What is this?!?!

[BigdogBTS]

I had to take the Brunswick apart to prep for a smoked prime rib that we reverse sear for Christmas every year. While making sure that everything was working, I found this in the bottom of the smoker. I had it on its back and upright, so it might have just been lodged inside from manufacturing and came loose, or it's something broken that I don't recognize. Either way, any help is much appreciated.

 

[Steve In Pa]

Looks like a pop rivet

What is a Pop Rivet and How Do They Work?

Pop rivets, also known as blind rivets, are a type of rivet that are used in applications where there is limited - or no - access to the rear side (blind side) of the parts to be joined.

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[Cowboy1955]

It’s a rivet
If you don’t find an open hole I’d save it
I don’t throw anything away
Might need it someday

 

[Jimsmokes]

I don’t throw anything away
Might need it someday

I have the same addiction

 

[Steve In Pa]

I have the same addiction

My father was an odds and ends hoarder and when he passed away some 30 years ago I got his box of nuts, bolts, screws, fasteners and whatnot.
To this day, when I need something like that I fish around in the box and more often than not, I find the exact item I need.
Even our contractor is in on this. Last summer he was here installing new banisters on the porch steps. He needed specific bolt to hold something and asked me to check “the box” to see if something might be there. It was.

 

[t-roy]

I find tons of them when I look thru new boats that arrive at are shop. If they drop one they dont bother picking it up they just grab another one out of their pouch and keep going!