Bull New Bull 700 tips

[Eleuthros1]

Whoever suggested I use bar keepers friend to clean my new Bull, I appreciate the great advice! Holy cow that stuff is great! Someone also suggested adding gasket material around the lids of both the grill and the pellet hopper. Just added that and did a test run to 400 degrees and what a difference! Great forum!

 

[WooPigFoodie]

Whoever suggested I use bar keepers friend to clean my new Bull, I appreciate the great advice! Holy cow that stuff is great! Someone also suggested adding gasket material around the lids of both the grill and the pellet hopper. Just added that and did a test run to 400 degrees and what a difference! Great forum!

On the gasket, did you just run it across the back inside hinge edge of the smoker lid, or did you find you needed to go down the side edges too?

 

[Eleuthros1]

On the gasket, did you just run it across the back inside hinge edge of the smoker lid, or did you find you needed to go down the side edges too?

I went all the way around. Sealed it up very nicely!

 

[Mdfsu28]

Whoever suggested I use bar keepers friend to clean my new Bull, I appreciate the great advice! Holy cow that stuff is great! Someone also suggested adding gasket material around the lids of both the grill and the pellet hopper. Just added that and did a test run to 400 degrees and what a difference! Great forum!

What kind of gasket material and what did you use to keep it on?

 

[Eleuthros1]

What kind of gasket material and what did you use to keep it on?

Lavalock for $19.95 on Amazon.

 

[Savage Bull]

Whoever suggested I use bar keepers friend to clean my new Bull, I appreciate the great advice! Holy cow that stuff is great! Someone also suggested adding gasket material around the lids of both the grill and the pellet hopper. Just added that and did a test run to 400 degrees and what a difference! Great forum!

What was/is the specific reason for putting a gasket around the lid of the pellet hopper? Was moisture getting in? Was smoke coming out of the pellet hopper?

 

[Jaredtamu08]

Whoever suggested I use bar keepers friend to clean my new Bull, I appreciate the great advice! Holy cow that stuff is great! Someone also suggested adding gasket material around the lids of both the grill and the pellet hopper. Just added that and did a test run to 400 degrees and what a difference! Great forum!

How are you applying the BKF? Want to be sure I don’t scratch the stainless.

 

[Eleuthros1]

What was/is the specific reason for putting a gasket around the lid of the pellet hopper? Was moisture getting in? Was smoke coming out of the pellet hopper?

No moisture getting in, just smoke coming out on startup...plus I still had material left over. It really keeps the area around the lid much cleaner.

 

[Eleuthros1]

How are you applying the BKF? Want to be sure I don’t scratch the stainless.

Spray the area to be cleaned with water. Sprinkle BKF liberally directly to the surface to be cleaned and then scrub with a wet dish cloth. That's what I did with great results.

 

[Mdfsu28]

So dumb question, how did you seal the gasket material on the grill?? Thanks

 

[Eleuthros1]

So dumb question, how did you seal the gasket material on the grill?? Thanks

It has adhesive backing. Works great!

 

[Mastertech59]

So dumb question, how did you seal the gasket material on the grill?? Thanks

It's self adhering and will stick very well if the lid is spotless

 

[Tombo]

Another dumb question
Did you apply the gasket to the barrel or lid?

 

[Mastertech59]

Another dumb question
Did you apply the gasket to the barrel or lid?

I applied it to the lid but only on the top and bottom areas and mainly did this to keep these surfaces cleaner. Rec Tec doesn't recommend sealing the lids on these grills.

 

[Mastertech59]

This is what I used Fire Black, the black color blends nicely into the lid and has held up nicely.

 

[jclifton]

I applied it to the lid but only on the top and bottom areas and mainly did this to keep these surfaces cleaner. Rec Tec doesn't recommend sealing the lids on these grills.

I've heard others in the FB group say that once they applied the lavalock etc. they had trouble hitting temps above 400 degrees. Have you experienced anything like that? I lined 3 of the 4 edges of the door area for the cold smoke box and that seemed to stop all smoke from coming out the door... now I'd like to stop more smoke from coming out the main cook chamber as well as the keeping clean aspect.

 

[Mastertech59]

I've heard others in the FB group say that once they applied the lavalock etc. they had trouble hitting temps above 400 degrees. Have you experienced anything like that? I lined 3 of the 4 edges of the door area for the cold smoke box and that seemed to stop all smoke from coming out the door... now I'd like to stop more smoke from coming out the main cook chamber as well as the keeping clean aspect.

I only sealed the lids upper and lower edges and the grill performes just like it did before applying the Fire Black.
The only time I've have issues hitting higher temperatures was because of crappy pellets.

 

[jclifton]

I only sealed the lids upper and lower edges and the grill performes just like it did before applying the Fire Black.
The only time I've have issues hitting higher temperatures was because of crappy pellets.

No issues with the closure of the lid once you did the top? If that's the case, I'm going to apply it tonight!

 

[FastEddie]

Watching for more info on doing the whole lid, or not.

 

[Mastertech59]

No issues with the closure of the lid once you did the top? If that's the case, I'm going to apply it tonight!

The 1/8 inch thickness was slightly larger than the raised up barrel end cap areas, the lid compressed it nicely, my thoughts were if applied to the sides the top and bottom wouldn't seal as good and those are the areas I wanted to not have to clean after every cook. I've haven't cleaned the top of this Bull in a dozen or so of crazy long low temperature cooks, I still get some smoke leakage on the sides along with some smoke stains on the barrel end caps but I'm ok with this.