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Medium BGE Specs

barbecue63
barbecue63 Posts: 1
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Greetings! I inherited a medium BGE a few years ago, cleaned it up and used it a bit. Last year, I went to clean it good. I picked up the firebox, and it just sort of came apart in my hands. I tried to repair last fall with refractory cement. I was going to fire it up today, and it's back in pieces. I think I recall that a new BGE firebox will not fit in a old (2006-ish?) medium egg. Can you confirm that it will or won't fit?
Thanks!
BBQ63
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,956
    barbecue63 said:
    Greetings! I inherited a medium BGE a few years ago, cleaned it up and used it a bit. Last year, I went to clean it good. I picked up the firebox, and it just sort of came apart in my hands. I tried to repair last fall with refractory cement. I was going to fire it up today, and it's back in pieces. I think I recall that a new BGE firebox will not fit in a old (2006-ish?) medium egg. Can you confirm that it will or won't fit?
    Thanks!
    BBQ63
    They did change sizes since then and went bigger.  I would contact bge,  they might still have the older boxes.  I went years with a 20piece puzzle fire box in my large before getting a replacement though
    fukahwee maine

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  • MaskedMarvel
    MaskedMarvel Posts: 3,583
    Dang I have a really old medium and don’t remember this. :/ 

    report back what you find out  !!
    Large BGE and Medium BGE
    36" Blackstone - Greensboro!


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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,511
    edited June 8
    it might take a little time but couldn’t a guy take an angle grinder and reduce the upper diameter of the new fire box? Surely it can’t be that much larger.

    Or with a little less effort how about putting some gravel on the bottom of the egg’s outer shell so that the new firebox would sit proud enough to raise it up?
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,956
    Cgs has the new style cooking grid at 15.75 inch diameter and the older med at 15  inch diameter
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,511
    fish - so in other words a guy would need to grind off .75” or .375” off the top lip clear around /  sounds like a simple task for an angle grinder. Of course a guy would need to secure that firebox against say a piece of plywood while grinding to prevent movement. I’d take on that diameter reduction challenge in a heartbeat…if I wasn’t laid up in this hospital bed!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,956
    RRP said:
    fish - so in other words a guy would need to grind off .75” or .375” off the top lip clear around /  sounds like a simple task for an angle grinder. Of course a guy would need to secure that firebox against say a piece of plywood while grinding to prevent movement. I’d take on that diameter reduction challenge in a heartbeat…if I wasn’t laid up in this hospital bed!

    found this fix, im thinking just use a firebrick split

    stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,764
    I had the same thing happen......firebox and fire ring cracked and couldn't fit it in my (old) medium base.  The only way to get it to work was to put an old ceramic firegrate under the firebox to lift it up about 1/2".  Finally when I compared it to a new one I had in the shop it all made sense that the changed the dims a little.


    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,511
    fish - this firebrick solution sounds the simpliest!!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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