Does your Egg "sweat"?

mheller · February 19

I've had my LBGE for nearly a year, and have tried all kinds of cooks thanks in large part to this forum. But tonight after cooking ordinary burgers I opened the bottom vent and let it do a short clean burn to get rid of the grease.

I came back out after about 15 minutes and it looks like my Egg is sweating! Some brown sweat, which I assume is grease/water and some clear water are coming through the ceramic and the glaze and evaporating off the surface of the hot Egg.

Have you seen this before? Does it portend something bad?

six_egg · February 19

Yes, I have seen this before. There are several post about it on the forums. Is it bad? I will leave that to the more experienced eggheads. Mine does sweat but mine is out in the weather. I do use a cover when not cooking. I do cook in the mild rain so moisture gets in my egg. I have had no problems so far.

Chubbs · February 19

Mine is not outside in the elements and yes mine has sweat before. @Nola or @Eggcelsior will be here shortly

Lit · February 19

Yes. My small and XL sit outside covered and my XL does it all the time. It seems to me the newer eggs do it worse like they are more porous. I had 2 larges out back before and they never did it near as bad as my XL.

FanOfFanboys · February 19

Mine does it. In fact sometimes it sweats sticky black stuff. I do not really pay it much attention.

500 · February 19

My Large did once. Was very strange to witness.

MrCookingNurse · February 19

Someone had a really cool picture of their egg sweating. It's normal, or at least frequent. Mine hasn't done it but its very common. And I would guess its more from the inside out than the outside elements. Combination of moisture and grease seeping out.

MrCookingNurse · February 19

Ahh the power of the Interweb

MrCookingNurse · February 19

Found the good one!!!

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1140633/bad-egg-warranty-claim

North_Is_Up · February 19

Quick. Change the diaper!

FanOfFanboys · February 19

Those last two pictures are kinda disgusting looking

smokesniffer · February 19

Is that called "burping your egg" /:)

Griffin · February 19

do you often use a drip pan filled with liquid?

JWBurns · February 19

Easily cleaned when the egg is warm... I wouldn't "sweat" it lol

Eggcelsior · February 19

Mine has done this once as well. I did a pizza cook and did not re-cover it since it was still very hot. It rained that night before I covered it the next morning. The next time I did a long cook, the egg sweated like Mr. Burns' egg.

As ceramic is porous, it has tiny little channels and holes that can absorb water(think about clay pot cooking). These little air pockets are what give ceramic it's great insulating ability (like Styrofoam). As the egg is heated, the pores expand and absorb water(from the inside and outside). Over subsequent cooks, the water gets forced out by heat. This is when one sees the sweating.

It seems that the more often one cooks, the less water is present. Also, I bet climate plays a part. Our friends in arid climates probably rarely see this "issue". Personally, I wouldn't worry too much about it.