Loose snuffer cap

TheToast

Hi. The ceramic BGE snuffer cap is so loose that whenever I lift my BGE cover off, it gets dislodged. Today I finally managed to knock it off entirely and it hit the floor - thankfully keeping in one piece but taking a chunk out of the side. I've repaired it, but the issue of it being loose remains. Any recommendations for how to make it a tighter fit with the top of the Egg? The top of the egg has a ring of gasket but it doesn't keep the snuffer on tight (despite it being a snug fit with the daisy wheel). I could put a double layer of gasket on I suppose? Any advice appreciated. 

lousubcap

I had a similar deal with the SBGE "snuffer cap".  Solved it by layering a couple of pieces of aluminium (English version) foil around the inside.  No problem after that.  FWIW-

TheToast

@lousubcap Nice idea. How do you prevent it from falling out?

lousubcap

Must have gotten lucky-the foil ( two years on) has always just stayed inside the cap.  I did use enough foil to completely cover the inside as shown in this pic.  Good luck-

TheToast

@lousubcap I'll give it a go. Thanks!

jtcBoynton

TheToast said:

@lousubcap Nice idea. How do you prevent it from falling out?

I keep it from falling off by never opening the top when it is on.  Don't see any reason to do so.  First thing when starting a cook is to remove the cap and the last thing is to put it back on.  

Canugghead

Glue a piece of leftover gasket or thick felt around the 'neck' of the cap ... it should tighten it to reduce the risk of falling off; should also help to snuff out the fire faster. Good luck!

TheToast

@lousubcap That did the trick! Now it's really tight. 

@jtcBoynton The issue wasn't opening the egg with the snuffer on - it's that the official BGE cover even when carefully lifted off, would dislodge the snuffer cap. 

Chubbs

Gasket material around your top chimney. When you set it in it will be tight

Skiddymarker

Chubbs said:

Gasket material around your top chimney. When you set it in it will be tight

What Chubbs says. Primo does not come with a rain/snuffer cap, they wrap some gasket material around the chimney. If you do wrap the chimney, make sure your DFMT still fits, on my MBGE the rain cap is a little larger than the DFMT. 

Canugghead

Skiddymarker said:

Chubbs said:

Gasket material around your top chimney. When you set it in it will be tight

What Chubbs says. Primo does not come with a rain/snuffer cap, they wrap some gasket material around the chimney. If you do wrap the chimney, make sure your DFMT still fits, on my MBGE the rain cap is a little larger than the DFMT. 

exactly, hence I applied wrap inside the ceramic cap and not outside the chimney, so the exact-fit DFMT still fits.

TheToast

@Chubbs @Skiddymarker My large BGE already has gasket material round the chimney hole - but the snuffer is so big it rattles if you push it. But the tinfoil hack seems to have worked. Thanks

DMW

Another solution is to fold up the cover and put it on a shelf and forget about it.

Skiddymarker

TheToast said:

@Chubbs @Skiddymarker My large BGE already has gasket material round the chimney hole - but the snuffer is so big it rattles if you push it. But the tinfoil hack seems to have worked. Thanks

That's some sailor ingenuity for you, @lousubcap probably learned the tin foil trick if he spent anytime with Brit submariners - you know the ones that sold us Canadians the "for surface use only" submarines....

lousubcap

@Skiddymarker - Yes, I subscribe to a US submarine force daily email newsletter that contains submarine and related military articles from around the world.  The saga of the 4 subs you got from the Brits has been newsworthy many times-and in large part for all the wrong reasons.  

XC242

I let my Egg cool down completely, then remove the cap and put the cover on. Helps keep air circulating through the Egg when I'm not using it.