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Pizza Dome Temp

bayer
bayer Posts: 19
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i am having a problem getting my dome temp to 600 with the plate setter, grill and pizza stone in place. It will get to 600 with just the grill in place but will not with the other accessories. Thoughts?
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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    How long did you wait for the Plate Setter and pizza stone to get hot. If they are cold it can take a while for the egg to recover from the cooler ceramic pieces. I found out the first time I did a low and slow. Also, are the legs up or down. I was told to set the legs down, you get more air flow that way. When was the last time you cleaned it out all the way? It could also be an air flow issue. Just some thoughts.
    XL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas Grill

    Kansas City, Mo.
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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    Air flow. Clean firebox and air holes with plenty of lump. Too much charcoal dust and small pieces of lump can restrict airflow.
    Southeast Florida - LBGE
    In cooking, often we implement steps for which we have no explanations other than ‘that’s what everybody else does’ or ‘that’s what I have been told.’  Dare to think for yourself.
     
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  • bayer
    bayer Posts: 19
    Interesting. The video on BGE says to leave legs up. Maybe I should try legs down.
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  • bayer
    bayer Posts: 19
    Airflow does not appear to be the problem. Temp was at 650. I then did the plate setter, grill and pizza stone setup and now temp will not go above 400.
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  • AD18
    AD18 Posts: 209
    I've experienced the same thing on multiple occasions trying to do pizza at higher temps.  I cleaned everything.  Ran all new charcoal.  Calibrated dome thermometer.  Pretty much everything mentioned. Still could not get over 500, normally peaked at 450 if I was lucky.  I pulled the platesetter and opened everything up and temps rocketed to as high as I wanted to go.  I think the airflow with the platesetter in is restricted enough to not allow real high temps with the any platesetter setup.  I basically adjusted my pizza cooking times (15-20 minutes) and still get great results.  Some are able to get higher temps, but I never could. 
    Large BGE, Weber 22.5 kettle, Weber Genesis
    Cobourg, Ontario
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  • bayer
    bayer Posts: 19
    Thanks for all the comments. I think I am going to try a burn early in the week with the plate setter legs down rather than up and see what happens. I will also clean it out again, even though it was cleaned a few days ago. Thanks again for your comments.

    PS-In response to one question, the plate setter, grill, pizza stone set up was left on for an hour and still did not exceed 400 even though it reached 650 before the setup.
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,232
    I'm cooking Pizza in an hour. I too have had a hard time getting 600 plus. I'm going legs up but waiting to place the plate setter and stone then going to let her rip and see where it goes.
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • bayer
    bayer Posts: 19
    Good Luck!
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  • bayer
    bayer Posts: 19
    Good Luck!
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,232
    How many starters did you use. I usually use only one. Perhaps that's part of the problem?

    Go big or go home?
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • bayer
    bayer Posts: 19
    I use an electric starter.
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  • bayer
    bayer Posts: 19
    I use an electric starter.
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  • cook861
    cook861 Posts: 872
    when i do pizza i put the ps with legs down then  i put the ss girl on top of the ps the my ceriamic pizza stone on top of that (this all gose in my egg at the same time) then i let the temp get up to 450-500 cook pizza( we like thin curst ) 8-12 min to cook .
    It takes 45-60 minutes  for the egg to get up to temp but it works for me
    Trenton ON 1 mbge for now
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  • anzyegg
    anzyegg Posts: 1,104
    Legs down, leave the top off and vent open...... Rockwood gets it up quicker... You need to clean out the vent area before also....
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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    I have used my wife's hair dryer to get my egg up to temp quicker by placing it at the bottom vent on high. It took about t minutes to get it from 200 to 600.
    XL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas Grill

    Kansas City, Mo.
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