Gasket/Temp ?

Webass

Recently I did a cleanout burn and it got away from me with temps well above 800.  When I very carefully opened my LBGE portions of the gasket were in flames.  Today I did my first low and slow since.  Got everything all in place at 240 with Guru set for 250.  I did notice I was "leaking smoke" around the gasket. Temp sailed right thru 250 and at 290 I closed top and bottom and got it back down to 245.  Cranked up the guru with daisy wheel closed and though it's not as rapid as before, temp is now up to 265.

Since I obviously don't have a good seal on my gasket since smoke was coming out, is it reasonable I'm also pulling in air that's fueling the fire?  I've always been able maintain temps with no trouble.  Time to call Ron?

 

lkapigian

My gasket "Puffs" smoke all around the gasket when my Stoker Fan Starts, I have no problem holding 200-225 even with that leakage. I have a Rutland from Ron, the gasket is holding up, its just well "Used" and extremely flat compared to new.

With the Guru, the bottom should be closed tight onto your fan, I leave my top just cracked

bhedges1987

Webass said:

Recently I did a cleanout burn and it got away from me with temps well above 800.  When I very carefully opened my LBGE portions of the gasket were in flames.  Today I did my first low and slow since.  Got everything all in place at 240 with Guru set for 250.  I did notice I was "leaking smoke" around the gasket. Temp sailed right thru 250 and at 290 I closed top and bottom and got it back down to 245.  Cranked up the guru with daisy wheel closed and though it's not as rapid as before, temp is now up to 265.

Since I obviously don't have a good seal on my gasket since smoke was coming out, is it reasonable I'm also pulling in air that's fueling the fire?  I've always been able maintain temps with no trouble.  Time to call Ron?

 

Mine still leaks with a Rutland. 

lousubcap

The BGE runs on air-flow to manage fire volume for the desired cook temp.  Since you have air leaks around the gasket surface you have an added area for air to fuel the fire in addition to the bottom vent.  So your vent settings will be smaller to account for the "other" air for a given cook temp.   FWIW-

RRP

bhedges1987 said:

en able maintain temps with no trouble.  Time to call Ron?

 

Mine still leaks with a Rutland. 

If I sold it to you then I would be more than glad to discuss how to solve that! Send me a PM and I will reply this afternoon with some advice. Please tell me where it is leaking (front, back, side) and approximately how large of the area in length and that will let me zero in on the probable problem and solution to overcome.

fishlessman

Webass said:

Recently I did a cleanout burn and it got away from me with temps well above 800.  When I very carefully opened my LBGE portions of the gasket were in flames.  Today I did my first low and slow since.  Got everything all in place at 240 with Guru set for 250.  I did notice I was "leaking smoke" around the gasket. Temp sailed right thru 250 and at 290 I closed top and bottom and got it back down to 245.  Cranked up the guru with daisy wheel closed and though it's not as rapid as before, temp is now up to 265.

Since I obviously don't have a good seal on my gasket since smoke was coming out, is it reasonable I'm also pulling in air that's fueling the fire?  I've always been able maintain temps with no trouble.  Time to call Ron?

 

you shouldnt have those problems with a leaky dome gasket. maybe you burned the silicone around the lower vent

lkapigian

RRP said:

bhedges1987 said:

en able maintain temps with no trouble.  Time to call Ron?

 

Mine still leaks with a Rutland. 

If I sold it to you then I would be more than glad to discuss how to solve that! Send me a PM and I will reply this afternoon with some advice. Please tell me where it is leaking (front, back, side) and approximately how large of the area in length and that will let me zero in on the probable problem and solution to overcome.

@RRP ( not to hijack a thread) my Rutland is smashed flat as a coin, not "fluffy) is this normal ( not a complaint ) but new and thicker it sealed quite well..not @ home so no pictures

g37

Are your wires for guru sandwich between your dome and base.  If so the wire is causing a gap even if u can't see it. That's where your smoke leak is coming from.

GregW

I haven't done a clean burn in 20 years on my eggs.(at least not intentionally) Never had the need too.
I've always been careful to use pans and foil underneath anything I was cooking that could make a mess.  
To me, a clean burn puts unneeded stress on the egg. 
For the people that enjoy a good period clean nuclear burn I respect their choice, but the high temp burn is not for me.
FWIW I have a Rutland gasket that I got from Ron, it's great.

Wolfie51sb

GregW said:

To me, a clean burn puts unneeded stress on the egg. 

Agree.

John_Boy

Not to hijack.....but is 600 degrees considered a clean burn? That's what BGE recommends. Every now and then I run the egg 600-700 degrees for a couple hours to get the gunk out. Seems to do the trick without going Nuclear.

jtcBoynton

Clean burn temps are open to your preference.  600º will burn off the organics just fine - it will just take longer than a 900º burn.  Staying around 700º or so is a good balance of length of the burn, component stress, and ability of the thermometer to actually let you know the temp.