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New bands..

dougcrann
dougcrann Posts: 1,129
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Got my new spring assisted band assembly for the Large today. 
This is the warranty replacement for the warranty replacement. Last set was the old style. Going to make pizzas over the weekend, maybe. Hope this puts an end to the high heat cook tweaking the bands...
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
    Do you, by chance have 'The Handler' on your egg?
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • dougcrann
    dougcrann Posts: 1,129
    edited June 2017
    SoCalTim said:
    Do you, by chance have 'The Handler' on your egg?

    Handler? 
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  • dougcrann
    dougcrann Posts: 1,129
    @SoCalTim...just did a quick search, no Sir I don't have the handler. Eggs are all in a need to be replaced table.
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
    Eggcellent! 
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • JWBurns
    JWBurns Posts: 344
    If buying a new egg at a dealer, are these new bands something I should look for before purchasing? I assume the new band style is now shipping with new eggs, yes?
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,532
    JWBurns said:
    If buying a new egg at a dealer, are these new bands something I should look for before purchasing? I assume the new band style is now shipping with new eggs, yes?
    It depends on how long your dealer has been sitting on his/her current stock. More than likely it won't be the new band. It's definitely worth looking into with the dealer. My dealer ordered 30+ large eggs a month ago and zero came the new band. I'd say 75% of them came with a 3" thermometer dial and the rest were standard sized. 
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • dougcrann
    dougcrann Posts: 1,129
    @JWBurns...may also depend on what the distributor has in their warehouse. When I bought the Medium for my wife it had been sitting, between the distributor/dealer for 5 years or so. 
    If your not going to do a lot of nuclear level pizza cooks I don't know if the spring assisted bands are a necessity. I didn't have a problem until I started pushing the temp into the 750*+ area...
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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324

    $125 at my dealer in Roswell, GA.  I just don't like hot the dome does not open as much as the old band assembly. 

    Seems like the "Tabs" to keep the dome from falling out could be a simple bolt-on accessory.

    LBGE since 2014

    Griffin, GA 

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  • dougcrann
    dougcrann Posts: 1,129
    DaveRichardson said:

    $125 at my dealer in Roswell, GA.  I just don't like hot the dome does not open as much as the old band assembly. 

    Seems like the "Tabs" to keep the dome from falling out could be a simple bolt-on accessory.

    Disappointed in the reduced opening as well. Asked if the spring assist band's were available for Ernestinas Medium...Heather, my "connection" (lol) at the distributor called headquarters today...not yet..
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