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The Baking Steel Chapter
I used the recipe that came in the box with my Steel, made it on Thursday morning pizza cook on Saturday.
Wok set up with sand as ferreted out by fishlessman and Focker. Thanks guys. Because of your experimentation I was able to cook 3 pizzas without a lot of issue. It was SUPER windy on Saturday, and the 2nd pizza got away from me, but it still came out really well. The Steel is fantastic, pies were a huge hit and family was exceedingly happy with lunch. Andris is really a stand up guy.
Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza, Crab Rangoon Pizza and Buffalo Chicken Pizza. Enjoy your Steels!
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Beautiful lookoing pies
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Thanks for the report, getting mine on Thursday, looks like pizza is on the menu for this weekend.
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Thursday for me as well, Thinking I might do a griddle cook of some sort as well as a few pies.
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Looks great Stace! Three scratch made pies is no easy task. I will be doing the Rangoonzza!
Used the steel for today's Nearlypolitan...
BrandonQuad Cities
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@Focker, what is your go to set up on the baking steel?
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Inverted spider, 16" wok with about 10lbs of sand(enough to fill in the bottom and I spread it up the sides some), OEM grid, then steel. Wide open egg screen included. When IR of steel was 500+, I launched pie today....perfect. If you do this, be careful. Wear a glove on your opening hand, and eye protection.
Still tinkering with a stone over steel setup for more than three pies....for an eggfest.
BrandonQuad Cities
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@Focker, hmmmmmm. I got a plate setter, a woo3, a OEM grid... what are your thoughts?
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LS mentioned elevating the platesetter with firebricks on the firering, then inverted platesetter, spacer, steel. Or firebricks on firering, platesetter legs up, grid, steel. What size steel did you order and what size egg do you have? Large right?
Haven't used a woo3. No help there bud.
I got decent results with the classic inverted platesetter, ceramic feet, steel setup. That wouldn't be a bad place to start.
BrandonQuad Cities
"If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful." -
I got a 15" steel for the Large egg @Focker.
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Ok, good sizes. I'd start with the inverted platesetter, spacers, steel at 500-600. That is what Staci and I did for our first run.BrandonQuad Cities
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@Focker, ok so stupid question, so if you are using an inverted platesetter could you put it in the Woo and then put the grid on, then the steel?
IF not, would you use fire bricks to raise the height of the plate setter to the felt?
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I found a 14 inch springform pan, going to attempt to replicate the wok/sand setup in the medium. Still working on it piece by piece. I want to travel with the medium pizza machine.The initial setup PS legs down, feet, Steel worked really well for that first pizza, the second one was harder to get color on the top. As with LS suggestion, I think you have to raise the whole setup a little higher. If there's too much space between the PS and the Steel, the heat will just sneak around the edge of the PS and you lose the protection for the bottom of the Steel.I've never used the woo either, but if you could get it to hold a wok, the extra height you may get might not hurt
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@WokOnMedium, what do you think about plate setter non-inverted, then grid then steel? There would be minimal air between the steel and the platesetter, but still some.
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Nice cook Sweetheart! You skeered to grill bacon?
Steve
Caledon, ON
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fletcherfam said:@WokOnMedium, what do you think about plate setter non-inverted, then grid then steel? There would be minimal air between the steel and the platesetter, but still some.
BrandonQuad Cities
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Focker said:fletcherfam said:@WokOnMedium, what do you think about plate setter non-inverted, then grid then steel? There would be minimal air between the steel and the platesetter, but still some.
So...lemme ask a stupid question...how big should the foil balls be? How much space between the platesetter and the steel should I be aiming for?Persistence and determination are omnipotent! -
Nice pies! Love the ingredients. Did you notice a difference in crust with the steel?
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Where ya'll buying the steels (LBGE)?
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@Fletch, Focker tried quite a few setups before settling on the spider/wok that I stole. Pre-steel leads me to think if you can get some kind of spacers under the platesetter legs, platesetter legs down, feet, steel you'll have the best recipe for multiple pizzas.I've tried a few things, often the first pizza is great, then the results begin to degrade with each pizza. The wok allowed me to crank out 3 with consistency.@Steven.....one of my Eggfest neighbors grilled bacon once, I was scarred from it....I'm a safety girl!;;)
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Indirect with a rectangular drip pan. Best bacon/pig candy you ever had! Ah guaruntee
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Little Steven said:Indirect with a rectangular drip pan. Best bacon/pig candy you ever had! Ah guaruntee
How long, and what temp?Persistence and determination are omnipotent! -
I don't know, 400* til its done the way you like it. Trying to put a pic up but I can't copy it in photobucket. What code do I copy?
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Little Steven said:I don't know, 400* til its done the way you like it. Trying to put a pic up but I can't copy it in photobucket. What code do I copy?
Dome up or down? I think that you need to use the .img code. When I post pics, I just attach them from my iPad. Gotta love Apple.Persistence and determination are omnipotent! -
I can see your pics now. You must have figured it out. =D>Persistence and determination are omnipotent!
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Down. Pig candy is just some brown sugar and cayenne sprinkled on both sides of the bacon. It is like......great!
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Little Steven said:Down. Pig candy is just some brown sugar and cayenne sprinkled on both sides of the bacon. It is like......great!
You are not kidding!! I went to a vendor cook off last week, and the BGE rep made cinnamon rolls with candied bacon chunks on them. It was to die for!! Last question...I can't tell in the pics, but do you have platesetter legs up or down? Thank you for your help!!Persistence and determination are omnipotent! -
It doesn't really matter. You need spacers under the drip pan anyway so I would go legs down, spacers, pan and grid on top. I was gonna say "Down. Pig candy is just some brown sugar and cayenne sprinkled on both sides of the bacon. It is like......great sex!
That is on the adjustable rig
Steve
Caledon, ON
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