damaged Big green egg, would you buy

[madeinamerica]

tired of my bradley not maintaining my desired temps. guy on craigslist has this large BGE for sale, claims ice fell and damaged it. is it worth $300? should i just get a new one?

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• madeinamerica
• Oct 18, 2014

 

[bmudd14474]

depends on what kind of damage

 

[dirtsailor2003]

I'd pass for that price. That's a big chunk out if the lid. It could be patched with refractory cement. But that's a bit high in my opinion. You can buy the lids, but they aren't cheap.

 

[smokeburns]

Offer him $100 cash see what he says. Use the other $200 for the lid replacement!!

 

[smokeburns]

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• smokeburns
• Oct 18, 2014

 

[gary s]

  Good afternoon and welcome to the forum, from a nice and partly sunny East Texas. Lots of great people with tons of information on just  about  everything.

                                                                          I agree  offer $100

              Gary

 

[GaryHibbert]

Hey

Welcome to the Smoking forum. You’ll find great , friendly people here, all more than willing to answer any question you may have. Just ask and you’ll get about 10 different answers—all right. LOL. Don’t forget to post qviews.

Gary

 

[b-one]

I agree offer the $100 and buy a lid. Or you could look at a WSM(Weber Smokey Mountian)

 

[dcarch]

 
tired of my bradley not maintaining my desired temps. guy on craigslist has this large BGE for sale, claims ice fell and damaged it. is it worth $300? should i just get a new one?

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• madeinamerica
• Oct 18, 2014

Damage was not from ice falling.

Damage seems to me was from moisture got thru ceramic glaze into the clay, and freezing action caused the glaze to pop. 

It is called spalling.

dcarch

 

[smokerjoe]

I think if it sustained a hit from something hard, like ice, it would have fracture lines, I think dcarch is correct. Get a new lid for it and enjoy.

 

[themule69]

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As said above offer 100 and buy a new lid.
Happy smoken.
David

 

[heard01]

Big green eggs have a life warranty so if u got it just take it to the big green egg dealer ship and they should replace the top.

 

[smokeburns]

I think that's a life time warranty against natural defects, not falling ice.