Baking in Ceramic

Unknown · October 2008

I am new to cooking with ceramics. I would like to know if using chunks for smoking will then affect any desserts, cakes etc. that I would be baking subsequent to having used the smoke wood in the cooker. Does the ceramic absorb flavors from previously used lump or smoke woods? Thanks for all the help and great recipes you guys post.

Broc · October 2008

Yes -- Stuff you're baking does absorb smoke and food flavors from current and previous cooks.

Many people like apple pie with smoke flavors... My wife and I do not. Most people do a high temp burn to clean out previous grease, and most do not use smoke woods for dessert baking.

We have dedicated our Small to baking. We never use meat in this Egg, except for the relatively little meat toppings in pizza. We'll still "clean it out" with a hi-temp burn if we feel necessary before introducing breads, pies, cakes...

Then again -- we're fussy!

Good luck!

~ Broc

Wilby · October 2008

Yes is does. If you have any smoke wood from a left over cook. Clean out the lump and start fresh. No need to waste the old lump. Dump it back in later.

Rollocks · October 2008

You want to burn your lump until there is no smoke. I initially baked cakes on grill that had slight smoke , the result was a cake with a smoke flavor. You want to avoid this.

stike · October 2008

well... i'd say yes and no. the ceramic doesn't absorb anything, and the dome doesn't radiate smoke smell downward....

if there's fat or drippings in the lump, or you have a dirty egg (stuff in the gaps), you can have leftover smells from other cooks.

but not from the egg itself. a clean burning fire with new (or clean) lump at 350 or so (baking temps) should not create any smell of, say, pork barbecue unless the lump contains drippings.

icemncmth · October 2008

I bake in mine all the time...Before I do I run the temp to over 600 deg and let it burn all the crud out...

Baking in Ceramic

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