Public service announcement for BGE owners

[Mosca]

BGE is migrating their warranty registrations to a new system, and they are sending emails asking owners to re-register their lifetime warranty. You may or may not be in their system! You can check by starting a warranty claim. If your email address is found, you’re in their system.

If you’re not in their system, or if you never sent in your registration, you can register your BGE now. All you need is the serial number, which can be found on the inside of the dome, and proof of purchase; your dealer should be able to get that for you, mine had my proof from 2009 (I was already in the system, from a prior claim, but it was cool that they had it!)

It’s a good warranty. I’ve had my dome, my base, and my fire box all replaced, with just photos of the affected part.

[yakima]

Man! Are you that hard on the rest of your gear? FWIW my $200 large BGE came from an estate sale. No warranty.

[Mosca]

The dome and base had manufacturing defects; the inside was chipping and flaking. Then this year I noticed a crack in the firebox. I actually had a problem with that claim; because my dome had been replaced, the serial number was different! But my dealer stepped in and verified ownership without me having to get on the phone and deal with it myself. (Which I could have, I dealt with problem warranty claims for 35 years.)

[yakima]

After I had mine home, and learned about it, found that firebox ring had broken into 2 places. (Terminology may not be quite right.) Used high temp RTV to stick em back together. Subsequently survived heat high enough to melt an aluminum grill grate. The breaks actually did not impair functioning, but I like to fiddle.

[Mosca]

Yeah, none of my defects/failures affected its ability to hit stupid temps. But I figure there’s no sense in not making the claim.