New Egg owner - change gasket out before first cook?

brandonb · December 2012

Hi all-

New Large BGE owner here. One thing I'm most excited about with the egg is pizza. I currently have rigged my home oven to get to 800' to bake my Neapolitan pies in about 90 seconds. Since I know I'll be getting my egg in the 700-800 range, should I go ahead and change out the gasket to a Nomex before I even use the egg? Figured it may be easier to remove now compared to after a few cooks.

Thanks!

nolaegghead · December 2012

If it's new it should already have the Nomex. If, for whatever reason, you do remove it, it's not that bad a job if you warm up the egg first. Just start cooking, is my advice.

brandonb · December 2012

It's a gray wool gasket which I didn't think looked like the Nomex pictures I've seen.

nolaegghead · December 2012

Their new Nomex are sometimes gray. If it's new (and not new old stock - NOS) it's Nomex. They changed that a while back...well, months ago.

xraypat23 · December 2012

The new nomex is a bright gray, the old felt ones are dark grey. If it's a felt, peel it off before it heat cures on there, much easier.

Skiddymarker · December 2012

If it is the old gasket, your dealer will give you a new BGE high heat gasket, all new eggs ship with the Nomex type gasket. Ask your dealer, that's why he is there and that's why he made a fair, albeit rather high profit when you became his client.

I would not buy a Nomex before I burned off all the gaskets my dealer will give me under warranty, but that's just me.

brandonb · December 2012

Here's a picture of my gasket. Is this the new, Nomex high heat one?

Thanks!

Onegrecook · December 2012

Replacing the gasket before the first cook would be like siphoning the gas out of a new car before you drive it off the lot. I'd cook with it until it fails and then replace it.

EGGzilla_jr · December 2012

@brandonb that appears to be the new gasket

SmokinDAWG82 · December 2012

Looks like the nomex to me too

xraypat23 · December 2012

that's definitely the new gasket.

brandonb · December 2012

Awesome, thanks everyone! First cook tonight! Starting with an spatched chicken!

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