Little issue while prepping the egg...

frankc623 · May 2013

So I'm prepping the egg for ribs this afternoon. Added my lump, started the fire and closed the dome. I went inside to prep the ribs and when I came back out the fire took off the the thermometer went around to around 1000 degrees. I put the daisy wheel on and closed the doors and the temp has come down to around 500 degrees. I went to open the dome and it won't open. I guess what was left of my gasket melted together. Anyone ever experience this? What should I do? Help!!!

hapster · May 2013

Work around with a putty knife. Once open, take advantage and remove all of that pesky gasket and get on with your life...

Wear gloves

Enjoy the ribs

tnbarbq · May 2013

I would gently try to pry it open with a screw driver. Gently!

bigphil · May 2013

what @hapster said could try a good yank as well

six_egg · May 2013

hapster said:

Work around with a putty knife. Once open, take advantage and remove all of that pesky gasket and get on with your life... Wear gloves Enjoy the ribs

I agree.

SMITTYtheSMOKER · May 2013

A razor knife works best. IMO

I find when cooking a timer is your best friend. Use one.

frankc623 · May 2013

got it free with a putty knife. thanks for the suggestion hap. i guess its time for a new gasket...

Little Steven · May 2013

It's funny, the couple of gaskets I have fused have been the ones that stayed on longest.

Skiddymarker · May 2013

mountaindewbass said:

I just put on a new(er) nomex thats grey and has a self stick back from BGE rep. I only put it on the bottom of the egg, passes the dollar test and it wont seal shut again(so im told)

I think it was CenTex who advised that the hightemp BGE gasket is not Nomex. I know it looks very different than my High-Q Nomex. Certainly did not last as long. (Either is much better than the shipping pad original gasket)

The Cen-Tex Smoker · May 2013

Skiddymarker said:

mountaindewbass said:

I just put on a new(er) nomex thats grey and has a self stick back from BGE rep. I only put it on the bottom of the egg, passes the dollar test and it wont seal shut again(so im told)

I think it was CenTex who advised that the hightemp BGE gasket is not Nomex. I know it looks very different than my High-Q Nomex. Certainly did not last as long. (Either is much better than the shipping pad original gasket)

I've used both.they both lasted around 6 months or so. maybe a year. I'm down to what used to be recognizable as a gasket on the base only at the moment. Seems to work just fine. this one is the BGE. My hiQ came unglue and fell in the fire. I kept waiting for the "bad smoke to clear" but after an hour i went out and found it in the fire. I smoked out the entire block

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frankc623 · May 2013

I'm going to contact the mothership and see if they will send me a replacement gasket. If they won't I'll probably go with no gasket for a while. What do nomex/rutlands run? 30-50 bucks?

The Cen-Tex Smoker · May 2013

I wasn't kidding when I said it smoked out the entire block

frankc623 · May 2013

That's crazy!

hapster · May 2013

Go without for a while or so and see what happens.

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