MarkAmn Senior Member Joined: 18 Aug 2010 Posts: 14 Location: Lake Wobegon Expertise: I like coffee
Posted Sun May 15, 2011, 9:42am Subject: Cleaning a Behmor 1600
There is the rubber strip around the door and mine has always been slightly loose to the point that I wonder if it is made to be removed when wiping down the door. Thoughts? I have never removed it, but I am wondering.
Posted Sun May 15, 2011, 10:03am Subject: Re: Cleaning a Behmor 1600
Hi Mark,
Yes it can be removed, but I advise not to. The rubber seal is designed to expand/contract/move/reseat itself slightly) to be able to adapt to the changing heat extremes. This is mentioned in the Behmor 1600's owners manual. There are rubber anchor tabs on the back of the rubber door sealing gasket that are pushed through matching/mating anchor holes (rectangular) on the inside of the door, & trying to pull them back out (the reverse of installing a new sealing gasket) will more than likely damage/tear them from their moulded in anchor points.. You'll then have a useless sealing gasket & you'd then have to buy a new one.
MarkAmn Senior Member Joined: 18 Aug 2010 Posts: 14 Location: Lake Wobegon Expertise: I like coffee
Posted Sun May 15, 2011, 11:03am Subject: Re: Cleaning a Behmor 1600
Craig;
Thanks for the reply. This might be an ignorant statement, but I'm not positive my gasket has the anchor holes. But, now I will know to just leave the strip alone.
Posted Sun May 15, 2011, 11:36am Subject: Re: Cleaning a Behmor 1600
You're welcome Mark. The gasket doesn't have the anchor holes, the inside of the door frame does. The gasket has the rubber anchoring tabs that sort of look like an arrowhead with most of the tip cut off, as seen in my 2nd pic. There's enough distance between the tabs & the gasket is soft & flexible enough that when cleaning my Behmor, I just use my cleaning cloth up to & slightly under the edge of the seal to get out any coffee oils, chaff, etc.
Posted Sun May 15, 2011, 2:32pm Subject: Re: Cleaning a Behmor 1600
I have found my door gasket does not seal well.
Mostly, when I 'go-to-cool' and the Behmor fan speeds up I have a belch of smoke coming out around the gasket.
However, I roast on top of the stove and the stove-top fan does a good job. To deal with the 'belch' I have a small battery powered fan (see below) which adjusts to blow air upward and over the door so most of the smoke goes toward the stove vent.
That fan, purchased on eBay for about $15 + S&H, has 4 C-size batteries. It folds down for storage and erects to the position shown. It runs for 10 minutes per roast. With that duty cycle, the batteries should last a year.
Posted Sun May 15, 2011, 3:12pm Subject: Re: Cleaning a Behmor 1600
If your door gasket is in good shape Jerry, your door is probably out of alignment/tweeked a bit in relation to the oven box perimeter & not sealing properly. Also look at the oven box perimeter face edges that seal against the gasket, one or more may stick out from flush in relation to the other., & that will allow for smoke to escape. The seal can only conform so much.
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