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Best replacement gasket
TDogg46
Posts: 56
What's everybody recommend? Any tips on replacing the gasket?
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@RRP. Rutland Gasket.The Dude: This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you's. And, uh, lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head. Luckily I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug regimen to keep my mind, you know, limber.Walter Sobchak: Nihilists! *uck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
Cumming, GA
Eggs - XL, L, Small
Gasser - Blaze 5 Burner
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Read about some concerns with the Rutland gasket....something to do with fiberglass, etc. Any other recs?
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They/Them
Morgantown, PA
XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer - PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker -
No issues with the a High Que and it is a simple peel and stick.Joe - I'm a reformed gasser-holic aka 4Runner Columbia, SC Wonderful BGE Resource Site: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm and http://www.nibblemethis.com/ and http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2006/02/recipes.html
What am I drinking now? Woodford....neat -
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I am sure that the Rutland is fantastic. I have stuck with replacing my Nomex gasket about once a year. Just got the new High Que version off of Amazon and it is new and improved for 2014 with Kevlar:
Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX. 2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories. -
I'm on my 4th gasket. I've killed the factory gasket and two nomex gaskets. Decided to switch to the Rutland and haven't looked back. I've had my egg for 2 and 1/2 years.y Rutland went on last summer. It looks like new. If you put the Rutland on the base I really don't see how you could get fibers on your food. Also, I've never seen fibers coming from the gasket. It is not brittle or dusty. It is very soft.Mark Annville, PA
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They put Rutland gaskets (same stuff RRP sells) on ovens that cook food. The paranoia about their safety makes me laugh. Just don't eat them.
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It's a gasket, not a frying pan.TDogg46 said:Read about some concerns with the Rutland gasket....something to do with fiberglass, etc. Any other recs?I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
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I think that's the primary concern @nolaegghead They kept finding once some drippings had collected on the gasket over time folks would chew on the gasket to get at the flavor.nolaegghead said:They put Rutland gaskets (same stuff RRP sells) on ovens that cook food. The paranoia about their safety makes me laugh. Just don't eat them.
They/Them
Morgantown, PA
XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer - PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker -
Rutland is the way to go IMHO.
Northern Colorado Egghead since 2012.
XL BGE and a KBQ.
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Without question the Rutland. The only other I would consider would be the Coltronics.
Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.
Status- Standing by.
The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. -
For those that use Rutland, I understand how you made the decision to throw caution to the wind, but how many warn their guests? Shouldn't it also be their decision?LBGE, Stoker WiFi, UDS, Pit Barrel Cooker
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@GatoGordo
I posted a picture of my custom built vertical a few months back. If you look that thread up you can plainly see in the picture that it came with a Rutland factory installed behind both doors. Not saying that this for sure makes them safe. But I feel most manufactures research this type stuff to avoid potential law suites. There are other manufactures now following suite and installing Rutlands. To each his own but I find the Rutland to be a necessity on the ceramic cookers if you want to use them to their full potential. Just my thoughts my friend .Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.
Status- Standing by.
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Absolutely. I also warn them about the fat content, calories, sugar in the sauces, the total carbs, triglycerides, etc... I also check their blood pressure first to see if it is OK and get a release from their doctor and lawyer! Not!GatoGordo said:For those that use Rutland, I understand how you made the decision to throw caution to the wind, but how many warn their guests? Shouldn't it also be their decision?Northern Colorado Egghead since 2012.
XL BGE and a KBQ.
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Coors beer was cold filtered through asbestos fibers for years. Might still be, I don't know.
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Based on the thread title and the opening question I would say without any reservation Rutland and use Ron @RRP detailed installation instructions and you'll be golden. Just my .02LBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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PLEASE, my man...asbestos and fiberglas are two different things! I'm amazed at the number of people who don't know the difference! The Rutland is a tightly woven braided fiberglas just like around my Whirlpool oven and the curtains - YES curtains that hung in our home for years!nolaegghead said:Coors beer was cold filtered through asbestos fibers for years. Might still be, I don't know.Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time! -
Rutland no doubt. First thing I did when I bought my small. Took off the felt gasket and tossed it in the trash. Nice clean surface. Why do it in two months when everything is dirty and greasy."The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan
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RRP said:PLEASE, my man...asbestos and fiberglas are two different things! I'm amazed at the number of people who don't know the difference! The Rutland is a tightly woven braided fiberglas just like around my Whirlpool oven and the curtains - YES curtains that hung in our home for years!
Oh. I forgot to mention the millions - I mean MILLIONS of homes insulated with rolls of spun Fiberglas in their attics.Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time! -
@RRP - I worked as an asbestos microscopist through college. I'm using a silly beer allegory with a dangerous mineral responsible for more late night lawsuit commercials than Sham-wow ads by a cocaine addict to rhetorically downplay common household insulation as being safe. Faulty logic, I know, but I thought fun and educational.
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The never ending discussion, always a good one.There are a number of wood cook stoves out there. Everyone I know uses a Rutland gasket on the fire door and a ceramic or other gasket on the oven (food) door. In fact, even the cheapie "steel kamados" sold at the big box stores do not use the inexpensive proven high temperature tolerant Rutland. You have to ask yourself, why?Personally, don't think it matters all that much, do whatever you like - but when you spend between $1K to $1.5K for an egg and accessories plus at least $300 a year for lump, $30 for a manufacturer approved Nomex gasket every few years is not that much. My High-Q peel and stick has been on my MBGE for 2 years and still looks to be in excellent shape. I expect the final cost to be <$10 a year, a bag of lump.Rutland gaskets are super inexpensive compared to the other alternatives we all consider, Nomex/Cotronics. IMHO, BGE would be installing Rutlands on their eggs in a heartbeat if they could get a sign off from Rutland to use the gasket on an egg. I really do not think it is a BGE business strategy to install felt crap and then sell its customers replacements. Consider what might be in it for BGE if they used Rutlands - maintain retail price, improve customer satisfaction, lower costs resulting in increased profits - a manufacturer's dream come true. It does not seem to be happening - why?Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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Not to be contrary,GatoGordo said:For those that use Rutland, I understand how you made the decision to throw caution to the wind, but how many warn their guests? Shouldn't it also be their decision?
, warn our guests of what, exactly? That some people who haven't read the MSDS's for these materials have a bad feeling about fiberglass and graphite? That a BGE employee (who called me and asked me not to talk about Rutland gaskets on the forum) essentially misunderstood the information that Rutland gave them? I have never seen any reliable information that would lead me to believe that the Rutland gasket poses any risk at all. Reading the Rutland MSDS for the gasket, the Corning MSDS for fiberglass and the graphite MSDS's from Graphteck, Fisher Scientific and West System shows me no information that would lead me to believe there is a risk here. So what should I warn anyone about?
For anyone who is interested, I have links to all sorts of technical data including the above referenced MSDS's on my web page about this topic: Safety of Rutland Gaskets
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Oh boy, not touch this one......
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I feel bad for all you haterz. I'm still rolling with the OG gasket and cruising strong. Whoop Whoop!
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+1 @RRP for the Rutland he sends out.
Large, medium, small and a mini. Egg'n, golfing, beer drinking, camping and following football and baseball.
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Warn the guest? My friend will drink a 12 pack, eat 23 wings, 3 burgers and a rack of ribs. ..it's not the gasket he should be worried about.Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN
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I actually get what you're saying here. It comes down to what kind of person you are (yes, the purchase of a new gasket gets to the core of a man). There is likely nothing wrong whatsoever with the Rutland. But if you're the kind of person that's going to think about the infinitesimally small chance that there is a health hazard, you ought to spare yourself the worry and just use another gasket, even that gasket it marginally worse. For me, a letter from the company urging you not to use the gasket around food (legal though I'm motive for that letter was), is enough for me to bow out. Knowing I'm likely being ridiculously cautious, I'd just buy another gasket.GatoGordo said:For those that use Rutland, I understand how you made the decision to throw caution to the wind, but how many warn their guests? Shouldn't it also be their decision?Southern California -
What difference does the gasket make? Eating grilled food, with or without a gasket, is reported to cause cancer, ya know?Other things that are gonna kill you...SodiumSaturated fatCholesterolSugarCarbsTrans fatThe list goes on.Any of you worriers consume any of that stuff? The gasket's the least of your worries.
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut
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