I could use some advice from the brethren. Some of you know that last year I replaced my Bayou Classic Cypress ceramic with the Golden's Cast Iron. The Bayou Classic had suffered a fatal lid crack.
Unfortunately it's been sitting in my backyard for nearly a year and a half and it's time to do something about it. Mrs. lunchman wants it gone even more than I do, no surprise there.
I can't and won't sell it, there's no guarantee that it can be repaired. I'd offer it up for free, but whoever takes it might want some type of reassurance that the lid can be pieced back together with some sort of ceramic cement. I kinda doubt it can, which is why I'm asking for some advice here. Bayou Classic no longer makes this kamado, there are no replacement domes available.
As I'm typing this, I'm leaning more and more towards the option of donning my safety gear and taking a sledgehammer to it, putting the pieces out in the trash and recycling the stand. Just soliciting other opinions.
OK, some pics.
Looks ok from the front (except for that chunk o' lid lying on the base) -
The dome from the outside (I think there might be a slight bit of air leakage :razz: )-
And from the inside -
Closeup of Humpty Dumpty's broken piece -
As a kamado, it was an o.k. cooker, not superb. It's no BGE that's for sure and probably the reason BC stopped selling them.
Thoughts?
-Dom
Unfortunately it's been sitting in my backyard for nearly a year and a half and it's time to do something about it. Mrs. lunchman wants it gone even more than I do, no surprise there.
I can't and won't sell it, there's no guarantee that it can be repaired. I'd offer it up for free, but whoever takes it might want some type of reassurance that the lid can be pieced back together with some sort of ceramic cement. I kinda doubt it can, which is why I'm asking for some advice here. Bayou Classic no longer makes this kamado, there are no replacement domes available.
As I'm typing this, I'm leaning more and more towards the option of donning my safety gear and taking a sledgehammer to it, putting the pieces out in the trash and recycling the stand. Just soliciting other opinions.
OK, some pics.
Looks ok from the front (except for that chunk o' lid lying on the base) -
The dome from the outside (I think there might be a slight bit of air leakage :razz: )-
And from the inside -
Closeup of Humpty Dumpty's broken piece -
As a kamado, it was an o.k. cooker, not superb. It's no BGE that's for sure and probably the reason BC stopped selling them.
Thoughts?
-Dom
I also got to check out his Golden's cast iron cooker which was insanely impressive. 
