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PLEASE HELP! My egg was acting strange tonight.
LukeGangloff
Posts: 18
Last night I cooked before a storm was coming in. I was able to get my food done but my egg was too hot for my cover. I've only had my egg for 3 months and have yet to let it be rained on. People talk about cooking in the rain and snow. I had my ceramic cap on and flap closed but no egg cover.
Anyways, tonight I fired it up and was trying to stabilize temp for cooking a pizza. Once my egg hit around 450* it started to bead water on the backside continuously, I would wipe away the sweat and it would come back, smoke was leaking from the gasket, had a damp aroma, and thermometer had moisture in it. I had the flap wide open and no daisy wheel. Once I hit 600 I put the daisy wheel on and could never get back over 500; even daisy and flap wide open. I normally leave the daisy wheel half closed for 575-600; where I like to cook my pizza's. Even my daisy wheel was leaking smoke from underneath. Again, I had my ceramic cap on during the storm. I cooked my pizza at 500 and once done I opened everything up and struggled to get to 600.
Once my egg cools down tonight I will calibrate my thermometer, but my pizza didn't cook at a high temp. I remember reading people check their gasket by putting a business card in. The left side was snug, the right side I had to wiggle it for it to come out. It was over 24 hours ago before I cooked and even took my cover off around noon today to wipe off my table and egg. Is this normal after a hard rain? We did get almost 2" during that storm. Thanks for any input.
Anyways, tonight I fired it up and was trying to stabilize temp for cooking a pizza. Once my egg hit around 450* it started to bead water on the backside continuously, I would wipe away the sweat and it would come back, smoke was leaking from the gasket, had a damp aroma, and thermometer had moisture in it. I had the flap wide open and no daisy wheel. Once I hit 600 I put the daisy wheel on and could never get back over 500; even daisy and flap wide open. I normally leave the daisy wheel half closed for 575-600; where I like to cook my pizza's. Even my daisy wheel was leaking smoke from underneath. Again, I had my ceramic cap on during the storm. I cooked my pizza at 500 and once done I opened everything up and struggled to get to 600.
Once my egg cools down tonight I will calibrate my thermometer, but my pizza didn't cook at a high temp. I remember reading people check their gasket by putting a business card in. The left side was snug, the right side I had to wiggle it for it to come out. It was over 24 hours ago before I cooked and even took my cover off around noon today to wipe off my table and egg. Is this normal after a hard rain? We did get almost 2" during that storm. Thanks for any input.
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relax - you'll be fine!Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time
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Cover? Why? Do you only use it once a month?
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I have had similar issues after rain events as you described. I suspect that any leftover charcoal in your egg absorbed a bit of moisture, yes it will burn, but not consistently and not as hot as directly out of the bag that is kept in the garage or somewhere else with low humidity compared to inside the egg that is receiving two inches of rain. With my egg, if I have any decent amount of ash in the bottom and moisture sets in, this will initially screw up my burn for the first couple hours + depending on how much ash and charcoal is in the egg.
BTW, those storms missed us completely, a couple cells went East and a couple West... grass and garden still needs moisture. Those were some hillacious downpours from what I saw on the news. F-1 tornado on the south side of Indy. Not much damage overall, but one unlucky family has a terrible mess to deal with...
Egghead since November 2014, XL-BGE & ET-732SmobotLiving near Indy36" Blackstone -
Bingo...damp lump..imo
I would much rather be able to say I was glad I did than wished I had........
XL owner and purveyor of pallette perfection...
Homosassa....Mecca of Florida
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Yep. Ceramic absorbed water and it bled back out as it heated up. Charcoal absorbed too. It'll be fine. I guess you have a good reason t cook more often now!!Pittsburgh, PA - 1 LBGE
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As you have learned, cooking during rain (and snow) isn't a problem. After a bunch of rain, small problems after the rain.
If you live where there is freezing rain, an uncovered Egg w. 1/4" of ice on it may be hard to light, let alone open.
Another reason to start the lump w. a torch. Also great for quick ice shell melting.
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I agree with all of the folks above its a combo of moist lump and ceramics.
I've had my egg out uncovered New England weather for 3+ years. It's been through hurricanes and 10+ feet of snow last winter. The only type of weather I'd worry about would be a large hail storm (never had issues, not much hail around here.... but I could see a good sized hail ball taking a chunk out of the dome pretty easily in the right situation) -
Sounds good! Thanks for the responses.
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You guys were right. I was over reacting. I added new lump and is running like new again. I have one last question. I was looking over my egg last night and noticed little holes through the lid. I'm guessing this is where my water was coming from. It was sweating water as I was cooking. I'm assuming this is normal and maybe helps with ventilation through the ceramic lid. I can see white ceramic. In this close up pic, there's 4 holes. They are throughout my lid. Thanks again.
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Sweating is normal but the holes you describe sound odd to me. I can't see your pic.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 -
Here is a zoomed in pic.
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Still no visible picture. The only hole that should go through the egg is the one for the thermometer.Large BGE
Barry, Lancaster, PA -
Okay. The site isn't working properly this morning. I will try posting later tonight. A better way to explain it, is the green dimples is punctured and showing the 2nd layer of the egg. It doesn't go all the way through to the cooking area, just exposed ceramic.
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Is this what you're seeing? http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/comment/1757016/p1
Washington, IL > Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max
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Yes, that's exactly what it is doing.
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