Back to the KBQ lid handle/eye bolt situation...
I discovered a pair of aluminum tongs that are actually not too shabby for picking up the lid and controlling the swing when replacing it back on the firebox after adding wood.
These tongs originally came with riveted aluminum grips that were thin, flimsy and attached with cheap thin rivets.
They lasted for about one serious cook before I discovered that they were not the "great quality tongs" and the "great buy" that they were reported to be here in The Pit.
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Basically, I bought them on the recommendation given for them here, and was soon finding out that the...
1) ...thin aluminum gripper pieces that were attached to the frame quickly bent under the load of real meat.
2) ...poor quality rivets had come loose and finally gave way allowing these thin grippers to swivel around and finally to fall off.
3) ...loosely bonded red paint was flaking off onto my beef ribs plus this Chinese paint was dissolving from the beef oil that got on them.
4) ...non-rounded, sharp edged flat aluminum handles dug into my fingers, and they actually hurt me to use them for any length of time.
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Did I say that they suck for handling meat? If not, they suck for handling meat!
However, after the aluminum grips broke off, I reshaped the ends that gripped, and they do give me precise control when picking up hot coals, even small pieces of red hot coals.
For coals, they do a good job.
Also,
On another important note, they work very well at controlling the KBQ lid "swing" - You know, the swing you get when trying to place the lid back on top of the firebox using the original coal prodding, fire poker, hot stuff tool that Bill Karau sent with your KBQ.
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Attached are photos so that you all get the idea.
I discovered a pair of aluminum tongs that are actually not too shabby for picking up the lid and controlling the swing when replacing it back on the firebox after adding wood.
These tongs originally came with riveted aluminum grips that were thin, flimsy and attached with cheap thin rivets.
They lasted for about one serious cook before I discovered that they were not the "great quality tongs" and the "great buy" that they were reported to be here in The Pit.
-
Basically, I bought them on the recommendation given for them here, and was soon finding out that the...
1) ...thin aluminum gripper pieces that were attached to the frame quickly bent under the load of real meat.
2) ...poor quality rivets had come loose and finally gave way allowing these thin grippers to swivel around and finally to fall off.
3) ...loosely bonded red paint was flaking off onto my beef ribs plus this Chinese paint was dissolving from the beef oil that got on them.
4) ...non-rounded, sharp edged flat aluminum handles dug into my fingers, and they actually hurt me to use them for any length of time.
-
Did I say that they suck for handling meat? If not, they suck for handling meat!
However, after the aluminum grips broke off, I reshaped the ends that gripped, and they do give me precise control when picking up hot coals, even small pieces of red hot coals.
For coals, they do a good job.
Also,
On another important note, they work very well at controlling the KBQ lid "swing" - You know, the swing you get when trying to place the lid back on top of the firebox using the original coal prodding, fire poker, hot stuff tool that Bill Karau sent with your KBQ.
-
Attached are photos so that you all get the idea.
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