Cracked

I recently noticed that my fire ring was cracked... I took this picture as verification and got a prompt replacement from my dealer/Big Green Egg.  I've got a GREAT dealer.


When looking at the picture later, I noticed that the crack occurred almost directly above the seam fire box.

I suspect that fire box seam is working like a chimney that is focusing extremely hot gases in a very concentrated area.  I don't remember reading in the instructions about this and when I went to pick up my replacement fire ring at my dealer, I checked all of their display units and there was no consistent placement of the fire ring vis-a-vis the fire box seam....  BUT I've decide that in the future I will make sure the seam/chimney is under one of the cut-out areas of the fire ring. ..of course that's putting the hot spot under a narrower part of the fire ring but my thinking is that the cut-out space might be enough to cause the gases to defuse somewhat.


I don't know if my observation / fix is a valid concern or not but I thought I'd pass it along.  I figure it can't hurt...

** Constructive comment appreciated.  Please no Juvenile "crack" jokes... **