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For those with smokeware caps
bhedges1987
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When doing cooks 400+ do you leave the cap on or take it off? It looks like enough air gets in there that wide open would be able to let me get 600+. Just not sure it would hold up to the heat.
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Kansas City, Missouri
Large Egg
Mini Egg
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" - Gandalf
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I leave it on until about 550 then I remove it.
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I have cooked with it up to 550 but have issues getting the dome temp hotter with it on.EggMcMcc
Central Illinois
First L BGE July 2016, RecTec, Traeger, Weber, Campchef
Second BGE, a MMX, February 2017
Third BGE, another large, May, 2017
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I take it off when I light the egg and only put it on if I'm trying to hold below 400
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER -
Really no advantage to leave it on for high temp cooks.
Adjusting air intake with the lower vent can easily hold the higher temp you want.Thank you,DarianGalveston Texas -
It will let the needle wrap on the thermo if the eggs clean. I throw it in the coals to burn the grease off, it can take it.Jacksonville FL
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I never take mine off and have never had an issue with heat, it has discolored a bit, but works just fine, even when I do Pizza at 600.
I didn't know there was issues with high heat??
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Not sure if there is. Was just checking before I do it.YYZegger said:I never take mine off and have never had an issue with heat, it has discolored a bit, but works just fine, even when I do Pizza at 600.
I didn't know there was issues with high heat??
Kansas City, Missouri
Large Egg
Mini Egg
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" - Gandalf -
may depend on the size egg. I have an XL, it needs a bigger fire and eats much more air to get to higher temps than a smaller egg would.YYZegger said:I never take mine off and have never had an issue with heat, it has discolored a bit, but works just fine, even when I do Pizza at 600.
I didn't know there was issues with high heat??
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No problem getting to 600+ on my XL with the cap on.Jefferson, GA
XL BGE, MM, Things to flip meat over and stuff
Wife, 3 kids, 5 dogs, 4 cats, 12 chickens, 2 goats, 2 pigs.
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Cap off for over 400. I'm an old NASCAR fan so I like the draft.
Joe - I'm a reformed gasser-holic aka 4Runner Columbia, SC Wonderful BGE Resource Site: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm and http://www.nibblemethis.com/ and http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2006/02/recipes.html
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Open, 3/4" top and bottom on MY large is roughly 400F.Large BGE - McDonald, PA
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Tired of having to heat up my egg to get the cast iron cap to move freely....does the smokeware version solve this problem?
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Yeah but it can gunk up too, but not to the point it won't open.Large BGE - McDonald, PA
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Cap on to 550 for me then cap off.Just bought an Egg? Here is what you get to look forward to now:
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Bill Denver, CO
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A waste of money.BilZol said:? What are those?Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.
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An attempt at a joke.BilZol said:? What are those?Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.
Status- Standing by.
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I didn't know if they were previous models. Rough day. Not up to speed. Hit the bottle early.
(I don't drink, my attempt at humor....)
Bill Denver, CO
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They do get a little gunked up if you do a lot of fatty cooks. But it usually busts free during heat up for me at least. I've only removed to get over 700 for a sear.
I'm thinking of doing a cleaning run with the oven cleaner in a black trashbag left out in the sun for a day or so to clean it up. I think I saw @RRP do something like that to his cooking grid once....
LBGE since 2014
Griffin, GA
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I was cleaning up and apparently they were left over from earlier this year. A book of chocolate liquor bottles. I haven't met chocolate I didn't like, even if it has spirits in it.RedSkip said:Is that dipped in chocolate?!Bill Denver, CO
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I've done the oven cleaner method, better to do it on a cool day or at night. Haven't tried burning them off yet. I rotate my cooks on the different grills and they stay half decent but it's about that time again.DaveRichardson said:They do get a little gunked up if you do a lot of fatty cooks. But it usually busts free during heat up for me at least. I've only removed to get over 700 for a sear.
I'm thinking of doing a cleaning run with the oven cleaner in a black trashbag left out in the sun for a day or so to clean it up. I think I saw @RRP do something like that to his cooking grid once....
When I did it in the sun I think the heat dried the solvent too quick.Bill Denver, CO
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@stv8rstv8r said:Tired of having to heat up my egg to get the cast iron cap to move freely....does the smokeware version solve this problem?
I had the same problem. I learned here on the forum to put the daisy wheel in the egg on the grid when you shut it down with the ceramic cap. The gunk burns off.
Also, to answer your question, the smokeware cap doesn't seize up like the daisy wheel in my experience.
Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
Grand Rapids MI
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