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We did take it completely apart to replace the cook box and it didn't seem to have any reason for blasting through like that. This makes me very nervous that it could happen again. The only thing I can think of was the assembly that feeds the gas to the various jet tubes leaks, unseen until it...

Yes, I'm concerned too. We'll need to find the cause of the damage once we get it apart.

I guess we'll find out when the cookbox gets here and we tear it apart to replace it. Thanks for your interest.

[/IMG] Hopefully this works, I'm not familiar with posting photos here. We've had the grill (Summit S-650) for roughly three years. Prior to this we had a Genesis for many years and never had a problem like this.

It seems the the burner jets burned through the cookbox, a Weber is sending me another under warranty. I'm only posting this in case someone has the same problem and does a search, or else I'm just talking to myself.

Lately with the lid of my Summit closed, I'm seeing two jets of flame shooting out and up the lid. They disappear when I open the grill. I've taken the flavorizer bars out and it looks like it has burned through the flame shield in those two places and another two look ready to go. Has anyone...

You both make good points. I'll have to do two more real soon using the beer cans just to check it out. It just seemed like the beer would just vent out the neck anyway. It's a good way to cook chicken if you're one of the unwashed masses without a WSM.

I've had my WSM for a week now, and so far it's been fabulous with a bit of a learning curve (adjusting the vents, mainly). First it was pork spare ribs with apple wood, then salmon with alder and tonight I'm trying a couple of chickens and I'm going to use some pecan. I'm doing the beercan...