This is your Egg on crack!

500

Submitted these pics to a dealer for warranty replacement. Egg is 6 years old last February. 

500

I talked to another dealer to get this done as my original dealer is lame and a pain to deal with. 

YEMTrey

I new by the title of this thread it wasn't going to be good. Hope they replacements arrive soon.  You should be good until then.

grege345

You had a good run. I dred calling my dealer for my crack. 

Jeremiah

If they give you flak about the fire grates, I've got two I'll send you. 

500

I bought the second fire grate. Thought maybe I could get a 3rd covered. Thanks for the offer @Jeremiah   Awful nice of you. It's been cracked for awhile now. The new base has rubber or plastic covers over the finger-cutter bottom vent. That's a nice upgrade. I'll still have the small handle. I wonder how if I'll need to order band bolts or if they will throw those in. 

xiphoid007

Rather than the original grate, go with the Hi Que grate. That won't be covered anyway, so go with the better product airflow is much better.

The firebox may not be covered either after 6 yrs, but the egg definitely will be.

I just noticed a crack in my firebox after just a year, and the mothership told me not to worry about it and to continue to use it. You can often get many years even with that crack. The base will likely need to be replaced.

Eggcelsior

grege345 said:

You had a good run. I dred calling my dealer for my crack. 

I guess it's just the world you live in. Is their corner in a shady neighborhood? 

500

I'm not letting the cracks slow me down. Tri-tip, pork chops, burgers over the weekend and lamb chops tomorrow night. It may hinder my low and slow game. Had trouble keeping it below 275* on the Tri-tip before the rear sear. 

revolver1

All the ceramics have a lifetime warranty, if you are the original owner.  send the pics and a copy of the sales receipt to BGE if you can't get the dealer to replace them.  

DMW

It sucks when that happens. I hope the dealer responds quickly and it is just a minor inconvenience.

MrCookingNurse

My firebox is cracked like that, just going to leave it till I get the energy to take care of it. obviously not causing an issue.  

GATABITES

My base cracked and have to email my dealer pics. I did 2 l&s cooks with the cracks w/ no problem. 

hapster

My firebox is cracked all the way around at the air holes, plus in a few spots vertically... every cook I hear pops and weird noises that I think are the cracks expanding... no worries though, the dealer gave me the replacement over a year ago when they replaced my base due to a crack.

Hope you find a dealer that is willing to help you... the others that balk, f'em and never give them business again

Thatgrimguy

My firebox and ring are broken. I've been trying to decide if I really care. So far the answer has been no. But I don't have a crack in the actual egg like that!!

Ladeback69

I have replaced my fire box in my XL after it cracked last year only after about 6 months of use.  My plate setter has a crack in it and I just picked up it's replacement this last Saturday.  The PS is still usable and I will keep using it tell it cracks all the way.  The dealer said to just use some JB weld to fix it when it does and try and save the new one for when it breaks even more.  They said there is only a year warranty on the Plate setter, because it is taken in and out a lot.  Was going to get the AR/Woo2 combo to replace it, but just maybe the Woo2.

500

UPDATE: I went to a dealer to get a new base, firebox, and fire grate under warranty.  Two weeks later , he calls and says the distributor doesn't have any in stock, but offered a firebox and grate from his dealer stock.  I thanked him and said I'll wait for it all to come in.  I'm not pushing at this point because it's too darn hot to mess with it anyway, and it's still cooking fine with the cracks.  If this goes on another two weeks I'm gonna start ramping up my calls.

Another question; see new Eggs here, and the firebox has a large split in it.  Why?  Won't that pull a lot of air through and disrupt my even fire?  What's the benefit of a cracked firebox?  I'm trying to get one that isn't cracked.  If this is a better design, where should this new cracked in the box go?  Aligned with the intake?  Opposite the intake?

MrCookingNurse

never heard discusion on the crack and air flow.. but i think the crack was made to allow the fire box to expand and shrink and keep it from crakcing

YukonRon

I have a newer XL. It has the large split. I have had no problem holding temp or cooking at 225 for long term. ( thus far  for 16 hours )
FWIW, my firebox grate exploded into large pieces and small bits blasted my dome, chipping it. The force was so powerful of the shrapnel hitting the dome, it lifted the dome about an inch off the base, and fell back in place as normal. I was just sitting next to it waiting for it to hit temp, at 300 it exploded. One piece was imbedded in the top, and I removed it, but it left a chip and a crack. the other piece chipped the dome removing a small chunk. BGE replaced the grate and dome.

RRP

MrCookingNurse said:

never heard discusion on the crack and air flow.. but i think the crack was made to allow the fire box to expand and shrink and keep it from crakcing

That is correct, BUT it doesn't always do the trick as intended! This was like after the 3rd cook! I'l still using it though 5 years later! In fact 2 pieces are better than 1 as I've had no more cracks!

Ladeback69

RRP said:

MrCookingNurse said:

never heard discusion on the crack and air flow.. but i think the rcrack was made to allow the fire box to expand and shrink and keep it from crakcing

That is correct, BUT it doesn't always do the trick as intended! This was like after the 3rd cook! I'l still using it though 5 years later! In fact 2 pieces are better than 1 as I've had no more cracks!

Mine did the same thing @RRP after a few months of use.  I was having issues trying to use it on low & slow cooks so I put my new one in.  I still have it and guess I could try and glue it back together with JB Weld to see if it works.  The new one is holding up great.

RRP

Ladeback69 said:

RRP said:

MrCookingNurse said:

never heard discusion on the crack and air flow.. but i think the rcrack was made to allow the fire box to expand and shrink and keep it from crakcing

That is correct, BUT it doesn't always do the trick as intended! This was like after the 3rd cook! I'l still using it though 5 years later! In fact 2 pieces are better than 1 as I've had no more cracks!

Mine did the same thing @RRP after a few months of use.  I was having issues trying to use it on low & slow cooks so I put my new one in.  I still have it and guess I could try and glue it back together with JB Weld to see if it works.  The new one is holding up great.

I tried JB Weld and it failed the first use! The temperature in the fire box far exceeds the range of JBW.

Photo Egg

I have a base on my Large BGE that I need to get replaced.
So far all my past issues have been taken care of with zero problems.
Local dealer, Dist in Dallas and BGE in Atlanta have all been great...

DoubleEgger

This stuff looks like it would hold. 3200F rated. 
http://www.aremco.com/ceramic-graphite-adhesives/

500

Update: replacement base, firebox, and fire grate in. Base will have to wait for another day. 

500

UPDATE: Installed the base last night. Had a heck of time getting it aligned. Had an underbite before and still do now. May try to adjust the bands again to get this underbite fixed.  The dollar bill test shows about a 12" gap in the front.  With the CenTex Smoker cap it's ready for action this weekend. 

ChiliPepper

For what its worth, I've had great success fixing crack in the ceramic with MEECO's RED DEVIL 610 Refractory Cement. you can get it on Amazon for $20 and it is rated up to 3000F. I think it works a little better than JB Weld.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ACIWN9Q?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s01

WeberWho

My BGE rep was out of stock of fire grates. I had to wait about a month for my warranty replacement grate. They shipped it right to my front door!

Mdlrat

My dealer is great, walked in with a cracked fire box and grate and walked out with replacements

500

So today I do a high heat cook; (Ribeyes at 500*), and towards the end of the cook, the bands warp so bad that it pulls the dome back so far that there is a visible air gap in the front.  The bands are really screwed up.  Any suggestions?

Mattman3969

Have you tried your friends trick with the all thread?