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If the BGE done temp goes around and touches 50 again... How hot is it? I can't get to my steaks... Not a matter of how well. Got carbon dating for that. I couldn't get even the small soda cans to stay up to do raised direct. Outside of grabbing a bottle of Old Grand Dad, any suggestions would be appreciated.
XL BGE; Schertz TX by way of Stow OH. #egghead4life
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If your dome temp dial has gone off scale and landed at 50C, it's probably somewhere roughly around 800F. Open carefully (a few inches, pause, a few more inches) and hopefully you have some good grilling gloves.
I was in a hurry the other night and without thinking, swung it wide open while doing a reverse sear. The bottom of my right forearm lost nearly all its hair. Other than that, no damage.
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If the steaks are still in there you just learned how to make your own lump. As above, be very careful of flashback if you do try to open it. Once everything cools down you'll want to calibrate the thermo. I've spun it around to the 400 degree mark, and had to recalibrate about 50 degrees.__________________________________________It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.- Camp Hill, PA
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Oops. Got a picture of them steaks!??_______________________________________________XLBGE
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njl said:If your dome temp dial has gone off scale and landed at 50C, it's probably somewhere roughly around 800F. Open carefully (a few inches, pause, a few more inches) and hopefully you have some good grilling gloves.
I was in a hurry the other night and without thinking, swung it wide open while doing a reverse sear. The bottom of my right forearm lost nearly all its hair. Other than that, no damage._________________________________________________Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!Large BGE 2006, Mini Max 2014, 36" Blackstone, Anova Sous Vide
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Ironically, the steaks turned out wonderful, once I scraped off a little char. Murphy had my number tonight. The back door knob ceased working when I put the meat on the grill. I was running around to the front door to get utensils, thermometer, etc. I must have looked funny scurrying back and forth. But my experience has me asking more questions. First, if my coals were pushing 800 plus, why did my thermometer only show 92 degrees for the meat after 4 minutes on the rack and 112 after 8? Thermometer pegged the meat at 147 when I pulled it seconds later. Second, what rig should I consider for raised direct? The cans didn't cut it tonight. Biggest lesson learned: get some gloves. Y'all preach lighting the fire in the front. Invariably, that will be the hottest part for the first 60-90 minutes. So I attacked this tonight with no glove and only a fork, because I didn't have time to run back around the house into the kitchen. For those of you with a military background, you understand FUBAR. Being in south central Texas, I conjugate it like a Spanish verb. Tonight, yo fubo. I was FUBAR. But the beauty is, tomorrow I can try again.
XL BGE; Schertz TX by way of Stow OH. #egghead4life
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That's better than that Nair for men stuff.
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We all have made mistakes, chalk it up for experience and carry on. The next time you wont do that for sure.Large, small, and a mini
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Probably a good time to recalibrate you dome thermometer.Glad the steaks turned out good in the end. For raised direct I use firebricks cut in half on my large and have a Woo for my small. I actually have not cooked without it on my small.Large & Small BGE, CGW Two-Tier Swing Rack for BOTH EGGS, Spider for the Wok, eggCARTen & and Cedar Pergola my Eggs call home in Edmond, OK.
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is your gage 800 or 1000?Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.
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GQuiz said:If the BGE done temp goes around and touches 50 again... How hot is it? I can't get to my steaks... Not a matter of how well. Got carbon dating for that. I couldn't get even the small soda cans to stay up to do raised direct. Outside of grabbing a bottle of Old Grand Dad, any suggestions would be appreciated.
XXL #82 out of the first 100, XLGE X 2, LBGE (gave this one to daughter 1.0) , MBGE (now in the hands of iloveagoodyoke daughter 2.0) and lots of toys
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