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Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN
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I didn't take a temp reading but I have had mine hot enough to singe my fro. Want to see a pic?
Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.
Status- Standing by.
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The Dude..a Mini and a Large Egg..a DigiQ DX (BGE Green)..some Cast Iron...a Thermapen.............and an Ol' Fashion
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Glenbeulah, WI
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Like the speedometer on my old Buick, I've buried the needle on the egg a couple times. Didn't know how fast I was driving and don't know how hot I was egging. Probably better that way!It's a 302 thing . . .
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Never taken the large above 800. Don't see the reason to and the 800 was an accident.
The Mini has only been up to 650 once.
I know the eggs can get hotter, I personally just don't see the reason to get them up that hot, but then again I don't do clean burns at nuclear temps. Waste of lump IMHO.
Rowlett, Texas
Griffin's Grub or you can find me on Facebook
The Supreme Potentate, Sovereign Commander and Sultan of Wings
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When I finish cooking, I occasionally open everything up to clean the cast iron grate, set the timer on my phone for 15 minutes.Doing that once in a while, I've got a pretty white firebox, but my dome is still black and my gasket is holding air.I've seen the thermometer pegged when I do this, and every time this happens, I have to recalibrate - pegging my thermometer tends to make it drift towards a wrong (low) temp. Boiling water brings it to about 190f.I've never done this with the plate setter in - it's not under warranty and I don't care how dirty it looks.YMMV, but if I've lapped my needle, I can't trust it anymore.
Indianapolis, IN
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I think once early on I may have had it go higher, but recently, I took it to 500 for a "clean" burn with the platesetter in place.
I know others on here will scoff at that temp for a "clean" burn but it did burn off the oils on the inside of the dome.
Large BGE in a Sole' Gourmet Table
Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
and a BBQ Guru temp controller.
Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter, and a Party-Q temp controller.
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I always run my clean burns at 500 now just let it go longer. Its nice not having to worry about sticking the egg shut.
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There must be a 1000 degree club! I can see why so many have fried gaskets and cracked eggs. I personally see no need to go that high even for a clean burn. That's just my feelings on it.
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North of 1000℉.
Hot enough that all the ceramics including PS, firebox, firering and dome were white afterward. I let it rip right after I made like 6 pizzas @ 650℉-700℉.
IMHO there's no reason to clean burn. Pizza cooking (baking) above 600℉-700℉ will do just fine.LBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL -
I cook pizza at 800-1000 degrees. One time I forgot my egg for an hour and it was wrapped to 250 when I got back out there. Somehow my gasket survived the experience1 large BGE, Spartanburg SC
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Mine got really hot once, but then I stopped stroking it and it cooled down...LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI.
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XC242 said:
Mine got really hot once, but then I stopped stroking it and it cooled down...
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Inquiring minds want to know...LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI.
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the needle in my XL dome thermo was almost lapped late last year for a Christmas Eve Pizza Extravaganza. by eyeballing it, it appeared to be at 1,000- 1,100 degrees- it was WAY past the max temp reading
On other note, I've had a hard time getting my L past 750. Same fuel type but smaller amount. and a smaller grate with fewer air holes too. The XL grate has a lot more surface area and many avenues for oxygen to feed the fire.
Can't wait to see how hot I can get my unicorn, er I mean MiniMax!
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1200 on xl. No effect on gasketPlumbers local 130 chicago. Why do today what you can do tomorrow
weapons: XL, Minie, old gasser, weber, v10 Bradley smoker and sometimes talent!
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I've had my large over 1000 easy. Usually on a clean, or if I distracted.I will note that if I have old lump in the egg, higher temps are harder to get.Also, gasket has stayed fine as long as it's not opened.Lastly I have the high heat charcoal grate: Plenty of air.Bx - > NJ ->TX!!!All to get cheaper brisket!
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XC242 said:Mine got really hot once, but then I stopped stroking it and it cooled down...
did the large become a mini?The Dude..a Mini and a Large Egg..a DigiQ DX (BGE Green)..some Cast Iron...a Thermapen.............and an Ol' Fashion
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Glenbeulah, WI
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Griffin said:
I know the eggs can get hotter, I personally just don't see the reason to get them up that hot, but then again I don't do clean burns at nuclear temps. Waste of lump IMHO.
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I thought lump is trees.LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI.
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BGE-L, intentionally approached 1000 for a pizza experiment. Pretty easily got there and could have kept going. Had to dial it back a bit. Used friend's IR thermo and took readings all around (grate, stone, inside dome, etc).
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I wrapped my thermometer around on two occasions and then went on to find it was no longer anywhere near correct.
I would suggest if you do end up doing a 1200 degree burn, take a second to re calibrate your thermometer.Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large. -
I found that it took what seemed like forever to get my XL up to 600 yesterday. Granted, I was only using about 1/2 the lump coal it would normally hold, all pushed to one side. But still, it was kind of a long time to wait to just throw a few steaks on.XL BGE Owner Since September 2015 - So expect a lot of newbie questions and please go easy on me :-)
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I always wonder how these super old threads get revivedAugusta, GA
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MiniMax, Large, XL BGE
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Hot enough to fry my gasket and crack my XL base during the pizza throwdown a little while back.
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