Help please, cracked my ConvEGGtor and need some advice on the best glue to repair this

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I would resist the urge to snap it and glue it.  I know it's like resisting a hangnail in traffic without nail clippers.  But resist!

There are not many adhesives that can hold up to the temperature range of the Egg.  You might see some folks use JB Weld or some high-temp epoxy.  But are you really going to be satisfied with that?  I wouldn't be.  

I don't see how superglue (cyano) would work.  If I were hell bent on using a glue, I'd probably call http://www.cotronics.com/vo/cotr/index.htm - and ask them the best course of action.  They have some high-temp stuff that may fit the bill.  It'd probably be more suitable for a larger item repair, as the glues are fairly spendy and you're still just fixing something you should probably consider replacing.

FWIW - My fire ring has cracked all around and has not failed yet.  It's been like that for years.

HTH!

Luckky said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

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Thank you, I’m in the UK and the cost is £135 for a new one, can’t see a replacement on the ceramic grill store and imagine it would be unlikely they would ship to the UK but I appreciate the idea 

Yikes, ok.  Now I understand the issue...being in the UK changes things.  I still recommend talking to your dealer because they are warranted for cracks for 3 years.

If you must fix it, JB Weld makes some high temp adhesive for these types of applications.  Need something that is good for 2000F.  My concern has always been out-gassing during cooks, or giving up the ghost during a cook and your food falling in.

Personally, I would use it till it cracks, then get another cheap grid for like a Weber that will sit on the fire ring and just use the pieces.  It will still work the same.

Ozzie_Isaac said:

If you must fix it, JB Weld makes some high temp adhesive for these types of applications.  Need something that is good for 2000F.  My concern has always been out-gassing during cooks, or giving up the ghost during a cook and your food falling in.

Personally, I would use it till it cracks, then get another cheap grid for like a Weber that will sit on the fire ring and just use the pieces.  It will still work the same.

I found it.

JB Weld ExtermeHeat - "When fully cured, this metallic compound can be drilled, machined or sanded. It is great for repairing cracks, small gaps, seam connections or holes in exhaust manifolds, pipe connections, mufflers, catalytic converters, outdoor grills, fire boxes, gas and commercial furnaces and water heaters. " 

Maybe they're not worried about off-gassing since most grills cannot achieve 2000 degrees. 

I went through three plate setters in my first three years of owning my egg.  I have had my current one for over 3 years and no problems.  I don't do mega high heat cooks anymore like pizza on my XL. Also went through a fire boxes.  Not sure it was the high heat,  but since I haven't gone much over 500 degrees in a long time nothing has cracked.  I know the heat is probably not a factor, just interesting that it holding up nicely because of not going so high.

If my current one brakes I will probably do BGE's version of the adjustable rig.

brentm said:

cookingdude555 said:

Ive used JBWeld Extreme Heat to fix fire boxes, fire ring, and a base.  It has held up well, but only about 5 cooks on it.  I even picked up the fire box by the broken piece and it was solid like it was made that way.

Was this just cracked and you tried to force the JB Weld inside the cracks?  Or did it already break apart completely in the photo above?

Firebox was in pieces, the base just had cracks. Just an experiment to see if it works. The base was a warranty cast off from my brother in law. I made a Frankenstein egg from various old parts. It’s in a table I got really cheap at my moms house ($150 with a large egg in it). Still works. 

It would kinda look like a pipe clamp 

@alaskanassasin did you do that with a hand drill or a press?  and it looks like it was just cracked and not fully separated.

I just took apart my Egg for cleaning, in preparation for this evenings pizza.  And I noticed my firebox is all cracked and ready to come apart.  I hope I took a picture of the receipt.  How many iphones ago was that?

@cookingdude555 - yeah, I'm not sure how much of that epoxy on the outside is adding any structural support to the cracks.  I wonder how much epoxy you were able to work in there?

It looks like a paste, I wonder if it can be thinned and injected.

I was thinking something like this may work if it isn’t broken all the way through yet.

If you’re having a hard time accessing a new one I would take a couple piece of steel and lay across the fire ring like a bridge and lay the setter on them.  

  I broke 3 of these for my XL, in 2 years..... purchased a Cast Iron one ..problem solved forever . 

Is that "black ring" where the existing crack had started to manifest itself?  It might just be soot.  Can you wipe it off or change it's appearance with a wet towel?