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Baking on the BGE

Mrs Lenick
Mrs Lenick Posts: 29
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
My husband just bought the egg as a wedding gift and we've tried a few things. I'd like to try making bread on the egg. It's my first time trying. How can I make sure that I keep the heat steady so that my bread bakes correctly? Also, I like to bake this particular bread in a cast iron skillet, will that affect the heat that I should use to bake it?

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  • Scottborasjr
    Scottborasjr Posts: 3,494
    I have never baked in cast iron, but if you have figured out how to control the temperature to cook other things and have a plate setter or other means to do a indirect cook it shouldn't be any different then using your oven. Welcome to the forum and good luck with any baking/grilling/smoking/ overall goodness cooks. ;):)
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,759
    I did this bread last year and I am no no way an expert at baking bread.

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  • Mrs Lenick
    Mrs Lenick Posts: 29
    Wow, that looks like it came out perfect. The only thing I am concerned with is keeping the heat right at 350. Also, how much wood is needed for a 40 minute baking time?
  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,759
    Top of the fire box should be fine for a 40" bake.
    Plus you'll have lots left over.

    Good Luck!
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    mini 2009
    XL 2021 (sold 8/24/23)
    Henny Youngman:
    I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
    Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap
  • Clay Q
    Clay Q Posts: 4,486
    Fill the firebox with lump charcoal and you will have more than enough to bake bread.

    As the dome temp approaches 350 degrees adjust the top vent to stabilize and hold at 350 degrees dome. You can leave the lower draft intake open 2 inches all the time, this way your temperature control adjustments will be made at the top vent only. Simple is best.

    Good luck and have fun!

    Tip, line the bottom of you Dutch oven with parchment paper then set the dough in. No sticking and the bread will pop out easy.
  • duchunter
    duchunter Posts: 110
    I second what Clay Q says, next time you use the egg and you are all done just play around with the lower vent and upper vent, as you can raise and lower the temps untill you find where you want it,,,,,,,,,just my 2 cents worth
    good luck



    Clay Q wrote:
    Fill the firebox with lump charcoal and you will have more than enough to bake bread.

    As the dome temp approaches 350 degrees adjust the top vent to stabilize and hold at 350 degrees dome. You can leave the lower draft intake open 2 inches all the time, this way your temperature control adjustments will be made at the top vent only. Simple is best.

    Good luck and have fun!

    Tip, line the bottom of you Dutch oven with parchment paper then set the dough in. No sticking and the bread will pop out easy.

    Egg Family: Large and Medium Eggs and a Bradley Smoker

  • Turk
    Turk Posts: 114
    I have baked bread and cookies on the egg. I also did some in a small cast Iron. I will admit that I cheated and bought frozen dough. I cut it into thirds and mad a ball and baked the 1/3 ball in the CI. It worked great. With the cookies, the recipe was from the one of the taverns in Williamsburg, Va. I had to shorten the cook time even at the temp called for because the egg is so effecient (sic). Welcome to eggdom. Be sure to go indirect. For that you need a pizza stone or the plate setter.
  • Clay Q
    Clay Q Posts: 4,486
    Here is traditional Irish Soda Bread(made with whiskey)baked in a no. 10 Dutch oven just like in the old days. Only I used my egg instead of an open hearth. ;)

    BGEIrishSodaBreadCornedBeef3_06009.jpg
  • Mrs Lenick
    Mrs Lenick Posts: 29
    Thanks everyone. I am really excited to try it tomorrow. We just got Married 4 weeks ago yesterday and have only used the egg a few times. It is nothing like grilling. We were blown away by how chicken came out. Not dry at all. Each piece exploded with juice when you took a bite. It was amazing. I did clams casino on it last weekend. I cooked them a tiny bit too long (shame on the newbie) but they came out awesome. It was a lot of fun.
  • PattyO
    PattyO Posts: 883
    I bake a lot of breads on the egg, and at fests as well. Just do it indirect, with stabilized temps. I use unglazed pottery. I did Bakalava in Waldorf. The egg is an oven. Just use any recipe and follow directions.