Do You Segregate Your Grills?

[ramsfan]

 Pretty sure almost all kettles are black underneath.....the Red ( or whatever) is an extra coating over that.......

At extreme heat, they're more likely to blow out the porcelain & chip......most often happens at the weld points for the grate supports inside ~~~>



 but also all along the area where one would bank coals~~~>



It will happen commonly on black kettles, but as far as I can tell, perhaps the thicker coating of a color one makes it a bit more likely to happen...........

Anyone have a picture of this sort of heat damage on a Performer?

[pbe gummi bear]

Ramsfan, if you search for "crazing" you should be able to find something. The performers and maatertouches have this problem more often because they are more likely to come in colors. The gas assist and baskets also make it more likely to have extreme heat on one side.

[salad]

The whole banking coals causes crazing or blowouts scares me enough to always use the newest Weber baskets that are solid on the round side (7403) thus shielding the bowl from direct heat.  In theory, at least.

[mrbill]

I don't segregate. I only have buddy and the wsm.