Clean burn and its limits

The clean burn, gently

BGE Europe says burning the EGG clean is optional. Its method.

1. Wipe grease and sauce off the gasket: it can catch fire.
2. Light the charcoal (light it).
3. Bring the temperature up gradually, not in one rush.
4. Settle at 250 to 275 °C, and no higher.
5. Hold it for 30 minutes with the dome shut.
6. Close both vents and let it go out.

Whose temperature limit to follow

The three voices disagree:

• BGE Europe: 250 to 275 °C for 30 minutes, not above 275 °C; 200 °C for 15 minutes for excess smoke; keep cooking below 300 °C. The most specific and most recent, and this guide's line.
• BGE UK (Alfresco Concepts): a "carbon clean" at 300 °C for 15 to 20 minutes. Its gasket is rated to 500 °C.
• BGE US: rates the EGG to 399 °C (750 °F) and says "high heat" for about 20 minutes. That is the cooking range, not clean-burn advice.

Over-firing: flames spilling from the top or round the gasket mean it is too hot (every manual). Close both vents. Owners link "nuclear" clean burns to cracked fire boxes (owner report).