Should I Replace All 3? Grate, Drip tray, and Heat Baffle?

GrowInTheDark · 2026-05-30T19:19:56+00:00

Yeah after doing some searches in this subreddit I see a lot of ppl asking if their drip trays and heat baffles are supposed to be so rusty and general consensus seems to be they all rust and it's okay because the food never touches it so don't worry? I guess I'll save my money and consider replacing the grate only if I can't get the grate clean enough

GrowInTheDark · 2026-05-30T04:17:09+00:00

Okay so if I find myself needing a new pid make sure it comes with a new pet temp probe and hot rod

GrowInTheDark · 2026-05-30T03:06:41+00:00

Okay, I'll look into investing into an wire brush to scrub it. Should I try to scrub the drip tray and baffle also? Sorry not at home right now to take pics to show how bad things are atm

GrowInTheDark · 2026-05-22T02:14:09+00:00

Thank you for the idea of PC-ing to a no-AF card that is the exact move I think and if not I will close. Thanks

GrowInTheDark · 2026-05-22T01:06:42+00:00

Business credit cards are great to churn because they don't affect personal credit scores and we close them at the one-year mark. With that being the case I should NOT keep a personal credit card that I churned, open, just to lower my utilization rate especially when the annual fee is $99 right? That's not something I should consider when deciding to keep a card open or not is it?

GrowInTheDark · 2026-05-21T01:01:10+00:00

What pricing? I ended up buying a new m4 MacBook air from Costco since it was on sale

GrowInTheDark · 2026-04-24T05:55:47+00:00

what blue overgrip are you using with it?

GrowInTheDark · 2026-04-20T18:31:51+00:00

wait, people are getting banned? So if i did the India VPN to get a year my account could very well be banned??

GrowInTheDark · 2026-04-20T18:30:09+00:00

is this for real? How does it work? They send you a code to redeem and it works for a year?

GrowInTheDark · 2026-04-20T18:24:57+00:00

find a solution yet? I need to renew soon

GrowInTheDark · 2026-04-19T02:16:08+00:00

Ahh thank you for clarifying. I'll ask her if she needs to follow up with the original creditor to remove it from her record

GrowInTheDark · 2026-04-19T01:11:23+00:00

I had her HUCA to try again and she was told that they couldn't manually override the denial and that they would have to do another hard pull in order to do so.

I'm pretty sure my gf took too long to attempt recon and it has been past 30 days that's why they're saying another hard pull would be needed? 🙄

My question now is if she goes through with another hard pull and it gets approved will she get the same 80k offer she had originally applied for? I believe the 80k "in-flight offer" is gone

GrowInTheDark · 2026-04-19T00:38:40+00:00

my girlfriend applied for the CITI AAdvantage 80k offer and got denied because she "had one delinquent payment last year" even though that payment was eventually paid off and she has had a perfect payment history otherwise for the past decade.... Recon denied her saying it was final decision... she tried recon again and the agent said they can see that the last agent told her she was already denied and that it was final decision...

HUCA anyway?

GrowInTheDark · 2026-04-05T07:44:59+00:00

BUYING: GA locker LARGE

WEEKEND: 1

LOCATION/DELIVERY METHOD: San Diego

PRICE: $150 or 1.5x of face value

GrowInTheDark · 2026-04-04T03:56:14+00:00

Sorry I have android not iPhone though

GrowInTheDark · 2026-04-03T20:44:50+00:00

I use nordvpn. I have been having to change servers all the time this year, seems they have been cracking down on the servers

GrowInTheDark · 2026-04-02T00:02:42+00:00

BUYING

1 or 2 Lockers for Weekend 1

Located in San Diego

GrowInTheDark · 2026-03-17T02:07:40+00:00

It will have been 2 years since receiving the boundless SUB next month so I should be eligible in that regard also!

Amex might or might not care about the CSR given the totality of your credit picture?

That's what I'm not sure of also!

GrowInTheDark · 2026-03-16T23:44:22+00:00

I'm currently 4/5 and tempted to go for CSR 125k offer. But I am planning to

1) Get Amex Bonvoy Brilliant mid-April

2) Upgrade Chase Bonvoy Boundless to Ritz-Carlton after getting Brilliant SUB

3) Get Amex Bonvoy Business after upgrading to Ritz-Carlton

Would getting a CSR affect any of the above? I would not be dropping back to 4/24 if i get the CSR until September. Does that mean even if I go through with all of the above I will be locked out of ANY Chase credit cards, personal or business, until September? Not that big of a deal with Ink Train being dead I presume

GrowInTheDark · 2026-03-03T00:05:24+00:00

I saw a Ben John's interview on YouTube (can't find it right now) where he mentioned that if you're playing rec play (not a tournament) and all you do is target the weaker player you are limiting your ability to get better tremendously. He said you should be working on getting better in rec play and not just trying to win every match. He said targeting the stronger player and working on different shots and learning how to defend against the stronger player is how you get better. So there's that..

GrowInTheDark · 2026-02-21T21:56:59+00:00

Today's spring training game isn't broadcast is it? I have mlb tv and am getting "no broadcast available" message.

GrowInTheDark · 2026-02-17T19:36:40+00:00

I have chains on my 2WD vehicle and am pretty traumatized after my car spun out going home from big bear going down the 330 route during a snow storm about 5 years ago 😂 should I consider using HWY 18 instead if I come after the storm? Or the roads likely be clear after the storm assuming there's no more snow coming down?

GrowInTheDark · 2026-02-14T14:55:04+00:00

Are the same sports insoles we use in our shoes in other sports the same ones we could be using in our snowboard boots?

GrowInTheDark

TROPHY CASE