How to Fix a Cracked or Broken Big Green Egg, Fire Box, or Plate Setter

So you just messed up.... BIG TIME!  

You dropped, cracked, and broke your Big Green Egg, Kamado Joe, or other ceramic grill!!!  Breath deep, its going to be okay, you will live to smoke again, and we are going to show you how to fix it!  Or, if you just have a cracked or broken plate setter or firebox, you can use this same simple method to fix it as well.

In our travels we come across a lot of Kamado grills and when we saw our friend Stephen in Madison, Alabama's Egg we knew we had to figure out how he had put Humpty back together again.  As you can see in the photos, the battle scars of a rough fall are evident in his Large Big Green Egg, but that just gives it a little character and it cooks and smokes just like its brand new.  

Best of all, the first question that I had for Stephen was: 

Me: How did your Egg break?  

Stephen: I don't know...  someone else broke it and left it on the curb for the garbage man.

Me:  What!?!?...  You have a free Big Green Egg, with just a little time and material?  Eureka!

Stephen:  That's right!

Step 1: Grab Your Repair Kit Here -

• Rutland Furnace Cement
• Wire Brush
• Touch Up Paint for Big Green Egg

Step 2: Apply Cement and Piece Together - Rutland Furnace Cement is pre-mixed so open the container and give it a good stir until the cement has a uniform consistency.  Make sure to dampen ceramic pieces before applying the cement.  From there, rub cement onto the broken ceramic pieces (be careful on sharp edges) and squish the broken Egg back together.  If you do have missing or shattered pieces, do not fret!  It is perfectly fine to fill the voids in the ceramic with the furnace cement.  

Step 3: Cure -  Allow cement at least a few hours to dry and replace fire box and fire ring. Add charcoal and gradually raise temperature of Egg to 500 degrees to cure.  Cool Egg back down and you will officially be back in business and ready to cook something delicious on your newly refurbished Big Green Egg!  The Rutland refractory cement is good up to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.   

Step 4: Protect your Investment - Now that your Egg is back in ship shape its time to get it into a table or secure location to make sure that Humpty doesn't fall again!  There are many choices out there, but for longevity and looks we definitely recommend JJGeorge Big Green Egg Tables (Also made for Kamado Joe, Primo, Vision or whatever your ceramic grill may be).  We have 10 years of designing, building, and shipping for free some of the finest tables on the planet!

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Thanks so much for visiting us, and if you have any thoughts or ideas for us to cover in an upcoming Grillmasters Tips blog post leave us a comment below and let us know?  

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