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How high can heat go in the Egg safely?

tbru
tbru Posts: 17
in EggHead Forum
had the egg to about 1000 degrees accidentally tonight...is that ok?  I was getting coals ready for steak/pork chops cooked on the coals, shut the lid with top and bottom open...when I came out, the BGE dome thermometer was around again at 200, going by the 800 degrees mark, on its way back around.

xl bge, weber gas 3-burner, fire pit

Tech: EggGenius and Thermoworks DOT, ChefAlarm, Thermopop

Lump: Cowboy and BGE

Wood: Hickory, Oak, Apple

Meat: Costco, Lunds/Byerlys, Von Hanson's

location: Eden Prairie, MN

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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,808
    It's fine. You do need to recalibrate your thermometer now. 
    ~ John - Formerly known as ColtsFan  - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
    XL BGE, LG BGE, Med BGE, BGE Chiminea, Ardore Pizza Oven
    Bloomington, IN - Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers!

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  • Sammi
    Sammi Posts: 598
    @tbru So how did that cook turn out? You definitely had the base for a good sear.
    Sudbury, Ontario
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  • Slippy
    Slippy Posts: 214
    Mine made it all the way past 300 one time. A little freaky, but no damage at all. Even the gasket was fine... 

    Rockwall, TX  •  LBGE, Big Hat Ranger offset smoker, Really old 22" Weber Kettle, Pile of Pecan and Post Oak... 
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  • tbru
    tbru Posts: 17
    How do you recalibrate the thermometer?

    xl bge, weber gas 3-burner, fire pit

    Tech: EggGenius and Thermoworks DOT, ChefAlarm, Thermopop

    Lump: Cowboy and BGE

    Wood: Hickory, Oak, Apple

    Meat: Costco, Lunds/Byerlys, Von Hanson's

    location: Eden Prairie, MN

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  • newEGGlandah
    newEGGlandah Posts: 20

    Large&Mini BGEs:  HeaterMeter w/Roto Damper, Thermapen, ET-733, CI Woo&Spider
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  • bucky925
    bucky925 Posts: 2,052
    https://youtu.be/pmqKlXOjGNo

    The best things in life are not things.  

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  • tbru
    tbru Posts: 17
    edited May 2019
    @Sammi Steaks on the coals the other night with my brother, a fellow Egger, teaching us; Brined Pork chops and Potatoes tonight...chops on the coals, potatoes par-boiled and then roasted on the top rack on my XL Woo/Adjustable Rig indirect heat above the half stone.  The steaks were amazing and flavorful.  We decided to try it on pork chops tonight...they were very flavorful and very good, as well!

    Meat on the baking sheet below are the pork chops.

    xl bge, weber gas 3-burner, fire pit

    Tech: EggGenius and Thermoworks DOT, ChefAlarm, Thermopop

    Lump: Cowboy and BGE

    Wood: Hickory, Oak, Apple

    Meat: Costco, Lunds/Byerlys, Von Hanson's

    location: Eden Prairie, MN

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  • tbru
    tbru Posts: 17
    edited May 2019
    @newEGGlandah Thank you for your help on the calibrating...does it for sure have to be done or just a good idea?  :)  

    xl bge, weber gas 3-burner, fire pit

    Tech: EggGenius and Thermoworks DOT, ChefAlarm, Thermopop

    Lump: Cowboy and BGE

    Wood: Hickory, Oak, Apple

    Meat: Costco, Lunds/Byerlys, Von Hanson's

    location: Eden Prairie, MN

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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    tbru said:
    @newEGGlandah Thank you for your help on the calibrating...does it for sure have to be done or just a good idea?  :)  
    Do you have to calibrate it to cook in the egg? No.

    If you want to know the temperature of the dome, then it would be a good idea. 
    Aledo, Texas
    Large BGE
    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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