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wburgeiv
wburgeiv Posts: 4
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I picked up the egg on the right from a buddies dad. Assume it’s a late 90’s. It’s a bit terrifying as the handle gets incredibly hot. The one on the left I assume is about a decade old.

Curious about if the new bands fit on the old egg as I’m tempted to swap them to keep the older egg with the cooler texture. Though, because the chimney is different, I’m not even sure it’s worth it in the event I had issues  /
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,517
    That’s the old style bale handle and yes it does get hot. The most common solution back then (ancient times, huh?) was merely to either close the dome before reaching nuclear temps or put on a pair of leather gloves before closing or opening. I’d bet dollars to donuts somebody would love to take that bad boy off your hands since you don’t seem to want it.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • wburgeiv
    wburgeiv Posts: 4
    Trying to convince my wife there's no reason we wouldn't want two medium eggs next to the other 3 grills. I do feel super torn. I like the look of how they carved the texture on the old one.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,184
    I bought my first egg in 1996 and it had the rectangle handle (on the left in your pic). The egg you bought was earlier than 1996
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Sweet100s
    Sweet100s Posts: 553
    @The Cen-Tex Smoker ,   The one I purchased had same handle. 
    In fact, that wooden handle just split off into two pieces and fell to the ground  the last time I used it.  Now my handle consists of bare metal and those 2 screws with stuck bolts...
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  • wburgeiv
    wburgeiv Posts: 4
    Is there any plus or minus to the different eras beyond a newer one matching if you cracked a dome or something? Seems like they likely only Changed it to save production cost because scooping out little circles is probably less time consuming than the other pattern. 
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,517
    edited July 2020
    wburgeiv said:
    Is there any plus or minus to the different eras beyond a newer one matching if you cracked a dome or something? Seems like they likely only Changed it to save production cost because scooping out little circles is probably less time consuming than the other pattern. 
    The BGE is cast in a method known as "slip casting" whereby liquid clay is pored into a mould. That means that surface design was only "scooped out" as you say in the original cast(s) and then used to make thousands of eggs and not individually done.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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