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Using my plate setter

bwarner
bwarner Posts: 23
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Wanting to indirect cook a pork loin using the pale setter. Light the lump and wait for the lump to start burning. How long to wait before putting the plate setter in ? And how much extra time once its in place to bring to temp 275-300

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    I load my plate setter within 10 minutes of building the fire. Why? I like all the ceramics to come up to temp together. Just works well for me. There is no right or wrong way my friend. Just do what gives you good results. Again I like all my stuff to preheat together. It seems to take some of the temp chasing out of the equation if everything is stablized together.

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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    I light and immediately put in the PS... Same goes for pizza 're: stone in right away to get all ceramics to a even temp.
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    I usually put the placesetter in around 200 degrees. ...
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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 6,134
    I put the platesetter in just before closing the dome and let it come to temp with the egg as @sgh says.

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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
    edited October 2014
    Hmm, I do things different.  I light my lump using the electric starter.  After 7 minutes I pull the starter, shut the dome, but I pull the top off the smokeware cap and make sure the bottom door is wide open.  I let it come up to my desired final temp (using the dome thermometer), but I know it is a false temp for my indirect cook, it's just what I do as my pre-heat process.  once she gets to my desired final temp with no plate setter, I open her up, add my smoke wood, then plate setter & grill go on.  I close her back up, put the cap back on and set to desired opening.  Install the BBQ guru Digi-Q, and set the digi-q to desired temp.  The BGE is inevitably still below my goal temp and the Digi-Q will start blowing 100 % until it starts getting close to my desired temp.  Usually when it is close enough to final temp that it starts cycling the blower is when i will put my food in for cooking.

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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    I'm with @Zmokin - except I am the Digi-Q...... Once the electric comes out, DFMT petals all open, bottom wide open - I give it 10 minutes or so, then drop in set-up with Mav pit probe, set the pit alarm for desired temp. 
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  • ChrisgrillsSTLMO
    ChrisgrillsSTLMO Posts: 401
    +1 for putting it in the Egg before closing the lid. My latest approach is to keep the lid up until the thermometer in the lid starts to move towards 100+ degrees. My hypothesis is if the heat coming up is high enough to move the needle, then the fire is established enough to withstand a tepid PS + others stuff and still get to cook temp in a decent amount of time. My $0.02

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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    I do like @SGH does and put it in after about 10 minutes of getting the fire going so it can get up to temp with egg. I have found that if I wait it takes longer for the egg to stabilize. I also place the legs down to get more flow and when at temp I turn it over to legs up for low and slow.
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  • SMITTYtheSMOKER
    SMITTYtheSMOKER Posts: 2,668
    I wait 10/15 minutes than insert PS.  Should up to temp in 30 minutes total time.

     

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