I didn't mean to complain about the grill, I was only sharing my experience with it, (only had it a month) So much difference
between my old one. The kamado came with a spider and lava stone, I coated the lava stone with veg. oil and ran it at 250 degrees, the stone is placed in the middle just above the kickashbasket, the stone cracked. My goal was to see if I could maintain 250 degrees. I did it. The racks go above that, one below the felt line and one above.
The temp. gauge on the grill was close to the ready check gauge I used. Since the grill was already hot I gave it a go to se