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Clean Burn - Cleaning inside/out

wolfetone
wolfetone Posts: 87
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Hey guys

just wondered how do you all clean your eggs? Inside and outside....

Any tricks or ways you do things? This includes all parts and accessories for the egg

i just steam cleaned the outer top part which was covered in baked on several year old grease
Tiocfaidh!
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  • wardo
    wardo Posts: 398
    How did you steam clean it?

    I use my egg a lot (several times a week on average) but I only do a complete high temp burn down rarely.  I will let all my lump burn out if I want to take the innards out and get the ash at the back of the egg out.  I've done that probably 3 times (including one high temp burn) in the last nearly 9mos.  So maybe once a quarter I'll make sure the innards are all clean and breathing good.

    The outside I usually just wipe down with a towel while I'm cooking.  I did use a wire brush on my daisy wheel the other night and man it looks brand new!
    NC - LBGE
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  • Matt86m
    Matt86m Posts: 471
    Whatever you do be careful on the clean burns!

    XL aka Senior, Mini Max aka Junior, Weber Q's, Blackstone 22, Lion built in, RecTec Mini 300, Lodge Hibachi, Uuni, wife says I have too many grills,,,,how many shoes do you have?
     
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  • wardo
    wardo Posts: 398
    Matt86m said:
    Whatever you do be careful on the clean burns!


    Do tell what happened here!  Looks like a good time!
    NC - LBGE
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  • Matt86m
    Matt86m Posts: 471
    wardo said:
    Matt86m said:
    Whatever you do be careful on the clean burns!


    Do tell what happened here!  Looks like a good time!

    Doing a clean burn and left the vents wide open!!! Haha. Torched my gasket and gave her an overbite! Easy to put out, just closed the vents and put the ceramic top on. The flames in the pic are low compared to when I first opened it.
    XL aka Senior, Mini Max aka Junior, Weber Q's, Blackstone 22, Lion built in, RecTec Mini 300, Lodge Hibachi, Uuni, wife says I have too many grills,,,,how many shoes do you have?
     
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  • wolfetone
    wolfetone Posts: 87
    I thought the gasket always gets crisped with a high temp clean burn

    if not, what temps do you guys do for a clean burn and for how long and has it affected your gasket?
    Tiocfaidh!
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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,808
    I'll typically let it rip around 600* for a couple hours. The Rutland gasket holds up fine.
    ~ John - Formerly known as ColtsFan  - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
    XL BGE, LG BGE, Med BGE, BGE Chiminea, Ardore Pizza Oven
    Bloomington, IN - Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers!

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  • wolfetone
    wolfetone Posts: 87
    I think I once let it burn at maybe 900f and there was blue smoke and when all was over the inside was white like a brand new egg lol
    no flies in the neighborhood that night 
    Tiocfaidh!
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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    No need to go that high.  550-600°F will burn off all organic material.  It just takes longer.
    Southeast Florida - LBGE
    In cooking, often we implement steps for which we have no explanations other than ‘that’s what everybody else does’ or ‘that’s what I have been told.’  Dare to think for yourself.
     
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  • builderdawg
    builderdawg Posts: 105
    JMO, but I find dedicated clean burns to be unnecessary if you are periodically cooking with relative high heat (great than 550 degrees f).  Too much risk of stuff breaking just clean your Egg. 
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