I finally hit 500 hours of smoke time on my old offset and the firebox door fell right off.
The hinge bolts just gave out, so I had to finish a 14-pound brisket in Austin last weekend by propping the door shut with a brick and some baling wire.
Abby's cookie sheet ribs remind me of the time I had to finish a shoulder on a hubcap after my WSM handle snapped. @abbyrobinson, at least you had a backup plan that wasn't trash day salvage.