How to best use the Plate Setter?

skiball7 · January 4

Hello! I am new to the Big Green Egg and I am loving it. When using the plate setter, do you place the food directly on the place setter or use another dish/platter? Any other tips and tricks that you can share would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Keith

Chubbs · January 4

The platesetter I am sure has been used for countless things. Most however, use it as a heat deflector only to provide indirect heat when cooking. That said, it is mainly used below whatever cooking grid you cook on. Legs up with a drip pan "in" the platesetter then grate above that for low n slow. Platesetter legs down with ceramic feet/foil balls then pizza stone for pizza, etc

Greeno55 · January 4

The place setter is used to cook food indirectly by putting a heat barrier between the flame and the food. Like an oven, you want airflow all around your food, or pan. Depending on my set up, I will either place a grill on the inverted PS (legs up). I then will place some sort of drip pan on the late setter, also raised a little to prevent the drippings from burning and adding an unwelcome taste to he food. I use a cheap buck store cooling rack, others use balls of foil, When using legs down for say pizza or bread, I'll usually raise the stone or grid off the plate setting with some fire brick. Experiment and have fun.

Buckeye_Barbecuer · January 4

When I got my egg the dealer was out of plate setters. Since I was impatient I went with the Kamado Joe heat deflector. It's nice because you can move the stone to the top or bottom to mimic feet up/down but you can also remove it for direct raised grid - puts it at the felt line. I got mine at Ace for $50, so this seems pricey. http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12791179&cagpspn=pla

Smokin_Trout · January 4

If you put the legs down and do a high temp cook you will kiss the gasket good bye. Use legs up. If you do burn up the gasket- just keep cooking, I haven't had one for the last 9 months.

lousubcap · January 4

When using the platesetter as the heat deflector put one leg to the back of the BGE. The way the air-flows thru the BGE the back burns hotter than the rest of the BGE-this helps even out the temperatures. FWIW-

Skiddymarker · January 4

Buckeye_Barbecuer said:

When I got my egg the dealer was out of plate setters. Since I was impatient I went with the Kamado Joe heat deflector. It's nice because you can move the stone to the top or bottom to mimic feet up/down but you can also remove it for direct raised grid - puts it at the felt line. I got mine at Ace for $50, so this seems pricey. http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12791179&cagpspn=pla

It looks like it might be easier to get out when it is hot than a BGE setter. Have you ever removed it when hot?

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