Has this happened to anybody? Peeled Gasket

bradleya123

I started the BGE yesterday after already making the pizza, shut the dome after 15 minutes to heat up the pizza stone and after 45 minutes this happened...ugh!  I'm within a month of BGE being a year old.  Thoughts?  Under Warranty?

tarheelmatt

Consider the Egg taking work off you. Less to scrape off when you order a Rutland from @RRP. 

SmokeyPitt

They do carry a 1 year warranty on the gauge and gasket:
http://biggreenegg.com/warranty/

I agree with Matt though. If you are going through the trouble to scrape off the old gasket I would just upgrade to something else. 

gmac

Happens to lots of us and I would not think it would be under warranty. Buying a good gasket from RRP will be the cheapest thing you buy for your BGE and one of the best investments. 

bradleya123

I must gives kudos to BGE!  I emailed them my problem with the gasket and I also have a underbite problem as well.  All within the hour this morning they are shipping a new gasket and hardware pack.  WOOT WOOT!!!

tarheelmatt

bradleya123 said:

I must gives kudos to BGE!  I emailed them my problem with the gasket and I also have a underbite problem as well.  All within the hour this morning they are shipping a new gasket and hardware pack.  WOOT WOOT!!!

Honestly, I'd ditch that gasket, and install a Rutland and be done with messing with that stock mess.  It's very inexpensive, and Ron gives a great package with more details than you could think about.  

Carolina Q

tarheelmatt said:

bradleya123 said:

I must gives kudos to BGE!  I emailed them my problem with the gasket and I also have a underbite problem as well.  All within the hour this morning they are shipping a new gasket and hardware pack.  WOOT WOOT!!!

Honestly, I'd ditch that gasket, and install a Rutland and be done with messing with that stock mess.  It's very inexpensive, and Ron gives a great package with more details than you could think about.  

Agreed. Many times over. My OEM gasket started to go south after about two months. I followed the recommended heat max too (which is pointless). I replaced it with a Rutland in late 2009 and it's still going strong. Even did a few 900° pizza cooks with a legs-down platesetter. No problem.

I am impressed with your response time from BGE though.

tgs2401

Go with the Rutland from Ron. It's a one time fix.

fishlessman

i just peeled mine off and continued cooking 

thetrim

How much are Ron's gaskets?

tarheelmatt

thetrim said:

How much are Ron's gaskets?

I got one for my large and med, and I think it was less than $20.  PM, wait, post on his wall.  I don't think he does PMs.  

Rte1985

Your egg did you a favor!  Now get with Ron and order a Rutland and don't look back!  My original pooped out in about 7 months and did the same thing as yours.

RRP

thetrim said:

How much are Ron's gaskets?

I haven't changed prices in 15 years! XL $13  L $11  M $10  S & M/M $9.
This is just a service I provide to my fellow eggers - not a business venture!

Combinations get great discounts!

Headed to oral surgeon - won't be answering much after getting knocked out today! Will reply tomorrow

Photo Egg

RRP said:

thetrim said:

How much are Ron's gaskets?

I haven't changed prices in 15 years! XL $13  L $11  M $10  S & M/M $9.
This is just a service I provide to my fellow eggers - not a business venture!

Combinations get great discounts!

Headed to oral surgeon - won't be answering much after getting knocked out today! Will reply tomorrow

Hope all goes well Ron...

Photo Egg

I had one peel off like that. Had not even used the Egg. The gasket was stuck to the plastic wrap around the dome and base and pulled right off.
After scraping the gasket off my other Egg I counted myself lucky having this one peel off right away.lol
As others have said, I went with Rutland gasket as well.

pab

Rutland from RRP as well. Thousands of satisfied users!

DoubleEgger

RRP said:

thetrim said:

How much are Ron's gaskets?

I haven't changed prices in 15 years! XL $13  L $11  M $10  S & M/M $9.
This is just a service I provide to my fellow eggers - not a business venture!

Combinations get great discounts!

Headed to oral surgeon - won't be answering much after getting knocked out today! Will reply tomorrow

Oral surgeon? I don't think you mentioned that. Hope everything goes well. 

tml1230

Ron, i am a new guy here. Best of luck with the dental appointment!
Can you send to my email the info you need from me to order a gasket set for my new medium green egg?....thanks terry
email    tml1230@yahoo.com

Photo Egg

tml1230 said:

Ron, i am a new guy here. Best of luck with the dental appointment!
Can you send to my email the info you need from me to order a gasket set for my new medium green egg?....thanks terry
email    tml1230@yahoo.com

That's the problem...Gaskets never stick on the Medium Egg.lol
OK, there are SOME related issues on the other sizes.

bigbadben

If you ditch the felt that is your call.  

Looks like you had sauce drip on the gasket and fuse at high temps.  Keep your gaskets clean and they will last a long time! 

SamIAm2

RRP said:

thetrim said:

How much are Ron's gaskets?

I haven't changed prices in 15 years! XL $13  L $11  M $10  S & M/M $9.
This is just a service I provide to my fellow eggers - not a business venture!

Combinations get great discounts!

Headed to oral surgeon - won't be answering much after getting knocked out today! Will reply tomorrow

Oral surgeon? I don't think you mentioned that. Hope everything goes well. s

Had oral surgery 10 years ago to install posts and a new bridge. Surgeon drilled and tapped bone to add the posts. Smallest ratchet wrench and drill set ever saw. Hope your surgery is only on one side so you can chew on the other. 

JRWhitee

I went with the Rutland gasket, best move yet. I hope all goes well Ron.

THEBuckeye

Ron has, by the way, become an evil 1%er selling $11 gaskets to Eggheads. 

Greatest marketing scheme short of Disney. 

Is 'merica great or what? 

RRP

SamIAm2 said:

RRP said:

thetrim said:

How much are Ron's gaskets?

I haven't changed prices in 15 years! XL $13  L $11  M $10  S & M/M $9.
This is just a service I provide to my fellow eggers - not a business venture!

Combinations get great discounts!

Headed to oral surgeon - won't be answering much after getting knocked out today! Will reply tomorrow

Oral surgeon? I don't think you mentioned that. Hope everything goes well. s

Had oral surgery 10 years ago to install posts and a new bridge. Surgeon drilled and tapped bone to add the posts. Smallest ratchet wrench and drill set ever saw. Hope your surgery is only on one side so you can chew on the other. 

Thanks for the good wishes! Like I responded elsewhere:

Pat tells me she delivered my body along with my mind in the proverbial "space cadet" stage sometime around 4 today after stopping by Walgreens to get 3 prescriptions filled. Next thing I knew I woke up in our bed about 7 pm. My face is already swollen so I know I'll be quite bruised for the next few days.

trying to sip liquid through numb lips is a sloppy challenge! But the long range benefit to be able to have two sides of my mouth to chew on come mid-October will be worth the ha$$le!