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Fire box crack question from BGE newbie
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BlueCrabSeattle
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Hi everyone - we just picked up a new Large BGE at the Seattle Eggfest yesterday. We bought one of the demo Eggs. We were looking over the Egg this morning (haven't used it yet - so just used once at the Eggfest by someone else) and it looks like there is a crack in the fire box. We thought there were no cracks in a new fire box, but this one looks like it was meant to be there - i.e. the fire box doesn't look broken. I would just call the distributor but they are closed today. Any thoughts? Is this crack supposed to be there? See pictures. Thanks in advance!
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That's the newly redesigned firebox. It is meant to be like that. It is an expansion joint of sorts that was added to help prevent cracking.
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It's supposed to be there
That's a stress relief cut on the new eggs. -
Yes, that's the way they are being made now. Must be a pretty new firebox, as I think these have been phased in over the past few months. I bought my new large BGE about 6 weeks ago and it looks the same.
Here's a link to some discussion on the new firebox:
http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=827341&catid=1# -
Sure looks like that is the way they are coming now as yesterday when I was at the Eggfest the new ones had the same cut and I ment to ask about it but forgot as I was OD'ed on all the great food :P
Egg Family: Large and Medium Eggs and a Bradley Smoker
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Thanks everyone for the quick responses - glad to know that this is the way it should be.
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Blue crab, I got my new LBGE a couple months ago and thought the same thing when I opened the box. Since it was brand new and a perfect line, I assumed it was supposed to be there. I'm glad you asked the question, it's interesting to know that only us newbies have this new design upgrade for preventing further cracks.
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Yep, we assumed the same thing because it was a perfect line, but I thought I would ask just in case!! Glad it helped you too.
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