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Dracarys stainless steel lower vent replacement

WDE86
WDE86 Posts: 69
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Anyone have any experience with this lower vent replacement offered by Dracarys? I like the idea of the punched steel mesh instead of the screen material that comes OG with the BGE but wonder how much (if at all) this would affect airflow? 
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Kinda sounds like reinventing the mousetrap? Why? 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • WDE86
    WDE86 Posts: 69
    caliking said:
    Kinda sounds like reinventing the mousetrap? Why? 
    I'm only interested because my egg has been kept inside an enclosed porch since I've have had it and the screen has already crumbled. It wasn't poked or bumped, it simply rusted and dissolved. And I use my egg at least twice a week. Most weeks more. 

    Shout out to BGE customer service however because they sent me a replacement no questions asked, but the metal parts warranty only runs so long and I don't want to replace the screen vent every 12-18 months. 
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    No more tears from coal clumps getting caught in the screen! 

    huh?
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    More restrictive would actually be good, then dialing down would be easier than trying to find the width of a credit card.

    how long is the warranty on the vent and screen?
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,153
    caliking said:
    Kinda sounds like reinventing the mousetrap? Why? 
    That can said for a plethora of Eggcessories
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  • WDE86
    WDE86 Posts: 69
    RRP said:
    No more tears from coal clumps getting caught in the screen! 

    huh?
    I don't think coal was the cause my lower screen getting a hole in it. Mine just began to rust to the point where I now have about a quarter-sized hole slowly getting bigger in the bottom vent. Performance-wise, there's no difference, but it does look a bit shoddy and I don't like for my grill to look sloppy (on the outside).
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,153
    RRP said:
    No more tears from coal clumps getting caught in the screen! 

    huh?
    No worse than @northGAcock's memorable location for a propane shutoff valve. 
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    WDE86 said:
    RRP said:
    No more tears from coal clumps getting caught in the screen! 

    huh?
    I don't think coal was the cause my lower screen getting a hole in it. Mine just began to rust to the point where I now have about a quarter-sized hole slowly getting bigger in the bottom vent. Performance-wise, there's no difference, but it does look a bit shoddy and I don't like for my grill to look sloppy (on the outside).
    I don't know if they are still available al'carte but years ago my dealer sold replacement screens for just $5. In fact I retrofitted two of my lower vents to accept the screens since they didn't have them. In short order using a slotted screwdriver I widened the tracks so the screens would fit.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • SSQUAL612
    SSQUAL612 Posts: 1,186
    I see where they also have just the punched steel panel.

    https://www.amazon.com/Dracarys-Stainless-Steel-Punched-Medium/dp/B06XRXLB68/ref=pd_sbs_86_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B06XRXLB68&pd_rd_r=VQ4SSVR99DB8SC8S0FC2&pd_rd_w=ONGxZ&pd_rd_wg=NBlNb&psc=1&refRID=VQ4SSVR99DB8SC8S0FC2

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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    I couldn't care less about the screens to begin with. Most of the time the bottom vent is open so little that the odds of sparks popping out thru the opening is almost nil.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • WDE86
    WDE86 Posts: 69
    HeavyG said:
    I couldn't care less about the screens to begin with. Most of the time the bottom vent is open so little that the odds of sparks popping out thru the opening is almost nil.
    Yeah, mine being messed up doesn't affect my grilling but I can't stand how it looks. 
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    WDE86 said:
    HeavyG said:
    I couldn't care less about the screens to begin with. Most of the time the bottom vent is open so little that the odds of sparks popping out thru the opening is almost nil.
    Yeah, mine being messed up doesn't affect my grilling but I can't stand how it looks. 
    Just remove it and throw it away then. Spend the money on lump, or a good steak, or some rub, or...pretty much anything else. :)
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • WDE86
    WDE86 Posts: 69
    HeavyG said:
    WDE86 said:
    HeavyG said:
    I couldn't care less about the screens to begin with. Most of the time the bottom vent is open so little that the odds of sparks popping out thru the opening is almost nil.
    Yeah, mine being messed up doesn't affect my grilling but I can't stand how it looks. 
    Just remove it and throw it away then. Spend the money on lump, or a good steak, or some rub, or...pretty much anything else. :)
    See, that's the normal, rational approach to this. But I'm OCD...

    And if a screen is supposed to present on the grill in the lower vent then it has to be there and look somewhat nice and not resemble the undercarriage of a snowplow truck that's seen a few too many miles on salty roads.

    I guess I've got my BBQ Comp. team name now: Lunatic BBQ. I'm sure that's been taken though.
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    WDE86 said:
    HeavyG said:
    WDE86 said:
    HeavyG said:
    I couldn't care less about the screens to begin with. Most of the time the bottom vent is open so little that the odds of sparks popping out thru the opening is almost nil.
    Yeah, mine being messed up doesn't affect my grilling but I can't stand how it looks. 
    Just remove it and throw it away then. Spend the money on lump, or a good steak, or some rub, or...pretty much anything else. :)
    See, that's the normal, rational approach to this. But I'm OCD...

    And if a screen is supposed to present on the grill in the lower vent then it has to be there and look somewhat nice and not resemble the undercarriage of a snowplow truck that's seen a few too many miles on salty roads.

    I guess I've got my BBQ Comp. team name now: Lunatic BBQ. I'm sure that's been taken though.
    Eggs haven't always had that screen so if you remove it you're just going "old school" or "retro". Should satisfy the OCD.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • WDE86
    WDE86 Posts: 69
    HeavyG said:
    WDE86 said:
    HeavyG said:
    WDE86 said:
    HeavyG said:
    I couldn't care less about the screens to begin with. Most of the time the bottom vent is open so little that the odds of sparks popping out thru the opening is almost nil.
    Yeah, mine being messed up doesn't affect my grilling but I can't stand how it looks. 
    Just remove it and throw it away then. Spend the money on lump, or a good steak, or some rub, or...pretty much anything else. :)
    See, that's the normal, rational approach to this. But I'm OCD...

    And if a screen is supposed to present on the grill in the lower vent then it has to be there and look somewhat nice and not resemble the undercarriage of a snowplow truck that's seen a few too many miles on salty roads.

    I guess I've got my BBQ Comp. team name now: Lunatic BBQ. I'm sure that's been taken though.
    Eggs haven't always had that screen so if you remove it you're just going "old school" or "retro". Should satisfy the OCD.
    I'll always know...
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Just repeat:

    "Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens."




    You're welcome.

    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • WDE86
    WDE86 Posts: 69
    @HeavyG LIES!!!


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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,153
    HeavyG said:
    Just repeat:

    "Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens."




    You're welcome.

    Just because a KJ doesn't have a screen
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,153
    HeavyG said:
    Just repeat:

    "Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens."




    You're welcome.

    I have evidence to the contrary. 

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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    DoubleEgger said:
    HeavyG said:
    Just repeat:

    "Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens."




    You're welcome.

    Just because a KJ doesn't have a screen
    What's that you say????


    KJ does it better. :)

    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    DoubleEgger said:
    HeavyG said:
    Just repeat:

    "Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens."




    You're welcome.

    I have evidence to the contrary. 

    I've had that happen a couple of times with sparks popping out the top while lighting the lump. BGE should do something about that.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,153
    HeavyG said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    HeavyG said:
    Just repeat:

    "Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens."




    You're welcome.

    I have evidence to the contrary. 

    I've had that happen a couple of times with sparks popping out the top while lighting the lump. BGE should do something about that.
    This one came out of the vent while I was cooking pizza with the screen open 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,153
    I was thinking about the screenless Joe Jr @HeavyG
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  • OhioEgger
    OhioEgger Posts: 992
    edited July 2017
    WDE86 said
    But I'm OCD
    You mean CDO.

    If you really had it, you would insist on the letters being in alphabetical order.
    Cincinnati, Ohio. Large BGE since 2011. Still learning.
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    HeavyG said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    HeavyG said:
    Just repeat:

    "Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens."




    You're welcome.

    Just because a KJ doesn't have a screen
    What's that you say????


    KJ does it better. :)

    If I had that on my XL I'd have to empty the ash more than every couple of months.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    DoubleEgger said:
    HeavyG said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    HeavyG said:
    Just repeat:

    "Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens,
     Eggs don't have to have screens."




    You're welcome.

    I have evidence to the contrary. 

    I've had that happen a couple of times with sparks popping out the top while lighting the lump. BGE should do something about that.
    This one came out of the vent while I was cooking pizza with the screen open 
    I assumed as much. Just pointing out that sparks can pop out from other unprotected points.

    Wise people don't use grills on combustible surfaces to begin with. Just sayin'. :)
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    DoubleEgger said:
    I was thinking about the screenless Joe Jr @HeavyG
    Can't read your thoughts man (thankfully). :)
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    WDE86 said:
    caliking said:
    Kinda sounds like reinventing the mousetrap? Why? 
    I'm only interested because my egg has been kept inside an enclosed porch since I've have had it and the screen has already crumbled. It wasn't poked or bumped, it simply rusted and dissolved. And I use my egg at least twice a week. Most weeks more. 

    Shout out to BGE customer service however because they sent me a replacement no questions asked, but the metal parts warranty only runs so long and I don't want to replace the screen vent every 12-18 months. 
    Where are you located? It seems odd that the screen would disinetgrate like that, unless its an older egg with a non-SS intake. Do you cover the egg? I 've had my eggs outside, uncovered,  in very humid Houston. Screen is just fine. The one time i started having mold issues was when I thought they needed to be covered. 

    If its just the look of the rusty vent thats bothering you then this Dracary one may work for you, I guess.

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    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    DoubleEgger said:
    If Smokeware  Yeti sold it, you guys would be all over this  =)
    FTFY

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    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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