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Got the egg out of the truck, cleaned out the ashes that had to be a decade old. Found out that the damaged fire ring I held onto from the Primo fits good enough to work but it is missing the felt seals and thermometer.
pics here http://www.ncre.biz/DATsBBQ/oldegg.html .
Interestingly, the egg is a 1/2 wider but the lower vent is much smaller.
pics here http://www.ncre.biz/DATsBBQ/oldegg.html .
Interestingly, the egg is a 1/2 wider but the lower vent is much smaller.
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Don't think I'll be able to use it for the Merc Project but everything is fixable. The firebox is the most expensive, but luckily I have a couple of those laying around including a new one in a box. Next is the grate for the fire box, the food grate, thermometer and felt seal. Those things are minor in cost when compared to the whole set up. The finish is also messed up, that's not dust on the outside but oxidation. Have to figure out how to refinish. I'll drop by the BGE site later and ask around.
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An update. Checked over on the Big Green Egg Forum, and one of very knowledgeable gents there suspected that since the surface appeared to be painted and not glazed, that it might be an Imperial Kamado from Japan. I looked at a website about the history of the Imperials, and I do believe he hit the nail on the head. There are earthenware cookers, more like terra cotta but they still sell them for big bucks.
Got some felt gasket material, a 18.5 cooking grate (weber) and a thermometer. Will work on it tomorrow while I'm Einstein will be load to capacity with butts for the Merc Cook.
So far I spent $3.50 for gasket, $18.00 for a thermometer, $13 for a cooking grate, had the firebox on hand already at no cost, using a charcoal grate from my smokey joe (weber) have lots of silicon in stock so this project in materials will be around $35.00. Not bad since they sell around $700 new.
Got some felt gasket material, a 18.5 cooking grate (weber) and a thermometer. Will work on it tomorrow while I'm Einstein will be load to capacity with butts for the Merc Cook.
So far I spent $3.50 for gasket, $18.00 for a thermometer, $13 for a cooking grate, had the firebox on hand already at no cost, using a charcoal grate from my smokey joe (weber) have lots of silicon in stock so this project in materials will be around $35.00. Not bad since they sell around $700 new.
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DATs, I went to the web site and read about the Imperial Kamados, neat site and history. One thing I read about them made me think about something you said. You bought a thermo for it. The site said their cookers don't have a place for a thermo.( if I read it right ) they never built them with the hole for the thermo. I don't know anything about ceramic cookers except what I read. Could it really be an old BGE?
For cleaning tile-glaze-baked paint an old trick to take off mold and oxidation residue ( try in a small area to be sure it won't hurt it ) is to mix 1 cup of Muriatic acid ( swimming pool acid ) to about 1 gal of warm water. It really cleans and leaves a shine. Be sure to do it outside because of fumes.
For cleaning tile-glaze-baked paint an old trick to take off mold and oxidation residue ( try in a small area to be sure it won't hurt it ) is to mix 1 cup of Muriatic acid ( swimming pool acid ) to about 1 gal of warm water. It really cleans and leaves a shine. Be sure to do it outside because of fumes.
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OSD wrote:DATs, I went to the web site and read about the Imperial Kamados, neat site and history. One thing I read about them made me think about something you said. You bought a thermo for it. The site said their cookers don't have a place for a thermo.( if I read it right ) they never built them with the hole for the thermo. I don't know anything about ceramic cookers except what I read. Could it really be an old BGE?
For cleaning tile-glaze-baked paint an old trick to take off mold and oxidation residue ( try in a small area to be sure it won't hurt it ) is to mix 1 cup of Muriatic acid ( swimming pool acid ) to about 1 gal of warm water. It really cleans and leaves a shine. Be sure to do it outside because of fumes.
I saw that too. One of the guys on the egg forum (swamprb) said:
If you go to the Imperial Kamado site check the Repair link and follow the instructions, you can't go wrong. I've refurbished a few similar to yours and only one had a daisy wheel vent and it was a "China Pot" made in Taiwan and they were all made from red clay. I have a Japanese Imperial Kamado Large Modern style that is over 30 years old that is made from a gray or ash colored clay and have an extra fire ring and coal grate that came with it. I replaced the the hinge with a BGE spring assist and a stainless steel draft door. It was repainted with green enamel.
I think someone along the way drilled a small hole in this one with a masonry bit I'll be working on it a little later on today once the sun gets things a little warm. It's about 38 degrees right now.
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DATsBBQ wrote:OSD wrote:DATs, I went to the web site and read about the Imperial Kamados, neat site and history. One thing I read about them made me think about something you said. You bought a thermo for it. The site said their cookers don't have a place for a thermo.( if I read it right ) they never built them with the hole for the thermo. I don't know anything about ceramic cookers except what I read. Could it really be an old BGE?
For cleaning tile-glaze-baked paint an old trick to take off mold and oxidation residue ( try in a small area to be sure it won't hurt it ) is to mix 1 cup of Muriatic acid ( swimming pool acid ) to about 1 gal of warm water. It really cleans and leaves a shine. Be sure to do it outside because of fumes.
I saw that too. One of the guys on the egg forum (swamprb) said:If you go to the Imperial Kamado site check the Repair link and follow the instructions, you can't go wrong. I've refurbished a few similar to yours and only one had a daisy wheel vent and it was a "China Pot" made in Taiwan and they were all made from red clay. I have a Japanese Imperial Kamado Large Modern style that is over 30 years old that is made from a gray or ash colored clay and have an extra fire ring and coal grate that came with it. I replaced the the hinge with a BGE spring assist and a stainless steel draft door. It was repainted with green enamel.
I think someone along the way drilled a small hole in this one with a masonry bit I'll be working on it a little later on today once the sun gets things a little warm. It's about 38 degrees right now.
Hole was hole but wasn't a hole. It was cone shaped. Maybe it held a rivit for the name plate? Anyway, its a nice hole now that the thermometer mounts tightly. BTW, all the nuts were metric. 4 8mm and 4 10MM. Has to imported cause what American Manufacturer used metric back in the da/
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