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easiest way to change gasket?
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Easiest way is not to change it ever. Have 3 non-gasket eggs and doing fine for years.
Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers. -
No air leaks?
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No Sir. They will do low and slow and when I cap and slide the vent they go right to sleep. I like to keep my lump. I would guess we are 50/50 on gaskets, can't be over 60/40.Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.
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No harm in trying what Mickey suggests and go gasketless. If it works for you, great.
But I'm on the other side of the fence. I like a gasket on there to avoid banging my lid against my base. Also saves more lump for your next cook if you don't have a good match between your lid and base - because it extinguishes the lump faster after cooking.
For under $20 and an hour or so of your time, you can put a Rutland gasket on there and be set for life (or a really long time, anyway).
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Choke, do you usually take the lid off to do it and what do you use to take the burnt gasket off?
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Choke, do you usually take the lid off to do it and what do you use to take the burnt gasket off?
I did take my lid off. Taking the lid off an XL is super easy (one bolt
and lift the lid off). I heard it's harder with a Large.
I did a detailed step-by-step procedure with photos here:
http://www.greeneggers.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=1069873&catid=1#Packerland, Wisconsin -
I burned two factory gaskets off doing high-heat pizza cooks. I replaced mine with a Rutland Woodstove gasket and I am very happy with the results. I do a pizza cook once a week @ 650 with no issues. It took me about an hour to clean old gasket with acetone and a scotch brite pad (by hand) and install new gasket.
More info is provided below:
Gasket Repair
This guy has three videos that do a good job of showing how to disassemble Egg, clean off old gasket and reinstall and adjust Egg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQdOvfLtrE
Nomex Gasket Replacement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw47jHxIFLERutland Gasket Install (this is what I did)
http://www.nakedwhiz.com/rutlandgasket/gasket.htmHTH,
BakerMan - Purcellville, VA "When its smokin' its cookin', when its black its done" -
I burned one off and replaced it with a nomex one ordered from amazon. It has adhesive on it already, just had to remove some paper. I read about cleaning it and scotchbrit and acetone, but I just heated the old one with a torch then scraped it off while it was hot. Took about 10 minutes, the. I put the new one on right on top, works fine and I did not make a big deal about it. Never even took apart the egg.
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Why doesn't the egg come with a better gasket? I really want to try cooking a pizza but don't want to deal with the aftermath.
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