Cracked Fire Ring

SaintJohnsEgger

After letting my LBGE cool down from a clean burn today I started the clean out to get ready for tomorrow's brisket. I took it all apart and cleaned all of the ash and small lumps out. Also one or two small rocks. While doing so I noticed that my fire ring was cracked all the way through. I can still use it for tomorrow's cook but I guess I'll be making a warranty claim this weekend. Is there a time limit on the fire ring or is it life time? The Egg was purchased on 10/28/16.

I gave everything a good inspection and I didn't see any other cracks. Funny thing is the fire ring felt warmer to me than the fire box did. Seems like the fire ring held the heat longer than the firebox though I didn't check the temperature of either piece.


Inside view


Outside view.

cookingdude555

Normal and no timeline for warranty. 

mEGG_My_Day

You should be good - I had a ten year old cracked firebox replaced with no questions asked. 

rlew

Mine cracked doing a turnoff and they replaced it at no charge

unoriginalusername

mEGG_My_Day said:

You should be good - I had a ten year old cracked firebox replaced with no questions asked. 

Same, used the cracked one for years before finally installing the new one which lasted three cooks before cracking 

SaintJohnsEgger

unoriginalusername said:

mEGG_My_Day said:

You should be good - I had a ten year old cracked firebox replaced with no questions asked. 

Same, used the cracked one for years before finally installing the new one which lasted three cooks before cracking 

Yeah, I'm not too worried about it as I can still cook with it cracked but I will go ahead and start the warranty process as there is no telling how long that will take. Maybe hold off on using it until I develop another crack.

Its already cracked all the way through and from top to bottom so that crack can't get any worse. 

SaintJohnsEgger

rlew said:

Mine cracked doing a turnoff and they replaced it at no charge

I'm not sure if mine cracked during the burn off or previously. I kept going outside to check on it and I didn't hear it crack but I wasn't out there the whole time.

larsaamoth

I’ve cracked three now doing cleaning burns over 5 years.  I don’t think the fire rings can handle the higher temps for some reason?

FarmingPhD

Mine cracked a couple years ago and has been fine.  The crack likely relieves most of the stress in the ring and allows it to freely expand when heated, probably extending the rest of the life of the ring, excluding the one crack.

SaintJohnsEgger

Picked up a new fire ring from my dealer today. 

Now what to do with the old ring? Trying to think of some way to repurpose it. Maybe to sit hot grates on or something. 

dayzed&confused

My fire bowl cracked like that on a 12 yr old large egg. I emailed  them a picture of it and a picture of my receipt. They sent a new bowl, no problem. I did notice that the replacement part has a slit all the way down one side so it can expand and retract without cracking.

SaintJohnsEgger

I posted the same pics on a Facebook group for Eggers in my area and the dealer contacted me and said he would take care of it for me. He has hosted an Eggfest for the last two years and is an Egg user and  not just a seller. It shows in the way he deals with people. Thanks James.

gasman79

Is there a way to register the egg? I’ve long lost my receipts when i bought them and can’t remember which stores I got them from too

EggNorth

SaintJohnsEgger said:

Picked up a new fire ring from my dealer today. 

Now what to do with the old ring? Trying to think of some way to repurpose it. Maybe to sit hot grates on or something. 

I used my old one in the garden.  It was in three parts, used it on a small slope to hold the dirt and planted flowers, works great.

SaintJohnsEgger

gasman79 said:

Is there a way to register the egg? I’ve long lost my receipts when i bought them and can’t remember which stores I got them from too

I don't know. But there should be a serial number inside the lid. You could try calling the mother ship and see if they can look up the serial number.

First thing I did was take pictures of my receipts and stored the images in the cloud.

714egghead

SaintJohnsEgger said:

Picked up a new fire ring from my dealer today. 

Now what to do with the old ring? Trying to think of some way to repurpose it. Maybe to sit hot grates on or something. 

Wish it was a XL :