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  • scruffee81
    scruffee81 Posts: 85
    I can attest that they leak, as I just purchased one of these and have used it for 2 cooks... the tolerances are not tight enough to produce seals.  Mine is slowly building up gunk just like the other pictures show. So shutting down time in comparison to the ceramic cap has been increased.
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  • News2u
    News2u Posts: 335
    Since discovering the Smokeware Cap last spring, I have not been back to the traditional daisy wheel. But until this discussion did not think to retrofit with a snuff lid. Will indeed investigate. That said, I haven't found removing the SS cap in favor of the ceramic cap for snuffing necessarily a bother. Still, I'm all for eliminating an unneeded step. Anyway, my Smokeware cap has always fit loosely when it's clean. When gunk builds up, it tightens considerably, making it harder to adjust. As for cleaning, I squirt it with a bleach cleaner and pop it into he dishwasher after every 2 or 3 cooks--works great. 
    Beef...It's what's for dinner tonight.
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  • anton
    anton Posts: 1,813
    I applaud your ingenuity, my ceramic cap took a spill and broke! Boo Hoo! I have to rely on snuffing with daisy wheel cap, works, just slower.
    :((
     Using a MBGE,woo/w stone,livin' in  Hayward California," The Heart Of The Bay "
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    @anton although it's a pia a little foil will go a long way there.
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    anton said:
    ... my ceramic cap took a spill and broke! Boo Hoo! I have to rely on snuffing with daisy wheel cap, works, just slower. ...
    Make a plywood disk (approximately 5.25" diameter) that will fit inside the daisy wheel and cover the upper vent hole.  Put the disk on the egg and then put ugly daisy over the disk ... should work as well as your ceramic ... actually, it'll work better than your broken ceramic.

    The disk should probably be thin so that ugly daisy won't fall off if you open the lid before removing the disk.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • anton
    anton Posts: 1,813
    @theyolksonyou @Jeepster47 Both good suggestions thank you.
     Using a MBGE,woo/w stone,livin' in  Hayward California," The Heart Of The Bay "
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    @anton ... Donnie mentioned that he used a "plug" of tin foil when shutting down.  Can't remember which cap he used it with.  Maybe he'll mention how he uses it ... @dldawes1

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    Donnie cooks topless, not sure on shutdown
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    theyolksonyou said:
    Donnie cooks topless ...
    Not during the winter months ...

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    Jeepster47 said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    Donnie cooks topless ...
    Not during the winter months ...

    he is in KY, so...
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    This is Donnie's Kentucky ...


    image

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    edited December 2014
    He posted a pic the other day with no top and in a separate post stated he only uses bottom vent. I'm not gonna put the effort in to find it. It was more of a redneck/hillbilly joke as I too am a redneck.
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,367
    Jeepster47 said: 
    The more I stare at the egg during cooks, the more I think the folks who control with only one end of the egg are right.  "X" amount of combustion air goes in the bottom vent ... it expands some due to combustion and some due to heat expansion (~20% per 100 degree increase) ... so, "X" plus "Y" goes out the top.  Whichever vent is the most restrictive is controlling the airflow ... yes?  The other vent contributes little or no airflow control.

     
    Agree with this 100%, with one exception:  I still put the metal cap on for low-und-slows, with the ring fully closed and the petals fully open (just to be consistent).  Why?  During a brisket cook, I have the bottom vent open 1/16".  With the top completely open, the exit area is many times larger than the intake area, and I could see some cool air actually entering the egg through the top, sinking into the egg (since cold air is denser) and contributing oxygen to the fire.  
    I don't know if this happens, just a suspicion of mine; there's probably a lighting/video technique that could show/disprove this.  @Mickey, you said you do all temps with the top fully open, does this include low-und-slows, and can you keep a steady 200F?  If so, I'm probably full of crap.  

    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

                  - Mark Twain 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827

    theyolksonyou said:
    He posted a pic the other day with no top and in a separate post stated he only uses bottom vent. I'm not gonna put the effort in to find it. It was more of a redneck/hillbilly joke as I too am a redneck.
    I was just having fun with you ... acting dumb comes natural to me.

    However, Donnie (@dldawes1) is a little shy and not committed to going fully topless.  Here's what he said a week ago:

    Personally, I did leave the DW on the egg, just always opened 100%. I bought a SS top about 4 months ago and have never needed to close it's openings either.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I think the claims of extended times to extinguish the fire because of leaks in a SmokeWare cap, or closed daisy wheel, or not having a gastket, etc, are exaggerated.  I've put my fire out by simply closing the bottom vent.  You can get downdrafting from the top, but if you close your daisy wheel or smokeware cap, it'll go out quick.  I think the bigger the fire the faster it'll go out - but that's just a theory, haven't done any emperical experiments.
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  • BYS1981
    BYS1981 Posts: 2,533
    I am with @Mickey‌ I haven't used a DFMT on a cook except my LnS for about 2 years.
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