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From reading this I guess getting just about 2 years out of mine is good. Getting ready to replace mine.
{Midnight ☼ Smoke};1597323 said:I suggest just get the NOMEX gasket and use 3M Super 77 spray. I burnt mine the 1st week I owned it. Replaced with the above and no more issues. You should always do the dollar bill test (closing the lid with a bill between the surfaces to test for seal) after the gasket is replaced. Then do several low temp cooks before ever doing a high temp cook. This will help set and cure the gasket.
Just an update. My hunch was correct. I just spoke with Permatex technical support. Both the Red and the Copper are inert after cure. Neither will degrade and kill us. Specifically, there's no benefit to using the Red around our grilles. Go for the copper.
Forget the Nomex. Forget the felt. Go to ACE and get the Rutland "Grapho-Glas" 5/8" FLAT replacement stove gasket. Some stores sell it by the foot, others in an 84" package. Stop at an auto parts store and purchase 2 tubes of Permatex "Gold" gasket maker. (It's actually orange)... Scrunch the gasket material until it is about 2/3 its original length. Most easily done by laying it on a table and pushing it together with your fingers... Watch TV... It will take a few minutes. Measure the circumference of your cooker (or the diamater x 3.14). Cut the gasket material to that length. Spread a thin, fat bead of Permatex about a foot long. Press the gasket material into it. Continue around the cooker.
Many Eggs are assembled with a slight gap at the back... not noticable but enough to let some of the hot gas escape and burn the felt gasket. The back is usually the hottest part of the Egg, too.
Go to www.greeneggers.com and make a search for "Rutland Gasket"... There are many threads on the subject.
The Nomex gasket is indeed rated to a higher failure temperature.
Is the entire gasket burned or just a small area?