How hot does the EGG get?

Bill in VA

Hi,[p]How hot does the outside surface temperature of a BGE get?[p]Thanks,
Bill

Bamabob

Bill in VA,
I'm sure you'll get more reports,but when I'm cooking in the 700°+ range the surface gets hot,but you can touch it and not get burned(can't recommend leaving hand or other parts against it too long:-) Bob

Nature Boy

Bill in VA,
It gets pretty danged hot. Once my egg was touching the side of the cutout on the wood table (just below the hinge), and it scorched the wood. This was during a multi-pizza cook where the dome temp was at 500 for a good while. Given time and a hot fire, it will get plenty hot.[p]That said, it stays relatively cool when cooking at temps under 300.[p]HTH!
Beers
NB

sdbelt

Bill in VA,[p]That depends on how hot it is inside, and how long it's been that hot inside.[p]For typical low and slows, with an internal temp of 200-300, the outside will never get so hot that you can't comfortably lay a hand on it.[p]For quick searing of a steak at 700+, the outside still probably won't get hot enough to burn your hand, though it will get hotter than the above.[p]For a multi-pizza cook at 600-700, in which the Egg stays in that range for an hour+, the external temp is going to get pretty hot. You probably won't burn your hand, but you'd want to be more careful than you might otherwise...especially around the metal of the band.[p]Enjoy![p]--sdb

elFloyd

Bill in VA,[p]At the turbo temps, it'll get too hot to leavy your hand on the surface.... but if you touch the surface, you will not get burned. I've had metal grills where if you accidently touch the surface (just for a second) it'll blister the skin. I've never come anywhere close to doing this in the five years I've used my BGE.[p]elFloyd[p]in VA too.

WooDoggies

elFloyd,[p]I agree. Metal transfers heat much faster than ceramic.[p]Though the egg can get very hot your are less apt to be burned on the ceramic than on a conventional cooker.[p]WD