Leaking grease

paulheels · April 2012

the botton of my EGG has been leaking grease from my last few cooks. There are no visible cracks in the bottom. But there is a lot of grease coming out. Anyone else have this problem?

It is not dripping, its running down the leg of the nest. pics to come

Thanks

Paul

boatbum · April 2012

Burn baby burn -- high heat will clean it right up.

paulheels · April 2012

@boatbun. Did that last night. Fried old top gasket and burned glue off new bottOm high heat gasket. And it made the leak worse

paulheels · April 2012

Pics

Chubbs · April 2012

Damn brother. What was your last cook? I have never seen that before?

Gato · April 2012

Dang brother, you ever thought of a drip pan. Probably from that 100 pounds of pork you cooked a week or so ago

cortguitarman · April 2012

Weird. Could it be cracked under the bars of your nest? I have no idea. I just thought I'd throw it out there.

Gato · April 2012

I've heard of others leaking like this before.

stike · April 2012

sure looks like a crack. upper right of the photo.

eggo · April 2012

If you can't see grease on the sides of the base, I'd say you have a crack or two on the bottom. Hard to tell but looks like a crack on both bottom pics.

paulheels · April 2012

I have been thinking it had to be cracked. But, there is nothing visible. Gonna get in contact with dealer and see. And there has been app 100 l s of pork c

paulheels · April 2012

Cooked the last two weekends.

Thank
Paul

paulheels · April 2012

there is also grease on the side of the base. its as if the grease is leeching through the ceramics. Weird. Curious if anyone else has had this issue.

Paul

The Cen-Tex Smoker · April 2012

100 lbs of pulled pork.....guessing no drip pan. I have never seen anything like this before. Curious as to what comes of it. Please share when you figure it all out

The Cen-Tex Smoker · April 2012

It really does look cracked underneath when you zoom in. And that's where it appears to be coming from.

The Naked Whiz · April 2012

That sharply define boundary between that light tan and very dark colors sure looks like a crack to me.

paulheels · April 2012

@naked, same thing I was thinking. I have get around and stared at it endlessly, nothin is visual. Now that doesn't mean it's not there. I just can't see it.

My EGG has sweated before. So I can see why there might be some seeping out the side.
Most of this is very weird.
I will let y'all know what happens.

Paul

paulheels · April 2012

If you zoom in and look at the side of the base, a couple inches above the bottom, you can see the grease on the outside of the grill as well

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