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Smoke pouring from the bottom..
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dougcrann
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Since replacing the base on our XL with the warranty one we have only used the XL once...to cook a brisket. During the brisket cook we had grease dripping from the bottom of the base. There is a very small crack, detectable by feel only. It didn't show up in the pictures, least not all that well. Spoke with Bruce, he told me that while he could kinda see the crack in the pictures he would be hesitant to warranty it....which I understood entirely. With the weather cooling off it will be cheese smoking season soon. Decided to do a clean burn. It was pouring smoke off the bottom. Didn't let the temperature exceed what we cook our pizzas at, which is 650-700*. Let it go until it was out of fuel, which was a good 90 minutes or so. While it cleaned the majority of the Egg out we now have several black stains on the bottom of the base. Will post pictures later today. Any thoughts on these stains? I know pictures would be helpful...will get them shortly. Apologies for the extremely long post...
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A crack and under warranty? Seems open and shut to me!Large BGE and Medium BGE
36" Blackstone - Greensboro! -
Pic's will certainly be useful. Is it possible grease has settled onto bottom of egg (below firebox on interior where airflows) and into the porous ceramics. The egg getting hot is purging those nasties out. I wouldn't think smoke would "pour" out of a ceramic crack.
Small & Large BGE
Nashville, TN
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@tarheelmatt... Any insight into this situation !!!!Greensboro North Carolina
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"During the brisket cook we had grease dripping from the bottom of the base".
The smoke is from this^^^^^^
You may have a crack too but when you don't use a drip pan, grease can get in the ceramics and even come out the other side.Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX -
sounds like the cracks expanded under heat, the fat dripped through, and formed drips on the bottom. then the cracks closed up when cold.
these cracks start small and grow and travel over time with the repeated cycles of heating. they generally start at the bottom (front) vent and travel from there
(r.i.p. d.c.)
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Why?!? I don't understand that in the least.dougcrann said:Spoke with Bruce, he told me that while he could kinda see the crack in the pictures he would be hesitant to warranty it....which I understood entirely.
Beautiful and lovely Villa Rica, Georgia -
Darby will be missed!JustineCaseyFeldown said:
(r.i.p. d.c.)Snellville, GA -
I, on more than one regrettable occasion, had smoke pouring out of my bottom. Naga Jolokia, et al, previously.
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I have been quite consumed with preparing for my daughters wedding this past weekend and not been on here much. What's all this RIP Darby stuff? Did Darby have a flameout or what has happened? Did the Buffalo strike again?
Tommy
Middle of Nowhere, Northern Kentucky
1 M, 1 XL, a BlackStone,1 old Webber, a Border Collie, a German Shepherd and 3 of her pups, and 2 Yorkies -
no. just time for a changeFarmerTom said:I have been quite consumed with preparing for my daughters wedding this past weekend and not been on here much. What's all this RIP Darby stuff? Did Darby have a flameout or what has happened? Did the Buffalo strike again?
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Ok so this is the new revamped Darby !!!JustineCaseyFeldown said:
no. just time for a changeFarmerTom said:I have been quite consumed with preparing for my daughters wedding this past weekend and not been on here much. What's all this RIP Darby stuff? Did Darby have a flameout or what has happened? Did the Buffalo strike again?Greensboro North Carolina
When in doubt Accelerate.... -
The profile pic gives it away. Hajohnmitchell said:
Ok so this is the new revamped Darby !!!JustineCaseyFeldown said:
no. just time for a changeFarmerTom said:I have been quite consumed with preparing for my daughters wedding this past weekend and not been on here much. What's all this RIP Darby stuff? Did Darby have a flameout or what has happened? Did the Buffalo strike again? -
probably have twenty old user names on these forums.
strangely enough, never had an anonymous one (you used to be able to sign on anonymously) and use a different handle with every post if you wanted
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