re: Does anyone here own a Grill Dome?

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What this misses is the fact that both the Oval XL and Junior have a firebox divider at the midpoint of the firebox which allows one to cook truly indirect, or directly over half of the firebox for short cooks, or remove the divider and put up to about 20lbs of lump in the entire firebox space. I have done too many 14-16 hour cooks on half a firebox single load of lump to remember. I would estimate 95% minimum of the cooks I do on the Oval XL use just one side of the firebox which ends up saving a lot of lump. The Jr is a very good unit which offers much more available grill space than a similar BGE or other. I have had an Oval XL for 5-years and never had an issue with a hinge, vent, etc and the grill grates are still going strong and I have used the shite out of the unit. It holds temp constant very easily with a "primitive" vent or not, and if you use a computer controlled forced air unit on any ceramic for low and slow they are all better for it.

I would buy the biggest unit you can reasonably afford, and I much prefer my cooker to the neighbor's BGE XL. I have no financial interest in any of the grills, just calling it from personal experience. Whatever you get it is better off set in a table, not one of the nests, with high quality stable wheels on the table b/c all of them can be a bitch to move and you don't want a shattering experience.

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I have a Primo XL. Tirebiter is totally correct.
As far as the gasket concerns stated earlier in this thread its really a non issue for me now. I burned my gasket out after a few months. There is a guy on the primo forum that will sell you an after market ceramic gasket. It took about an hour to change one morning. The new gasket will last a life time.

Also primo offers cast iron grill grates and a new cast iron griddle. With my cast iron grates I can turn out professional quality steaks. The primo is incredible versatile. I can cook most anything on want on my grill. I was afraid my XL would be too big. Believe me you may not need the space every day but when you need the space you have it. The box divider is a great aid on small cooks. Ive cooked two whole briskets for parties a few times.

No matter which ceramic cooker you get join the primo grill forum. It is an incredible source of info and recipes.