I have gone through a few of these at his stage and they all suffer from discolouration and leaking issues within a short amount of time. A Joe Jnr. one pretty much out of the box, first use and after a shower of rain, boom, water on the inside of the cover and all over the top of the grill. My Big Joe cover held out for a couple of months – bought at the start of the summer, grey and leaking by the end of the summer.
I've noticed that if you hold the covers up to the sun you can clearly see little pin holes of sunlight coming through so maybe quality is just crap with them all.
I've complained to KJ on 3 occcassions now and asked them what the issue is – they keep sending me replacements covers, offering no explaination as to why they keep failing. And guess what, the covers just go on to fail again.
Scratching my head at this stage, anybody else having similar issues?
Any alternative brands out there worth trying? I'm getting sick of drying my grills with towels after heavy periods of rain.
by Siucra_Ray
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I have a random one off Amazon that has been perfectly fine for about 5 years now. The only reason I’m considering replacing is because one of the straps for clipping a buckle around the legs has just about frayed off. But it has protected the grill through plenty of stuff including direct sun and Hurricane Helene.
I bought one mine from coverstore.com . It was a little more expensive but it’s held up great over 2 years. It’s the ultima ripstop cover. My only complaints are that the kamado Joe jr only covers the dome and not the whole grill and when I take the cover off sometimes the chimney cap comes with it.
You guys cover yours?
Ya my older JR cover is rock hard and can stand up without the JR under it. The newer BJ3 cover is not too far from that. The red ring started turning pink after a few months.