WARNING FOR GRANITE TOP EGG TABLES!

SmokinSoCal · October 2010

Table was installed last week as many of you know. I used a 27"inch cutout when BGE said to go with a 26 1/4" Didn't even matter. Cooked pizza tonight in the 550-600 range and table cracked on both sides. Infrared Gun showed table at 280 degrees 30 mins after I shut the egg down. Granite sits on 3/4" Plywood and is epoxy'd to the plywood. At least the table will always stay in one piece.....

Little Chef · October 2010

Smokin': That SO sucks! :( Doesn't look to be much of an air gap between the Egg and the granite though. Do you have the Egg elevated from the bottom at all? Didn't catch the pics from last week. But seriously, it SO sucks about the counter top! :(

BobS · October 2010

Sorry about that! Even with granite under the egg, you need to put the feet under the egg.

Mainegg · October 2010

OHHHHH :pinch: :( so sorry ..... looks like it is a beautiful table though.

LDD · October 2010

Sorry to see that about the table.

BobS wrote:

Sorry about that! Even with granite under the egg, you need to put the feet under the egg.

I thought that the BGE recommends not using the feet with the XL? I don't think they ship feet with the XL. (I may be wrong about that)

I'm guessing this is an XL given the 26.25" diameter.

Hoss · October 2010

The same thing happened to mine.

NC-CDN · October 2010

Sorry. That sucks. You can likely buy some type of flooring filler or maybe they have something like that for stone countertops to fill the crack and make it near invisible. Good luck.

Little Steven · October 2010

SmokinSoCal,

That is bad news. I am just about to order my granite. Did you use it for any cooks below 400* Just wondering how hot I could go without damage. Canadian winter bothers me a bit too.

Steve

tach18k · October 2010

Well, I'd say the crack just might have been there before. I cant see the heat casuing that kind of crack. I dont know if I would have used epoxy, it is not forgiveable. When my granite top was put down in my kitchen, they used a specical adhesive that was flexible, like silicone, this would allow for the granite to expand and contract during different temps. This looks like a stress crack, but more like a bend or flex. I would think over heating whould chip or flake on granite. 3/8" all around is not much of a gap.

SmokinSoCal · October 2010

Here are some more photos. The piece is 5" wide at the crack point. On the right side of the table it's 7.5" wide with no crack. Back side is 5" wide and it cracked as well. Just a heads up. To me it's like a scratch on a new car. Now, I'm not so worried about "using" it.

2Fategghead · October 2010

Hopefully you will be fine from here on out. Tim

rsmdale · October 2010

Shad sorry to hear about the crack I really like the table.I have the same granite in the house.Think of the crack like a wife it adds character(Just don;t tell your wife I said that.)

GOOD EATS AND GOOD FRIENDS

DALE

thebtls · October 2010

I always wondered about the tables with the limited cut outs...that is why I built mine with a full square opening; fear of adjacent heat/temperatures.

As for the crack...the pool supply companies sell a clear liquid crack filler, it is thinner than water and seeks out the cracks in cement and other porus elements, it might work. I'd check into that application for the granite, it might keep it from flaking later. Just a thought.

PhilsGrill · October 2010

That is correct, but this has nothing to do with the feet.

larryd · October 2010

I really liked the table when you posted the pics, showed the wife hinting about it. Excuse my pun but now you can say it's broken in!

RRP · October 2010

Ken Y. is that you?

SmokinSoCal · October 2010

Ken Y????

WARNING FOR GRANITE TOP EGG TABLES!

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