Plate setter

otter · January 24

Legs up or down when doing a pizza?

MikeP624 · January 24

Either can work depending on your set up. I go legs up and then set the grid on the platesetter and the stone on the grid.

nolaegghead · January 24

BGE corp recommends legs up to protect the gasket - there was a memo to that effect.

Griffin · January 24

Your gasket will fry anyway at some point. Either works fine, I've always gone legs down, but I've been doing it since before the memo came out. And I never got the memo, anyway.

Chubbs · January 24

Gasket will fail regardless. Legs down works better because the PS is a more stable table for the ceramic feet to provide air for the pizza stone. If doing more than 1 or 2 pizzas, only having the grate as a spacer under the stone makes for burned crust if you heat soak the stone. Second way just requires another item in the egg (grate) for no reason (gasket will fail anyway). My $.02

Skiddymarker · January 24

I do both, at different times of course. Medium egg.

Legs down with the stone on the setter if doing two or more pies. I cook at 500 so it is not too hot. The setter and the stone heated together hold the heat (seems to me) and will do pies one after the other with good results. Maybe my cheap thin stone that needs the thermal mass of the setter to hold temp.

If doing one pie, I usually use setter legs up, Grill dome extender straddles the setter and grid level and stone are 1" above the felt line.

BOWHUNR · January 24

I always go legs up. As Griff said, your gasket will fry no matter what. I put Rutland's on mine a couple years ago and haven't had a problem since.

Mike

Chubbs · January 24

BOWHUNR said:

I always go legs up. As Griff said, your gasket will fry no matter what. I put Rutland's on mine a couple years ago and haven't had a problem since.

Mike

Did you put Rutland on dome or base?

nolaegghead · January 24

You shouldn't put it on the dome - glass fibers could fall into your food.

500 · January 24

Legs down. Saw a Dr. BBQ video on the mothership site three years ago (or maybe it was on the included DVD), and he said legs down. I've never gotten a memo from BGE since telling me otherwise. Here is my pizza setup that I have luck with.

Chubbs · January 24

nolaegghead said:

You shouldn't put it on the dome - glass fibers could fall into your food.

I have heard dont use one period for that reason but a lot seem to do it. I am tired of changing gaskets and I will keep one on there after my wife dropped the dome when I was bare backing (no gasket... perverts).

Eggcelsior · January 24

Chubbs said:

nolaegghead said:

You shouldn't put it on the dome - glass fibers could fall into your food.

I have heard dont use one period for that reason but a lot seem to do it. I am tired of changing gaskets and I will keep one on there after my wife dropped the dome when I was bare backing (no gasket... perverts).

Sheesh! Hopefully you didn't pinch anything in the dome collapse. Egging commando can be dangerous!

nolaegghead · January 24

Chubbs said:

nolaegghead said:

You shouldn't put it on the dome - glass fibers could fall into your food.

I have heard dont use one period for that reason but a lot seem to do it. I am tired of changing gaskets and I will keep one on there after my wife dropped the dome when I was bare backing (no gasket... perverts).

You only need the gasket on one side because it's twice as thick as the stock gasket and you don't want to screw around too much with the geometry of the hinge. So people put one gasket on the base. That way, as the gasket inevitably falls apart, chunks and fibers don't fall into your dinner.

500 · January 24

Eggcelsior said:

Chubbs said:

nolaegghead said:

You shouldn't put it on the dome - glass fibers could fall into your food.

I have heard dont use one period for that reason but a lot seem to do it. I am tired of changing gaskets and I will keep one on there after my wife dropped the dome when I was bare backing (no gasket... perverts).

Sheesh! Hopefully you didn't pinch anything in the dome collapse. Egging commando can be dangerous!

That one truly made me LOL. That would hurt.

BOWHUNR · January 24

Chubbs said:

BOWHUNR said:

I always go legs up. As Griff said, your gasket will fry no matter what. I put Rutland's on mine a couple years ago and haven't had a problem since.

Mike
Did you put Rutland on dome or base?

I put mine on the base and other than some discoloring from smoking, none of my four show wear even after several 1000*+ cleaning burns, pizza's, etc.

Mike

Chubbs · January 24

Mike, what did you do for Klondike bar?

BOWHUNR · January 24

Trust me, you don't wanna know! :\">

SkinnyV · January 24

Rutland for the mini coming today. As to fibers, I had to work up in the attic past few weeks moving and fixing some insulation.even with a respirator I've ingested more fibers than I could ever possibly get from drifting flakes off a Rutland.

Zick · January 24

nolaegghead said:

BGE corp recommends legs up to protect the gasket - there was a memo to that effect.

Now you tell me! Does it really protect the gasket?

Skiddymarker · January 24

Zick said:

nolaegghead said:

BGE corp recommends legs up to protect the gasket - there was a memo to that effect.

Now you tell me! Does it really protect the gasket?

I did not see the memo, but it does make sense. Legs up the flame and heat from the lump in a high heat egg will be deflected by the setter, wrap around it taking the shortest route to the top vent. Legs down setter, the flames and heat will deflect around the setter right at gasket level, making the dome/base junction one of the hottest spots in the egg.

Little Steven · January 24

otter said:

Legs up or down when doing a pizza?

Best bet is to get some firebricks or regular clay bricks and half them across. Then stand your platesetter on the bricks on the fire ring. You can get pices of square tubular steel or anything that will take the heat. Get's the pizza higher in the dome in better convection and doesn't burn the gasket. Or even better is the adjustable rig from CGS

Duganboy · January 24

I use either the Lodge CI pizza pan or the BGE perforated pizza pan instead of a stone. I always go legs up with these pans. Has nothing to do with the gasket.

pgprescott · January 25

I go legs down with BGE feet like some others. I don't cook them any higher than 550. I have never had a gasket issue, 9 years.

Hoss · January 25

Gasket,smasket.Cook neckid,IF you are lucky enough to have a dome and base that mesh,otherwise use a Rutland on the base only.As my friend stike used to say "Relax,it is just a grill!" I prefer no plate setter at all after 3 of em broke.Grill on fire ring,pizza stone as a deflector,spacers of choice,another grill/grid whatever,pizza stone on top of that.Cook whatever temp suits you.I prefer 550.

fairchase · January 25

Legs down for me with . The egg feet and pizza stone.

Guess I'm gonna die though. My Rutland is on the dome. No chance of food touching it when putting it on the grill.

caliking · January 25

fairchase said:
Legs down for me with . The egg feet and pizza stone.

Guess I'm gonna die though. My Rutland is on the dome. No chance of food touching it when putting it on the grill.

I don't think I would worry about ingesting a trivial amount of glass fibers if your Rutland gasket is on the dome. People ingest all kinds of things without any damage done their innards.

Inhaling them may be different, but usually injury from inhalation involves occupational exposure - much more glass fiber, for longer periods of time, over many years.

Eggcelsior · January 25

I guess we all get the urge for a little Pica from time to time....

nolaegghead · January 25

fairchase said:

Legs down for me with . The egg feet and pizza stone.

Guess I'm gonna die though. My Rutland is on the dome. No chance of food touching it when putting it on the grill.

Well, we all die eventually. Just make sure your will is updated and all your affairs are in order. ;)

Focker · January 25

fairchase said:

Legs down for me with . The egg feet and pizza stone.

Guess I'm gonna die though. My Rutland is on the dome. No chance of food touching it when putting it on the grill.

We'll go out in a blaze of glory. Mine are on the dome as well.

henapple · January 25

otter said:
Legs up or down when doing a pizza?

Damn I'd love to jump on this but I don't want to get moderated.

BOWHUNR · January 26

henapple said:

Legs up or down when doing a pizza?
Damn I'd love to jump on this but I don't want to get moderated.

I know me too. All I could think about was the apple pie scene from American Pie when I read it.

Mike

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