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Wok & Sand?
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yzzi
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I've seen a couple things on here recently about people filling up their wok with sand. I'm guessing to act as a heat sink, but can anyone enlighten me more on this and what uses it has?
Dunedin, FL
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I used to put sand in my WSM as a heat sink. Using it now in the wok for the same reasons. A little bit of security between the food and the fire. Also, it does not require as much energy/charcoal when baking with a platesetter and stone. So far, it works. I may even try a cook with an empty wok?BrandonQuad Cities
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do you use just beach sand, or agricultural sand? and how far up do you fill it?
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Unless you have a ready supply of sand available, play sand is usually easy to find at HD or Lowes.#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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W? Sand hurts my teeth.
XXL #82 out of the first 100, XLGE X 2, LBGE (gave this one to daughter 1.0) , MBGE (now in the hands of iloveagoodyoke daughter 2.0) and lots of toys -
Umm yeah. No clue what you guys are talking about. Please enlighten those of us who are a bottle of wine deep. ThanksColumbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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Another benefit I've found is the dome shape of the wok pushes the heat around the edges instead of blasting a flat indirect stone or platesetter.
Also brings the grid up higher than a standard setup with the platesetter
BrandonQuad Cities
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alphacentauri said:do you use just beach sand, or agricultural sand? and how far up do you fill it?
BrandonQuad Cities
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Chubbs said:Umm yeah. No clue what you guys are talking about. Please enlighten those of us who are a bottle of wine deep. Thanks
Been using the spider inverted with a 16" carbon steel wok with sand as an indirect barrier during pizza cooks and baking.
BrandonQuad Cities
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I got you. Interesting. Been working well?Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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Yeah, pushes the heat to the edges and protects the steel/stone. Raises the grid higher into the "sweet spot" on the large.BrandonQuad Cities
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at real high heats it sends the heat fast up into the dome without interference of the flat shape of the platesetter, you can get a blue fireball to hover over the pizza stone. makes it more like a wood fired pizza oven where the dome is hotter than the floor/pizza stone. ive gone as high as 1200 dome temp for pizza with that setup. its my standard pizza setup for really thin crust pizza
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I was so confused._______________________________________________XLBGE
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fishlessman said:at real high heats it sends the heat fast up into the dome without interference of the flat shape of the platesetter, you can get a blue fireball to hover over the pizza stone. makes it more like a wood fired pizza oven where the dome is hotter than the floor/pizza stone. ive gone as high as 1200 dome temp for pizza with that setup. its my standard pizza setup for really thin crust pizza
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Could anyone provide pictures of this setup."Feed me, or feed me to something; I just want to be part of the food chain" Al Bundy
LBGE, SBGE, Carson Rotisserie, Blackstone GriddleMilwaukee, Wisconsin -
This is the baking steel setup I have been using.BrandonQuad Cities
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Thanks"Feed me, or feed me to something; I just want to be part of the food chain" Al Bundy
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@Focker, ok, I get the wok, get the sand, I guess my question is why the copper T's, unless it's just to get a bit higher.....into the domeBx - > NJ ->TX!!!All to get cheaper brisket!
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Finally a good use for a wok on the egg! (just kidding) As a propane burner wokker, I could never understand the use of a Wok on the egg, some folks really like it. This is a neat idea that appears to be an "adjustable" plate setter.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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my setup is a little more heavey duty, its a tank end, but it works the same. it works better than a platesetter at high temps. i dont put an air space any more, my stone sits right on the sand
this shows how hot and how fast the heat rises, yes there is a pizza in there
now dont open that dome while im making pizza
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Jeez, how do you get it out?^:)^Bx - > NJ ->TX!!!All to get cheaper brisket!
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tazcrash said:Jeez, how do you get it out?
fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it -
Fish, you got pics of the sand in use? I can't quite wrap my brain around how thus works.Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here.
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@fishlessman I'm guessing that egg has no gasket whatsoever! :ar!
Toronto, Canada
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this is the only pic that i have that somewhat explains it and i dont put the grill in there anymore, just fill to the top with sand and sit the stone on the sand. when it gets up to about 1200, 1000 degree gage wrapped around, you can look thru the top and see the blue flames hovering above the pizza like a broiler. my egg sits in a hill so i can get far enough above it to look down into it. the pies i was cooking were thin, 3 to a dough ball. i dont know why with all my pics i dont have the setup in the egg in my collection. its set on the spider legs down
this is what an old dirty egg looks like afterwards
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i should put a warning in here
THE DOME BANDS EXPAND AT HIGH TEMPS AND THE DOME CAN FALL OUT
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@fishlessman That after pic is amazing...I was asking about sand in a drip pan last week as a way to prevent flares and also deflect direct heat. With that in mind, do you use this setup for anything aside from pizza? Do you reuse the sand?Thanks for this thread, it's a really good one.Cheers -B_BFinally back in the Badger State!
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Centex can confirm this. My pizza looked like the @mickey charcoal chicken wings we ordered out that evening. Prett hard to open a 1200 degree egg without a handle or bands attached .fishlessman said:i should put a warning in here
THE DOME BANDS EXPAND AT HIGH TEMPS AND THE DOME CAN FALL OUTKeepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX -
Black_Badger said:@fishlessman That after pic is amazing...I was asking about sand in a drip pan last week as a way to prevent flares and also deflect direct heat. With that in mind, do you use this setup for anything aside from pizza? Do you reuse the sand?Thanks for this thread, it's a really good one.Cheers -B_B
) i dont use it for anything else but with all the xtra heat mass it would be good for bread baking, alot better than the platesetter would be
fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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