Pot for BGE

Mckeanksu

I have a cast iron Dutch oven that I use for chili, but it isn't big enough for what I need to make tomorrow. Is there any material I should not use if cooking at 250 for 8 hours? I was thinking about buying a large pot and placing it on the plate setter as always. Please share any thoughts you have because I need to purchase in the morning

Skiddymarker

Really tough to say what will stand up to egg cooking. That's why we all use CI DOs. I have a Paderno that says it is oven safe to 400º, but would not use it on my egg. 

Carolina Q

If a pot is designed for use in a kitchen oven, it should be fine in an egg as long as it's at a temp no higher than the max specified by the manufacturer. I have baked cakes and brownies in Pyrex on the egg. It's just another oven. 

Can't imagine any oven safe pot that won't handle 250°. I would suggest indirect with spacers between the platesetter and the pot. Spacers can be copper plumbing elbows, crumpled up balls of aluminum foil, bricks, rocks, anything that won't burn. You just need that airspace.

You should be able to find a Lodge CI DO locally. Hardware stores often carry them. Cabela's and Bass Pro will surely have them too (if one is nearby). And there's always William$-$onoma and their Le Creu$et.  

Good luck!

GreenhawK

Academy has a line of CI stuff that is significantly less expensive than Lodge.  I have one, and it has done just fine.  They also have a wide verity of stainless steel pots that would work well too if they have one small enough.  Those stainless pots are also designed to have a fire under them, so they should handle being in the egg just fine.

Terrebandit

Good question. I also looked at the CI at Academy and found it to be decent. Walmart carries Lodge CI DO, if you want that. Our local store carries the 7 qt and 5 qt.

DMW

From the title of your post I thought at first you were from Colorado or Washington and looking to trade for a BGE. )

Cookinbob

At 250, stainless or Aluminum should be fine, as long as no plastic handles. It will turn dark, so nothing you need to keep "pretty".

Hungry Joe

I've got a Magnalite roaster that I can brown with on the stove then put it on the egg and never had any problem. I picked it up on ebay for around $30. No rust and it is lightweight. I've had it for at least 5 years now. 

Hungry Joe

I re-read your post, I wouldn't put any pot directly on a plate setter without some kind of air space. I've done raised direct and used the grate on top the plate setter, but never directly in contact with the plate setter.

Mckeanksu

I ended up buying a normal pot at Meijer for $30.  It works perfectly, nothing to be scared about.  Bob is right, it was green and is now black.  No big deal though.