Ceramic lid vs. Daisy wheel.....duh!

Zick · November 2012

So I have been egging for about a year. I have only used my daisy wheel and have left the ceramic lid in the box. At the end of the cook I would just close the daisy wheel up and tightly close the bottom vent to shut down the fire. Has worked fine. Last night I saw the ceramic top and decided to use it. Duh!!! Closed down the fire so much faster and saved a significant amount of lump. I am such an idiot! Sharing just in case any others out there are as slow as me.

Skiddymarker · November 2012

Good advice, and if you have any gasket material left over from the last redo, put it on the ceramic top, seals off faster and fits better (tighter), won't fly off if you open the dome "aggressively".

lousubcap · November 2012

Also to preserve the DFMT, when finished with the cook just put it in the BGE and store it there til the next run. Give it a shot of Pam or equivalent spray oil every so often and it does just fine.

jfm0830 · November 2012

@Skiddymarker alluded to it in his reply: Be very careful lifting the lid with the ceramic top on. I've seen enough pictures on the internet of broken ceramic caps the fell off while lifting the lid that I take mine off before I open the lid.

Duganboy · November 2012

Zick said:

So I have been egging for about a year. I have only used my daisy wheel and have left the ceramic lid in the box. At the end of the cook I would just close the daisy wheel up and tightly close the bottom vent to shut down the fire. Has worked fine. Last night I saw the ceramic top and decided to use it. Duh!!! Closed down the fire so much faster and saved a significant amount of lump. I am such an idiot! Sharing just in case any others out there are as slow as me.

I feel your "stupidity" and raise you one. I got my first egg over 15 years ago and just threw the ceramic top away.

It wasn't until I joined this forum a few months ago, that I knew any different. Gave my old egg to one of my sons and needless to say, I'm using the ceramic top on this one.

Badong · November 2012

I would recommend this for everybody.

SMITTYtheSMOKER · November 2012

@ Badong -I would run a split strip of gasket on the very top of the Egg for an even better seal.

You have to be very careful in removing the cover when you have the ceramic top in place, esy to have it catch and drag it off and hear it crack.

FanOfFanboys · November 2012

@badong what are you cooking that you have temp over 800 degrees?

probe1957 · November 2012

FanOfFanboys said:

@badong what are you cooking that you have temp over 800 degrees?

I was wondering the same thing. But since I don't see any evidence of heat coming out the top, I wonder if the picture wasn't taken on a cool day and that is just where the thermometer rests?

YEMTrey · November 2012

SMITTYtheSMOKER said:

@ Badong -I would run a split strip of gasket on the very top of the Egg for an even better seal.

You have to be very careful in removing the cover when you have the ceramic top in place, esy to have it catch and drag it off and hear it crack.

Great advice in regards to the cover. I'm very careful with mine, and still almost had it catch and fall off this weekend when removing the cover.

I will be adding some felt gasket to the chimney like pictured though.

henapple · November 2012

I lined the inside of my ceramic top. I have no extra nomex on the egg but definitely cools down faster...also forms a cushion for the top.

ShedFarm · November 2012

I would caution against putting the extra gasket material on the Egg, and line the ceramic cap, instead (as henapple has done). The inside diameter of the daisy wheel is often different than that of the ceramic cap, and what may work for one, may cause the other to not fit, properly.

Badong · November 2012

I think it was actually a cold day. Yes, we have those in North Texas occasionally.

Anyway, my ceramic cap and daisy wheel fit nice and snug with the left over felt in place.

Mickey · November 2012

I never use my daisy wheel. Leave it in the box and all is fine.

Zick · November 2012

Mickey said:

I never use my daisy wheel. Leave it in the box and all is fine.

How do you,adjust temp?

MrCookingNurse · November 2012

Zick said:

Mickey said:

I never use my daisy wheel. Leave it in the box and all is fine.

How do you,adjust temp?

Bottom vent. I never use my daisy wheel unless I'm under 350•

Skiddymarker · November 2012

Interesting that some folks do not use the daisy, I seldom use the bottom vent, I control with the DFMT, it is so much easier - at eye level, doesn't stick or bind. I guess the key is to use whatever works for you. The egg is a chimney, so wether you limit air at the inlet or outlet, it is all pretty much the same.

BuckeyeBob · November 2012

I'm with Nurse and Mickey. I don't use the daisy wheel unless I am doing under 350 or so. Easier to only worry about bottom vent instead of both.

MJQ8 · November 2012

Seasons Greetings to ALL!!! Great conversation for two reasons. First, I went to the BGE headquarters last week here in the ATL for the Thanksgiving seminar and brought this topic up myself as a new BGE owner. Their solution? Gasket around the chimney. Secondly, I was attempting 2 pies for Thanksgiving. The fatal flaw in my planning (this time) was dropping the temp from 425 for fifteen minutes down to 350 for 30 minutes..."Seriously? good luck with that in a short periode of time", I said to myself. However, this conversation has given me an idea for the ceramic top. Now I just need to locate it in the basement. Good luck with that too I guess:|...(Our basement is where our four year old daughter finds "lost things" as in from the Tinkerbell movie series.)

BYS1981 · November 2012

I don't use my DW unless I have to, ie under 300ish.

Look at the airflow as a hose, you can adjust with just the faucet, or with the faucet AND a spray gun at the end. I use just the faucet knob.

Sgt93 · November 2012

I needed a good laugh, thanks. :))

Zick · November 2012

Use both all the time.

Stargaze · November 2012

Speaking of dumb, I was cleaning my egg the other day, had it around 600 or 700 degrees for a few minutes. Opened up the dome and singed some of the hair on my forearm lol

Grambler · November 2012

Stargaze said:

Speaking of dumb, I was cleaning my egg the other day, had it around 600 or 700 degrees for a few minutes. Opened up the dome and singed some of the hair on my forearm lol

Monthly occurrence for me I think...

SmokinDAWG82 · November 2012

Stargaze said:

Speaking of dumb, I was cleaning my egg the other day, had it around 600 or 700 degrees for a few minutes. Opened up the dome and singed some of the hair on my forearm lol

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