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Matchlight stank ever go away?
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MikeG
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As posted here before, I got a Small for $75 a couple months back. Nice deal. Wasn't all gunked up with grime. It came with a new unopened bag of Matchlight and a half used bag of Cowboy lump and I assumed the owner had never polluted it with the ML. Wrong. I've done 6 cooks in it including an extended 550* burnout and the food out of this thing still smells like VOC's.
Anything I can do to hasten the cleaning process?
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i dont use my small too often and have to let it burn longer before the bad smell goes away before the food goes on. are you waiting for the smell of the smoke to smell right, it needs to smell like a clean burning camp fire before food goes on. cant see the matchlight still causing problems
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Try going hotter, longer. The ceramic is porous. At the lab, we ash samples at 550 C (1022 F). That's the temperature where all organic materials oxidize into ash. You probably don't have to go that hot, but go extended burn.
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Can an Egg that has Lighter Fluid used int int be recovered? I thought the Egg was toast after lighter fluid was used.
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If matchlight was used, it's likely lighter fluid was used also. I wouldn't write it off yet.
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I have the high-que grate in my small. WGWW lump was new and temp had been at 400* for about 15 minutes before wings were loaded on.
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Is it possible the original felt gasket absorbed the smell and that is what you smell when you light it?Herrin,IL.
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Let it run after I pulled the wings last night so ran another 2 hrs or so at 550*. We'll see if that helps. Even with vents wide open and the high-que grate I can't get it to go over 550 but can't see that I'd ever need to.
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I have the high-que grate in my small. WGWW lump was new and temp had been at 400* for about 15 minutes before wings were loaded on.
but did it smell good
fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it -
Get a hair dryer or some other fan and force air in the bottom vent with the top off. Or if you want to go nuts, compressed air. Watch out for burning embers blasting out the top.
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didn't smell the smoke
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15 minutes is not long enough for fresh lump.Make sure all the white smoke is gone.
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Good catch, the evil smoke from freshly started lump could smell like chemicals and contaminate your food.
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didn't smell the smoke
make it a point to always smell the smoke before the food goes in. ive never been able to get the small going in 15 minutes and ready to cook and its pretty hard to go time wise, problems are damp egg, new or old lump, how you lit it etc, alot of variables and only the smell test works, it only takes a few cooks before you know what a clean burn is verse a dirty one
fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it -
Smoke was clear. Had been at 400* for 15 mins, not lit for 15 mins. That should be enough to clear the voc's out of the fuel load, no?
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And I think you are ignoring the premise of my OP: use of matchlight in Eggs funkifies them and it's tough to get out of there.
Anyone have experience with a 2nd hand Egg to confirm/refute?
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I would forgo a regulated temperature burn, and just let 'er rip at max temp (Daisy-wheel off and bottom vent wide open) with a FULL load of lump (top of fire ring), until it runs out of fuel. Plan to replace your gasket, as you won't have much of one, if any, at the end of this process.BJ (Powhatan, VA)
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I would forgo a regulated temperature burn, and just let 'er rip at max temp (Daisy-wheel off and bottom vent wide open) with a FULL load of lump (top of fire ring), until it runs out of fuel. Plan to replace your gasket, as you won't have much of one, if any, at the end of this process.
+1 I'd do this. If the funk doesn't come out after that, it ain't never comin out. I'd fan the flames too.LBGE, Weber OTG w/ Rotisserie, Weber Genesis S-330, Chargriller Duo, AR-15, AK-47 -
You might as well take your thermometer out when you do this. I had one go bad after a couple of clean out burns.I would forgo a regulated temperature burn, and just let 'er rip at max temp (Daisy-wheel off and bottom vent wide open) with a FULL load of lump (top of fire ring), until it runs out of fuel. Plan to replace your gasket, as you won't have much of one, if any, at the end of this process.
+1 I'd do this. If the funk doesn't come out after that, it ain't never comin out. I'd fan the flames too.
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15 minutes is not long enough for fresh lump.Make sure all the white smoke is gone.
Tonight it took nearly 45 minutes for the bad smelling smoke to go away. Really surprised me but waited it out. Usually takes 20-30 minutes with new lump for me.
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