Putting out the Lump after cooking?

MrDave

Help. Smoked some ribs last night and closed up the XL Egg. This AM I was cleaning up putting racks away and stuff and the coals and wood were still smoking. Everything was sealed up as normal. Only thought I had is that I used more wood to finish he bag and dumped the rest of my lump (dust) in the egg. I put a rag under the ceramic top to try to get a better seal. Any other thoughts? 

MrCookingNurse

You've gotta pee on it after ribs. Old summer camp campfire style.

bigphil

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MrCookingNurse said:

You've gotta pee on it after ribs. Old summer camp campfire style.

tnbarbq

I bet it was the wood.  Can't think of any other reason.

lousubcap

Gotta be an air leak to keep it going with lower vent shut and ceramic dome on.  Check for gasket leakage-"dollar bill" test it.

Skiddymarker

Either the lump came with its own air supply or there is a leak, I'm betting on the air leak like @lousubcap says. It can't burn if it can't breathe. 

caliking

Check the lower vent. My small shut down quicker after I applied some silicone around it.

MrDave

Thank for that tip. It has not happened since. I am guessing that the fire was banked as someone else suggested. My bottom vent is a little stiff (screen and door slide together) I will lubricate them. I under stand your silicone fix but if the door is not closing maybe the lube will fix it. Thanks. I see from your pictures you have a small and a mini. How do you like and use the mini?

Dave

CajunEggHead

MrCookingNurse said:

You've gotta pee on it after ribs. Old summer camp campfire style.

caliking

@MrDave: I'm still learning how the mini works, but I think its a terrific little cooker. So far it has been the weekend breakfast cooker.

Wrt the silicone, I used silicone gasket around the vent, not in the tracks for the sliding parts.