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Gasket ?

pci
pci Posts: 249
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
New egghead here. I fried the gasket on my new egg & I have a replacement on the way. What if you don't have a gasket? Do you use more lump? So do you need agasket or not? I see some don't care if they have a gasket.
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  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    I have two large eggs one has a perfectly good nomex gasket and the other has an old burned up flat virtually non existent gasket and for the most part I see no difference. Given that I do plan to put a new gasket on that egg in the spring when I get around to it. Tim
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  • Jupiter Jim
    Jupiter Jim Posts: 3,351
    It depends on what type of cook you are doing.
    My large has been without a gasket for quite some time and I have adjusted it one time. Now I have trouble keeping the temp at 250 and I'm sure I have an air leak and that is why I can't keep a low temp. I have no problem at higher temps.
    I plan to install a new gasket this weekend.
    So the answer is yes and no.
    Jupiter Jim

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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    gasket...smashket..Fugettaboutit!Cook and be merry! I'm sure you have important things to worry about.Eggin is a time to be happy and worry-free. B) BTW,if your dome and base are properly alligned no gasket required.If you have no gasket you cannot have a gasket problem. :)Just my thoughts!
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  • Ripnem
    Ripnem Posts: 5,511
    Hoss,

    What % of your posts are gasket slammers? :laugh: 8-10?
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,834
    and if you had no booze, you wouldn't get chit faced either :whistle: . . . gaskets are good for cushioning for the one time the dome comes down too hard! :sick:
    aka marysvilleksegghead
    Lrg 2008
    mini 2009

    Henny Youngman:
    I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
    Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    My dome NEVER comes down hard! :P
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    AT LEAST!!! THEY ARE USLESS, IMHO! :) I am not sure that BGE does'nt have stock in 3M,nomex,rutland,etc.Just sayin,I DO NOT NEED ONE!To each his own. ;)
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  • SWOkla-Jerry
    SWOkla-Jerry Posts: 640
    About 6000 of Hoss's post are gasket related....lmao
    :woohoo: :woohoo:
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