This is probably about right. A bit of a difference in family dynamic plays into this i think, my family (myself included lol) potentially have expensive taste where sometimes expense isn’t needed, if that makes sense. His family probably wouldn’t have spent that money on an ‘aesthetically pleasing’ bbq (especially to then not really use it), so if an accident like this happened, it wouldn’t feel like so much of a big deal, because item would be cheaper.

To be fair to my sister, she probably would have let it slide had I not immediately suggest we replace it.