Gasket problem or me?

BigBadger

Doing up a meatloaf tonight and it seemed to be taking a lot longer to get up to temp than normal... okay, new charcoal (Maple Leaf) may be the culprit... I dunno.... but 5 minutes later and its up over 600°!! Yikes. And the loaf is inside it. Thought it had stabilized at 325°. I closed down the vents and 'burped' it like the video said... nothing to speak of. But when I lifted my lid the gasket was stuck together and the bottom lifted up (and stretched).

This is a bit upsetting :ohmy: I guess?

Was it my fault?
Something I shoulda/shouldn'ta done?

Should I reglue it down or replace it?

FlaPoolman

If it's the old felt gasket replace it with one of the upgrades or just go naked. I like having a gasket but you don't need it

BigBadger

It's the original. But I've only had the Egg for 6 weeks.

2Fategghead

BigBadger, You now belong to an elite group of eggheads hold your head up high! :woohoo:

I pretty much did the same thing and replaced it with another felt and cooked that one soon and finally got the nomex and 18 months later i'm still in great shape. Tim

FatMike

What I have done is Nomex (replacement from the mothership) on the bottom and nothing on the top. No more gasket problems. I do a lot of pizza between 500 and 700 degrees so my 1st gasket lasted just a few hours. No worries many cook without a gasket

thechief96

Email the mothership. They sent me a new nomex gasket when I did after mine burned up.You will have to get the adhesive.