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Lunch

I got the egg out early today to make some lunch. Bone in ribeye and Bloomin potatoes with cheese and bacon.  After a crazy week I've been looking forward to firing up the egg and relaxing. It's supposed to be in the 90's today so I thought I'd cook before it got too hot. This is only my third cook and I've haven't went from indirect to direct. Do I just need to take it the plate setter before I'm ready to cook the steaks? Any suggestions on storing the plate setter while it's hot?  I don't want it to break. 

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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 7,414
    Are you planning to cook the steaks direct. If yes then you don't need the platesetter in the egg.. So just make your fire put your grid in and away you go.
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
  • Theophan
    Theophan Posts: 2,656
    I mostly cook meat in my Eggs, need to try to get myself to branch out and do things like potatoes, etc..  So I don't know how you're going to cook the potato, at what temp, etc..  But I'd guess you're doing the potato indirect, so yeah, my guess is that when the potatoes are done, you'll take them out, lift out the grid, and using a tool made for the job or very heavy gloves, lift out the plate setter and carefully put it down on anything that's not going to be harmed by really hot ceramic touching it.  You could put it on the ground, or maybe on a sheet pan on top of the table.

    Then crank up the fire, put back the grid, and cook your steak.

    If you're cooking your potatoes at a pretty low heat, and your steak is at least an inch thick, you could put the steak on with the potatoes for the low-and-slow part of a reverse sear, carefully monitoring the temperature.  If it's less than an inch thick, though, I'd just cook it hot and fast, flipping pretty frequently, till it's the temp you want it.
  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 7,414
    @kaikheremshi.. Sorry I forgot to say Welcome... and have fun and enjoy your steaks..
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
  • I cook the potatoes indirect and cook the steaks direct. I was afraid the plate setter would break if I took it and sat it on something. I will let you know how it turns out. Thank you for your help. 
  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,602
    edited June 2016
    I cook the potatoes indirect and cook the steaks direct. I was afraid the plate setter would break if I took it and sat it on something. I will let you know how it turns out. Thank you for your help. 
    No worries about the plate setter cracking with the temperature difference. I had a BGE rep tell me once that the BGE company will take the ceramic pieces from the kiln and dump it into ice cold water to check to see if it's creates any stress cracks before being fully assembled. I know others here have dumped their coolers full of ice and water into their egg to help cool them down quicker when tailgating. So they can take a little abuse but probably not something you want to do all the time. Plate setter no worries
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,232
    I cook potatoes indirect, then remove the grate, remove the PS woo2/Platesetter, replace the grate and grill the steak. 
    New Albany, Ohio