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clean my egg....Hoss?

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GirlyEgg
GirlyEgg Posts: 622
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
Someone referenced directions from Hoss...I can't find...anyone have the link?
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  • wkygriller
    wkygriller Posts: 408
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    I need it too. Soot falling off as I type :sick:
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  • Booking It
    Booking It Posts: 53
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    Hi! I just saw your question in my original thread. I can't find his post, but here is what I did based on what he had written...

    -took everything out
    -totally cleaned out all of the ash
    -put firebox and ring back in (I wanted to clean the ring... Next time, I will leave the ring out
    -loaded the firebox with fresh lump... I actually went about halfway up the fire ring
    -nothing else in the egg... No grate, no platesetter
    -took off the daisy wheel
    -bottom vent completely open
    -lit the lump and let it rip! It got to 700+ in less than 30 minutes. I let it go at 700 for about an hour. Flames were shooting out the top. It was pretty cool. :)

    I then peeked inside to see how it was progressing after one hour. I could not believe that it was totally white! I knew that some blackness would burn off, but it was quite amazing that it was ALL gone. What you saw in my picture is exactly what it looked like. I did not scrub it or anything. And the lid, fire ring, and walls were BLACK to begin with!

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    Clean burn
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  • GirlyEgg
    GirlyEgg Posts: 622
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    Was it just black or really gunked? My medium has 4 years of gunk...
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  • TRPIV
    TRPIV Posts: 278
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    http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=1090020&catid=1

    There is a link, to a thread, with a post from Hoss. About half way down the first page.

    Pretty much what Booking It says...

    One thing to note, Hoss no longer has a gasket. You can see that it's gone in his photos. I don't know when he lost it, but it's worth noting.

    I'll do a clean burn next before I change out my gasket.



    Ted
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  • Booking It
    Booking It Posts: 53
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    Double post. Stupid iPad. Or stupid user :laugh:
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  • Booking It
    Booking It Posts: 53
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    That was the exact post I was trying to find! Thanks!

    It was black with a pretty thick layer of gunk/goo. The guy we bought it from hadn't used it since last summer, so it was caked on pretty good.

    The gasket was maybe 50% in tact before we did the burn, and it was completely gone after. We were planning on putting a new one in, so this was perfect since it totally burned the old one off right down to the ceramic.
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  • GirlyEgg
    GirlyEgg Posts: 622
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    No problem there...my gasket is purely in my imagination at this point... So I guess i'll crank ger up!
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  • jaydub58
    jaydub58 Posts: 2,167
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    In going back to the original post that Hoss lines out his clean burn, the very last photo is marked "before the burn" I noticed, no gasket there. So at least that particular clean burn didn't eat the gasket.
    Interesting.

    B)
    John in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
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