The sad demise of our Cobb Oven (R.I.P.)

I sent an email to Cobb Australia a few days ago and attached the following DRAFT post, prefaced by informing Cobb that I am a frequent contributor to this site and that I would prefer NOT to have to submit this POST to EO.

Perhaps they saw my email as a threat of some sort and refused to be hounded into providing me with a replacement. Whatever their reason, I have not received any response, hence I now feel obliged to get this matter off my chest............

DRAFT POST TO THE FORUM OF EXPLOROZ.COM:

Dear fellow Exploroz site dwellers,

It is my sad duty to advise you all of the recent demise of our much loved Cobb Oven. This oven was only 18 months old and had had an easy life, having been called upon to cook no more than about 10 meals. The rest of the time it “lived” in it’s own bag, which in turn, was stored in a cardboard box in the boot of our camper trailer.

The Cobb’s troubles started early on in it’s life when one of the little feet broke off, followed later by the other 2. This made it difficult for the Cobb to “draw” air up from underneath and we had to sit it up on small blocks or stones etc when we wanted to use it.

However, it drew it’s final breath yesterday when Annette was roasting a chook and the whole outer plastic case simply cracked wide open for no apparent reason. This is indeed an unfortunate occurrence and we are now weighing up our options for a suitable replacement.

Can anybody on the Forum advise us whether the later models of Cobb have addressed these issues, which appear to be centered on the quality of the plastic, being too brittle for the task at hand?

Cheers

Roachie