Update on my stuck shut XL - photo

Cookinbob

I went out at lunch time today with a utility knife.  IT was really tough to insert into the gasket, but with just a little persuasion on one side, it popped open.  That old gasket is hard as a rock, but still appears to be sealing well.  Anyways, here is a pic of the egg post burn.  Plate setter, fire box and fire ring are like new, and of course the grate is clean.  I did not have a lot of lump when I started this though, and obviously the ceramic in the body and dome did not get hot enough to clean.  At the least, I accomplished what I intended, cleaning some of the fish drippings from the PS.

Lit

Don't forget to check the egg for cracks.

Fred19Flintstone

Go Rutland.  Contact @RRP for info & the gasket.  He sells them for cost and is a super nice guy!  They don't weld your egg together like the other gaskets.

Cookinbob

Fred19Flintstone said:

Go Rutland.  Contact @RRP for info & the gasket.  He sells them for cost and is a super nice guy!  They don't weld your egg together like the other gaskets.

I already have one, has been on my workbench for a year.  I just have not taken the time to put it on.  Maybe one night this week.

Canugghead

Cookinbob said:

... the ceramic in the body and dome did not get hot enough to clean...

Agree, gasket doesn't look too bad. The dome could be cleaner (not necessarily white) if the p/s wasn't blocking the heat.