Ouch!

Dawnl

Yesterday had a full cook to do, wings, beef tenderloin tips, stuffed peppers, zucs, abts and onion rings.  As I was lifting the platesetter out of the egg to cook the tenderloins down lower I felt something burning so put it down on a marble hotplate on the picnic table.  Both of my hands were burned right thru the welders gloves, turned around to look at the platesetter to make sure it was ok and the picnic table was smoking, holy hannah that thing was so hot it burned off all the crude and looks new.  The pain in my hands was unbearable, have some nice big blisters today!  Any one else done this?

bhugg

I have.  Not to the point of blisters, but that platesetter can get HOT!

GeorgeS

I have not burned myself but would never try to move it further than the 2-3' that I do to set it down. I'm holding it for a maximum of maybe 10 seconds and would never go further. I use a very heavy duty set of welders gloves too.

Lit

I use I've gloves they work pretty well. Another tip I take the gloves off as soon as I put the plate setter down as the heat is sometimes delayed and still making its way through the gloves.

johnmitchell

Sorry to hear that you got burnt....I remember reading on the forum, some one said make sure you have good landing areas close to your egg...That was the first thing I set up.. 

:-q

Mickey

Just one more reason to not use platesetters. So much easer with the ceramic disk.

TexanOfTheNorth

Mickey said:

Just one more reason to not use platesetters. So much easer with the ceramic disk.

Doesn't that get hot too?

I use a pair on channel lock pliers to list and move my (hot) plate setter. It allows me to use a gloved hand that maintains minimal contact with the plate setter.

Hope your burns heal quickly!

Dawnl

@TexanOfTheNorth, thank you, I hope so too.  Son asked me not to cook on the egg today, guess he is afraid to get another call at work from a hysterical woman, so chili (with beans   ) is being cooked indoors.  Hope the boss is understanding  at work tomorrow.

berndcrisp

Hoping you heal quickly. I have burnt myself before removing the PS. Learned a lot that day. And yes,I had had a beverage or eight.

nolaegghead

Oh, so the moniker is less about the food and more about the cook.

Dawnl

Thanks @berndcrisp.  I did learn something!

Skiddymarker

TexanOfTheNorth said:

Mickey said:

Just one more reason to not use platesetters. So much easer with the ceramic disk.

Doesn't that get hot too?

I use a pair on channel lock pliers to list and move my (hot) plate setter. It allows me to use a gloved hand that maintains minimal contact with the plate setter.

Hope your burns heal quickly!

Channel locks and my home spun ash tool, slip them under the setter and lift it out, no gloves needed. If you have a grid under the setter, getting hot for a reverse sear, make sure you have some tile strips or copper tees on the grid to separate the setter from it. Makes it much easier to pick up the setter. 

Sammi

There is a tool for lifting the plate setter, not sure if it's from BGE or not. It's gust a piece of bent flat-bar. Work great and simple design.

yzzi

I was happy to have sold my plate setter and get the AR. No more fiddling with a hot piece of ceramic. Now I lift the whole rig in and out and since the handles are thin there's barely any heat transfer through my pair of gloves that the platesetter was eating through.

Ladeback69

I've only handled it when I pull it to add wood after I have put in to get up to temp for a low slow. I try not to handle it when it's over 300°. It can get very hot.

hapster

And thats... why I have it in a Woo3

Sorry to hear about your hands

stemc33

Not trying to throw salt into your wounds, but no pics = didn't happen. Just kidding. Hope your hands heal well.

tjv

hapster said:

And thats... why I have it in a Woo3

Sorry to hear about your hands

just to clarify it would be the PSWoo2......

Botch

Deep C-clamp, $5.99 @ Harbour Freight:

 

Ladeback69

Botch said:

Deep C-clamp, $5.99 @ Harbour Freight:

 

Don't tighten that to tight or it will crack the PS and that metal clamp can get pretty hot too.

Stoater

I use ove gloves, they work great, pull the plate setter out flip it and quickly put it down on my concrete patio.  They do smoke a little though.

Canugghead

Ouch indeed, hope you heal well/soon.  Been there, done that, the intense heat got to my hands so fast I had to land the p/s on the gasket :((

Dawnl

Thanks folks, hands are doing well.  Had to wear those silly little finger condoms at work today, don't want chicken juice and other meat juices to get into the wounds, of course customers asked if I had cut myself and I just hung my head and said "No, burned on the egg"  I have learned a very valuable lesson, do all my searing first then my low and slows.

jtcBoynton

Welders gloves are ok, but I prefer firefighting gloves. They are insulated and water proof. I have been using a pair for years and have been very happy with them.

Chef Charles

Dickson's Hardware on Avenue Road sells a tool for lifting the platesetter.  I got one for Christmas so I am prepared the next time I have to lift out a hot plate setter.  I also have some fire bricks next to the egg for a nice convenient landing spot.