First Blackstone purchase and was very pleased with ease of assembly and first time using it to cook for my son's baseball team at a tournament.  A flaw in the design is securing the lid when the griddle is in the upright position.  The hood hinge pins sit in a slot track in the griddle plate, when the unit is stowed upright the hood slides forward causing the security clasp to lose tension and no longer operate properly.  I tried moving the hinge bolts to the hole in the griddle plate (making the hood non-removable) but the bolts in the hood are too short.  Any help or advice would be great to help resolve the problem.  If not for securing the hood issues this would be a 5-star rating without question.