Pinholes

Hazmat821

So i'm doing a high temp clean on my placesetter today and i noticed what looked like little seeps all around the main body of my egg.  I also could hear hissing that i'd never heard before coming from the lid.  I had done a couple high temp cleans on the egg a few weeks ago to get it nice and clean and i haven't replaced my gaskets yet and i also haven't used my egg in a few weeks but i just thought the combo of the hisses and bubbling coming from those hisses and the plethora of little seeps all around caused me some concern.  I've attached pictures for reference.  Anybody else seen this before and should i be worried about it? 

 

Photo Egg

Yes, ceramics are porous and the outer green color is a breathable glaze, not paint.
Use a cleaner like simple green or some other non toxic cleaner and cook on.

Hazmat821

Thanks. So nothing to worry about. Stupid question, what do you mean by cook on? 

Hazmat821

I’ve had the egg for almost 7 years and never seen it so this so it caused me some alarm. 

PigBeanUs

“Cook on”=“Cook on(ward)”

the glaze itself isn’t breathable unless there is crazing (normal cracks) or some pinholes as you found where the glaze didn’t completely cover the ceramic under it. 

When you cook at high heat for a long time (or in your case, do it to clean the plate-setter), eventually any moisture in the ceramic expands and forces dirt and pollen and fat etc through the cracks. 

Totally normal. Clean off with a wet rag while still hot/warm

lousubcap

@Hazmat821 - welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Above all, have fun.  
You are in the correct place for any BGE questions that come up and a great source for many other topics as well.  

Hazmat821

lousubcap said:

@Hazmat821 - welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Above all, have fun.  
You are in the correct place for any BGE questions that come up and a great source for many other topics as well.  

Thank you very much. I knew I’d come to the right place. 

Hazmat821

PigBeanUs said:

“Cook on”=“Cook on(ward)”

the glaze itself isn’t breathable unless there is crazing (normal cracks) or some pinholes as you found where the glaze didn’t completely cover the ceramic under it. 

When you cook at high heat for a long time (or in your case, do it to clean the plate-setter), eventually any moisture in the ceramic expands and forces dirt and pollen and fat etc through the cracks. 

Totally normal. Clean off with a wet rag while still hot/warm

I think my phone autocorrected plate setter for place setter. Thanks for the info. 

PigBeanUs

No worries. Most first-timers here call it a place setter. Because “Place setter” actually makes more sense than “plate setter”, but it is what it is.

Plate setters are the things on which you fire a plate in a kiln. The legs allow you to stack a bunch of them, each holding a plate

some early BGE user used one to create an indirect set up. That nameless bastard should be in the BGE hall of fame