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YukonRon
YukonRon Posts: 17,261
in EggHead Forum
Cleaning up the XL for a long L and S rib cook for tonight, and found a crack running all the way across the bottom.The hits just keep on coming. Glad I have my warranty. Only thing not replaced on this unit is the food grate, and daisy wheel. Replaced the fire grate (exploded) Dome (cracked from fire grate explosion) plate setter (cracked) and the lower vent, (Mfg issue). 
Keep smoking everyone.
"Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

XL and MM
Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
    Hope it gets replaced quickly 
    “There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
    Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Me too, got some ribs to do for tonight. =)
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • epcotisbest
    epcotisbest Posts: 2,176
    With all these cracks in the xl, I am thinking my next one will be a large to go along with the medium. I mean the extra cooking area would be nice, and yes, warranty, but seems like a hassle to have to replace cracked components. I am sure there are way more who have never had a crack, but seems like a lot of cracked xl. Maybe I am just noticing more because that is what I am thinking about getting.
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    Having seen the trip you guys just took.....you should be able to take this one in stride. Just another minor inconvenience. Hope you and Suzy are doing well. How's the kitchen coming along?
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,397
    YukonRon said:
    Replaced the fire grate (exploded) 
    Wat??   :o

    "Dumplings are just noodles that have already eaten"   - Jon Kung

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • GoooDawgs
    GoooDawgs Posts: 1,060
    @YukonRon I'm in the same boat as you with my XL.  Noticed my base was cracked this week, as well as my platesetter.  Filed my warranty yesterday and picking up a new base this week..
    Milton, GA 
    XL BGE & FB300
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    @YukonRon. Your dome cracked when your fire grate exploded?  That must have been a hell of an explosion....   
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    ....just look for the smoke!
    Large and MiniMax
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    @Sea2Ski, @Botch re: Fire Grate Explosion
    About 2 months after I bought it, about one month of use (due to unusual snowfall) I was setting the temp for a 350F cook. Prior to that every cook was a low and slow. At about 300F, with the lid closed my fire grate exploded sending shards into the dome, on an XL, partially lifting it, and cracking it, leaving several pieces imbedded in the dome. It lifted the food grate as well.
    I was deep into the adult beverage pile at the time, and having a little PTSD, I got low for cover. Yes, it was, one helluva explosion. My next door neighbor came out of her house to see what caused the the noise.
    As these are cast and cooled by water, the assumption was gass trapped inside the fire grate hit CM.
    I was lucky the dome was closed when it occured, or it really could have been nasty.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261

    epcotisbest said:
    With all these cracks in the xl, I am thinking my next one will be a large to go along with the medium. I mean the extra cooking area would be nice, and yes, warranty, but seems like a hassle to have to replace cracked components. I am sure there are way more who have never had a crack, but seems like a lot of cracked xl. Maybe I am just noticing more because that is what I am thinking about getting.
    No way I would trade my XL for a L. It is much too convenient, and I do a lot of entertaining.
    I think the crack in my base is residual from an earlier incident with a fire grate exploding.
    I love the XL's versatility to ever consider any other size as a replacement.just my 2 cents.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,347
    I think that I agree that the next egg to add to my medium will be a large. Unless I win the minimax raffle of course. To many cracked XLs being reported and there are more accessories available for the large. If I were doing massive amounts of cooking, I would want dual larges for the different temperatures available and the ability to share accessories.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    northGAcock said:
    Having seen the trip you guys just took.....you should be able to take this one in stride. Just another minor inconvenience. Hope you and Suzy are doing well. How's the kitchen coming along?
    This is totally in stride Robin. I have bigger stuff to worry about, I have a MM, I will survive.
    Suzy is doing much better, thank you for asking. This is the first week, in two months, we have not had a house full of guests "to help us out" i.e. inlaws. 
    Kitchen needs some work, still have a wall, I am not thrilled about. I am going to re do, so it looks like about another three weeks or so. I think I will have enough money to last that long.
    Peace to you and Patti. Our best as always.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261

    GoooDawgs said:
    @YukonRon I'm in the same boat as you with my XL.  Noticed my base was cracked this week, as well as my platesetter.  Filed my warranty yesterday and picking up a new base this week..
    Fortunately, I have a MM, I will get it done. Glad yours is going quickly. If my XL exploded into a million pieces, and I had no warranty, I would buy another today. I like it that much. Crazy, I know. But, I have never enjoyed a cooker as much as the XL.
    Keep smoking.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    I think that I agree that the next egg to add to my medium will be a large. Unless I win the minimax raffle of course. To many cracked XLs being reported and there are more accessories available for the large. If I were doing massive amounts of cooking, I would want dual larges for the different temperatures available and the ability to share accessories.
    Just my opinion, but fwiw, I will never advocate any other size. I TOTALLY love this cooker and its versatility. I also believe this crack is the result of the grate explosion I had mentioned. Not from use. Anyway, your decision, and do what is best for you and your needs, just do not dismiss the XL, for cracking.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    YukonRon said:

    I was lucky the dome was closed when it occured, or it really could have been nasty.
    Very lucky! 

    Wow! 
    Living the good life smoking and joking
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  • jimmyhat1978
    jimmyhat1978 Posts: 33
    YukonRon said:
    @Sea2Ski, @Botch re: Fire Grate Explosion
    About 2 months after I bought it, about one month of use (due to unusual snowfall) I was setting the temp for a 350F cook. Prior to that every cook was a low and slow. At about 300F, with the lid closed my fire grate exploded sending shards into the dome, on an XL, partially lifting it, and cracking it, leaving several pieces imbedded in the dome. It lifted the food grate as well.

    HOLY SMOKES, hard to imagine that gas inclusion could make a bang like that.  Good thing the blast cover/ lid was down
    Medium BGE, Japanese Konro, NOLA proud.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    jimmyhat1978 said:
    YukonRon said:
    @Sea2Ski, @Botch re: Fire Grate Explosion
    About 2 months after I bought it, about one month of use (due to unusual snowfall) I was setting the temp for a 350F cook. Prior to that every cook was a low and slow. At about 300F, with the lid closed my fire grate exploded sending shards into the dome, on an XL, partially lifting it, and cracking it, leaving several pieces imbedded in the dome. It lifted the food grate as well.

    HOLY SMOKES, hard to imagine that gas inclusion could make a bang like that.  Good thing the blast cover/ lid was down
    Yeah, I bought my MM a couple months later, never fired it up with the grate, ordered a KAB, waited until it arrived for my first cook.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    Sorry to hear the bad news.
    I will say you clean out your base a lot better than I clean mine.
    Aledo, Texas
    Large BGE
    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Toxarch said:
    Sorry to hear the bad news.
    I will say you clean out your base a lot better than I clean mine.
    Try to after every 3rd cook, about twice per week.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261

    SmokingPiney said:
    YukonRon said:

    I was lucky the dome was closed when it occured, or it really could have been nasty.
    Very lucky! 

    Wow! 
    Yeah, should have seen me ducking for cover.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • gmac
    gmac Posts: 1,814
    I really don't know if I would buy an XL. I am surely this is purely anecdotal but it sure seems like they have more failures than any other size. But I would love the extra space too. 
    Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    gmac said:
    I really don't know if I would buy an XL. I am surely this is purely anecdotal but it sure seems like they have more failures than any other size. But I would love the extra space too. 
    I have enjoyed the heck out of mine. As long as BGE makes a XL, I will own one.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    I am on my second fire grate, third fire box, and was told third and last plate setter.  The plate setter is only under warranty for 3 years, but I guess two breaking in two years is too many.  I been really careful with the my current one.  I too would not trade my XL for a large.
    XL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas Grill

    Kansas City, Mo.
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  • YEMTrey
    YEMTrey Posts: 6,839
    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Ladeback69 said:
    I am on my second fire grate, third fire box, and was told third and last plate setter.  The plate setter is only under warranty for 3 years, but I guess two breaking in two years is too many.  I been really careful with the my current one.  I too would not trade my XL for a large.
    Endeavor to persevere. I get it.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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