Hotrodden
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  • EggcelsiorEggcelsior Posts: 2,784
    nolaegghead said:
    Once it got down into the 40s and my hands were shaking so bad I dropped my beer on the egg table and SWMBO accused me of having a drinking problem because I spilled my drink.
    That run-on sentence makes me think you have a drinking problem. 

    :))

    OP, I think you are fine in NC as long as the Ceramics don't get wet and then freeze. As long as you warm the PS up while the grill heats up, no problem. I'm in MD and have seen no issues with my Dad's egg; he leaves everything in the egg or on the screened-in porch. 
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  • ChokeOnSmokeChokeOnSmoke Posts: 1,433

    No difference from 90+ degrees to -20 degrees.  I leave my plate setter outside on a shelf.  It gets covered in snow.  I put it into my hot egg with no issues.
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  • njlnjl Posts: 482
    Probably shouldn't put a hot plate setter down in the snow or on ice. 

    Don't slip on the ice while egging in the winter.
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