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That definitely does not look like refractory cement..

AliMac23 spun this beautiful 12kg piggy using a spit, which can be much more challenging to get centered than using the cradle. But you can't argue with the results!

Best to try to fill the tears from the bottom up.. Get the acrylic material as far down in the tear as possible. Blunt tip 14 gauge syringe https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9jiyK6an5b4 Syringe 20 or 50ml Blunt Glue Dispensing Needle 14Ga

I'm unsure what size grill you have, but if it has wheels.. It's always easier to roll them.

We now have both available. You ask and you shall receive..

I have a container that'll arrive before the July 8th tariff pause ends, and I'll be hit with the 10% base tariff. If it goes back to 32%, I won't be shipping another container until the tariff is dropped. If someone wants a grill with the tariff included, I can always ship grills LCL. (less than a container load) I can if necessary, survive on sales from outside the US until this fiasco is over. Will I be raising my prices? We will need to address the probable 10% Tariff. Factory-direct sales don't have the same huge margins to slash as traditional retailers do; I'm considering eating half of it. Even that would be less than pleasant at the end of the year.

During COVID, when we added the upper lid strap and smoke generator faceplate to the grills, we removed the half-grate from being standard on the 32 and offered an optional warming grate like all the other grills.. My experience grilling under the half-grate on the lower grate was that it was too large and I couldn't reach under it easily. Removing a couple of rods made that possible. We also flipped the rod direction to make picking things up with a spatula easier..

The 32, 38, and 42" are the same grill with different center sections. The outside sections of the grates are the same on the 38 and 42; only the center section changes.

I don't think we have made up the double drip for the 38 and 42 because of concerns about their weight, especially when full of oil.. Let me try to track down my notes. Heat Deflectors While I made them, I haven't personally used a heat deflector in my grills for more than 15 years because they increase airflow. In the world of glazed ceramic pots, big green egg, Kamado Joe, etc., having a plate with thermal mass inside your grill will give additional stability during ambient temperature changes. Because my grill is so well insulated, capturing this heat is unnecessary. I preheat the grill empty and then put a piece of aluminum foil on the lower grate for the area I want indirect, put my drip pan on top of that and use them to create indirect airflow. This will give you better performance/less airflow. From Sygies on my forum: Being one of "those people," I'd like to explain that there's science behind it. All you are trying to accomplish is to block the direct infrared radiation from the hot glowing coals - hence, indirect cooking. A "tissue-thin" foil accomplishes that easily, not because of its mass, but because it's shiny. Just like a mirror reflects visible light, the foil is reflecting the infrared radiation back down and not absorbing it. So, it's not consuming much energy itself (this is where the low mass comes into play), and significantly impacting the overall heat up of the grill. The side benefit is that it also prevents drips from entering the fire. Most of the cooking in the KK is due to convective heat transfer from the hot air flow around the meat. There is some secondary cooking from the radiative heat transfer from the walls/dome, which a heavy slab of similar material underneath the cooking grate will contribute to. But, radiative heat transfer drops off dramatically with distance. (Hence, it is most effective on the upper grate where the food is close to the dome surface.) So, placing the deflector on top of the charcoal basket handles, while allowing the deflector to be closer to the heat source for faster heat up, isn't contributing much if you're cooking on the main grate. Placing the deflector on the lower grate will result in a closer proximity to the food and some increase in effectiveness, but being further away from the heat source, will take longer to heat up - about the same rate as the walls/dome. The small incremental mass of the deflector stone is stealing BTUs of energy from the rest of the grill during heat-up, with little payback in overall cooking efficiency. Unlike the walls/dome, which are contributing to holding the heat inside the KK once at thermal equilibrium, the deflector, being wholly inside the grill isn't helping with that. So, the bottom line is: What does the heavy deflector bring to the table that makes it better than the "tissue-thin" piece of AL foil? https://komodokamadoforum.com/topic/10026-heat-deflectors-in-the-kk/?tab=comments#comment-121321

The new acrylic grout only comes in black and white.. We mix a grey. We've never grouted a grill in white. There were some very early pre-acrylic material grills with traditional grout but very few, probably over 21 years old. Are you sure it's not a Richard Johnson Kamado? Is it round with straps around the center, square legs, and round with tubes with springs near the hinge?

The new one-piece replaces the two previous gaskets. The second outside gasket was added for the weight of the 32" lid as a cushion to protect the grill lips from guests that like to slam lids and doors after one too many adult beverages... You can use the new one on all grills that have the 45º section on the lips..

Well, I dodged the proverbial bullet—at least the 32% one for 90 days. I will still get hit with a 10% at the end of this month, which still hurts, but I won't be losing money and need to reevaluate everything. ARGH.

Please give me a call if you have any questions.. Too expensive for me to ship an assembled crate without a grill in it. I suppose I could ship one in pieces; there would still be the trucking from Vegas. Call if that interests you.. Would arrive in June.

Does anybody have a photo of a lamb/goat in a roti cradle?

The grout is hard and gets flexible when heated... I never suggest removing existing grout and recommend filling tears/cracks from the bottom up. Best to clean up before it dries.