Pinholes in the ceramic - should I be concerned?

Many pinholes in the exterior surface of the egg dome, with white ceramic visible? Commenting that "it does not appear" pinholes are deep enough to penetrate thru dome leads one to believe these must be some deep pinholes. Post a few pics please. This should be of interest to other eggers. Very odd, but manufacturing defects are possible in any product....And you should recall the lifetime warranty your dealer described to you - you should rest assured your issue is warranted.

While you are sure you are not the only one with this issue, who knows, you might in fact be the only one :ermm: . Does look like you are getting the egg lingo down though!!!

One quicky, going back and looking at your previous posts, and your negative review of Dizzy Dust, how did you cook those wings that had no flavor? Just curious. I am sure you will find the egg provides the flavor you are looking for, even with that Dizzy Dust. Just odd that you posted a review of a rub on the BGE forum prior to having an egg to cook the wings on. Just MHO.

Anyway, thanks for considering above, and looking forward to your pics! Once the defective dome replaced, you will LOVE your egg!!!

Take care,

Dave

yes it does sound a wierd, i would warranty it. they are pretty spendy to have a flaw in it from the get go.

Sorry friend,

Your post about deep pinholes in you dome, combined with your earlier posts, just leaves me with a "hmmmm" feeling. So, rather than making this more than it needs to be, let me make this offer....

You provide clear pics of the deep pinholes that affect your dome as you have posted, and I will immediately provide a $50 donation to our local food bank for Thanksgiving, a receipt that I will post. However, my gut is you are a Troll.

Prove me wrong and the poor of Tarrant County benefit.

And if you dont know how to post a picture, send it to bbqkingorkeller@verizon.net and I will post for you. Holding my breath.....

Looks like a defect to me. If the dealer assembled it I'm surprised he let it go out the door. I would start with the dealer but in the mean time it wont affect your cooks

there's no freeze thaw concern, it's cosmetic. that said, you may want to find out if they'll do anything for you, since it is a 'defect' of sorts.

the glaze itself is eventually going to craze (spiderweb of cracks). that allows water in if it's uncovered. being uncovered and absorbing water won't hurt the egg, and freeze thaw won't be a problem. the ceramic is much different than the old red earthenware stuff that was susceptible to freeze/thaw

Go check your own egg, you'll find voids. It is a non-issue. See pics of my own small BGE, below.

Your $100 will be much-appreciated by your food bank this time of year.

With your clarification, and looking again, what really threw me off was your original reference to pinholes, and what I thought you were calling a pinhole being a side shot of the therm hole, and a defect of that magnitude making it past any level of QA/CQ during manufacturing and packaging. The other marks appear surficial, but still (I would think) excessive. Still looks like it has been knocked around a bit though, as one would assume it has been through no heating and cooling cycles (post manufacturing) that would have instigated the finish imperfections popping, as some appear to have.

Sorry, as an engineer, maybe I trust my eyes more than I do other folks, and even my eyes can be wrong. Post the response of your dealer (interested) - but my guess is if they did not have any XL's, he might have let you have a model that has been kicking around on his floor anticipating a defacto as-is of sort of sale, although I am not even sure how that would justify the number of blemishes, unless you have some rough customers! And if dome out of box, I agree with earlier post that this might should not have made it past internal QC.

And, as a man of my word my contribution of $100 to the Tarrant County Food Bank will be completed today :P .

Great grilling!!!!

Now, searching forum recipes for something in a humble pie, maybe one with pork and shallots !! :ermm: :silly:

if you look at the glaze, the shine turns and continues into the pinhole. that finish was fired with the pinhole in place (it was there before firing).

if it popped off afterward, and was physical/mechanical damage, it would be a different looking thing altogether, like an inverted cone. some defects like that have been posted here before, when the glaze popped off after use

he also was clear that his photo included the thermo hole, and that that wasn't what he was talking about

sorry to be so blunt, but 'blunt' seemed to be the order of the day the way you jumped on this poor guy

I have to say, I for one, and ashamed and embarrased for how some new posters are treated, here sometimes.
The doubt and wrath that some feel they need to inflict, for what ever reason makes me sick.
I say Welcome, howmeisterg! It WILL get better!!!

LDD,

I was nice in the first place but I have always thought that this site is intimidating for people to post on in the first place. Nobody needs to be slammed for honest questions.

Steve

Little Steven wrote:

LDD,

I was nice in the first place but I have always thought that this site is intimidating for people to post on in the first place. Nobody needs to be slammed for honest questions.

Steve

agreed... it can be intimidating...I guess in the end he got some valuable information...