Disaster struck last night....

55drum

Had just finished some wings and was closing the lid when all of a sudden the lid just slammed down...only covered 2/3 of the egg....I couldn't budge it.

Let it sit to cool off overnight...what had happened was the lower ring band had broken apart and part of it had dropped down between the egg & table...I had to disassemble it from the lid in order to get it out...was puzzled on why the ring had apparently corroded in one spot while the rest of the ring was in good shape especially since its been under cover since I've owned it.

I then realized that the location of the corrosion was where I usually placed my pot of vinegar based basting sauce..over time it ate its way thru the ring...

Durangler

Wow!! :-O

Hope you get it fixed soon

r8rs4lf

Crazy that vinegar can do that!

Terrebandit

I'll bet that didn't happen overnight. Did you not notice the corrosion before this?

WeberWho

Crazy. I've never seen that happen before. How old is your egg?

henapple

I've got a set of large rings.

Smoker317

WOW, like WeberWho asked, how old is your egg? 

55drum

Purchased in 2008....had noticed a blemish but looked like paint was just flaking......

Terrebandit

55drum said:

Purchased in 2008....had noticed a blemish but looked like paint was just flaking......

I'll bet the vinegar did in the paint, allowing moisture to contact the metal and rust took over from there. You are lucky the dome didn't fall off and bust.

55drum

The vinegar dripping on the band over the years actually ate the steel....

BTW....ordered new bands (comes in a kit)...$170.00

Skiddymarker

Good thing the dome didn't fall off on someone, like the cook. Time to add "Check the egg" to your Calendar function on the computer, maybe every three or four months.