BBQ - The Craigslist Special
Well, it's BBQ season and finally, I decided to pony up for a BBQ. After doing research online, I figured a $200-$300 dollar BBQ would be overly sufficient, considering every other BBQ I've ever owned has cost me nothing (they've always been hand-me-downs). Anyhow, after being disappointed at the store, I ended up picking up a 10-year old $50 dollar Weber gas grill on Craigslist - to which, my mom reminded me was the exact reason she left China - so we wouldn't have to do stuff like this. The idea was to clean up the BBQ and order a new grate - if so, I'd have the equivalent $400 dollar Weber grill for less than $150 and I'd have a cool, manly project. Nothing's more manly than staining wood and cutting metal all for the glory of the grill. Besides, I had a weekend and about a dozen Coors that I'd have to finish...anyhow, enough of the narrative - here's the pics:
This is how I got it (after one cleaning)
The dirty inside:
Affirmation of my scraping - they don't make 'em here like they used to:
10 years of carbon - aka. the yummie insides:
Repainting the firebox:
Parts on the garage floor - even cut and stained some wood for the shelf
Installing the new grate, burners, and flavorizer bars.
The final result - harder, better, stronger, faster:
In an era with these huge stainless steel grills, I'm glad I ended up with the "old-school" Weber. It's perfect, fits my needs, and can grill a damned good steak. The only problem is, now I'm out of a project and I still have more beer...
This is how I got it (after one cleaning)
The dirty inside:
Affirmation of my scraping - they don't make 'em here like they used to:
10 years of carbon - aka. the yummie insides:
Repainting the firebox:
Parts on the garage floor - even cut and stained some wood for the shelf
Installing the new grate, burners, and flavorizer bars.
The final result - harder, better, stronger, faster:
In an era with these huge stainless steel grills, I'm glad I ended up with the "old-school" Weber. It's perfect, fits my needs, and can grill a damned good steak. The only problem is, now I'm out of a project and I still have more beer...
This entry was posted by Mike, on
Saturday, August 2, 2008.
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hey, if i knew you had a new old grill, i would have invited myself over with steaks...again! looked like a fun project. will have to check it out next time i'm in
Clearly your beer-to-project ratio was a little off... Ahh, such is life.
Tho, it looks really good. Are you going to be able to hook it right up to the house as you had originally planned? (Don't you have the gas line valve in place?) And if so, do you need to do some sort of conversion from Propane?
Well, it's really nice. Well done!
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