Felt Liner

logtavern

I recently purchased an XL Egg. The first meal I prepared on it was steak. Following the directions on the DVD I took the grill to approximately 650 degrees. Much to my surprise when I went to remove the steak from the grill the felt gasket on the top portion of the grill fell off when I opened the cover. In case you are wondering the gasket was installed by BGE not me. The next time I took the grill to that kind of heat the bottom gasket fell off. I did receive a replacement from BGE with no hassle and installed according to instructions. I am wondering if anyone else has had this issue but more importantly whether the adhesive on the felt can really handle that kind of heat. I have not heated the grill to this level with the new gasket. Has anyone else had this experience? Is there a better adhesive to use to attach the gasket?

Bacchus

Many, many people have. Keep your first dozen cooks below 400deg, to cure the gasket. After that you should be fine up to approx 700deg(I think).

RB

PhilsGrill

More than likely, it is a dome alignment issue. This is the main cause of gaskets burning up the first few cooks. If you have the dome aligned with a tight seal all the way around, it probably won't burn up.

East Cobb Eggy

You gotta keep those first 10-12 cooks under 400.

There must be a post like this twice a week.

Greg

Grandpas Grub

Perform the dollar bill test, that is make sure your dome alignment is correct.

GG