Setting the temperature on Kamado
400°C
Setup your Egg with the vents like this if you want to get it really hot. This is great for cooking pizza.
Please don’t forget to burp your Egg at temps above 200°C.
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250°C-300°C
Setup your Egg with the vents like this if you’re looking to cook steaks. The bottom vent is about half closed, the top daisy wheel full open and slide to reveal a 1/4 moon.
Please don’t forget to burp your Egg at temps above 200°C.
220°C (~430°F)
The perfect setup for bread baking. The top vent is showing a mew moon while the daisy wheel is full open. The bottom draft door is about 1/3 open.
Please don’t forget to burp your Egg at temps above 200°C.
180°C (~350°F)
Sunday lunch, roast chicken, a rib of beef, all can be cooked at 180°C. The daisy wheel is fully open but slid so the main vent is shut, The draft door at the bottom is 2 fingers wide.
150°C (~300°F)
Lots of desserts are cooked at 150°-160°C, why not give some of them a whirl.
110°C (~225°F)
This is what low and slow is all about. Hardly any air is needed to keep your Egg ticking over. The top is one to a ‘cocktail stick’ width, the bottom about 5mm.
This is the perfect temperature for cooking all those tougher pieces of meat that require you to melt the connective tissue.
