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XL charcoal grate cracking

fairchase
fairchase Posts: 319
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Anyone else have this problem ?
To common of an occurrence to suit me
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,795
    fairchase said:
    Anyone else have this problem ?
    To common of an occurrence to suit me
    Mine did on my large maybe a couple times. I ran it until it twisted up badly. I use a kick ash basket now. 
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • abpgwolf
    abpgwolf Posts: 564
    Mine never cracked but it warped. I bought a Kick Ash Basket and Kick Ash Can. it makes it much easier to handle the ash.

    Lititz, PA – XL BGE

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  • Bellavista52
    Bellavista52 Posts: 153
    Same - mine's badly cracked so I got a kick ash basket.

    XL and Small BGEs in South Carolina
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,134
    fairchase said:
    Anyone else have this problem ?
    To common of an occurrence to suit me
    How often have you been forced to replace yours?
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • MO_Eggin
    MO_Eggin Posts: 284
    Charcoal grate on my first L warped after a couple of years, cracked and ultimately split.  It worked fine until it split a couple more times and I could no longer humpty-dumpty it back together after roughly 13 years.  


    LBGE - St. Louis, MO; MM & LBGE - around 8100' somewhere in the CO Front Range
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  • td66snrf
    td66snrf Posts: 1,838
    This is off my large. I went back with  stainless steel. I haven't fired it up yet so I can't give a report about it. Looks good.
    XLBGE, LBGE, MBGE, SMALL, MINI, 2 Kubs, Fire Magic Gasser
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,069
    As a HAPPILY SATISFIED user of Kick Ash Baskets I will never go back to OE grates for any of my eggs! They really are not expensive, last a long time and SO worth the money IMO. 
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,097
    Mine exploded on the first cook above 225°F. Blew up in two larger pieces, imbedded two smaller pieces in the dome. 

    I was sitting outside with the dome closed on my XL, the explosion lifted the dome about 12-13 cm, before falling back down. My dealer replaced both. Then my second one split. It was replaced as well. 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • QDude
    QDude Posts: 1,059
    Mine split at around the 5 year mark.  I'm going to get a kick ash bucket soon.

    Northern Colorado Egghead since 2012.

    XL BGE and a KBQ.

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  • BigGreenKev
    BigGreenKev Posts: 264
    Oh damn! I've never had that happen. I use a kick ash basket on top of my grate for 4 years. Straight up grate for 6nyears before. No issues.
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,702
    I had one crack a few years ago. It is part of the warranty so I was able to pick a replacement up at Ace Hardware.
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