Not sure where to post this so it gets seen but has anyone ever seen this?

Hungry Joe · May 4

It's a ceramic insert for a weber kettle. Thoughts? I don't own a weber but I thought it looked interesting. Especially since it's a segmented fire bowl like Kamado Joe which don't seem to crack like the BGE one does.

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Battleborn · May 5

Guess, don’t see the point. Buy a Weber for what it is. Buy a ceramic grill for what it is.

Corv · May 5

Don't think the KJ parts don't crack. A buddy of mine bought one with a cracked fire bowl. As expected, it still worked fine. But they certainly do crack.

Hungry Joe · May 5

Corv said:

Don't think the KJ parts don't crack. A buddy of mine bought one with a cracked fire bowl. As expected, it still worked fine. But they certainly do crack.

Curious, does he have a segmented fire bowl? My son has had one for over seven years and its never cracked.

Foghorn · May 5

Battleborn said:

Guess, don’t see the point. Buy a Weber for what it is. Buy a ceramic grill for what it is.

While I agree with that sentiment for those of us who have enough money to buy a BGE, I'll just say that in my pre-Egg days I definitely would have bought that. In today's prices if you buy a new Weber and that addition you're cooking somewhat like a kamado cooks with a 22" grate for $400.

Buckwoody Egger · May 6

it reminds me of the kettle joe which was kind of interesting option when they hit the closeout pricing for a while. seems like a good option for a few settings. i would search around to get weber people’s opinions. also seems like it would be better with lump for low and slow.

JohnInCarolina · May 6

Hungry Joe said:

Corv said:

Don't think the KJ parts don't crack. A buddy of mine bought one with a cracked fire bowl. As expected, it still worked fine. But they certainly do crack.

Curious, does he have a segmented fire bowl? My son has had one for over seven years and its never cracked.

Any curved ceramic component subjected to thermo-mechanical cyclic loading will eventually crack.

Buckwoody Egger · May 6

on second look i am not a fan of the little metal lifts to get the grate up above the plate setter.

wonder if a circle of fire bricks would be a fun test run for the concept. incidentally i have a bunch of old firebricks where i also have an old weber 22 so …hmmmm…

falls into the “make a cheap hack and then if used enough spring for something nicer” zone like all the various raised grids etc we used to make with bolts

Hungry Joe · May 6

JohnInCarolina said:

Hungry Joe said:

Corv said:

Don't think the KJ parts don't crack. A buddy of mine bought one with a cracked fire bowl. As expected, it still worked fine. But they certainly do crack.

Curious, does he have a segmented fire bowl? My son has had one for over seven years and its never cracked.

Any curved ceramic component subjected to thermo-mechanical cyclic loading will eventually crack.

Yes they can and do crack but what makes that style firebox better is you can replace segments rather than the whole firebox. Cheaper to replace and ship. Also there is more room for expansion which lessens the likelihood it will crack. When BGE started putting the saw cut in their fireboxes it greatly reduced how often they crack. I have two eggs and have been through several replacements while my son's KJ has yet to crack going on eight years now.

Ozzie_Isaac · May 6

I have 2 weber kettles and this looks very interesting.

JohnInCarolina · May 6

Hungry Joe said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Hungry Joe said:

Corv said:

Don't think the KJ parts don't crack. A buddy of mine bought one with a cracked fire bowl. As expected, it still worked fine. But they certainly do crack.

Curious, does he have a segmented fire bowl? My son has had one for over seven years and its never cracked.

Any curved ceramic component subjected to thermo-mechanical cyclic loading will eventually crack.

Yes they can and do crack but what makes that style firebox better is you can replace segments rather than the whole firebox. Cheaper to replace and ship. Also there is more room for expansion which lessens the likelihood it will crack. When BGE started putting the saw cut in their fireboxes it greatly reduced how often they crack. I have two eggs and have been through several replacements while my son's KJ has yet to crack going on eight years now.

My original firebox has been cracked forever. I have yet to replace it, because it still works perfectly fine.

There are of course times where the way that it cracks really forces a replacement, but I think people replace these things far more often than is actually necessary.

Hungry Joe · May 6

JohnInCarolina said:

Hungry Joe said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Hungry Joe said:

Corv said:

Don't think the KJ parts don't crack. A buddy of mine bought one with a cracked fire bowl. As expected, it still worked fine. But they certainly do crack.

Curious, does he have a segmented fire bowl? My son has had one for over seven years and its never cracked.

Any curved ceramic component subjected to thermo-mechanical cyclic loading will eventually crack.

Yes they can and do crack but what makes that style firebox better is you can replace segments rather than the whole firebox. Cheaper to replace and ship. Also there is more room for expansion which lessens the likelihood it will crack. When BGE started putting the saw cut in their fireboxes it greatly reduced how often they crack. I have two eggs and have been through several replacements while my son's KJ has yet to crack going on eight years now.

My original firebox has been cracked forever. I have yet to replace it, because it still works perfectly fine.

There are of course times where the way that it cracks really forces a replacement, but I think people replace these things far more often than is actually necessary.

That's pretty much the standard procedure for me also. I wait until it's really annoying, order a new one and then try to get that little bit more from the cracked one once the new one arrives.
How old is your original one? Unfortunately my eggs sit out uncovered by a roof all year long so their life might be a little harder than one under cover.

JohnInCarolina · May 6

Hungry Joe said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Hungry Joe said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Hungry Joe said:

Corv said:

Don't think the KJ parts don't crack. A buddy of mine bought one with a cracked fire bowl. As expected, it still worked fine. But they certainly do crack.

Curious, does he have a segmented fire bowl? My son has had one for over seven years and its never cracked.

Any curved ceramic component subjected to thermo-mechanical cyclic loading will eventually crack.

Yes they can and do crack but what makes that style firebox better is you can replace segments rather than the whole firebox. Cheaper to replace and ship. Also there is more room for expansion which lessens the likelihood it will crack. When BGE started putting the saw cut in their fireboxes it greatly reduced how often they crack. I have two eggs and have been through several replacements while my son's KJ has yet to crack going on eight years now.

My original firebox has been cracked forever. I have yet to replace it, because it still works perfectly fine.

There are of course times where the way that it cracks really forces a replacement, but I think people replace these things far more often than is actually necessary.

That's pretty much the standard procedure for me also. I wait until it's really annoying, order a new one and then try to get that little bit more from the cracked one once the new one arrives.
How old is your original one? Unfortunately my eggs sit out uncovered by a roof all year long so their life might be a little harder than one under cover.

I’ve had it for almost 14 years now.

Not sure where to post this so it gets seen but has anyone ever seen this?

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