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Dumb question - new large BGE

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dweebs0r
dweebs0r Posts: 539
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My new large egg has rubber covers on the bottom air damper.  These are great at the moment because they keep the thing from being blazing hot.  My other eggs did not have these.  Are these something I should remove before the melt and cause a mess or are they a "feature" on the newer models.

Thanks,
-Dweebs


   -Jody Newell (LBGE & a 36" Blackstone griddle).
Location:  🍺🍺  The back porch, Munford, TN.  🍺🍺
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  • dweebs0r
    dweebs0r Posts: 539
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    BTW, I have googled this question to no avail.  Hoping to find the answer from the experts here.
       -Jody Newell (LBGE & a 36" Blackstone griddle).
    Location:  🍺🍺  The back porch, Munford, TN.  🍺🍺
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    They won't melt, you can keep them.  Assuming you're talking about rubber covers on the tabs you use to adjust the vent.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • dweebs0r
    dweebs0r Posts: 539
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    Yes I am.  Thanks for the advice.  They do keep the suckers from burning your fingers when you adjust the temps.
       -Jody Newell (LBGE & a 36" Blackstone griddle).
    Location:  🍺🍺  The back porch, Munford, TN.  🍺🍺
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    Clearly an improvement.  Congrats on the new L!!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • johnkitchens
    johnkitchens Posts: 5,227
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    Mine is still on after 3 1/2 years. Hopefully they will hang around. 

    Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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  • Biggreenpharmacist
    Biggreenpharmacist Posts: 4,341
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    Mine, too. 

    Little Rock, AR

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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
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    3 years and mines pretty crispy. Really figured it'd be gone by now actually. 
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
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    Mines still hanging on but only because the blower for my DigiQ melted it in place. 

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    I have one left...
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    theyolksonyou said:
    I have one left...
    Sloppy and careless.  You might have a warranty claim!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    bgebrent said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    I have one left...
    Sloppy and careless.  You might have a warranty claim!
    My table looks like it birthed @johnincarolina s minimax, so you could be correct in your statement. 
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    theyolksonyou said:
    bgebrent said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    I have one left...
    Sloppy and careless.  You might have a warranty claim!
    My table looks like it birthed @johnincarolina s minimax, so you could be correct in your statement. 
    Sounds like your table needs a clean burn!  @JohnInCarolina's mm was like a badly abused step child.  He has no conscience.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    bgebrent said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    bgebrent said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    I have one left...
    Sloppy and careless.  You might have a warranty claim!
    My table looks like it birthed @johnincarolina s minimax, so you could be correct in your statement. 
    Sounds like your table needs TO burn!  @JohnInCarolina's mm was like a badly abused step child.  He has no conscience.
    FTFY
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    theyolksonyou said:
    bgebrent said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    bgebrent said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    I have one left...
    Sloppy and careless.  You might have a warranty claim!
    My table looks like it birthed @johnincarolina s minimax, so you could be correct in your statement. 
    Sounds like your table needs TO burn!  @JohnInCarolina's mm was like a badly abused step child.  He has no conscience.
    FTFY
    Hilarious!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 30,979
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    Lol
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
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    RRP said:
    My older eggs didn't come with them. Instead I have since made a far superior enhancement...a simple wooden dowel piece with a cut slot and then a brass nail to hold it in place. Here's picture #1

     and then here's a close up. The curved finger and thumb recesses are optional! LOL BTW yes I did drill a hole thru the tab so the brass nail would get a good grip!

    I think this is the second little "enhancement" I've seen you do that looks really cool.  Nicely done.
    Large BGE in a Sole' Gourmet Table
    Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
     and a BBQ Guru temp controller.

    Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
    Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter, and a Party-Q temp controller.

    Location: somewhere West of the Mason-Dixon Line
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,898
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    Zmokin said:
    RRP said:
    My older eggs didn't come with them. Instead I have since made a far superior enhancement...a simple wooden dowel piece with a cut slot and then a brass nail to hold it in place. Here's picture #1

     and then here's a close up. The curved finger and thumb recesses are optional! LOL BTW yes I did drill a hole thru the tab so the brass nail would get a good grip!

    I think this is the second little "enhancement" I've seen you do that looks really cool.  Nicely done.
    ...thanks!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    Anybody need wine corks?
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    YukonRon said:
    Anybody need wine corks?
    Got any whine corks?  I have two kids...
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    theyolksonyou said:
    YukonRon said:
    Anybody need wine corks?
    Got any whine corks?  I have two kids...
    I got bourbon slushies, same thing.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,231
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    My Large is 2 years old and came with the rubber tips. Keep them. 
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • GaBGE
    GaBGE Posts: 556
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    If you cook enough pizzas or high temp cooks they will melt like ice cream on hot day.
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
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    dweebs0r said:
    Yes I am.  Thanks for the advice.  They do keep the suckers from burning your fingers when you adjust the temps.
    they actually came about when people were getting cut on the tab of the lower vent.  there seemed to be a period of time when something changed in the manufacturing process, maybe a new supplier?  ...anyway, people were getting cut by the sharp edges.  so they dipped them in that vinyl goo.
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,118
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    @RRP your door is on backwards.  You should really fix that.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,898
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    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    @RRP your door is on backwards.  You should really fix that.
    LOL - I reversed it intentionally! Ever see that jet of nasty blue flame shoot out your vent when you first try to close the vent door? I have many times and it is spooky! I don't want my hand close it that jet blue!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
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    RRP said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    @RRP your door is on backwards.  You should really fix that.
    LOL - I reversed it intentionally! Ever see that jet of nasty blue flame shoot out your vent when you first try to close the vent door? I have many times and it is spooky! I don't want my hand close it that jet blue!
    mine is like that too.  i don't think i ever reversed mine, but may have.

    now i'm wonderin'

    mine is an after market with "lucy" on it though, so i thinki have no choice but to have the tab there.  but i'da sworn the old version had the tab to the right.

    i legit do not know. hahaha
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,898
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    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    RRP said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    @RRP your door is on backwards.  You should really fix that.
    LOL - I reversed it intentionally! Ever see that jet of nasty blue flame shoot out your vent when you first try to close the vent door? I have many times and it is spooky! I don't want my hand close it that jet blue!
    mine is like that too.  i don't think i ever reversed mine, but may have.

    now i'm wonderin'

    mine is an after market with "lucy" on it though, so i thinki have no choice but to have the tab there.  but i'da sworn the old version had the tab to the right.

    i legit do not know. hahaha
    You are correct my Lucy is right tabbed also, but my old large pictured here didn't have the screen so I retrofitted it by taking a slotted screwdriver and bending the track wider. Just the same I find the tab on the right to be safer from that occasional back draft of blue flame when choking down an already brisk fire. 
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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