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Is my gasket ruined

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braddil
braddil Posts: 4
edited June 2012 in EggHead Forum
Im a new BGE xl owner. I did 3 cooks where I kept the temp to between 350-400. Then I did a pizza and got the temp up to a max of 550-600. When I was done, I noticed my gasket looked fried. I did some steaks a couple days later and got the temp up to around 700 pretty easy, so I don't think the seal is bad. I'm just worried that it might get worse. Is this normal? Is it something I should worry about and try to replace? I went to the dealer that I bought it from and looked at their demo model and the gasket looked to be in perfect shape - very unlike mine. Any advice???
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  • braddil
    braddil Posts: 4
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    Oops, I meant to post pictures. I'll try again. Sorry.
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  • braddil
    braddil Posts: 4
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    Here are the pictures.  Thanks for any knowledge/advice on this!
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 22,959
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    It's fine......for now. No worries, it will go soon enough but for now it's good.
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • JerkChicken
    JerkChicken Posts: 551
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    Congratulations, you're officially a member
    LBGE, Weber OTG w/ Rotisserie, Weber Genesis S-330, Chargriller Duo, AR-15, AK-47
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 22,959
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    Congratulations, you're officially a member



    Yep
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Doc_Eggerton
    Doc_Eggerton Posts: 5,321
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    The gasket on both my Eggs have been totally fried for a long time.  Doesn't make any difference except more smoke leaks out.  I have done smokes for almost 20 hours just fine.

    XXL #82 out of the first 100, XLGE X 2, LBGE (gave this one to daughter 1.0) , MBGE (now in the hands of iloveagoodyoke daughter 2.0) and lots of toys

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  • braddil
    braddil Posts: 4
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    Awesome! Thanks a lot! I've learned a ton already from reading through this forum. I'm doing Monterey Chicken for the family tomorrow. I'm having a lot of fun cooking on this thing. I kinda messed up some simple burgers on my sencond cook. I put the meat on way too soon (while there was still white smoke coming out) and they had a pretty unique flavor. My daughter really disliked them. I've been trying to convince her that it was me - not the Big Green Egg. We had steaks the other day turned out great! Thanks again everybody!
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  • killborn
    killborn Posts: 37
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    For info, I emailed BGE about my gasket, which looks similar to yours. They got back to me and mailed one of within a few days. I have it here ready to go for when mine does end up going.. Might be worth getting one on stand by
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  • double
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    Wow mine looks 10 x worse and no Smoke leaks out better get my spare going.
    Lynnwood WA
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  • eggo
    eggo Posts: 492
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    Looks normal to me. Just darkened by use. Mine started to come apart when it got burned.
    Eggo in N. MS
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  • michigan_jason
    michigan_jason Posts: 1,346
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    Gasketless is the way to go!



    "Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity, and are able to turn both to their advantage."

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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
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    Not even close to fried. Wait till it turns to a bubbly black mess dripping down the outside.

    You might want to check the dome seating near the rear. It looks a little more browned there. The gasket on a well seated dome will brown, then blacken around the edges. It will slowly burn away from the inside. One of mine has the inner 1/4" burnt away, the the outer edge is still a little grey.
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