Pellet/Wood stove gasket vs Electric/Gas Oven Gasket

Just curious as to why a Oven Door gasket (I have seen that they come in multi diameters) couldn’t be used as a Pellet stove gasket? Our oven goes up to 700F.....I am guessing that they can’t handle the extra heat
Thanks, Bill

 

We could say the same for the glass, nah not gonna go there

 

Yup, I agree pretty stupid post, nuff said, me bad...

 

Now you surely could find an alternative to the factory gasket by going with industrial furnace gasketing, but you'd have to do a lot of measuring, and it would have to make sense cost wise as well.

 

Imagine all the free gasket material we find in the scrapyards
And yes, there's no stupid question
Who says we cannot think out loud and out of the box

 

bostonfan49, They can - in fact a lot of newer stoves use the same type of gasket (stainless sheath / fiberglass core), usually the limiting factor is the mass of the door, and the alignment / finish of the stove door & frame, to create a proper seal.

AFAIK, steel/fiber core stove gaskets are rated to 1000F, same as 'traditional' wood stove rope gaskets. But there are a lot of factors that may change this - e.g. diameter of gasket, materials used, etc.

The old-school electric stoves that used a composite rubber seal around the door, have a deep (dished) door frame & larger air vent system at the top of the stove (top burner assembly), so the exposed gasket surface was minimal / the stove body and door frame act as the primary seal & 'heat sink' for the gasket - so that type of gasket wouldn't be suitable for use in any wood burning appliance.

Fiberglass rope gasket is primarily used in wood burning appliances because it seals any imperfections between 2 metal parts easier, vs. stainless sheathed gasket, it can be cemented in (vs. having to be 'clipped' in, like stainless), ... and it's cheaper. ...
I think these are the primary reasons rope gasket is used, vs. stainless sheath/fiberglass core gasket.

 

I have worked in the retail food business for about 40 years now. And while I don't think Bostonfans question was stupid, (I didn't know the answer!), I can attest to the fact that, yes, there are stupid questions!

 

The way I look at it is no question is stupid but been asked over and over again points to a individual downfall
We can go into specifics but rather just leave it as enough said
We do come across some good ones in our lifetime

 

If I melt dry ice, can I swim without getting wet?

(I can't take credit for that stupid question. It's a Steven Wright joke.)

 

If you’re traveling at the speed of light and turn on a flashlight, does anything happen? (Steven Wright joke)

 

I was told many, many years ago is the only stupid question is the one that doesn't get asked.