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GQuiz · January 22

If the BGE done temp goes around and touches 50 again... How hot is it? I can't get to my steaks... Not a matter of how well. Got carbon dating for that. I couldn't get even the small soda cans to stay up to do raised direct. Outside of grabbing a bottle of Old Grand Dad, any suggestions would be appreciated.

njl · January 22

If your dome temp dial has gone off scale and landed at 50C, it's probably somewhere roughly around 800F. Open carefully (a few inches, pause, a few more inches) and hopefully you have some good grilling gloves.

I was in a hurry the other night and without thinking, swung it wide open while doing a reverse sear. The bottom of my right forearm lost nearly all its hair. Other than that, no damage.

Tjcoley · January 22

If the steaks are still in there you just learned how to make your own lump. As above, be very careful of flashback if you do try to open it. Once everything cools down you'll want to calibrate the thermo. I've spun it around to the 400 degree mark, and had to recalibrate about 50 degrees.

MrCookingNurse · January 22

Oops. Got a picture of them steaks!??

JRWhitee · January 22

njl said:

If your dome temp dial has gone off scale and landed at 50C, it's probably somewhere roughly around 800F. Open carefully (a few inches, pause, a few more inches) and hopefully you have some good grilling gloves.

I was in a hurry the other night and without thinking, swung it wide open while doing a reverse sear. The bottom of my right forearm lost nearly all its hair. Other than that, no damage.

I have done that more than once, the last time it singed my moustache, goatee, eye brows and hair. I came in the house thinking it just got my arm hair and everybody started laughing at me. Not my best moment...

GQuiz · January 22

Ironically, the steaks turned out wonderful, once I scraped off a little char. Murphy had my number tonight. The back door knob ceased working when I put the meat on the grill. I was running around to the front door to get utensils, thermometer, etc. I must have looked funny scurrying back and forth. But my experience has me asking more questions. First, if my coals were pushing 800 plus, why did my thermometer only show 92 degrees for the meat after 4 minutes on the rack and 112 after 8? Thermometer pegged the meat at 147 when I pulled it seconds later. Second, what rig should I consider for raised direct? The cans didn't cut it tonight. Biggest lesson learned: get some gloves. Y'all preach lighting the fire in the front. Invariably, that will be the hottest part for the first 60-90 minutes. So I attacked this tonight with no glove and only a fork, because I didn't have time to run back around the house into the kitchen. For those of you with a military background, you understand FUBAR. Being in south central Texas, I conjugate it like a Spanish verb. Tonight, yo fubo. I was FUBAR. But the beauty is, tomorrow I can try again.

Eggcelsior · January 22

That's better than that Nair for men stuff.

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smokesniffer · January 22

We all have made mistakes, chalk it up for experience and carry on. The next time you wont do that for sure.

Solson005 · January 29

Probably a good time to recalibrate you dome thermometer.

Glad the steaks turned out good in the end. For raised direct I use firebricks cut in half on my large and have a Woo for my small. I actually have not cooked without it on my small.

Mickey · January 29

is your gage 800 or 1000?

Doc_Eggerton · January 29

GQuiz said:

If the BGE done temp goes around and touches 50 again... How hot is it? I can't get to my steaks... Not a matter of how well. Got carbon dating for that. I couldn't get even the small soda cans to stay up to do raised direct. Outside of grabbing a bottle of Old Grand Dad, any suggestions would be appreciated.

I got selected to be the test subject in our Breathalyzer class. The instructor gave me $20 and said to get what I like. Old Grand Dad 100 proof! That was a funny cook story, glad the steaks turned out OK. I would suggest you get a Webber grid at the local Ace, then use your BGE grid as a base, with bricks to raise the Webber for DIY raised grid. Even better, get a Woo.

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