Remember that time my camera lens got smudged with rain at a picnic. The whole set came out with this soft, dreamy glow around everyone laughing. I still look at those messy shots more than the crisp ones from that day. Sometimes the flaws hold the memory better than the perfect picture ever could.

Honestly thought all the new materials were straight upgrades. Your post shows a real world problem I never considered. That much shrinkage could cause gaps and hot spots in a lining. Makes you wonder what other "improvements" actually perform worse under real heat stress. Did the ceramic blanket get brittle too, or just shrink?

Ugh, my garlic press is basically a fancy paperweight now.

Honestly, that sounds like pure luck, not a real fix.

Honestly, why is it seen as weak to get help before you're broken? I pushed through back pain for years thinking it made me tough, and all it did was make the fix take way longer. Getting a pro to show you the right moves isn't about being told to stretch, it's about learning how to stretch right for your specific job. Sometimes powering through just digs the hole deeper.